Funding search · EIN 270978059 · Manitowoc, WI

Lakeshore Community Foundation

Name: Lakeshore Community Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

249
grants reported: $7.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $12,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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4 grants matching “domestic violence” · $106,143

$24,643
Manitowoc County Domestic Violence Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
$3,693 unrestricted; $10,000 donor's parameters outlined in the accompanying grant letter; $10,950 for the shelter program
$32,100
Manitowoc County Domestic Violence Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
$15,000 - unrestricted, $10,000 - donor's parameters in the accompanying grant letter, $7,100 - to support case management and advocacy for victims of abuse.
$22,200
Manitowoc County Domestic Violence Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
$12,200 - unrestricted, $10,000 - donor's parameters outlined in the accompanying grant letter
$27,200
Manitowoc County Domestic Violence Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
Unrestricted

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Roncalli Catholic Schools4 grants · $620,720
Lakeshore Technical College Foundation4 grants · $581,609
Lakeshore Community Foundation1 grant · $276,450
Manitowoc Public School District Foundation2 grants · $257,343
Dementia Innovations2 grants · $251,667
Samaritan'S Purse3 grants · $250,000
United Way of Sheboygan County4 grants · $220,000
Manitowoc Public School District2 grants · $204,830
University of Wisconsin Foundation4 grants · $196,624
Sheboygan Public Education Foundation4 grants · $193,250

Giving over time

$1.7M

2022

$1.3M

2023

$1.3M

2024

$2.8M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 249 grants.

