Kohler Foundation Inc
Kohler, WI · EIN 39-0810536. Reported 524 grants totalling $91.8M to 288 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$91.8Mgranted, 2021-2024
288organizations funded
36%of grantees funded again the next year
$413.7Massets, 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. Kohler 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $27,000; the smallest was $150 and the largest $53.7M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 288 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kohler Trust for Clean Water | Kohler, WI | $53.7M | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Dickeyville Grotto Inc | Dickeyville, WI | $7,625,617 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| John Michael Kohler Arts Center | Sheboygan, WI | $5,983,569 | 33 | 4 | 2024 |
| 547 Art Center | Greensburg, KS | $4,058,496 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Louis Round Wilson Library | Chapel Hill, NC | $3,030,080 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Louis Round Wilson Library at University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill, NC | $2,746,642 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Freeborn County Historical Society | Albert Lea, MN | $2,069,927 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Inc | Niagara Falls, NY | $1,066,191 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arts Foundation of Kosciusko Inc | Kosciusko, MS | $872,650 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mississippi Museum of Art | Jackson, MS | $547,865 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Racine Art Museum | Racine, WI | $531,220 | 11 | 3 | 2024 |
| David M Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | Durham, NC | $425,771 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Utah Arts Alliance | Salt Lake City, UT | $369,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fuller Craft Museum | Brockton, MA | $366,175 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lakeshore Technical College | Cleveland, WI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South Bend Museum of Art | South Bend, IN | $234,409 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wright Museum of Art | Beloit, WI | $224,479 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $220,890 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Montana Museum of Art and Culture | Missoula, MT | $210,975 | 6 | 2 | 2023 |
| 547 Arts Center | Greensburg, KS | $207,625 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Illinois State Museum | Lockport, IL | $191,525 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kleefield Museum of Art at Csu - Long Beach | Long Beach, CA | $183,906 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mulvane Art Museum at Washburn University | Topeka, KS | $178,806 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Art Museum of West Virginia University | Morgantown, WV | $168,812 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Heckscher Museum | Huntington, NY | $155,240 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lawrence University | Appleton, WI | $152,534 | 6 | 2 | 2023 |
| Minneapolis Institute of Art | Minneapolis, MN | $149,764 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| George Mason University | Fairfax, VA | $126,298 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Volland Foundation | Alma, KS | $120,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Miller Art Museum | Sturgeon Bay, WI | $119,165 | 8 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lubeznik Center for the Arts | Michigan City, IN | $112,019 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Village of Mount Morris | Mount Morris, IL | $110,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rockford Art Museum | Rockford, IL | $107,633 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Luther Fine Arts Collection - Luther College | Decorah, IA | $105,670 | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington County Museum of Fine Arts | Hagerstown, MD | $105,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Portland Art Museum (oregon) | Portland, OR | $94,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eli & Edythe Broad Museum-Michigan State Univ | East Lansing, MI | $93,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kansas City Blind All-Stars | Kansas City, KS | $91,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of Fine Art Boston | Boston, MA | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Wyoming Art Museum | Laramie, WY | $88,892 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Addison Gallery of Am Art at Phillips Academy | Andover, MA | $83,701 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Kinsey Institute - Indiana University | Bloomington, IL | $81,210 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ripon College | Ripon, WI | $79,275 | 9 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mint Museum | Charlotte, NC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Mary's University | Leavenworth, KS | $73,950 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uw-Madison - Wisconsin Institute of Discovery | Madison, WI | $73,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Radford University Art Museum | Radford, VA | $72,498 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Museum of Wisconsin Art | West Bend, WI | $72,400 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| West Bend Friends of Sculpture | West Bend, WI | $71,550 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ashville Art Museum | Asheville, NC | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Art Design & Architecture Museum | Santa Barbara, CA | $69,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh | Oshkosh, WI | $65,375 | 8 | 2 | 2022 |
| Art Museums of Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $64,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kleefield Contemporary Art Museum at Csu-Long Beach | Long Beach, CA | $59,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $58,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marian University | Fond Du Lac, WI | $57,175 | 8 | 1 | 2023 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $56,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Wisconsin - Whitewater | Whitewater, WI | $54,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Art Institute of Chicago (indian Textiles) | Chicago, IL | $53,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Philadelphia, PA | $52,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gerberhart Archives | Chicago, IL | $51,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Columbia Museum of Art (south Carolina) | Columbia, SC | $51,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beloit College | Beloit, WI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Broad Museum of Art at Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wright Museum of Art - Beloit College | Beloit, WI | $49,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Muskegon Museum of Art | Muskegon, MI | $48,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| High Museum of Art | Atlanta, GA | $48,173 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum - Cal State Long Beach | Long Beach, CA | $47,750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fairfield University | Fairfield, CT | $47,151 