Funding search · EIN 470870989 · New Lisbon, WI

Loren & Helen Walker Foundation

Name: Loren & Helen Walker Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

46
grants reported: $387,475
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $6,000
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.

Top recipients

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

Mile Bluff Medical Center1 grant · $50,000
Mauston School District4 grants · $45,038
New Lisbon Schools4 grants · $35,800
Ronald McDonald House3 grants · $35,000
American Red Cross1 grant · $25,000
Juneau County K-9'S2 grants · $25,000
Hope House3 grants · $22,000
Juneau County Nutrition3 grants · $22,000
New Lisbon Food Pantry2 grants · $17,500
Alzheimers & Dementia Alliance1 grant · $15,000

Giving over time

$118,000

2022

$75,768

2023

$99,564

2024

$94,143

2025

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Mile Bluff Medical Center · Mauston, WI · 2024
Charitable use
$25,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2024
Charitable use
$22,750
Mauston School District · Mauston, WI · 2024
Charitable use
$20,000
Juneau County K-9'S · Mauston, WI · 2022
Charitable use
$15,000
Alzheimers & Dementia Alliance · Madison, WI · 2022
Charitable use
$15,000
New Lisbon Schools · New Lisbon, WI · 2022
Charitable use
$15,000
Ronald McDonald House · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable use
$14,376
New Lisbon Schools · New Lisbon, WI · 2023
Charitable use
$14,000
Hearts for Hope Foundation · Elroy, WI · 2025
Charitable use
$10,500
Mauston School District · Mauston, WI · 2025
Scholarshipscharitable use
$10,500
Mauston High School · Mauston, WI · 2023
Charitable use
$10,000
Hope House · Baraboo, WI · 2025
Charitable use
$10,000
Juneau County Nutrition · Elroy, WI · 2025
Charitable use
$10,000
New Lisbon Food Pantry · New Lisbon, WI · 2025
Charitable use
$10,000
Ronald McDonald House · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable use
$10,000
Ronald McDonald House · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable use
$9,500
Mauston School District · Mauston, WI · 2022
Charitable use
$7,500
Friends of Wisconsin Public Tv · Madison, WI · 2022
Charitable use
$7,500
New Lisbon Food Pantry · New Lisbon, WI · 2022
Charitable use
$7,500
Wisconsin Public Radio · Madison, WI · 2022
Charitable use
$6,000
Hope House · Baraboo, WI · 2023
Charitable use
$6,000
Juneau County Nutrition · Mauston, WI · 2023
Charitable use
$6,000
Hope House · Baraboo, WI · 2022
Charitable use
$6,000
Juneau County Nutrition · Mauston, WI · 2022
Charitable use
$5,424
New Lisbon Schools · New Lisbon, WI · 2025
Scholarshipslunch debtcharitable use
$5,000
Make a Wish Wisconsin · Middleton, WI · 2025
Charitable use
$5,000
Wi Public Radio · Madison, WI · 2025
Charitable use
$5,000
Friends of Wisconsin Public Tv · Madison, WI · 2023
Charitable use
$5,000
Juneau County K-9'S · Mauston, WI · 2023
Charitable use
$5,000
Wisconsin Public Radio · Madison, WI · 2023
Charitable use
$5,000
Make a Wish Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2022
Charitable use
$3,850
Mauston Montessori · Mauston, WI · 2023
Charitable use
$3,500
Royall School District · Elroy, WI · 2025
Charitable use
$3,000
Carl Nelson Animal Shelter · Mauston, WI · 2025
Charitable use
$3,000
K9'S of Juneau County · Mauston, WI · 2025
Charitable use
$3,000
Carl Nelson Animal Shelter · Mauston, WI · 2023
Charitable use
$3,000
Make a Wish Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
Charitable use
$3,000
Carl Nelson Animal Shelter · Mauston, WI · 2022
Charitable use
$2,719
New Lisbon Memorial Library · New Lisbon, WI · 2025
Charitable use
$2,288
Mauston School District · Mauston, WI · 2023
Charitable use
$2,000
Friends of Necedah National Wildlife Refuge · Necedah, WI · 2025
Charitable use
$1,097
Wonewoc-Union Center Sc · Wonewoc, WI · 2023
Charitable use
$1,000
New Lisbon Schools · New Lisbon, WI · 2024
Charitable use
$1,000
Friends of Lone Rock Schools · New Lisbon, WI · 2022
Charitable use
$814
Royall School District · Elroy, WI · 2024
Charitable use
$657
Royall School District · Elroy, WI · 2023
Charitable use

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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.