Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundation
Wausau, WI · EIN 39-1937735. Reported 297 grants totalling $11.1M to 137 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $8,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $600,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Partners Campus | Wausau, WI | $1,041,899 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Children's Service Society of Wisconsin Dba Children's Hospital of Wiscons | Neenah, WI | $525,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area | Wausau, WI | $520,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Performing Arts Foundation Inc | Wausau, WI | $520,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Jojo's Jungle | Weston, WI | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum | Wausau, WI | $370,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| County of Marathon | Wausau, WI | $334,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aspirus Health Foundation Inc | Wausau, WI | $333,333 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Childrens Imaginarium Inc | Wausau, WI | $305,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Childcaring Inc | Mosinee, WI | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Medical College of Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin | Wausau, WI | $280,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| DC Everest Education Foundation | Schofield, WI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Woodson YMCA | Wausau, WI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marathon County Historical Society | Wausau, WI | $200,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Presbyterian Church Wausau | Wausau, WI | $192,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Keep Area Teens Safe Inc | Wausau, WI | $190,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Neighbors' Place Inc | Wausau, WI | $185,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Robert W Monk Gardens Inc Aka Monk Botanical Gardens | Wausau, WI | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army | Wausau, WI | $175,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wausau School Foundation | Wausau, WI | $165,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northcentral Wisconsin | Wausau, WI | $145,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes | Schofield, WI | $143,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Women's Community Inc | Wausau, WI | $141,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Wausau | Wausau, WI | $130,250 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Catholic Charities | La Crosse, WI | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for the Visual Arts | Wausau, WI | $129,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Healthfirst Network | Wausau, WI | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Hmong American Center Inc | Wausau, WI | $125,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Wisconsin Inc - Northcentral District | Wausau, WI | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Beginnings for Refugees | Wausau, WI | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Opportunity Development Centers Inc | Wisconsin Rapids, WI | $115,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Achieve Center | Wausau, WI | $112,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Farming for the Future Foundation Inc | Plover, WI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint Vincent Depaul Cabrini Conference | Wausau, WI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stable Hands Inc | Wausau, WI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Village of Marathon City | Marathon, WI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Blessings in a Backpack | Schofield, WI | $84,275 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Marathon County Literacy Council Inc | Wausau, WI | $80,806 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Patriot K9 Partners of Wisconsin Dba Patriot K9S of Wisconsin | Wausau, WI | $77,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Faith in Action of Marathon County | Wausau, WI | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| NAMI Northwoods | Wausau, WI | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Milwaukee, WI | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| CASA of Marathon County Inc | Wausau, WI | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service | Wausau, WI | $58,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| City of Wausau Fire Department | Wausau, WI | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rise Up Central Wisconsin Inc | Wausau, WI | $55,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Way of Marathon County | Wausau, WI | $53,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Village of Spencer | Spencer, WI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wausau Child Care | Wausau, WI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gigi's Playhouse Wausau | Weston, WI | $48,559 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northland Lutheran High School | Rothschild, WI | $42,168 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Wausau | Weston, WI | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art | Wausau, WI | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wausau Events | Wausau, WI | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Association Wisconsin Chapter | Milwaukee, WI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association Wisconsin Chapter | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christmas in July Charity | Rothschild, WI | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| DC Everest Middle School | Weston, WI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northcentral Technical College Foundation | Wausau, WI | $30,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wausau and Marathon County Parks and Recreation Foundation | Wausau, WI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wausau Nordic Ski Club | Wausau, WI | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wausau Conservatory of Music Inc | Wausau, WI | $28,650 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bridge Street Mission | Wausau, WI | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Foundation of North Central Wi Wausau Elks Lodge #248 Fund | Wausau, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Critical Care Services Inc | Bloomington, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marathon County Bar Association | Wausau, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wausaucentral Wisconsin Sports Authority Inc | Wausau, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| School District of Edgar | Edgar, WI | $23,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Athens Area Trail Association | Athens, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Rib Mountain | Wausau, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make-a-Wish Wisconsin | Wauwatosa, WI | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Marathon County Social Services | Wausau, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mccda Head Start | Wausau, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mosaic of North Central Wisconsin Inc | Wausau, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mosinee School District | Mosinee, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| YWCA Wausau | Wausau, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Open Door of Marathon County Inc | Wausau, WI | $19,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Audio & Braille Enhancement Inc (able) | Milwaukee, WI | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wausau Kayak & Canoe Corporation | Wausau, WI | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Madison, WI | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Asset