Private foundation · EIN 39-6238856 · Elm Grove, WI · Return for the year ending 2024-07-31

Where Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation's grants went

It reported $1.72M in grants paid across 104 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 72.9% of those dollars to 83 recipient organizations.

View the 990-PF

What its filing says about applications

It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”

Form of application
WRITTEN FORM
Deadlines
NONE
Restrictions
WITHIN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN ONLY

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 99 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 87-1376165
$1,000,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame city 1.00
Marquette University for Helfaer Tenni
Milwaukee, WI · no confident EIN match
$400,000PROGRAM SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Zoological Society of Milwaukeeplatypus
Milwaukee, WI · no confident EIN match
$35,500PROGRAM SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-0806190
$25,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 0.88
Milwaukee Public Museum
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1723105
$20,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Habitat for Humanity of Waukesha County
Waukesha, WI · EIN 39-1642114
$10,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 0.89
Adaptive Community Approach Program
Waukesha, WI · EIN 39-1867400
$10,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Penfield Children's Center
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1093701
$10,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame street 1.00
United Performing Arts Fund
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-6100399
$10,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Womens CARE Center of Milwaukee Corp
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 81-4537878
$5,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 0.99
The Women's Center
Vienna, VA · EIN 23-7423496
$5,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
The Milwaukee Women's Center
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 32-0211087
$5,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 51-0532407
$5,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 0.99
Just ONE More Ministry
Glendale, WI · EIN 46-1176899
$5,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Hope House of Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1592900
$5,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Wisconsin Humane Society
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-0810533
$5,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Sharp Literacy
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1963963
$5,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 0.81
Neighborhood House of Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-0806269
$5,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Milwaukee County War Memorial
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-0985297
$5,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 0.61
Impact
Milwaukee, WI · no confident EIN match
$5,000PROGRAM SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-0477970
$4,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Discovery World
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1691578
$4,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1201561
$3,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin
Wauwatosa, WI · EIN 39-1543541
$3,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
St Marcus Lutheran Church
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-0850377
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 0.70
Girls on the Run of Southeastern Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 26-0403812
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
St Ann Center for Intergenerational CARE
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1757756
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1384593
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Milwaukee Downtown
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1988035
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Wellpoint CARE Network
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1338354
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Paralyzed Veterans of America - Wis Consin Chapter
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1393216
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 0.92
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1323345
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Independence FIRST
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1343425
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 0.68
Highland Community School
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1133108
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Hope Street Ministry
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 05-0627081
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Milwaukee Ballet Company
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1134735
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Audio & Braille Literacy Enhancement
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1593301
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
College Possible
Saint Paul, MN · EIN 41-1968798
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTExact name 1.00
Milwaukee Center for Independence
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-0806257
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
The Jewish Museum
New York, NY · EIN 13-6146854
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 0.76
Kids from Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1425288
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTSame street 1.00
Coalition for Children Youth and Famil
West Allis, WI · no confident EIN match
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Bayside, WI · no confident EIN match
$2,500PROGRAM SUPPORTUnmatched Help match
Conservancy for Healing &
Franklin, WI · EIN 26-0078171
$2,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame ZIP 1.00
Above the Clouds
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-2033029
$2,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 0.83
CARE Net Pregnancy Center of Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1496868
$2,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Civic Music Association of Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-6123323
$2,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame city 0.94
Serenity Inns
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 41-2034019
$2,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-0973594
$2,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00
Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1496741
$2,000PROGRAM SUPPORTSame address 1.00

4 more lines ($5,000) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    71 recipients in common
  2. Baird Foundation Milwaukee, WI
    38 recipients in common
  3. Anon Charitable Trust Milwaukee, WI
    21 recipients in common
  4. Herbert H Kohl Charities Milwaukee, WI
    19 recipients in common
  5. Youth Foundation Milwaukee, WI
    18 recipients in common
  6. Francie Luke Silverman Foundation Appleton, WI
    16 recipients in common
  7. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Milwaukee, WI
    16 recipients in common
  8. Jerome J and Dorothy H Holz Family Foundation Milwaukee, WI
    16 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.