Funding search · EIN 396037585 · Milwaukee, WI

Marjorie L Christiansen Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

88
grants reported
$425,500
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Friends of Camp Anokijig3 grants · $75,000
  • Maccanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary3 grants · $20,500
  • Vision Forward2 grants · $20,000
  • Project Angel Hugs3 grants · $18,000
  • Hunger Task Force2 grants · $15,000
  • St Ann Center for Intergenerational Care2 grants · $14,500
  • Schlitz Audubon2 grants · $12,000
  • Able Audio and Braile Literacy2 grants · $12,000
  • Prevent Blindness Wisconsin3 grants · $10,000
  • Sixteenth Street Community Health Center2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$149,000
2022
$144,000
2023
$132,500
2024

Grant history

All 88 reported grants, largest first.

  • $25,000

    Friends of Camp Anokijig · Plymouth, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Friends of Camp Anokijig · Plymouth, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Friends of Camp Anokijig · Plymouth, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Vision Forward · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Vision Forward · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $8,500

    Maccanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $8,000

    Civic Music Association · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    General operating

  • $7,500

    Hunger Task Force · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $7,500

    Hunger Task Force · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $7,500

    St Ann Center for Intergenerational Care · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $7,500

    Hunger Task Force · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $7,000

    Hope Center · Waukesha, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $7,000

    St Ann Center for Intergenerational Care · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $6,000

    Able · La Crescent, MN · 2024

    General operating

  • $6,000

    Maccanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $6,000

    Project Angel Hugs · Plymouth, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $6,000

    Schlitz Audubon Nature Center · Bayside, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $6,000

    Able Audio and Braile Literacy · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $6,000

    Maccanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $6,000

    Project Angel Hugs · Plymouth, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $6,000

    Schlitz Audubon · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $6,000

    Able Audio and Braile Literacy · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $6,000

    Project Angel Hugs · Plymouth, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $6,000

    Schlitz Audubon · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Florentine Opera · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    New Life Church · Conway, AR · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Racine Symphony Orchestra Association · Racine, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Silver Spring Neighborhood Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Sixteenth Street · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    St Ann Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Autism Society of Se Wisconsin · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Sixteenth Street Community Health Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $5,000

    American Red Cross of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Prevent Blindness Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Shepherds College Foundation · Union Grove, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Sixteenth Street Community Health Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Wisconsin Adaptive Sports Assn · Brookfield, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $4,000

    Hear Wisconsin · West Allis, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $4,000

    Rotary International · Plymouth, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $4,000

    Hear Wisconsin · West Allis, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Above and Beyond Childrens Corporation · Sheboygan, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters · Sheboygan, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Council of the Blind · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin · West Allis, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Racine Zoo · Racine, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Boerner Botanical Gardens · Hales Corners, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Civic Music Association of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin · West Allis, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Racine Zoological Society · Racine, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Above and Beyond Childrens Corporation · Sheboygan, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Civic Music Association of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin · West Allis, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens · Hales Corners, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Core El Centro · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Family Sharing of Ozaukee County · Grafton, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Fhnb · Madison, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Milwaukee Downtown · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Prevent Blindness Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    St Coletta of Wi · Jefferson, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Teens Grow Greens · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Variety · Elm Grove, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $2,500

    American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Bridge To Brighter · Madison, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Chix 4 a Cause Ltd · West Bend, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Fishing Has No Boundaries · Hayward, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Milwaukee Downtown · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Nativity Jesuit Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Prevent Blindness Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Racine Symphony Orchestra Association in · Racine, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Shepherds College Foundation · Union Grove, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Silver Spring Neighborhood Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    St Coletta of Wisconsin · Jefferson, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    St Marcus Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Teens Grow Greens · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Variety · Elm Grove, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Wellpoint Care Network · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Wisconsin Adaptive Sports Association in · Brookfield, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Florentine Opera · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Milwaukee Center for Independence · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Milwaukee Downtown · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Racine Symphony Orchestra Association · Racine, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Silver Spring Neighborhood Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $2,500

    St Coletta of Wisconsin · Jefferson, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $2,500

    St Marcus Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $2,500

    Variety - the Children'S Charity of Wisc · Elm Grove, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $2,000

    Impact · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $1,000

    Hope Straps · Mequon, WI · 2024

    General operating

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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.