Funding search · EIN 391494625 · Milwaukee, WI

Kelben Foundation

Name: Kelben 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.

1,198
grants reported: $18.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $1,500
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

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

United Way Charities1 grant · $5.3M
United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County1 grant · $4.8M
United Way1 grant · $4.0M
Varsity Collective Charitable Fund1 grant · $750,000
St Augustine Preparatory Academy2 grants · $250,000
Milwaukee World Festival1 grant · $200,000
Fiver Children'S Foundation3 grants · $158,000
Children'S Wisconsin Foundation1 grant · $100,000
St Marcus School1 grant · $83,000
Lutheran Social Services4 grants · $65,000

Giving over time

$7.5M

2022

$5.6M

2023

$4.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,198 grants.

$5.3M
United Way Charities · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Various united way charities as directed by the foundation
$4.8M
United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Social services
$4.0M
United Way · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Social services
$750,000
Varsity Collective Charitable Fund · Madison, WI · 2022
To support student athletes at uw-madison
$200,000
Milwaukee World Festival · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Music and cultural festivals
$150,000
Fiver Children'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Youth development
$125,000
St Augustine Preparatory Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Education
$125,000
St Augustine Preparatory Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Education
$100,000
Children'S Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Donation
$83,000
St Marcus School · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Education
$30,000
Lutheran Social Services · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Social service agency
$25,000
Milwaukee College Prep School · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Education
$25,000
Milwaukee Film · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Community support
$25,000
Teach for America · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Education
$17,697
Bridget Wagy · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
Tuition
$15,000
Lutheran Social Services · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Social service agency
$15,000
Lutheran Social Services · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Social service agency
$15,000
Pat Connaughton Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Youth athletics
$15,000
Pathways High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Education
$11,285
Travis Wagy · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Scholarship
$11,221
Bridget Wagy · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
Tuition
$10,500
Swim Mke · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Donation
$10,062
Bridget Wagy · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
Tuition
$10,000
All-in Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
College education support
$10,000
Ozaukee Family Services · Grafton, WI · 2024
Social service agency
$10,000
All-in Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
College education support
$10,000
Journey 21 · Oconomowoc, WI · 2023
Educ for developmentally disabled
$10,000
Project Kindred · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Aids kidney disease
$10,000
Seeds of Health · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Public health
$10,000
Wlcfs-Christian Family Solutions · Germantown, WI · 2023
Social service agency
$10,000
Delta Gamma Foundation · Columbus, GA · 2022
Education
$10,000
Omega Housing Corp · Columbus, GA · 2022
Education
$10,000
Pathways High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Education
$10,000
Project Kindred · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Aids kidney disease
$9,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Donation
$9,000
Wisconsin Humane Society · Saukville, WI · 2024
Animal welfare
$9,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Medical care
$9,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2022
Medical care
$8,892
Ismael Tinajero · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Scholarship
$8,592
Ismael Tinajero · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Tuition
$8,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2024
Social service agency
$8,000
Sf Community Clinics · San Franscisco, CA · 2024
Social service agency
$8,000
Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2024
Disaster aid
$8,000
Planned Parenthood Federation · New York, NY · 2023
Social service agency
$8,000
Sf Community Clinic · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Public health
$8,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Medical care
$8,000
Sf Community Clinics · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Medical care
$7,864
Sherlean Roberts · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Scholarship
$7,208
Daryl Burns Jr · Brookfield, WI · 2024
Scholarship
$7,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2024
Disaster aid
$7,000
Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2023
Disaster aid
$6,513
Stanley Ozongwu · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Scholarship
$6,498
Stanley Ozongwu · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Tuition
$6,474
Stanley Ozongwu · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Tuition
$6,351
Carolyn Ross-Staples · Wilberforce, OH · 2023
Tuition
$6,134
Sherlean Roberts · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Tuition
$6,000
American Red Cross · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Disaster aid
$5,500
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2024
Disaster aid
$5,264
Alanna Burns · Brookfield, WI · 2024
Scholarship
$5,000
American Red Cross Northern Ca · San Franscisco, CA · 2024
Disaster aid
$5,000
Christian Family Solutions · Germantown, WI · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Haws · Waukesha, WI · 2024
Animal welfare
$5,000
Journey 21 · Oconomowoc, WI · 2024
Educ for developmentally disabled
$5,000
Lutheran Social Services · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Social service agency
$5,000
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Pathways High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Seeds of Health · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Public health
$5,000
Sixteenth Street Community Health · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Stars & Stripes Honor Flight · Menomonee Falls, WI · 2024
Services for veterans
$5,000
American Red Cross Northern Ca · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Disaster aid
$5,000
Mha of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Mental health
$5,000
Ozaukee Family Services · Grafton, WI · 2023
Social service agency
$5,000
Redgen · Shorewood, WI · 2023
Social service agency
$5,000
Stars & Stripes Honor Flight · Menomonee Falls, WI · 2023
Services for veterans
$5,000
Wisconsin Humane Society · Saukville, WI · 2023
Animal welfare
$5,000
All-in Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
College education support
$5,000
Cardinal Stritch University · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
College education support
$5,000
Christian Family Solutions · Germantown, WI · 2022
Social service agency
$5,000
College Possible · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Education
$5,000
Fiver Children'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Youth development
$5,000
Fork Farms · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Community education
$5,000
Humanity and Inclusion · Silver Spring, MD · 2022
International humanity care
$5,000
Kinship Community Food Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Food bank
$5,000
Mha · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Mental health support
$5,000
Ozaukee Family Services · Grafton, WI · 2022
Social service agency
$5,000
Redgen · Shorewood, WI · 2022
Education and mental health
$5,000
Sixteenth Street Community Health · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Community health
$5,000
Unicef USA · New York, NY · 2022
Children's health
$5,000
Wisconsin Humane Society · Saukville, WI · 2022
Care for animals
$4,955
Bridget Wagy · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
Tuition
$4,886
Alanna Burns · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Tuition
$4,810
Emily Wagy · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
Tuition
$4,810
Emily Wagy · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
Tuition
$4,805
Emily Wagy · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
Tuition
$4,795
Alanna Burns · Brookfield, WI · 2022
Tuition
$4,795
Sherlean Roberts · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Tuition
$4,795
Stanley Ozongwu · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Tuition
$4,794
Alanna Burns · Brookfield, WI · 2022
Tuition
$4,794
Carolyn Ross-Staples · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Tuition

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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.