Funding search · EIN 392011976 · Pewaukee, WI

Gerald W & Sharon K Wadina

Name: Gerald W & Sharon K Wadina grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

27
grants reported: $738,700
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Grant history

All 27 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
The Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation · Waukesha, WI · 2025
General operations
$80,000
Marquette University High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Educational
$77,500
La Casa De Esperanza · Waukesha, WI · 2024
General operations
$73,000
La Casa De Esperanza · Waukesha, WI · 2023
General operations
$71,500
La Casa De Esperanza · Waukesha, WI · 2025
General operations
$63,000
La Casa De Esperanza · Waukesha, WI · 2022
General
$50,000
Marquette University High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Educational
$50,000
Marquette University High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Educational
$50,000
Marquette University High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General
$20,000
Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation · Grand Junction, CO · 2024
General
$20,000
Players Philanthropy Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Stronger than sarcoma project
$10,000
Habitat for Humanity Waukesha · Waukesha, WI · 2024
Low-income home building
$10,000
Latino Arts · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Latino arts string program
$10,000
Habitat for Humanity Waukesha · Waukesha, WI · 2023
Low-income home building
$10,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit School · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General
$7,500
Evans Scholars Foundation · Golf, IL · 2025
Scholarships
$6,000
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Cops N Kids Reading Center · Racine, WI · 2024
General
$5,000
Womens Care Center of South Bend · South Bend, IN · 2024
General
$5,000
Latino Arts · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Latino Arts · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General
$2,500
Jdrf · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
General operations
$2,500
St Joseph Catholic Church · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
General operations
$2,000
Waukesha County Community Foundation · Waukesha, WI · 2023
Kai lermer memorial fund for purchase of aeds
$1,200
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$1,000
Girl Scouts · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General
$1,000
American Heart Association · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General

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