$276,450
Lakeshore Community Foundation · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
$4,600 lakeshore community foundation endowment; $271,850 operations
$241,667
Dementia Innovations · Sheboygan, WI · 2025
$50,000 unrestricted; $16,667- a donation on behalf of mike, mark, and scott molepske in memory of their mother, kay schroeder; $70,000 - a donation by mike and amy molepske in honor of their mothers, patti holmes and k… read all$50,000 unrestricted; $16,667- a donation on behalf of mike, mark, and scott molepske in memory of their mother, kay schroeder; $70,000 - a donation by mike and amy molepske in honor of their mothers, patti holmes and kay schroeder; $5,000 - a donation in honor of jim holmes as a birthday gift; $100,000 livasu project less
$233,615
Lakeshore Technical College Foundation · Cleveland, WI · 2023
$5,000 - center for health care excellence campaign, $198,615 - scholarships, $30,000 - john and kate miller impact fund: academic year 2023-2024
$180,000
Lakeshore First Robotics Programs · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Unrestricted
$168,600
Manitowoc County Historical Society · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
$450 endowment fund; $10,000 annual appeal; $56,150 unrestricted; $102,000 meeme house loan
$168,150
Roncalli Catholic Schools · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
$1k roncalli high school; $97,150 scholarships; $35k to roncalli high school, $35k to roncalli elementary
$160,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2025
Unrestricted
$158,950
Roncalli Catholic Schools · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
$20,000 roncalli high school; $20,000 roncalli middle school; $20,000 roncalli elementary school; $98,950 roncalli high school scholarships
$147,720
Roncalli Catholic Schools · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
$1,000 - roncalli high school, $88,720 - 2024 distribution roncalli high school, $27,000 - roncalli high school, $31,000 - roncalli elementary school
$145,900
Roncalli Catholic Schools · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
$90,900 - roncalli high school distribution - scholarships, $25,000 - roncalli high school, $30,000 - roncalli elementary school
$137,994
Lakeshore Technical College Foundation · Cleveland, WI · 2025
$800 to provide scholarships for students enrolled in the criminal justice-law enforcement program; $10,000 food share program; $32,000 john and kate miller impact fund: academic year 2024-2025; $95,194.32 scholarships
$137,815
Lakeshore Technical College Foundation · Cleveland, WI · 2022
$10k center of healthcare excellence campaign; $66,315 scholarships; $61.5k john and kate miller impact fund
$134,810
Manitowoc Public School District Foundation · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Scholarships
$122,533
Manitowoc Public School District Foundation · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
$4,000 - 4 $1,000 scholarships to lincoln high school graduates, $94,520 2024 distribution lincoln high school, $24,013 - 2024 distribution lincoln high school scholarships
$119,000
Capitol Civic Centre · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
$69,000 unrestricted; $50,000 endowment
$110,650
Manitowoc Public School District · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
Scholarships
$100,000
Trinity College · Washington, DC · 2022
Katherine bonafield miller '66 student assistance fund
$94,180
Manitowoc Public School District · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
4 - $1,000 scholarships to lincoln high school graduates, $90,180 lincoln high school - scholarships
$90,000
Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Unrestricted
$90,000
Forest Junction Zion United Methodist Church · Forest Junction, WI · 2022
$45k general fund; $8k outer limits; $17k samaritan's purse; $13k villages of hope; $5 jaars; $2k imagine no malaria
$87,750
Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra Association · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
$37,750 unrestricted; $50,000 endowment
$82,093
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
$500 wisconsin alzheimer's disease research center fund; $5,000 research for men's breast cancer; $5,693 hippity hop fund - xxx-xx-xxxx; $25,000 uw carbone cancer center - breast cancer greatest needs fund (#xxx-xx-xxxx… read all$500 wisconsin alzheimer's disease research center fund; $5,000 research for men's breast cancer; $5,693 hippity hop fund - xxx-xx-xxxx; $25,000 uw carbone cancer center - breast cancer greatest needs fund (#xxx-xx-xxxx), with further designation for male breast cancer research in memory of ed mckelvey; $45,900 pulmonary fibrosis research at the uw department of medicine less
$80,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Unrestricted
$75,000
Lakeshore First Robotics Program · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$72,185
Lakeshore Technical College Foundation · Cleveland, WI · 2024
$30,000 - john and kate miller impact fund: academic year 2023-2024, $685 - scholarships for students in criminal justice - law enforcement program, $32,000 - john and kate miller impact fund: academic year 2024-2025, $… read all$30,000 - john and kate miller impact fund: academic year 2023-2024, $685 - scholarships for students in criminal justice - law enforcement program, $32,000 - john and kate miller impact fund: academic year 2024-2025, $9,500 - chest tube simulator less
$70,000
Weill Center Foundation · Sheboygan, WI · 2025
Capital campaign
$67,980
Capitol Civic Centre · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
