Funding search · EIN 391619399 · Wausau, WI

Victor & Helen Geisel Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

85
grants reported
$86,900
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$750
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Woodson Ymca Foundation of Wausau4 grants · $10,000
  • Rochester Community Inclusive Rowing3 grants · $6,500
  • Performing Arts Foundation3 grants · $6,500
  • Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum4 grants · $5,000
  • Caroga Arts Collective3 grants · $5,000
  • American Red Cross4 grants · $4,750
  • Boys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area4 grants · $3,750
  • Center for the Visual Arts4 grants · $3,500
  • The Episcopal Church of St John the Baptist4 grants · $3,250
  • Stable Hands3 grants · $3,000

Giving over time

$19,000
2021
$24,050
2022
$20,500
2023
$23,350
2024

Grant history

All 85 reported grants, largest first.

  • $3,500

    Performing Arts Foundation · Wausau, WI · 2024

    General operations; second century capital campaign

  • $3,000

    Rochester Community Inclusive Rowing · Rochester, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $3,000

    Woodson Ymca Foundation of Wausau · Wausau, WI · 2023

    General operations

  • $3,000

    Rochester Community Inclusive Rowing · Rochester, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $3,000

    Woodson Ymca Foundation of Wausau · Wausau, WI · 2021

    General operations

  • $2,000

    Family Life Ministries · Bath, NY · 2024

    Youth fine arts program

  • $2,000

    The Hagar House · Wausau, WI · 2024

    Current building legacies capital campaign

  • $2,000

    Woodson Ymca Foundation of Wausau · Wausau, WI · 2024

    General operations

  • $2,000

    American Red Cross · Wausau, WI · 2023

    General operations

  • $2,000

    Caroga Arts Collective · Caroga Lake, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $2,000

    Stable Hands · Wausau, WI · 2022

    General operations

  • $2,000

    Woodson Ymca Foundation of Wausau · Wausau, WI · 2022

    General operations

  • $2,000

    Caroga Arts Collective · Caroga Lake, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $1,800

    Heritage Military Music Foundation · Watertown, WI · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,600

    Caffe Lena · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024

    Underwriting of four sober salons

  • $1,500

    Performing Arts Foundation · Wausau, WI · 2023

    General operations

  • $1,500

    Performing Arts Foundation · Wausau, WI · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,500

    North Urbana Chapel (Bethesda House) · Hammondsport, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $1,500

    Performing Arts Foundation · Wausau, WI · 2021

    General operations

  • $1,250

    Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum · Wausau, WI · 2024

    General operations

  • $1,250

    Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum · Wausau, WI · 2023

    General operations

  • $1,250

    Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum · Wausau, WI · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,250

    Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum · Wausau, WI · 2021

    General operations

  • $1,250

    Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra · Rochester, NY · 2021

    Youth orchestra

  • $1,000

    American Red Cross · Wausau, WI · 2024

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Boys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area · Wausau, WI · 2024

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Caroga Arts Collective · Caroga Lake, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Center for the Visual Arts · Wausau, WI · 2024

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Habitat for Humanity of Wausau · Weston, WI · 2024

    General operations

  • $1,000

    The Episcopal Church of St John the Baptist · Wausau, WI · 2024

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Boys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area · Wausau, WI · 2023

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Caroga Arts Collective · Caroga Lake, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Center for the Visual Arts · Wausau, WI · 2023

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Habitat for Humanity of Wausau · Weston, WI · 2023

    General operations

  • $1,000

    The Episcopal Church of St John the Baptist · Wausau, WI · 2023

    Youth program

  • $1,000

    American Red Cross · Wausau, WI · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Boys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area · Wausau, WI · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Center for the Visual Arts · Wausau, WI · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Habitat for Humanity of Wausau · Weston, WI · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,000

    The Episcopal Church of St John the Baptist · Wausau, WI · 2022

    Youth program

  • $1,000

    Wausau & Marathon County Parks & Recreation Foundation · Wausau, WI · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Marathon County Historical Society · Wausau, WI · 2021

    General operations

  • $750

    Camp Manitowish Ymca · Boulder Junction, WI · 2024

    General operations

  • $750

    Camp Manito-Wish Ymca · Boulder Junction, WI · 2023

    General operations

  • $750

    Camp Manito-Wish Ymca · Boulder Junction, WI · 2022

    General operations

  • $750

    Trinity Episcopal Church · Rochester, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $750

    American Red Cross · Wausau, WI · 2021

    General operations

  • $750

    Boys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area · Wausau, WI · 2021

    General operations

  • $750

    Camp Manito-Wish Ymca · Boulder Junction, WI · 2021

    General operations

  • $750

    Patriot K9s Partners of Wisconsin · Wausau, WI · 2021

    General operations

  • $750

    Trinity Episcopal Church · Rochester, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $500

    Good News Project · Wausau, WI · 2024

    General operations

  • $500

    Marathon County Historical Society · Wausau, WI · 2024

    Articles and information digital format preservation projcet

  • $500

    Rochester Community Inclusive Rowing · Rochester, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $500

    Rochester Curling Club · Rochester, NY · 2024

    Support of general operations in honor and memory of keith fredlund and anne geisel fredlund

  • $500

    Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra · Rochester, NY · 2024

    Grant for support of the scholarship fund for the youth orchestra

  • $500

    Stable Hands · Wausau, WI · 2024

    General operations

  • $500

    Trinity Episcopal Church · Rochester, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $500

    Wausau Conservatory of Music · Wausau, WI · 2024

    General operations

  • $500

    Central Wisconsin Indigenous Peoples Day Committee · Wausau, WI · 2023

    General operations

  • $500

    Marathon County Historical Society · Wausau, WI · 2023

    General operations

  • $500

    Rochester Curling Club · Rochester, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $500

    Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra · Rochester, NY · 2023

    Youth orchestra

  • $500

    Stable Hands · Wausau, WI · 2023

    General operations

  • $500

    Trinity Episcopal Church · Rochester, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $500

    Wausau Conservatory of Music · Wausau, WI · 2023

    General operations

  • $500

    Good News Project · Wausau, WI · 2022

    General operations

  • $500

    Marathon County Historical Society · Wausau, WI · 2022

    General operations

  • $500

    Rochester Curling Club · Rochester, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $500

    Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra · Rochester, NY · 2022

    Youth orchestra

  • $500

    Wausau Conservatory of Music · Wausau, WI · 2022

    General operations

  • $500

    Center for the Visual Arts · Wausau, WI · 2021

    General operations

  • $500

    Central Wisconsin Indigenous Peoples Day Committee · Wausau, WI · 2021

    General operations

  • $500

    Good News Project · Wausau, WI · 2021

    General operations

  • $500

    Rochester Curling Club · Rochester, NY · 2021

    General operations

  • $500

    The Hagar House · Wausau, WI · 2021

    General operations

  • $500

    Wausau Conservatory of Music · Wausau, WI · 2021

    General operations

  • $250

    Wausau Lyric Choir · Wausau, WI · 2024

    General operations

  • $250

    Wausau Lyric Choir · Wausau, WI · 2023

    General operations

  • $250

    Workplace Volunteer Council · Wausau, WI · 2023

    General operations

  • $250

    Wausau Lyric Choir · Wausau, WI · 2022

    General operations

  • $250

    Workplace Volunteer Council · Wausau, WI · 2022

    General operations

  • $250

    The Episcopal Church of St John the Baptist · Wausau, WI · 2021

    Youth program

  • $250

    Wausau Lyric Choir · Wausau, WI · 2021

    General operations

  • $250

    Workplace Volunteer Council · Wausau, WI · 2021

    General operations

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.