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Stanek Foundation Inc

West Bend, WI · EIN 39-6077475. Reported 73 grants totalling $88,117 to 44 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$500median grant
$88,117granted, 2020-2024
44organizations funded
40%of grantees funded again the next year
$253,458assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Stanek Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $1,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
43 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
25 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
3 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Seed of Hope CenterWest Bend, WI$17,500332024
Sponsorship Program - Saint Mary's Immaculate ConceptionWest Bend, WI$16,100552024
Tdmaw Forward FoundationGermantown, WI$10,000112021
Society of St Vincent De PaulWaukesha, WI$6,000112023
Kipsongo ProjectHartland, WI$5,000442024
Knights of Columbus Kettle Moraine Council 3562Pewaukee, WI$3,000332023
Acap Adaptive Community Approach ProgramWaukesha, WI$2,500112022
Purdue FoundationWest Lafayette, IN$2,250222022
Alpha Xi Delta FoundationIndianapolis, IN$2,200332024
FocusGenesee, CO$2,000222021
St Charles Catholic SchoolHartland, WI$2,000212020
St Charles Catholic ParishHartland, WI$1,900112021
Crossroads of America Council-BSAIndianapolis, IN$1,500222024
Green Lake Property Owner's AssociationWest Bend, WI$1,100222023
Catholic Stewardship AppealMilwaukee, WI$1,000222023
Crossroads of America CouncilIndianapolis, IN$1,000112020
Simple HopeMenomonee Falls, WI$1,000112021
The Salesianum TrustSt Francis, WI$1,000112024
Wctc Foundation - Carolyn Taylor Scholarship FundPewaukee, WI$1,000112021
Wctc Foundation IncPewaukee, WI$1,000112020
Women's Care CenterMilwaukee, WI$1,000112020
Rivet Athletic Booster ClubVincennes, IN$850332024
Christian Education Foundation Vicennes Catholic SchoolsVincennes, IN$800332023
Angels' PlaceSouthfield, MI$750222023
Relevant RadioGreen Bay, WI$720332022
Green Lake Property Owners' AssociationWest Bend, WI$500112024
Knights of ColumbusNew Haven, CT$500112020
Saving Tiny Hearts SocietyItasca, IL$500112020
Full Shelf Food PantryWest Bend, WI$472112020
Society of St Vincent De PaulIndianapolis, IN$300112020
Niches Land TrustLafayette, IN$275112024
Christian Education Foundation Vincennes Catholic SchoolsVincennes, IN$250112024
Knights of Columbus Wisconsin State CouncilMadison, WI$250332024
Leukemia and Lymphoma SocietyMilwaukee, WI$250112021
Reverse RettTrumbull, CT$250112021
St John Center for Homeless MenLouisville, KY$250112020
Tcc Family HealthLong Beach, CA$250112020
Our Lady of PeaceSt Paul, MN$200112020
Special OlympicsMadison, WI$200222024
Foundation for Religious RetirementSt Francis, WI$100112023
Knights of Columbus Albert Cardinal Meyer Assembly 1304Waukesha, WI$100112021
Museum of Wisconsin ArtWest Bend, WI$100112024
Reverese RettTrumbull, CT$100112020
The Archdiocese of MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI$100112021

16 of 44 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 40%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 20 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
7 grants
Religion
4 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
1 grant
Arts & Culture
1 grant
Environment
1 grant
International Affairs
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202019$10,592$500
202117$20,070$250
202210$22,620$1,375
202314$17,090$550
202413$17,745$350

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 84% of this one's giving went to organizations in Wisconsin. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Wisconsin
$74K
Indiana
$9K
Colorado
$2K
Connecticut
$850
Michigan
$750
Illinois
$500
California
$250
Kentucky
$250

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Wisconsin.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Stanek Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 1365 Lakeview Rd, West Bend, WI, 53090. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 39-6077475 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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