$55k captial campaign, rest unrestricted
$62,000
Lakeshore First Robotics Program · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
$12,000 - bus to the world championship, $50,000 - operations
$61,615
Wisconsin Maritime Museum · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
$566.53 request #27 - new sump pumps; $595.59 request #25 - maintenance and safety supplies; $3,500 request #24 - uss cobia blueprint digitization project; $6,952.71 request #26 - gangway maintenance; $50,000 endowment
$60,000
Sheboygan Public Education Foundation · Sheboygan, WI · 2022
Scholarships
$60,000
United Way of Sheboygan County · Sheboygan, WI · 2022
$57k unrestricted; $3k reins capital project
$59,000
Sheboygan County Food Bank · Sheboygan, WI · 2022
$39k unrestricted; $20k food for thought weekend backpack program
$55,560
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
$23,800 faculty recruitment; $30,660 theodore pauly scholarship; $1,100 hippity hop fund
$55,000
United Way of Sheboygan County · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
$40,000 - unrestricted, $15,000 - on behalf of joan ravanelli miller
$55,000
United Way of Sheboygan County · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
$40,000 - unrestricted, $15,000 - on behalf of joan ravanelli miller
$50,500
Lakeshore Humane Society · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
The Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Labahn pancreatic cancer program in memory of mark miller
$50,000
United Way of Sheboygan County · Sheboygan, WI · 2025
$35,000 unrestricted; $15,000 on behalf of joan ravanelli miller
$50,000
Sheboygan Public Education Foundation · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
Scholarships
$50,000
Lakeshore First Robotics Program · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$45,000
Compassion International · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$43,250
Sheboygan Public Education Foundation · Sheboygan, WI · 2025
Scholarships
$40,400
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
$10,000 - to the pulmonary fibrosis patient assistance fund, $27,100 - to help hire a research coordinator for the pulmonary fibrosis research team, $3,300 - hippity hop fund - xxx-xx-xxxx
$40,000
Sheboygan Public Education Foundation · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
Scholarships
$39,000
Sheboygan County Food Bank · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
$18,000 - unrestricted, $15,000 - food for thought weekend backpack program, $1,000 - food for thought 2024, $5,000 - operations
$39,000
Sheboygan County Food Bank · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
$24,000 - unrestricted, $15,000 - food for thought weekend backpack program
$36,000
Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra Association · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Unrestricted
$34,000
Sheboygan County Food Bank · Sheboygan, WI · 2025
$14,000 unrestricted; $20,000 food for thought weekend backpack program
$34,000
Casa of East Central Wisconsin · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
$10k cover budget shortfall for sheboygan county, $24k cover budget shortfall for manitowoc county
$32,100
Manitowoc County Domestic Violence Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
$15,000 - unrestricted, $10,000 - donor's parameters in the accompanying grant letter, $7,100 - to support case management and advocacy for victims of abuse.
$30,000
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
$10,000 - law school's mark a. And joan ravanelli miller endowed scholarship, $20,000 - civic dialogue program current use fund
$28,595
Wisconsin Maritime Museum · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
$11,032 curator position; $7,936 security camers; $1,255 aerator replacement; $839 automatic sump pumps; $6,753 underwater hull inspection; $780 safety equipment upgrades
$27,200
Manitowoc County Domestic Violence Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$26,000
Treehouse Theatre · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Funding for 26 students to attend the junior theatre festival in atlanta, georgia
$25,700
The Haven of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
$8,800 - unrestricted, $16,000 - donor's parameters outlined in the accompanying grant letter, $900 - distribution 2024
$25,700
Woodland Dunes Nature Center · Two Rivers, WI · 2024
$2,500 - unrestricted, $2,000 - donor's parameters outlined in the accompanying grant letter, $11,200 - distribution 2024, $10,000 - forget-me-not creek project
$25,500
Lester Public Library Foundation · Two Rivers, WI · 2023
$500 - unrestricted, $10,000 - expansion of the reach out and read program, $5,000 - annual summer reading program, $10,000 - youth department programs
$25,000
The Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Lebahn pancreatic cancer program
$25,000
University of Wisconsin River Falls Foundation · River Falls, WI · 2024
Farley coaching fund
$25,000
Treehouse Theatre · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
To start an endowment
$25,000
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Civic dialogue program
$24,643
Manitowoc County Domestic Violence Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
$3,693 unrestricted; $10,000 donor's parameters outlined in the accompanying grant letter; $10,950 for the shelter program
$24,400
The Crossing of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
$4,000 - unrestricted, $16,000 - donor's parameters outlined in the accompanying grant letter, $4,400 - to replenish the pantry stock for the earn while you learn program
