Funding search · EIN 391232384 · Milwaukee, WI

Charles D Ortgiesen Foundation

Name: Charles D Ortgiesen 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.

72
grants reported: $250,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
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.

St Marcus School4 grants · $40,000
Milwaukee Public Museum4 grants · $38,500
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $35,500
Milwaukee Repertory Theater4 grants · $34,500
Milwaukee Rescue Mission4 grants · $12,000
Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens4 grants · $8,000
First Stage3 grants · $7,500
Literacy Services of Milwaukee3 grants · $7,000
Wellpoint Care Network3 grants · $6,000
Next Door Foundation3 grants · $6,000

Giving over time

$58,500

2022

$61,000

2023

$66,000

2024

$65,000

2025

Grant history

All 72 reported grants, largest first.

$10,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$10,000
St Marcus School · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$10,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$10,000
St Marcus School · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$10,000
St Marcus School · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$10,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$10,000
Milwaukee Repertory Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$10,000
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$10,000
St Marcus School · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$8,500
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$8,500
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$8,500
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$8,500
Milwaukee Repertory Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$8,500
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$8,000
Milwaukee Repertory Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$8,000
Milwaukee Repertory Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$5,000
Lifestriders · Waukesha, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$5,000
St Augustine Preparatory Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$3,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$3,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$3,000
Literacy Services of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$3,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$3,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$2,500
First Stage · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$2,500
First Stage · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$2,500
First Stage · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens · Hales Corners, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Literacy Services of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Risen Savior Youth Services · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Wellpoint Care Network · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Curative Care Network · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens · Hales Corners, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Literacy Services of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Next Door Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Wellpoint Care Network · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Centro United Community Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens · Hales Corners, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Next Door Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Risen Savior Lutheran Church · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Wellpoint Care Network · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Center for Deaf-Blind Persons · West Allis, WI · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens · Hales Corners, WI · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Next Door Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$2,000
Risen Savior Lutheran Church & School · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$1,500
Center for Deaf-Blind Persons · West Allis, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$1,500
Milwaukee Ballet · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$1,500
Renaissance Theaterworks · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$1,500
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$1,500
Milwaukee Ballet · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1,500
Renaissance Theaterworks · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1,500
The Cathedral Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1,500
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1,500
Renaissance Theaterworks · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1,500
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1,500
Renaissance Theaterworks · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Benedict Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Historic Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Hope House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Serenity Inns · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Historic Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Hope House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Serenity Inns · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Benedict Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Center for Deaf-Blind Persons · West Allis, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Historic Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Hope House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Historic Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Hope House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Lutheran Counseling & Family Services Wisc · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Serenity Inns · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
The Cathedral Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$1,000
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Unrestricted grant

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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.