Funding search · EIN 396050768 · Green Bay, WI
George Kress 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.
- 429
- grants reported
- $11.7M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $5,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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3 grants matching “touchdown” · $15,000
- $5,000
House of Hope Green Bay · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Touchdowns for hope
- $5,000
House of Hope Green Bay · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Touchdowns for hope
- $5,000
House of Hope Green Bay · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Touchdowns for hope
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Friends of Bay Beach2 grants · $1.0M
- Bellin Health Foundation6 grants · $786,000
- Green Bay Botanical Gardens7 grants · $767,500
- Greater Green Bay Community Foundation5 grants · $547,977
- Syble Hopp School2 grants · $500,000
- Door County Ymca2 grants · $500,000
- Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society1 grant · $500,000
- The Children'S Museum of Green Bay3 grants · $292,000
- Cp3 grants · $288,000
- Peninsula Players Theatre Foundation2 grants · $250,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 429 grants.
- $500,000
Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2024
Door county maritime museum archives building
- $500,000
Friends of Bay Beach · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Bay beach all-inclusive playground (payment 2 of 2)
- $500,000
Greater Green Bay Community Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Cornerstone community ice center
- $500,000
Friends of Bay Beach · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Bay beach all-inclusive playground
- $300,000
Door County Ymca · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2022
Heart of the community campaign (2 of 3)
- $262,500
Cp · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Cp telethon program support & center updates
- $250,000
Bellin Health Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2024
In full embrace-nicu campaign (3 of 4)
- $250,000
Green Bay Botanical Gardens · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Nature nurtures campaign (3 of 4)
- $250,000
National Railroad Museum · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Full steam ahead (payment 1 of 4)
- $250,000
On Broadway · Green Bay, WI · 2024
The public market campaign
- $250,000
The Children'S Museum of Green Bay · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Reaching new heights campaign
- $250,000
Bellin Health Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2023
In full embrace campaign (2 of 4)
- $250,000
Green Bay Botanical Gardens · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Nature nutures campaign - tree house project
- $250,000
Syble Hopp School · De Pere, WI · 2023
Syble hopp capital campaign (3 of 3)
- $250,000
Bellin Health Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2022
In full embrace (1 of 4)
- $250,000
Green Bay Botanical Gardens · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Nature nutures campaign - tree house project (1 of 4)
- $250,000
Syble Hopp School · De Pere, WI · 2022
Syble hopp capital campaign (2 of 3)
- $200,000
Door County Ymca · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2023
Heart of the community campaign
- $200,000
County of Brown · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Brown county resch expo (3 of 3)
- $200,000
Lyte Collective · Chicago, IL · 2022
Lyte lounge campaign
- $125,000
Adult & Teen Challenge Northeastern Wisconsin · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Residential recovery program for men
- $125,000
Golden House · Green Bay, WI · 2023
On the rise capital campaign
- $125,000
Peninsula Players Theatre Foundation · Fish Creek, WI · 2023
Act ii protecting the past ensuring the future
- $125,000
Peninsula Players Theatre Foundation · Fish Creek, WI · 2022
Act ii: protecting the past, ensuring the future
- $100,000
Adult & Teen Challenge Northeastern Wisconsin · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Residential recovery program for men (payment 2 of 2)
- $100,000
The Gateway Collective · Green Bay, WI · 2024
The gateway collective (payment 1 of 3)
- $100,000
The Gateway Collective · Green Bay, WI · 2024
The gateway collective
- $100,000
New Zoological Society · Green Bay, WI · 2023
New zoo & adventure park
- $100,000
Peninsula School of Art · Fish Creek, WI · 2023
Door to creativity campaign (3 of 3)
- $100,000
Brain Center of Green Bay · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Program support (2 of 3)
- $100,000
Journey To Adult Success · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Expansion for housing needs
- $100,000
Peninsula School of Art · Fish Creek, WI · 2022
Door to creativity campaign (2 of 3)
- $90,000
Curative Connections · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Yesteryear campaign (1 of 3)
- $80,000
Curative Connections · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Yester year village campaign (3 of 3)
- $80,000
Curative Connections · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Yester year village campaign (2 of 3)
- $75,000
Brown County United Way · Green Bay, WI · 2024
United way annual campaign
- $75,000
Friends of Pals Youth and Families · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Brown county family center
- $75,000
Brown County United Way · Green Bay, WI · 2023
United way annual campaign
- $75,000
Brown County United Way · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Annual workplace campaign
- $75,000
Neville Public Museum Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Expanding culture and curiosity campaign (3 of 3)
- $70,000
Brown County Parks · Suamico, WI · 2022
Pamperin park playground
- $60,000
Baird Creek Preservation Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Baird creek skills course
- $50,000
Brain Center of Green Bay · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Outreach programs/event sponsor/legacy fund
- $50,000
Cesa 7 · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Supporting children with literacy development.