$24,350
The Haven of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
$8,350 - unrestricted, $16,000 - donor's parameters outlined in the accompanying grant letter
$23,500
USA Water Ski & Wake Sports · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
$1,000 southern region barefoot club - 2026 barefoot worlds; $5,000 american barefoot club - in honor of mike molepske; $5,000 to support the 2026 national barefoot water skiing championships in auburndale, fl, hosted b… read all$1,000 southern region barefoot club - 2026 barefoot worlds; $5,000 american barefoot club - in honor of mike molepske; $5,000 to support the 2026 national barefoot water skiing championships in auburndale, fl, hosted by its american barefoot club division; $10,000 to support the local organizing committee of the 2025 world masters barefoot waterskiing tournament; $2,500 to support the local organizing committee of the 2025 usa national barefoot waterskiing tournament less
$22,750
The Haven of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
$6,750 unrestricted; $16,000 donor's parameters outlined in the accompanying grant letter
$22,512
Salvation Army · Manitowoc Sheboygan, WI · 2022
Unrestricted: manitowoc-$9,512 & sheboygan $13k
$22,500
The Haven of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$22,378
Salvation Army · Manitowoc Sheboygan, WI · 2023
Unrestricted: manitowoc-$9,128 & sheboygan $13,250
$22,200
Manitowoc County Domestic Violence Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
$12,200 - unrestricted, $10,000 - donor's parameters outlined in the accompanying grant letter
$21,500
The Crossing of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
$5,500 unrestricted; $16,000 donor's parameters outlined in the accompanying grant letter
$21,400
Meals On Wheels of Sheboygan County · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
$12,000 - unrestricted, $9,400 - water fountain for sensory garden
$20,000
Children'S Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
John and brigid miller family fund - to support the children's center for child development
$20,000
Midwest Barefooters · Madison, WI · 2025
To purchase and install a new engine in the region's tournament water ski towboat
$20,000
Teen Challenge International Inc - Milwaukee Wi · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted
$20,000
Children'S Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
John and brigid miller family fund - to support the children's center for child development
$20,000
Teen Challenge International Inc Milwaukee Wi · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Children'S Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
John and brigid family fund - to support the children's center for child development
$19,900
The Crossing of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
$17k unrestricted; $2.9k programming, car seats, children's books or basic needs
$19,540
St Peter the Fisherman Parish · Two Rivers, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$19,085
City of Manitowoc · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
$400 - k-9 preservation fund, $685 - to support training of, and purchase of equipment for the k-9 units, $18,000 - purchase of k-9 rollo and associated training needs and equipment
$18,571
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
$14,000 - theodore e. Pauly scholarship fund, $4,571 hippity hop fund
$18,400
Humane Society of Sheboygan County · Sheboygan, WI · 2025
$5,400 to provide medical assistance to animals in crisis; $13,000 unrestricted
$18,300
Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra Association · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
$11,200 - distribution 2024, $7,100 - educational program for manitowoc public school district middle school orchestra students
$18,180
Woodland Dunes Nature Center · Two Rivers, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$18,000
Woodland Dunes Nature Center · Two Rivers, WI · 2025
$500 annual summer appeal; $14,500 unrestricted; $3,000 donor's parameters outlined in the accompanying grant letter
$18,000
The Crossing of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
$2,000 - unrestricted, $16,000 - donor's parameters outlined in the accompanying grant letter
$17,975
St Peter the Fisherman Parish · Two Rivers, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$16,990
St Francis of Assisi Parish · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$16,950
Lighthouse Recovery Community Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
$6,000 unrestricted; $10,950 to support sober living opportunites for woman with children
$16,357
St Francis of Assisi Parish · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
$14,357 - unrestricted, $2,000 - the good shepherd fund
$16,200
St Paul Lutheran Church · Sheboygan Falls, WI · 2025
Unrestricted
$16,040
Blessed Sacrament Congregation · Madison, WI · 2025
Unrestricted
$16,040
Sacred Heart Catholic Church · Lacombe, LA · 2025
Unrestricted
$16,040
St Francis of Assisi Parish · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Unrestricted
$16,040
St Peter the Fisherman Parish · Two Rivers, WI · 2025
Unrestricted
$16,000
Boys & Girls Club of Sheboygan County · Sheboygan Falls, WI · 2022
Unrestricted.
$15,990
Blessed Sacrament Congregation · Madison, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,990
Sacred Heart Catholic Church · Lacombe, LA · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,680
City of Manitowoc · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
New trained k9 unit

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