Funding search · EIN 813941498 · Lake Geneva, WI

Michael W Louis Private Foundation

Name: Michael W Louis Private 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.

96
grants reported: $2.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $18,750
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.

National Louis Unversity3 grants · $400,000
Valleywise Health Foundation3 grants · $253,500
Foundation Fighting Blindness4 grants · $200,000
Park City Community Foundation4 grants · $200,000
Colorado College3 grants · $200,000
Desert Voices4 grants · $200,000
The First Tee of Phoenix4 grants · $155,000
Lake Owen Association4 grants · $114,500
Barrow Neurological Foundation4 grants · $105,000
Uc San Diego Foundation4 grants · $90,000

Giving over time

$555,000

2022

$575,000

2023

$845,000

2024

$775,000

2025

Grant history

All 96 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
National Louis Unversity · Chicago, IL · 2024
General contribution
$100,000
National Louis Unversity · Chicago, IL · 2025
General contribution
$100,000
Valleywise Health Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General contribution
$100,000
National Louis Unversity · Chicago, IL · 2022
General contribution
$90,000
Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General contribution
$88,500
Valleywise Health Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General contribution
$75,000
Barrow Neurological Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General contribution
$70,000
Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General contribution
$70,000
Adler Plantetarium · Chicago, IL · 2022
General contribution
$65,000
Valleywise Health Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General contribution
$60,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness · Columbia, MD · 2023
General contribution
$50,000
Desert Voices · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General contribution
$50,000
Honor Health Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2025
General contribution
$50,000
Park City Community Foundation · Park City, UT · 2025
General contribution
$50,000
Desert Voices · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General contribution
$50,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness · Columbia, MD · 2024
General contribution
$50,000
Panda - University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024
General contribution
$50,000
Park City Community Foundation · Park City, UT · 2024
General contribution
$50,000
Desert Voices · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General contribution
$50,000
Park City Community Foundation · Park City, UT · 2023
General contribution
$50,000
Desert Voices · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General contribution
$50,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness · Columbia, MD · 2022
General contribution
$50,000
Park City Community Foundation · Park City, UT · 2022
General contribution
$45,000
The First Tee of Phoenix · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General contribution
$40,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness · Columbia, MD · 2025
General contribution
$40,000
The First Tee of Phoenix · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General contribution
$40,000
Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General contribution
$40,000
Sandra Day O'Connor Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General contribution
$38,000
Lake Owen Association · New Richmond, WI · 2024
General contribution
$35,000
The First Tee of Phoenix · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General contribution
$35,000
The First Tee of Phoenix · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General contribution
$30,000
Uc San Diego Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2025
General contribution
$29,000
Lake Owen Association · Cable, WI · 2025
General contribution
$27,500
Lake Owen Association · New Richmond, WI · 2022
General contribution
$25,000
Park City Education Foundation · Park City, UT · 2024
General contribution
$22,500
Phoenix Country Day School · Paradise Valley, AZ · 2025
General contribution
$20,000
Chequamegon Bay United Impact Land Trust · Superior, WI · 2024
General contribution
$20,000
Phoenix Country Day School · Paradise Valley, AZ · 2024
General contribution
$20,000
Rye Nature Center · Rye, NY · 2024
General contribution
$20,000
Uc San Diego Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2024
General contribution
$20,000
American Birkebeiner · Hayward, WI · 2023
General contribution
$20,000
Lake Owen Association · New Richmond, WI · 2023
General contribution
$20,000
Park City Education Foundation · Park City, UT · 2023
General contribution
$20,000
Phoenix Country Day School · Paradise Valley, AZ · 2023
General contribution
$20,000
Planned Parenthood Act · Washington, DC · 2023
General contribution
$20,000
Uc San Diego Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2023
General contribution
$20,000
Uc San Diego Foundation · La Jolla, CA · 2022
General contribution
$20,000
Winter Sports School · Park City, UT · 2022
General contribution
$17,500
Phoenix Country Day School · Paradise Valley, AZ · 2022
General contribution
$15,000
Rye Nature Center · Rye, NY · 2025
General contribution
$15,000
University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2025
General contribution
$15,000
Winter Sports School · Park City, UT · 2025
General contribution
$15,000
Winter Sports School · Park City, UT · 2024
General contribution
$15,000
Rye Nature Center · Rye, NY · 2023
General contribution
$15,000
Rye Nature Center · Rye, NY · 2022
General contribution
$12,000
Mamas Kitchen · San Diego, CA · 2024
General contribution
$11,250
New Canaan Community Fund · New Canaan, CT · 2025
General contributions
$11,250
New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2025
General contribution
$10,000
Barrow Neurological Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General contribution
$10,000
Chequamegon Area Mountain Bike Association · Cable, WI · 2025
General contribution
$10,000
Christ Church School · Paradise Valley, AZ · 2025
General contribution
$10,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025
General contributions
$10,000
Desert Botanical Gardens · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General contribution
$10,000
Graland Country Day School · Denver, CO · 2025
General contributions
$10,000
Translation Genomics · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General contribution
$10,000
Utah Outdoor Partners · Salt Lake City, UT · 2025
General contribution
$10,000
Barrow Neurological Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General contribution
$10,000
Chequamegon Area Mountain Bike Association · Cable, WI · 2024
General contribution
$10,000
Denver Zoological Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
General contributions
$10,000
Graland Country Day School · Denver, CO · 2024
General contributions
$10,000
New Canaan Community Fund · New Canaan, CT · 2024
General contributions
$10,000
New Canaan Nature Center · New Canaan, CT · 2024
General contribution
$10,000
Chequamegon Area Mountain Bike Association · Cable, WI · 2023
General contribution
$10,000
Mamas Kitchen · San Diego, CA · 2023
General contribution
$10,000
New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2023
General contribution
$10,000
New Canaan Nature Center · New Canaan, CT · 2023
General contribution
$10,000
Zion Canyon Mesa · Springdale, AZ · 2023
General contribution
$10,000
Barrow Neurological Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General contribution
$10,000
Heard Museum · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General contribution
$10,000
New Canaan Nature Center · New Canaan, CT · 2022
General contribution
$10,000
The Nature Conservancy in Arizona · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General contribution
$7,500
Washington & Lee University · Lexington, VA · 2025
General contribution
$7,500
Fare Food Allergy Research & Education · McLean, VA · 2022
General contribution
$5,000
Food Bank of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2025
General contribution
$5,000
Park City Ski Team · Park City, UT · 2025
General contribution
$5,000
Step - Student Expedition Program · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
General contribution
$5,000
There With Care · Denver, CO · 2025
General contribution
$5,000
US Ski & Snowboard Team · Park City, UT · 2025
General contribution
$5,000
Step - Student Expedition Program · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General contribution
$5,000
Step - Student Expedition Program · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General contribution
$5,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2023
General contribution
$5,000
Panda - University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022
General contribution
$5,000
Step - Student Expedition Program · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
General contribution
$3,000
Rye Fund for Education · Rye, NY · 2023
General contribution
$2,500
Rye Fund for Education · Rye, NY · 2022
General contribution
$2,000
5 Steps To Five · Rye, NY · 2023
General contribution

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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.