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Glaser Foundation Inc

Milwaukee, WI · EIN 91-6028694. Reported 88 grants totalling $2,952,115 to 86 recipients across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$7,557median grant
$2,952,115granted, 2020-2023
86recipients, as named on its returns
0%of grantees funded again the next year
$14.6Massets, 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. Glaser 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 $7,557. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $775,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
17 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
29 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
33 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
5 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
3 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
See AttachedMilwaukee, WI$2,135,500332023
YMCA of Greater SeattleSeattle, WA$50,000112020
Girls IncPortland, OR$40,000112020
FarestartSeattle, WA$30,000112020
Hamlin Robinson SchoolSeattle, WA$25,000112020
KinderingBellevue, WA$25,000112020
Lifelong-Health for AllSeattle, WA$25,000112020
Jubilee Women's CenterSeattle, WA$20,000112020
Outdoors for All FoundationSeattle, WA$20,000112020
Sons of Norway FoundationMinneapolis, MN$20,000112020
Tacoma Rescue MissionTacoma, WA$20,000112020
Valley Cities CounselingFederal Way, WA$20,000112020
AtworkBellevue, WA$15,000112020
Cancer PathwaysSeattle, WA$15,000112020
Catholic Community Services of W WshgtnSeattle, WA$15,000112020
Freedom Education ProjectSeattle, WA$15,000112020
Green Plate SpecialSeattle, WA$15,000112020
MohaiSeattle, WA$15,000112020
Sawhorse RevolutionSeattle, WA$15,000112020
South Seattle Womens Health FdnOlympia, WA$15,000112020
Year UpSeattle, WA$15,000112020
Center for Children & Youth JusticeSeattle, WA$10,000112020
College PossibleSeattle, WA$10,000112020
Neighborcare HealthSeattle, WA$10,000112020
Neighborhood Bike WorksPhiladelphia, PA$10,000112020
North Kitsap FishlinePoulsbo, WA$10,000112020
Northwest Outward Bound SchoolPortland, OR$10,000112020
Orion IndustriesAuburn, WA$10,000112020
Point Defiance Zoological SocietyTacoma, WA$10,000112020
Remote EnergyTacoma, WA$10,000112020
Seattle Cares Mentoring MovementSeattle, WA$10,000112020
Seattle Children's FoundationSeattle, WA$10,000112020
Somali Health BaordTukwila, WA$10,000112020
Street Youth MinistriesSeattle, WA$10,000112020
Technology Access FoundationSeattle, WA$10,000112020
The Justice and Mercy FoundationOlympia, WA$10,000112020
The Sophia WayBellevue, WA$10,000112020
University Heights CenterSeattle, WA$10,000112020
Washington DecaTukwila, WA$10,000112020
Woodland Park ZooSeattle, WA$10,000112020
Washington Foundation for the EnvironmentSeattle, WA$8,650112020
Steamship V5 FoundationSeattle, WA$8,000112020
FREE2LUVSeattle, WA$7,115112020
Urban ArtworksSeattle, WA$6,350112020
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Island CountyOak Harbor, WA$5,000112020
Center for Chronic IllnessSeattle, WA$5,000112020
Central Kitsap Food BankSilverdale, WA$5,000112020
Coupeville Farm to SchoolCoupeville, WA$5,000112020
Gage Academy of ArtSeattle, WA$5,000112020
Juvenile Diabetes Research FoundationNew York, NY$5,000112020
Kal AcademyRedmond, WA$5,000112020
King County Library System FdnIssaquah, WA$5,000112020
Mount Baker Council Boy ScoutsEverett, WA$5,000112020
Multi-Service CenterFederal Way, WA$5,000112020
Northwest CenterRenton, WA$5,000112020
Pediatric Interim Care CenterKent, WA$5,000112020
Planned Parenthood Great NorthwestSeattle, WA$5,000112020
Plymouth HousingPlymouth, MI$5,000112020
Rainier Valley Food BankSeattle, WA$5,000112020
Safe Harbor Free ClinicStanwood, WA$5,000112020
Shoreline Lfp Arts CouncilShoreline, WA$5,000112020
Shoreline Public Schools FoundationShoreline, WA$5,000112020
South Seattle EmeraldSeattle, WA$5,000112020
South Whidbey Historical MuseumLangley, WA$5,000112020
The Friendship Circle of WashingtonMercer Island, WA$5,000112020
TreehouseSeattle, WA$5,000112020
University District Food BankSeattle, WA$5,000112020
University of Washington AdfSeattle, WA$5,000112020
Young Women EmpoweredSeattle, WA$5,000112020
Children's Therapy CenterKent, WA$4,000112020
Lifetime Learning CenterSeattle, WA$4,000112020
Path With ArtSeattle, WA$3,000112020
Rmh ServicesBremerton, WA$3,000112020
University of Washington FoundationSeattle, WA$3,000112020
Center for Wooden BoatsSeattle, WA$2,500112020
Courageous ConnectionsTulalip, WA$2,500112020
Mockingbird SocietySeattle, WA$2,500112020
Neighborhood HouseSeattle, WA$2,500112020
Northwest Maritime CenterPort Townsend, WA$2,500112020
The Opportunity CouncilBellingham, WA$2,500112020
The Whale MuseumFriday Harbor, WA$2,500112020
Disabled Americans Have RightsBurien, WA$2,000112020
Washington Autism AllianceKirkland, WA$2,000112020
Spin CafeOak Harbor, WA$1,000112020
UpowerSeattle, WA$1,000112020
WhaaSeattle, WA$1,000112020

1 of 86 (1%) 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 0%, across 1 year-to-year transition. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 53 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Human Services
8 grants
Education
7 grants
Health Care
6 grants
Youth Development
5 grants
Arts & Culture
5 grants
Community Improvement
3 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202085$816,615$6,350
20211$775,000$775,000
20221$679,500$679,500
20231$681,000$681,000

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.

Where its money goes

72% of its giving went to organizations in Wisconsin. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Wisconsin
$2.1M
Washington
$727K
Oregon
$50K
Minnesota
$20K
Pennsylvania
$10K
Michigan
$5K
New York
$5K

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

American Online Giving Foundation Inc47 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund45 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc39 shared recipientsThe Norcliffe Foundation38 shared recipientsSeattle Foundation38 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program30 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $7,557. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  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 Glaser Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 0634, Milwaukee, WI, 53201. 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 91-6028694 · 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.

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