Funding search · EIN 271561234 · Waukesha, WI

James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation

Name: James & Leigh Peterson Family 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.

97
grants reported: $532,438
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $4,000
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

public welfare education religious

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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 Ann Center for Intergen Care3 grants · $60,000
St Augustine Preparatory Academy1 grant · $50,000
Lifestriders3 grants · $37,500
Pius Xi Catholic High School3 grants · $30,000
St Augustine Preparatory Academy in2 grants · $30,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission2 grants · $25,388
Veterans Community Project2 grants · $20,000
Pathfinders Milwaukee3 grants · $20,000
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre3 grants · $20,000
Exploit No More3 grants · $18,500

Giving over time

$180,050

2022

$175,888

2023

$176,500

2024

Grant history

All 97 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
St Augustine Preparatory Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Education
$30,000
Lifestriders · Waukesha, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$20,000
St Ann Center for Intergen Care · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$20,000
St Ann Center for Intergen Care · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$20,000
St Augustine Preparatory Academy in · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Education
$20,000
St Ann Center for Intergen Care · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$15,388
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$11,000
Exploit No More · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$10,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$10,000
Pius Xi Catholic High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Education
$10,000
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$10,000
Pius Xi Catholic High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Education
$10,000
Veterans Community Project · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Public welfare
$10,000
Pius Xi Catholic High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Education
$10,000
St Augustine Preparatory Academy in · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Education
$10,000
Veterans Community Project · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Public welfare
$7,500
Pathfinders Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$7,500
Pathfinders Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$7,000
Malaika Early Learning Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$5,000
Dogs To Dog Tags · Plymouth, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$5,000
Ladies Auxiliary of Arlington · Arlington, TX · 2024
Public charity
$5,000
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$5,000
Pathfinders Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$5,000
Patriot Paws Service Dogs · Rockwall, TX · 2024
Public welfare
$5,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Public welfare
$5,000
Childrens Hospital of Wi Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$5,000
Exploit No More · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$5,000
Hope Center · Waukesha, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$5,000
Hunger Task Force · West Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$5,000
Lifestriders · Waukesha, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$5,000
Madacc Friends of · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$5,000
Malaika Early Learning Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$5,000
Patriot Paws Service Dogs · Rockwall, TX · 2023
Public welfare
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House Chartities Ea · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$5,000
Semper Fi America'S Fund · Oceanside, CA · 2023
Public welfare
$5,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2023
Public welfare
$5,000
Budda-Box · Montello Wi, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$5,000
Hope Center · Waukesha, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$5,000
Hunger Task Force · West Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$5,000
Leukemia Lymphoma Society · Detroit, MI · 2022
Public welfare
$5,000
Little Hercules Foundation · Dublin, OH · 2022
Public welfare
$5,000
Madacc Friends of · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$5,000
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$5,000
Patriot Paws Service Dogs · Rockwall, TX · 2022
Public welfare
$5,000
Semper Fi America'S Fund · Oceanside, CA · 2022
Public welfare
$5,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2022
Public welfare
$4,000
Childrens Hospital of Wi Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$4,000
Semper Fi & America'S Fund · Oceanside, CA · 2024
Public welfare
$4,000
Lake Area Free Clinic · Oconomowoc, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$3,500
Guardian Angels Medical Service Dog · Williston, FL · 2022
Public welfare
$3,000
Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs · Williston, FL · 2024
Public welfare
$3,000
Hope Center · Waukesha, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$3,000
Malaika Early Learning Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$3,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2024
Public welfare
$3,000
Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin · Racine, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$3,000
Guardian Angels Medical Service Dog · Williston, FL · 2023
Public welfare
$3,000
Sisters of St Agnes Csa · Fond Du Lac, WI · 2022
Religious
$2,500
Exploit No More · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$2,500
Hunger Task Force · West Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$2,500
Lake Area Free Clinic · Oconomowoc, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$2,500
Lifestriders · Waukesha, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$2,500
Madacc (Friends of) · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$2,500
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2024
Public welfare
$2,500
Pallottine Fathers and Brothers · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Religious
$2,500
Pewaukee Scholarship Fund · Pewaukee, WI · 2023
Education
$2,500
St Hedwig Three Holy Women Parish · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Religious
$2,500
St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · Chicago, IL · 2023
Public welfare
$2,500
The Threshold · West Bend, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$2,500
Lake Area Free Clinic · Oconomowoc, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$2,500
Pewaukee Scholarship Fund · Pewaukee, WI · 2022
Education
$2,500
The Threshold · West Bend, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$2,000
Elmbrook Humane Society · Brookfield, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$2,000
Pewaukee Scholarship Fund · Pewaukee, WI · 2024
Education
$2,000
Pillows With Wings · Pewaukee, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$2,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2024
Public welfare
$2,000
Elmbrook Humane Society · Brookfield, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$2,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2023
Public welfare
$2,000
Sisters of St Agnes Csa · Fond Du Lac, WI · 2023
Religious
$2,000
Childrens Hospital of Wi Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$2,000
Czars Promise · Madison, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$2,000
Elmbrook Humane Society · Brookfield, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$2,000
Mr Bobs Under the Bridge · Grafton, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$2,000
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2022
Public welfare
$1,500
Waukesha Service Club · Waukesha, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$1,000
Make a Wish Foundation Wi · Wauwatosa, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$1,000
Milwaukee Womens Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$1,000
Mr Bobs Under the Bridge · Grafton, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$1,000
Pallottine Fathers and Brothers · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Religious
$1,000
Paralyzed Veterans of America · Washington, DC · 2024
Public welfare
$1,000
Sisters of St Agnes Csa · Fond Du Lac, WI · 2024
Religious
$1,000
Sisters of St Francis of Assisi · St Francis, WI · 2024
Religious
$1,000
St Hedwig Three Holy Women Parish · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Religious
$1,000
The Threshold · West Bend, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$1,000
Waukesha Service Club · Waukesha, WI · 2024
Public welfare
$1,000
Mr Bobs Under the Bridge · Grafton, WI · 2023
Public welfare
$550
Waukesha Service Club · Waukesha, WI · 2022
Public welfare
$500
Friends of the Park of Pewaukee · Pewaukee, WI · 2024
Public welfare

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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.