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 20222024. 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

$3.5M
2022
$3.6M
2023
$4.6M
2024

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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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.