Funding search · EIN 391892801 · Milwaukee, WI

Read Foundation

Name: Read Foundation 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.

74
grants reported: $655,200
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Bat Conservation International4 grants · $146,000
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Se4 grants · $128,500
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee1 grant · $100,000
St Paul'S Church3 grants · $32,250
The Florentine Opera2 grants · $31,500
University of School Milwaukee2 grants · $26,000
Create Wisconsin1 grant · $20,000
Colorado Ballet4 grants · $20,000
Opera Colorado4 grants · $20,000
Central City Opera4 grants · $18,000

Giving over time

$108,200

2022

$158,850

2023

$302,250

2024

$85,900

2025

Grant history

All 74 reported grants, largest first.

$113,500
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Se · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General Purpose
$100,000
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General Purpose
$96,000
Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2023
General Purpose
$25,000
University of School Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General Purpose
$21,500
The Florentine Opera · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General Purpose
$20,000
Create Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2025
General Purpose
$20,000
Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2024
General Purpose
$20,000
St Paul'S Church · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General Purpose
$20,000
Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2022
General Purpose
$12,000
Mount Mary University · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General Purpose
$12,000
St Paul'S Church · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General Purpose
$10,000
Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2025
General Purpose
$10,000
Bloedel Reserve · Bainbridge Island, WA · 2025
General Purpose
$10,000
The Florentine Opera · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General Purpose
$10,000
National Trust for Historic Preservation · Washington, DC · 2022
General Purpose
$10,000
War Memorial Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General Purpose
$9,600
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General Purpose
$8,000
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Se · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General Purpose
$6,000
Opera Colorado · Englewood, CO · 2025
General Purpose
$6,000
Opera Colorado · Englewood, CO · 2024
General Purpose
$6,000
Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum · Wethersfield, CT · 2022
General Purpose
$5,700
Tall Pines Conservancy · Nashotah, WI · 2024
General Purpose
$5,000
Central City Opera · Wheatridge, CO · 2025
General Purpose
$5,000
Colorado Ballet · Denver, CO · 2025
General Purpose
$5,000
Central City Opera · Wheatridge, CO · 2024
General Purpose
$5,000
Colorado Ballet · Denver, CO · 2024
General Purpose
$5,000
Colorado Ballet · Denver, CO · 2023
General Purpose
$5,000
Colorado Ballet · Denver, CO · 2022
General Purpose
$5,000
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General Purpose
$5,000
US Court Tennis Preservation Society · Jamestown, RI · 2022
General Purpose
$4,000
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Se · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General Purpose
$4,000
Central City Opera · Wheatridge, CO · 2023
General Purpose
$4,000
Opera Colorado · Englewood, CO · 2023
General Purpose
$4,000
Central City Opera · Wheatridge, CO · 2022
General Purpose
$4,000
Opera Colorado · Englewood, CO · 2022
General Purpose
$3,000
St Anne'S Episcopal School · Denver, CO · 2025
General Purpose
$3,000
St Anne'S Episcopal School · Denver, CO · 2024
General Purpose
$3,000
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Se · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General Purpose
$3,000
St Anne'S Episcopal School · Denver, CO · 2023
General Purpose
$3,000
St Anne'S Episcopal School · Denver, CO · 2022
General Purpose
$2,000
Denver Center for the Performing Arts · Denver, CO · 2025
General Purpose
$2,000
Law Foward · Madison, WI · 2025
General Purpose
$2,000
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General Purpose
$2,000
Denver Center for the Performing Arts · Denver, CO · 2024
General Purpose
$2,000
Denver Center for the Performing Arts · Denver, CO · 2023
General Purpose
$2,000
Denver Center for the Performing Arts · Denver, CO · 2022
General Purpose
$1,000
Bryn Mawr College · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2025
General Purpose
$1,000
University of School Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General Purpose
$1,000
Writer'S Theater · Glencoe, IL · 2025
General Purpose
$1,000
Bryn Mawr College · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2024
General Purpose
$1,000
Casa Advocates for Children · Parket, CO · 2024
General Purpose
$1,000
Law Foward · Madison, WI · 2024
General Purpose
$1,000
Casa Advocates for Children · Parket, CO · 2023
General Purpose
$1,000
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General Purpose
$1,000
Casa Advocates for Children · Parket, CO · 2022
General Purpose
$1,000
Nashota House · Nashotah, WI · 2022
General Purpose
$1,000
University School of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General Purpose
$600
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General Purpose
$500
Lyric Opera · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Purpose
$500
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General Purpose
$500
Mitchell Hamlin School of Law · St Paul, MN · 2025
General Purpose
$500
Forest Home Historic Preservation Assoc · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General Purpose
$500
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General Purpose
$500
Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation · Oconomowoc, WI · 2022
General Purpose
$300
Village of Oconomowoc · Oconomowoc, WI · 2025
General Purpose
$300
Mitchell Hamlin School of Law · St Paul, MN · 2024
General Purpose
$250
Lyric Opera · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$250
Northern Light Theater · Skokie, IL · 2024
General Purpose
$250
Village of Oconomowoc · Oconomowoc, WI · 2024
General Purpose
$250
Village of Oconomowoc · Oconomowoc, WI · 2023
General Purpose
$250
James Wilson Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General Purpose
$250
St Paul'S Church · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General Purpose
$100
I Am Als · Chicago, IL · 2025
General Purpose
$100
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
General Purpose

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