Builders | Madison, WI | $15,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Central Wisconsin Offroad Cycling Coalition | Wausau, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin Inc | West Allis, WI | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Midstate Independent Living Choices - Ramp Up | Stevens Point, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spencer Kids Group | Spencer, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uwmc Foundation | Wausau, WI | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wausau Curling Club | Wausau, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healing Acres Inc | Stevens Point, WI | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Angel of Hope Memorial Garden | Wausau, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Antigo Police Department | Antigo, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Wisconsin Educational Theater Alliance Inc | Wausau, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cfoncw Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundation Feeding Children Fund | Wausau, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Enrich Excel Achieve Learning Academy | Wausau, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls on the Run of North Central Wisconsin | Minocqua, WI | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Progress Athens Inc | Athens, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ramp Up Marathon County Sponsored By Habitat for Humanityadrc | Schofield, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South Area Fire and Emergency Response (safer) District | Wausau, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vivent Health | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marshfield Clinic Health System Foundation | Marshfield, WI | $9,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wausau River District | Wausau, WI | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kids Voting Marathon County | Wausau, WI | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wausau Area Food for Hope | Rothschild, WI | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aha (american-Hispanic Association) | Wausau, WI | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Walk in Their Shoes | Weston, WI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dce Senior High | Schofield, WI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lprc Diversity Consulting Service | Wausau, WI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association | Wauwatosa, WI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nuts Bolts and Thingamajigs the Foundation of Fma | Elgin, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vip Promgranite Houseleader Central Inc | Mosinee, WI | $6,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leap Law Enforcement Appreciation Project | Wausau, WI | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A Walk in Their Shoes (edgar School District) | Edgar, WI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Granite Peak Ski Team | Wausau, WI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Inspire Possibiliites | Schofield, WI | $5,096 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Wisconsin Indigenous Peoples' Day Committee | Wausau, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mcdevco Inc | Wausau, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mosinee School District Band Program | Mosinee, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Penguin Project of Central Wisconsin | Wausau, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Team Ready- Wausau Area Food for Hope | Rothschild, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wisconsin Volunteer Coordinators Association | Ashland, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peaceful Solutions | Wausau, WI | $4,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Inspire Possibilities | Schofield, WI | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wausau School District | Wausau, WI | $4,350 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wisdom Inc Dba Naomi Inc (naomi Is Our Fiscal Agent for the Wausau Juneteen | Wausau, WI | $4,206 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Badger Boys State Inc | Lodi, WI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| DC Everest Evergreen PTO Inc | Rothschild, WI | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wausau Community Theater | Schofield, WI | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Ambassadors Through Music Fund a Component Fund of the Community | Merrill, WI | $3,350 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marathon County Sheriff's Office | Wausau, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Empowered Dream Hunts Inc | Mosinee, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Badger Project | Madison, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Great Northern Blues Society | Wausau, WI | $2,440 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Antigo Fire Department | Antigo, WI | $1,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Outloud Inc Marathon County Lgbtq Center | Schofield, WI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Association of Small Foundations Dba Exponent Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $1,050 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Howard Fire Fc Topsoccer | Green Bay, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
54 of 137 (39%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 57%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Community Partners Campus
COMMUNITY PARTNERS CAMPUS NEW FACILITY CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - Boys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area
TRANSFORMING SPACES & ENRICHING LIVES RENOVATION - County of Marathon
MARATHON COUNTY REGIONAL FORENSIC SCIENCE CENTER - DC Everest Education Foundation
GREENHECK TURNER COMMUNITY CENTER - Childrens Imaginarium Inc
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MARATHON COUNTY FUND - Woodson YMCA
WOODSON YMCA DOWNTOWN EXPANSION PROJECT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 142 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 71 | $3,623,457 | $22,000 |
| 2022 | 76 | $3,061,075 | $22,500 |
| 2023 | 73 | $2,201,345 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 77 | $2,238,955 | $15,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundation has 18 of them, worth $672,100. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Stable Hands Inc | Wausau, WI | $100,000 |
| Wausau School Foundation | Wausau, WI | $100,000 |
| Childcaring Inc | Mosinee, WI | $75,000 |
| Children's Service Society of Wisconsin Dba Children's Hospital of Wiscon | Neenah, WI | $75,000 |
| Abbotsford Booster Club | Abbotsford, WI | $50,000 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northcentral Wisconsin | Wausau, WI | $30,000 |
| DC Everest Area Middle School | Weston, WI | $30,000 |
| Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes | Schofield, WI | $30,000 |
| Junior Achievement of Wisconsin Inc - Northcentral District | Wausau, WI | $30,000 |
| The Salvation Army | Wausau, WI | $30,000 |
| Patriot K9 Partners of Wisconsin Dba Patriot K9S of Wisconsin | Wausau, WI | $27,500 |
| Marathon County Historical Society | Wausau, WI | $25,000 |
| Rise Up Central Wisconsin Inc | Wausau, WI | $25,000 |
| Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin | Wausau, WI | $20,000 |
| Antigo Police Department | Antigo, WI | $10,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Wisconsin.
- 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.
- 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 Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 500 First Street Ste 5 10TH Floor, Wausau, WI, 54403. 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.
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