Funding search · EIN 431974269 · Brookfield, WI

John & Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation

Name: John & Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

64
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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.

What they fund

education arts wildlife cultural operation outreach performing public

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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.

3 grants matching “music education” · $66,000

$25,000
Brevard Music Center · Brevard, NC · 2024
Music education
$25,000
Brevard Music Center · Brevard, NC · 2023
Music education
$16,000
Brevard Music Center · Brevard, NC · 2022
Music education

Top recipients

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

Cultural Leadership3 grants · $121,000
Charleston Jazz3 grants · $110,000
Charleston Stage Company3 grants · $110,000
South Carolina Aquarium3 grants · $106,000
Prison Performing Arts3 grants · $105,000
Public Works Art Center2 grants · $73,000
Charleston Gaillard Center3 grants · $69,500
Brevard Music Center3 grants · $66,000
Lowcountry Food Bank3 grants · $53,000
St Louis Artworks2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$453,500

2022

$422,500

2023

$426,000

2024

Grant history

All 64 reported grants, largest first.

$54,000
South Carolina Aquarium · Charleston, SC · 2022
Operational support
$45,000
Charleston Jazz · N Charleston, SC · 2024
Jazz performance, education & outreach
$44,000
Cultural Leadership · St Louis, MO · 2024
Cultural training
$40,000
Charleston Stage Company · Mount Pleasant, SC · 2024
Performing arts
$40,000
Prison Performing Arts · St Louis, MO · 2024
Program funding
$40,000
Public Works Art Center · Summerville, SC · 2024
Art eduction/program funding
$40,000
Cultural Leadership · St Louis, MO · 2023
Cultural training
$40,000
Ripon College · Ripon, WI · 2022
Music dept support
$37,000
Cultural Leadership · St Louis, MO · 2022
Cultural training
$35,000
Charleston Gaillard Center · Charleston, SC · 2024
Performing arts education
$35,000
Charleston Jazz · N Charleston, SC · 2023
Jazz performance, education & outreach
$35,000
Charleston Stage Company · Mount Pleasant, SC · 2023
Performing arts
$35,000
Prison Performing Arts · St Louis, MO · 2023
Program funding
$35,000
Charleston Stage Company · Mt Pleasant, SC · 2022
Performing arts
$33,000
Public Works Art Center · Summerville, SC · 2023
Art eduction/program funding
$30,000
Charleston Jazz · North Charleston, SC · 2022
Jazz performance, education and outreach
$30,000
Madison Jazz Consortium · Madison, WI · 2022
Sustain current programs and launch new initiatives
$30,000
Prison Performing Arts · St Louis, MO · 2022
Program funding
$28,000
South Carolina Aquarium · Charleston, SC · 2024
Operation support
$27,000
Lowcountry Food Bank · North Charleston, SC · 2022
Food bank
$25,000
Action Arts Collaborative · St Louis, MO · 2024
Cultural awareness, outreach & support of the arts
$25,000
Brevard Music Center · Brevard, NC · 2024
Music education
$25,000
Brevard Music Center · Brevard, NC · 2023
Music education
$25,000
Charleston Gaillard Center · Charleston, SC · 2023
Performing arts education
$25,000
St Louis Artworks · St Louis, MO · 2023
Summer program
$25,000
Tandem Press · Madison, WI · 2023
Art education and public service
$25,000
St Louis Artworks · St Louis, MO · 2022
Summer program
$25,000
Uwm School of Architecture · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operational support
$24,000
South Carolina Aquarium · Charleston, SC · 2023
Operation support
$20,000
Community Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Art education and public service
$16,000
Brevard Music Center · Brevard, NC · 2022
Music education
$15,000
Action Arts Collaborative · St Louis, MO · 2023
Cultural awareness, outreach & support of the arts
$15,000
Arts & Literature Laboratory · Madison, WI · 2023
Art education and public service
$14,000
Feeding the Carolinas · Clemmons, NC · 2024
Operation support
$14,000
Lowcountry Food Bank · N Charleston, SC · 2024
Food bank
$14,000
Pendland School of Craft · Bakersville, NC · 2024
Art & craft education
$13,500
Aclu of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
Civil rights
$13,500
Charleston Animal Society · North Charleston, SC · 2022
Care for sheltered, abused, abandoned and unwanted animals
$13,500
Sea Island Hunger Awareness · Johns Island, SC · 2022
Water wellness
$13,500
Wilderness Land Trust · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2022
Operational support
$12,500
Bread and Roses Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2023
Cultural awareness, outreach & support of the arts
$12,000
Lowcountry Food Bank · N Charleston, SC · 2023
Food bank
$12,000
Sea Island Hunger Awareness · Johns Island, SC · 2023
Water wellness
$12,000
St Louis Zoo · St Louis, MO · 2023
Wildlife conservation
$12,000
Wildlife in Need Center · Oconomowoc, WI · 2023
Wildlife rehabilitation
$12,000
Yo Artinc · Charleston, SC · 2023
Support of technology-driven arts to schools
$10,000
Midwest Artist Project Services (Maps) · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Resources including consultation and education for artists and collectives in the midwest
$9,500
Charleston Gaillard Center · Charleston, SC · 2022
Performing arts education
$9,000
St Louis Zoo · St Louis, MO · 2024
Wildlife conservation
$8,000
Historic Maymarket Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Capital campaign for new milwaukee public museum building
$7,000
Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Environment legal advocacy
$7,000
Wilderness Land Trust · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2024
Operation support
$7,000
St Louis Zoo · St Louis, MO · 2022
Wildlife conservation
$6,000
Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Environment legal advocacy
$6,000
Wilderness Land Trust · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2023
Operation support
$6,000
Wildlife in Need Center · Oconomowoc, WI · 2022
Wildlife rehabilitation
$5,000
Audubon Center at Riverlands · West Alton, MO · 2024
Operation support
$5,000
Ripon College · Ripon, WI · 2024
Education
$5,000
Wildlife in Need Center · Oconomowoc, WI · 2024
Wildlife rehabilitation
$5,000
Audubon Missouri (the National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2022
Wildlife conservation
$5,000
Chips Health & Wellness Ctr · St Louis, MO · 2022
Individual wellness
$4,000
Arts & Literature Laboratory · Madison, WI · 2024
Art education and public service
$4,000
Yeyo Arts Collective · St Louis, MO · 2023
Artists development
$2,000
Nollie Jenkins Family Center · Durant, MS · 2023
Operations support

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