Funding search · EIN 396238856 · Elm Grove, WI

Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation

Name: Evan & Marion Helfaer 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.

330
grants reported: $3.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,000
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

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.

Historic Haymarket Milwaukee1 grant · $1.0M
Marquette University for Helfaer Tenni2 grants · $800,000
Marquette University1 grant · $400,000
Froedtert Hospital Foundation1 grant · $240,000
Medical College of Wisconsin1 grant · $200,000
Zoological Society of Milwaukeeplatypus2 grants · $80,500
United Way of Greater Milwaukee2 grants · $50,000
Milwaukee Public Museum3 grants · $50,000
Adaptive Community Approach Program2 grants · $20,000
United Performing Arts Fund2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$895,005

2022

$1.7M

2023

$1.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 330 grants.

$1.0M
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$400,000
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$400,000
Marquette University for Helfaer Tenni · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$400,000
Marquette University for Helfaer Tenni · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$240,000
Froedtert Hospital Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$200,000
Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$45,000
Zoological Society of Milwaukeeplatypus · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$35,500
Zoological Society of Milwaukeeplatypus · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$25,000
United Way of Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$25,000
United Way of Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$20,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$15,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Adaptive Community Approach Program · Waukesha, WI · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Habitat for Humanity of Waukesha Count · Waukesha, WI · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Penfield Children'S Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$10,000
United Performing Arts Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Adaptive Community Approach Program · Waukesha, WI · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Hunger Task Force · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Just One More Ministry · Glendale, WI · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Neighborhood House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Pathfinders Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Penfield Children'S Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Repairers of the Breach · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$10,000
United Performing Arts Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$8,500
United Performing Arts Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$7,500
Maccanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$7,000
Riveredge Nature Center · Newburg, WI · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Hope House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Hunger Task Force · West Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$5,000
The Women'S Center of Waukesha · Waukesha, WI · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Hope House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Impact · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Just One More Ministry · Glendale, WI · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Marcus Performing Arts Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Milwaukee Womens Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Neighborhood House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Sharp Literacy Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$5,000
The Womens Center · Vienna, VA · 2023
Program support
$5,000
War Memorial Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Wisconsin Humane Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Womens Care Center Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Archdiocese of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Augustine Preparatory School · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Badger Institute · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Capuchin Community Services · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Cathedral Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Family Service of Waukesha · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Hope Center · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Hope House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Hope Street Ministry · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Jewish Museum Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Kinship Community Food Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Literacy Services of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Marcus Performing Arts Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Milwaukee Women'S Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Paralyzed Veterans of America -Wi Chap · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Sharp Literacy Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Sojourner Family Peace Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
St Ann Center for Intergenerational · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Vision Forward · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Wisconsin Humane Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Women'S Care Center Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Ymca of Metropolitan Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$4,500
Wisconsin Humane Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$4,500
Milwaukee School of Engineering · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$4,500
Milwaukee School of Engineering · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$4,000
Discovery World Llc · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$4,000
STEM Forward · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$3,500
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$3,500
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Make a Wish Foundation of Wisconsin · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Above the Clouds · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Artists Working in Education · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Carenet Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Make a Wish Foundation of Wisconsin · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Milwaukee Ballet · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$3,000
Women and Girls Fund of Waukesha · Waukesha, WI · 2022
Program support
$2,500
Asset Builders · Madison, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Audio & Braille Literacy Enhancement (Ab · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Betty Brinn Children'S Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Independence First · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Jewish Museum Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Milwaukee Ballet · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Milwaukee School of Engineering · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Mke Downtown · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Neighborhood House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Paralyzed Veterans of America · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Sharp Literacy Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Sojourner Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
United Community Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Vision Forward · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Wisconsin Lutheran Child & Family Servic · Germantown, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Ymca of Metropolitan Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Audio & Braille Literacy Enhancement · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support

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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.