Hayssen Family Foundation Inc
Elkhart Lake, WI · EIN 39-6044222. Reported 165 grants totalling $696,400 to 44 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. Hayssen Family 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $6,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $12,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Walsingham Foundation | Sheboygan, WI | $41,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sheboygan Co Food Bank | Sheboygan, WI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lakeland College | Plymouth, WI | $39,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sheboygan County YMCA | Sheboygan, WI | $39,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels of Sheboygan County | Sheboygan, WI | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Broughton Sheboygan Marsh | Elkhart Lake, WI | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Safe Harbor of Sheboygan County | Sheboygan, WI | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| A Million Dreamz Org | Sheboygan, WI | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sharon S Richardson Community Hospice Inc | Sheboygan Falls, WI | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mead Public Library Foundation | Sheboygan, WI | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bookworm Gardens | Sheboygan, WI | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Sheboygan County | Sheboygan Falls, WI | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Great Lakes Aerospace Science & Education Center Co Jim Testwuide | Sheboygan, WI | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Elkhart Lakeglenbeulah Education Foundation | Elkhart Lake, WI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Sheboygan, WI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sheboygan Public Education Foundation | Sheboygan, WI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Expanding Horizons the Etude Group Co Ideas Academy | Sheboygan, WI | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin History Foundation for Wade House | Greenbush, WI | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sheboygan County | Sheboygan, WI | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mental Health America in Sheboygan County | Sheboygan, WI | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Partners for Community Development Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sheboygan Co Historical Research Center | Sheboygan Falls, WI | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 1907 Club | Sheboygan, WI | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Above & Beyond Children's Museum | Sheboygan, WI | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Camp Evergreen | Sheboygan, WI | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rcs Empowers Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sheboygan County Interfaith | Sheboygan, WI | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lakeshore Community Health Care | Sheboygan, WI | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Elkhart Lake Historical Society | Elkhart Lake, WI | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Nicholas Hospital Foundation | Sheboygan, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unitedway of Sheboygan County | Sheboygan, WI | $4,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Amazing Grace Equine Sanctuary | Elkhart Lake, WI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bay-Lakes Council #635 Boy Scouts of America | Appleton, WI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Elkhart Lake Library | Elkhart Lake, WI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of Manitou Council | Sheboygan, WI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lakeshore Technical College | Cleveland, WI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Literacy Council of Sheboygan County | Plymouth, WI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nashotah House | Nashotah, WI | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sheboygan Co Humane Society | Sheboygan, WI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sheboygan Co Historical Societymuseum | Sheboygan, WI | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Weill Center Foundation | Sheboygan, WI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Glacial Lakes Conservancy | Sheboygan, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
42 of 44 (95%) 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 98%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- A Million Dreamz Org
OFFERS QUALITY, AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE 24 HOURS A DAY AND 7 DAYS A WEEK - Grace Walsingham Foundation
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH - Sheboygan County YMCA
SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR DEVELOPING A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY - Meals on Wheels of Sheboygan County
DELIVERY OF MEALS TO THOSE IN NEED IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY - Sheboygan Co Food Bank
INCREASE FOOD SECURITY OF THE RESIDENTS OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY - Safe Harbor of Sheboygan County
PROVIDE ADVOCACY, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AND SHELTER TO THOSE AFFECTED BY TRAUMATIC EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 82 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 41 | $158,000 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 41 | $179,000 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 41 | $177,200 | $3,000 |
| 2024 | 42 | $182,200 | $3,000 |
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
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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 $3,000. 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 Hayssen Family Foundation Inc'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: N7867 Lakeside Park Rd, Elkhart Lake, WI, 53020. 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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