Funding search · EIN 474511458 · Chicago, IL
Lenz Edward and June Char Tr 71504
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
- $2.5M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $30,000
- 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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Funding pattern
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23 grants matching “portage” · $912,893
- $78,985
Greater Portage Youth Education Fdn · Portage, WI · 2024
General operating purposes
- $77,765
Portage Community School District · Portage, WI · 2024
Program support
- $60,000
Portage Center for the Art · Portage, WI · 2024
Program support
- $25,000
Portage Recovery Center · Portage, WI · 2024
Program support
- $18,275
Portage Service Club Association · Portage, WI · 2024
General operating purposes
- $17,000
Positively Portage - Pacct · Portage, WI · 2024
Program support
- $12,800
Portage Youth Soccer Association · Portage, WI · 2024
Program support
- $11,740
Portage Curling Association · Portage, WI · 2024
General operating purposes
- $8,630
The Womens Civic League of Portage · Portage, WI · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
City of Portage · Portage, WI · 2024
Program support
- $97,345
City of Portage · Portage, WI · 2023
Program support
- $61,326
Portage Youth Baseball Club · Portage, WI · 2023
General operating purposes
- $40,000
Portage Touchdown Club · Portage, WI · 2023
Program support
- $38,842
Greater Portage Youth Education Fdn · Portage, WI · 2023
General operating purposes
- $25,000
Portage Recovery Center · Portage, WI · 2023
Program support
- $2,000
Positively Portage - Pacct · Portage, WI · 2023
Program support
- $1,000
Portage Curling Association · Portage, WI · 2023
General operating purposes
- $250,000
Portage Center for the Art · Portage, WI · 2022
Program support
- $24,535
Greater Portage Youth Education Fdn · Portage, WI · 2022
General operating purposes
- $23,150
Portage Curling Association · Portage, WI · 2022
General operating purposes
- $17,500
Portage Community School District-Rusc · Portage, WI · 2022
General operating purposes
- $12,000
Portage Youth · Portage, WI · 2022
Program support
- $5,000
Portage Area Community Charitable Trust · Portage, WI · 2022
General operating purposes
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Village of Pardeeville2 grants · $395,000
- Portage Center for the Art2 grants · $310,000
- Adrc of Columbia County2 grants · $200,000
- Pardeeville Boys Club1 grant · $160,000
- Pardeeville Area School District1 grant · $152,535
- Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central1 grant · $150,000
- Greater Portage Youth Education Fdn3 grants · $142,362
- City of Portage2 grants · $102,345
- Canopy Center2 grants · $100,000
- Portage Community School District1 grant · $77,765
Giving over time
Grant history
All 46 reported grants, largest first.
- $365,000
Village of Pardeeville · Pardeeville, WI · 2023
General operating purposes
- $250,000
Portage Center for the Art · Portage, WI · 2022
Program support
- $160,000
Pardeeville Boys Club · Pardeeville, WI · 2024
Program support
- $152,535
Pardeeville Area School District · Pardeeville, WI · 2024
Program support
- $150,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central · Tomah, WI · 2023
Program support
- $100,000
Adrc of Columbia County · Portage, WI · 2024
General operating purposes
- $100,000
Adrc of Columbia County · Portage, WI · 2022
General operating purposes
- $97,345
City of Portage · Portage, WI · 2023
Program support
- $78,985
Greater Portage Youth Education Fdn · Portage, WI · 2024
General operating purposes
- $77,765
Portage Community School District · Portage, WI · 2024
Program support
- $63,000
Pardeeville District Ambulance Service · Pardeeville, WI · 2024
Program support
- $61,326
Portage Youth Baseball Club · Portage, WI · 2023
General operating purposes
- $60,000
Portage Center for the Art · Portage, WI · 2024
Program support
- $60,000
Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception · Portage, WI · 2022
Program support
- $50,000
Canopy Center · Madison, WI · 2024
Program support
- $50,000
River Haven Homeless Shelter · Portage, WI · 2024
Program support
- $50,000
Canopy Center · Madison, WI · 2023
Program support
- $48,696
Pardeeville Bulldog Support Foundation · Pardeeville, WI · 2024
Program support
- $40,000
Portage Touchdown Club · Portage, WI · 2023
Program support
- $40,000
Columbia County Casa · Portage, WI · 2022
General operating purposes
- $38,842
Greater Portage Youth Education Fdn · Portage, WI · 2023
General operating purposes
- $35,000
National Society Daughters of the Amer · Baraboo, WI · 2022
Program support
- $30,000
Village of Pardeeville · Pardeeville, WI · 2024
General operating purposes
- $30,000
Kinship Mentoring of Columbia County · Portage, WI · 2022
Program support
- $25,000
Portage Recovery Center · Portage, WI · 2024
Program support
- $25,000
Portage Recovery Center · Portage, WI · 2023
Program support
- $24,535
Greater Portage Youth Education Fdn · Portage, WI · 2022
General operating purposes
- $23,333
Pardeeville Curling Club · Pardeeville, WI · 2022
Program support
- $23,150
Portage Curling Association · Portage, WI · 2022
General operating purposes
- $18,275
Portage Service Club Association · Portage, WI · 2024
General operating purposes
- $17,500
Portage Community School District-Rusc · Portage, WI · 2022
General operating purposes
- $17,000
Positively Portage - Pacct · Portage, WI · 2024
Program support
- $13,000
Columbia County Public Health · Portage, WI · 2024
Program support
- $12,800
Portage Youth Soccer Association · Portage, WI · 2024
Program support
- $12,500
River Haven Homeless Shelter · Portage, WI · 2022
Program support
- $12,000
Portage Youth · Portage, WI · 2022
Program support
- $11,740
Portage Curling Association · Portage, WI · 2024
General operating purposes
- $10,000
National Society of Colonial Dames · Portage, WI · 2023
General operating purposes
- $8,630
The Womens Civic League of Portage · Portage, WI · 2024
Program support
- $6,500
Northwood Inc of Wisconsin · Portage, WI · 2022
Program support
- $5,000
City of Portage · Portage, WI · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Portage Area Community Charitable Trust · Portage, WI · 2022
General operating purposes
- $2,500
Kinship Mentoring of Columbia County · Portage, WI · 2023
Program support
- $2,000
Positively Portage - Pacct · Portage, WI · 2023
Program support
- $1,000
Arlington Curling Club · Arlington, WI · 2023
Program support
- $1,000
Portage Curling Association · Portage, WI · 2023
General operating purposes
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