- $50,000
Friends Wisconsin State Parks · Reedsburg, WI · 2024
Upgrade fox river trail (payment 2 of 2)
- $50,000
Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Restore truck
- $50,000
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Educational Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Making college possible
- $50,000
Aspiro · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Bus support
- $50,000
Brain Center of Green Bay · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Program support
- $50,000
Children'S Imaginarium · Wausau, WI · 2023
Children's imaginarium - gear up campaign
- $50,000
Dc Everest Education Foundation · Schofield, WI · 2023
Greenheck turner community center
- $50,000
Friends of the Fox River Trail · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Upgrade fox river trail (payment 1 of 2)
- $50,000
Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Restore truck
- $50,000
Howe Community Resource Center · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Dolly pardon imagination library
- $50,000
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Educational Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Making college possible
- $50,000
Reins · Sheboygan Falls, WI · 2023
Imagine capitol campaign
- $50,000
Dc Everest Education Foundation · Schofield, WI · 2022
Greenheck turner community center (1 of 2)
- $50,000
Green Bay Area Public Schools Education Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Strategic investment and optimized impact
- $50,000
Heritage Hill Corporation · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Migrant home project
- $37,000
The Children'S Museum of Green Bay · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Steamworks lab
- $35,000
University of Wisconsin Green Bay Foundation - the Weidner · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Stage doors
- $35,000
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Stage doors series - academic year 2022-2023
- $34,000
Conway County School Counts · Morrilton, AZ · 2023
Providing education opportunities for all students
- $33,000
Arkansas Community Foundation Conway County School Counts · Morrilton, AR · 2024
Providing education for students (payment 2 of 3)
- $30,000
Family Services of Northeast Wi · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Green & gold gala
- $30,000
Greater Green Bay Ymca · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Ymca annual support
- $30,000
Green Bay Area Public Schools Education Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Gbaps education foundation
- $30,000
Neville Public Museum Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Neville public museum foundation - 2025 exhibits and programs
- $30,000
Wisconsin Humane Society · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Critical animal care
- $30,000
Boys & Girls Club of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Pledge commitment (3 of 3)
- $30,000
Neville Public Museum Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Neville public museum foundation - 2024 exhibits and programs
- $30,000
Boys & Girls Club of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
2022 pledge commitment (2 of 3)
- $30,000
Family Services of Northeast Wi · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Counseling
- $30,000
Neville Public Museum Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Neville public museum foundation - 2023 exhibits and programs
- $30,000
Stout University Foundation · Menomonie, WI · 2022
Uw stout packaging program support (3 of 3)
- $30,000
Woodson Ymca Foundation · Wausau, WI · 2022
Strengthening the heart of our community campaign (payment 5 of 5)
- $28,700
Foundations Health & Wholeness · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Ethics in action honors event
- $25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Green Bay · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Program support
- $25,000
Foundations Health & Wholeness · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Ethics in action honors event
- $25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Green Bay · Green Bay, WI · 2023
2023 program support
- $25,000
Family Services of Northeast Wi · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Green & gold gala - program support
- $25,000
Foster the Village · De Pere, WI · 2023
Foster the future campaign
- $25,000
Greater Green Bay Ymca · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Green bay ymca annual support
- $25,000
The Pencil Box · Tulsa, OK · 2023
Capital campaign (2 of 2)
- $25,000
Wisconsin Humane Society · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Critical animal care
- $25,000
Encompass Early Education & Care · Green Bay, WI · 2022
For the children campaign (3 of 3)
- $25,000
Foundations Health & Wholeness · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Ethics in action honors event
- $25,000
Green Bay Area Public Schools Education Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Gbaps education foundation (3 of 3)
- $25,000
Sturgeon Bay Visitor & Convention Bureau Inc Destination Sturgeon Bay · Sturgeon Bay, WI · 2022
Otumba park playground project
- $25,000
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · New York, NY · 2022
Team icee hope
- $25,000
The Pencil Box · Tulsa, OK · 2022
Capital campaign (1 of 2)
- $25,000
Wisconsin Humane Society · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Critical animal care
- $21,503
Greater Green Bay Community Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Give big green bay
- $20,474
Greater Green Bay Community Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Give big green bay
- $20,000
Brown County Civic Music Association · Hobart, WI · 2024
Brown county civic music
- $20,000
Greater Green Bay Chamber Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Golden apple awards 2024
- $20,000
Brown County Civic Music Association · Hobart, WI · 2023
Program support
- $20,000
Greater Green Bay Chamber Foundation · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Golden apple awards
- $20,000
Brown County Civic Music Association · De Pere, WI · 2022
Brown county civic music association
- $20,000
Greater Green Bay Ymca · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Ymca annual campaign
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