Funding search · EIN 396043350 · Nashotah, WI

Thomas J Rolfs Foundation

Name: Thomas J Rolfs 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.

81
grants reported: $5.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
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

conservation land

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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

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Burke Academy4 grants · $975,000
Notre Dame University4 grants · $975,000
Marquette University4 grants · $750,000
Mowa4 grants · $620,000
Cedar Lakes Conservation Foundation2 grants · $471,800
West Bend Friends of Parks and Recreation4 grants · $225,960
The Haven Foundation1 grant · $200,000
Washington County Golf Course Fund1 grant · $150,000
Kettle Moraine Ymca4 grants · $105,000
Working Dogs for Conservation1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.9M

2022

$1.0M

2023

$1.1M

2024

$1.4M

2025

Grant history

All 81 reported grants, largest first.

$460,000
Cedar Lakes Conservation Foundation · West Bend, WI · 2022
Land conservation purposes
$300,000
Notre Dame University · Notre Dame, IN · 2025
General purposes
$300,000
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General purposes
$275,000
Burke Academy · East Burke, VT · 2025
General purposes
$275,000
Notre Dame University · Notre Dame, IN · 2024
General purposes
$250,000
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General purposes
$250,000
Burke Academy · East Burke, VT · 2024
General purposes
$250,000
Notre Dame University · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
General purposes
$250,000
Burke Academy · East Burke, VT · 2022
General purposes
$225,000
Mowa · West Bend, WI · 2022
General purposes
$200,000
Burke Academy · East Burke, VT · 2023
General purposes
$200,000
The Haven Foundation · Brewer, ME · 2023
General purposes
$180,000
Mowa · West Bend, WI · 2025
General purposes
$150,000
Notre Dame University · Notre Dame, IN · 2022
General purposes
$150,000
Washington County Golf Course Fund · Hartford, WI · 2022
General purposes
$125,000
West Bend Friends of Parks and Recreation · West Bend, WI · 2022
General purposes
$115,000
Mowa · West Bend, WI · 2024
General purposes
$100,000
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General purposes
$100,000
Working Dogs for Conservation · Missoula, MT · 2024
General purposes
$100,000
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General purposes
$100,000
Mowa · West Bend, WI · 2023
General purposes
$100,000
Gallitan Valley Land Trust · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General purposes
$65,960
West Bend Friends of Parks and Recreation · West Bend, WI · 2024
General purposes
$50,000
The University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences Development · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Versiti · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General purposes
$50,000
Nature Conservancy · Madison, WI · 2022
General purposes
$48,000
Christo Rey Jesuit High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General purposes
$37,000
Blessed Sacrament - Ace Nd · Notre Dame, IN · 2024
General purposes
$35,000
Kettle Moraine Ymca · West Bend, WI · 2024
General purposes
$35,000
Kettle Moraine Ymca · West Bend, WI · 2023
General purposes
$30,000
Kettle Moraine Ymca · West Bend, WI · 2025
General purposes
$30,000
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy · Ashland, OR · 2025
General purposes
$30,000
Blessed Sacrament - Ace Nd · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
General purposes
$25,000
Andean Health · Carol Stream, IL · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
Avsc · Aspen, CO · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
West Bend Friends of Parks and Recreation · West Bend, WI · 2025
General purposes
$25,000
The University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences Development · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
West Bend Full Shelf Food Pantry · West Bend, WI · 2025
General purposes
$20,000
Avsc · Aspen, CO · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Christo Rey Jesuit High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General purposes
$20,000
Avsc · Aspen, CO · 2023
General purposes
$20,000
Avsc · Aspen, CO · 2022
General purposes
$15,000
Tall Pines Conservancy · Nashotah, WI · 2025
General purposes
$15,000
Washington County Humane Society · Slinger, WI · 2024
General purposes
$15,000
Andean Health · Madison, WI · 2022
General purposes
$15,000
Team Echelon · Waukesha, WI · 2022
General purposes
$15,000
Telluride Ski and Snowboard · Telluride, CO · 2022
General purposes
$11,800
Cedar Lakes Conservation Foundation · West Bend, WI · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Brass Foundation · Lennox, SD · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Holderness School · Holderness, NH · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Team Echelon · Waukesha, WI · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Threshold Foundation · West Bend, WI · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Washington County Humane Society · Slinger, WI · 2025
General purposes
$10,000
Perimeter Bicycling Association of America · Tuscon, AZ · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy · Ashland, OR · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Team Echelon · Waukesha, WI · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Threshold Foundation · West Bend, WI · 2024
General purposes
$10,000
Andean Health · Madison, WI · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Team Echelon · Waukesha, WI · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
West Bend Friends of Parks and Recreation · West Bend, WI · 2023
General purposes
$10,000
Ah Haa School for the Arts · Telluride, CO · 2022
General purposes
$10,000
Holderness School · Plymouth, NH · 2022
General purposes
$8,000
Gathering Waters · Madison, WI · 2023
General purposes
$6,000
Kingdom Trails Association · East Burke, VT · 2023
General purposes
$6,000
Tall Pines · Nashotah, WI · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
Gathering Waters · Madison, WI · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Holderness School · Holderness, NH · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Kingdom Trails Association · East Burke, VT · 2024
General purposes
$5,000
Kettle Moraine Symphony · West Bend, WI · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
Threshold Foundation · West Bend, WI · 2023
General purposes
$5,000
Aiare · Vail, CO · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
Kettle Moraine Ymca · West Bend, WI · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
Kingdom Trails Association · East Burke, VT · 2022
General purposes
$5,000
Threshold Foundation · West Bend, WI · 2022
General purposes
$4,000
Friends of Caic · Evergreen, CO · 2023
General purposes
$4,000
San Miguel Conservation Foundation · Telluride, CO · 2023
General purposes
$2,500
Pinhead Institute · Telluride, CO · 2023
General purposes
$2,000
Gathering Waters · Madison, WI · 2022
General purposes
$2,000
Tall Pines · Nashotah, WI · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
Academy of the Holy Angels · Richfield, MN · 2024
General purposes
$250
Stone Bank Lions Club · Okauchee, WI · 2024
General purposes

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