Funding search · EIN 466723636 · Milwaukee, WI

Prairie Springs Paul Fleckenstein

Name: Prairie Springs Paul Fleckenstein grants, 2022–2025
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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.

55
grants reported: $1.7M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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.

What they fund

gift prairie springs cranes whopping land payout research

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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.

La Crosse Community Foundation2 grants · $501,351
Friends of Kickapoo Valley Reserve2 grants · $237,500
Uw Lacrosse Foundation3 grants · $205,000
Urban Ecology4 grants · $190,080
Ice Age Trail Alliance1 grant · $175,000
Wiscorps4 grants · $108,436
International Crane Foundation3 grants · $75,000
Taliesin Preservation3 grants · $53,500
Milwaukee Parks Foundation4 grants · $52,500
All Hands Boatworks4 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$976,780

2022

$473,851

2023

$174,800

2024

$99,692

2025

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

$430,000
La Crosse Community Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Research vessel prairie springs
$235,000
Friends of Kickapoo Valley Reserve · La Farge, WI · 2022
Discovery center display & prairie springs classroom
$175,000
Ice Age Trail Alliance · Cross Plains, WI · 2023
Prairie springs fund
$92,580
Urban Ecology · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Project support, summer solstice, and general operations
$82,500
Urban Ecology · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Summer solstice and general operations
$77,000
Uw Lacrosse Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Prairie springs endowment
$71,351
La Crosse Community Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Research vessel prairie springs
$65,000
Uw Lacrosse Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Prairie springs payout fund
$63,000
Uw Lacrosse Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Prairie springs payout fund
$49,236
Wiscorps · La Crosse, WI · 2025
General operations, project support, capital - solar project
$46,200
Wiscorps · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Uec transition & special event
$25,000
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2024
Whopping cranes
$25,000
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2023
Whopping cranes
$25,000
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2022
Whopping cranes
$25,000
Taliesin Preservation · Spring Green, WI · 2022
General operations
$22,000
Taliesin Preservation · Spring Green, WI · 2024
Land restoration
$15,000
Milwaukee Parks Foundation · Wauwatosa, WI · 2025
General operations
$15,000
Milwaukee Parks Foundation · Wauwatosa, WI · 2024
General operations
$12,500
Milwaukee Parks Foundation · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
General operations
$11,500
Wiscorps · La Crosse, WI · 2024
General operations
$10,000
All Hands Boatworks · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$10,000
Outdoor Recreation Alliance · La Crosse, WI · 2025
General operations
$10,000
Urban Ecology · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$10,000
All Hands Boatworks · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$10,000
All Hands Boatworks · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$10,000
The Nature Place · La Crosse, WI · 2023
General operations
$10,000
All Hands Boatworks · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Earth Justice · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Gathering Waters · Madison, WI · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Milwaukee Parks Foundation · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Milwaukee Riverkeepers · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$6,500
Taliesin Preservation · Spring Green, WI · 2023
Land management
$5,000
Urban Ecology · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Harbor District · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Milwaukee Riverkeepers · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Harbor District · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$3,000
Great River Folk Festival · La Crosse, WI · 2024
General operations
$2,500
Harbor District · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$2,500
Friends of Kickapoo Valley Reserve · La Farge, WI · 2023
Heart of winter fundraiser
$2,000
Lake Shore State Park · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Pollinators
$1,500
Wiscorps · La Crosse, WI · 2023
General operations
$1,456
Notre Dame School of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Baseball tickets
$1,000
Izaak Walton League Upper Mississippi Chapter · Fountain City, WI · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Juneau Park Friends · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Annual gift
$1,000
Lake Park Friends · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Annual gift
$1,000
Lake Shore State Park · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$1,000
Juneau Park Friends · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Lake Park Friends · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Lake Shore State Park · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$1,000
Juneau Park Friends · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Annual gift
$1,000
Lake Park Friends · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Annual gift
$1,000
Juneau Park Friends · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Annual gift
$1,000
Lake Park Friends · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Annual gift
$1,000
Lake Shore State Park · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Annual gift
$800
Izaak Walton League Upper Mississippi Chapter · Fountain City, WI · 2024
General operations

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