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Princeton University Art Museums | Princeton, NY | $46,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Denver Art Museum | Denver, CO | $46,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Utah Museum of Fine Arts | Salt Lake City, UT | $45,514 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lakeland University | Plymouth, WI | $45,450 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Madison Museum of Contemporary Art | Madison, WI | $45,050 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Kentucky Art Museum | Lexington, KY | $42,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Gallery of Art | Washington, DC | $42,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Michigan Museum of Art | Ann Arbor, MI | $40,475 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fine Arts Collection - Luther College | Decorah, IA | $40,450 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Knoxville Museum of Art | Knoxville, TN | $40,195 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Museum of the Southwest | Midland, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mariposa Museum and World Culture Center | Oak Bluffs, MA | $39,994 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Racine Art Museum (gift 2) | Racine, WI | $39,675 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $39,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of St Mary | Leavenworth, KS | $39,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Iowa - Stanley Museum of Art | Iowa City, IA | $38,664 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wade House Historic Site | Greenbush, WI | $38,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Plains Museum | Fargo, ND | $37,678 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Carlsbad Museum | Carlsbad, NM | $37,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ellen Nol Art Museum | Odessa, TX | $37,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | $35,720 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Racine Art Museum (gift 1) | Racine, WI | $34,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chazen Museum of Art | Madison, WI | $33,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| El Paso Museum of Archeology | El Paso, TX | $33,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center | Protsmouth, OH | $33,070 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Martha's Vineyard Museum | Vineyard Haven, MA | $32,956 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Archives of American Art - the Smithsonian Institute | Washington, DC | $32,420 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fort Hayes State University | Hays, KS | $31,832 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection - Uw-Madison | Madison, WI | $29,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Freeborn County Historical Museum Library & Village | Albert Lea, MN | $29,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Visionary Art Museum | Baltimore, MD | $28,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Block Museum at Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vanderbilt University Museum of Art | Nashville, TN | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uwm at Washington County | West Bend, WI | $26,305 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stanley Museum of Art | Iowa City, IA | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery - Skidmore College | Saratoga Springs, NY | $25,350 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Quilt Museum | Cedarburg, WI | $25,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tuscon Museum of Art | Tuscon, AZ | $25,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of California Davis | Davis, CA | $24,350 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Players Theatre of Wi Inc | Spring Green, WI | $24,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Museum of Arts and Design | New York, NY | $23,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Krannert Museum at University of Illinois | Champaign, IL | $23,428 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eskenazi Museum at Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | $23,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Above & Beyond Children's Museum | Sheboygan, WI | $22,500 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northern Illinois University Art Museum | Dekalb, IL | $22,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cedarburg Art Museum | Cedarburg, WI | $21,550 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts of Manitou Council | Sheboygan, WI | $21,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ruth Page Center for the Arts | Chicago, IL | $21,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Saint Mary | Leavenworth, KS | $21,355 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leslie-Lohman Art Museum | New York, NY | $21,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dare to Dream Theatre | Sheboygan, WI | $21,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Norbert College | Depere, WI | $20,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boise Art Museum | Boise, ID | $20,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Columbia Museum of Art | Columbia, SC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Saxonia House | Greenbush, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| John Michael Kohler Arts Center (library) | Sheboygan, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Resource Center of Sheboygan County | Plymouth, WI | $18,050 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Wi Shoreline | Sheboygan, WI | $17,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| El Paso Museum of Art | El Paso, TX | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Edgewood College | Madison, WI | $17,328 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bookworm Gardens | Sheboygan, WI | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Museum of Contemporary Photography | Chicago, IL | $16,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| High Art Museum | Atlanta, GA | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University Galleries of Illinois State University | Normal, IL | $15,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Sheboygan County | Sheboygan Falls, WI | $14,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Historical Foundation Inc | Madison, WI | $14,400 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angeles, CA | $14,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Smart Museum of Art at University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wade House Historic Site (wisconsin Historical Foundation) | Madison, WI | $14,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Williams College | Williamstown, MA | $13,478 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Logan Museum of Anthropology | Beloit, WI | $13,250 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Depaul Art Museum | Chicago, IL | $13,150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum | Washington, DC | $13,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eastern Illinois University Tarble Arts Center | Charleston, IL | $12,550 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black American Community Outreach | Kohler, WI | $12,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fenimore Art Museum | Cooperstown, NY | $12,265 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mead Public Library Foundation | Sheboygan, WI | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pecatonica Educational Charitable Foundation Inc | Hollandale, WI | $11,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Krannert Art Museum | Champaign, IL | $11,250 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lakeland University - Grosshuesch & Meuhlmeier Halls | Plymouth, WI | $11,250 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art | Scottsdale, AZ | $11,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum Inc | Two Rivers, WI | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc | Spring Green, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Belladonna Film Project Inc | Chicago, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sheboygan County Historical Research Center | Sheboygan Falls, WI | $10,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Weill Center Foundation Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Center for Book Arts | New York, NY | $9,978 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Plymouth Art Foundation Inc | Plymouth, WI | $9,800 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hello Happiness Creativity Center Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $9,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth University | Hanover, NH | $9,438 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Create Wisconsin | Madison, WI | $9,400 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Huntington Museum of Art (west Virginia) | Huntington, WV | $9,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kiel Area Youth Theatre | Kiel, WI | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lake Forest College | Lake Forest, IL | $8,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marian University | Indianapolis, IN | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nourish Farms Inc | Sheboygan Falls, WI | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Summit Players Theatre | Milwaukee, WI | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Colby College Museum of Art | Waterville, ME | $7,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bowdoin College | Brunswick, ME | $7,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Medical College of Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts | Cedarburg, WI | $7,010 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Memorial Art Gallery U of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Tude Group | Sheboygan, WI | $6,900 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sheboygan County Interfaith Organization | Sheboygan, WI | $6,700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Spencer Museum of Art - University of Kansas | Lawrence, KS | $6,575 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hmong Mutual Assistance Association | Sheboygan, WI | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin | West Allis, WI | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Opera for the Young Inc | Madison, WI | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shell Lake Arts Center | Shell Lake, WI | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ezkenazi Museum of Art | Bloomington, IL | $5,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Historic Indian Agency House Association Inc | Portage, WI | $5,640 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ascend Services Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Baseball Hall of Fame | Cooperstown, NY | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Weil Center Foundation Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $5,360 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lakeshore Chorale Inc | Sheboygan Falls, WI | $5,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sheboygan County | Sheboygan, WI | $5,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Board of Regents of the Universities of Wisconsin Dba Uw-Green Bay | Green Bay, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Come Together Sheboygan Inc | Plymouth, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Einstein Project | Green Bay, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Etude Schools | Sheboygan, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Connections | Sheboygan, WI | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mental Health America in Sheboygan County | Sheboygan, WI | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc | North Canton, OH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Peninsula School of Art | Fish Creek, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rise Up Central Wisconsin Inc | Wausau, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sheboygan County Historical Society | Sheboygan Falls, WI | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sheboygan County Museum | Sheboygan, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stefanie H Weill Center Foundation Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Theater for Young Audiences | Sheboygan, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Treehouse Theater | Manitowoc, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Academy | Madison, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts & Letters | Madison, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Humanities | Madison, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Jackson, MS | $4,950 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Perlman Teaching Museum - Carleton College | Northfield, MN | $4,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sheboygan Theatre Co (sheboygan Area School District) | Sheboygan, WI | $4,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Green Bay Botanical Gardens | Greenbush, WI | $4,640 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Allen Memorial Art Museum | Oberlin, OH | $4,550 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Etude Elementary | Sheboygan, WI | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Ledge View Nature Center Inc | Kohler, WI | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rahr West Art Museum | Manitowoc, WI | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mead Public Library | Sheboygan, WI | $4,100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Plymouth High School | Plymouth, WI | $4,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Society of Colonial Dames of America-State of Wi | Portage, WI | $4,050 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ackland Art Museum - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bethlehem Lutheran Church | Sheboygan, WI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Riveredge Nature Center | Newburg, WI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Sheboygan County Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Woodland Dunes Nature Center & Preserve Inc | Two Rivers, WI | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lakeland University - University Chapel | Plymouth, WI | $3,800 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sheboygan North High School | Sheboygan, WI | $3,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pine Haven Christian Communities | Sheboygan Falls, WI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sheboygan Senior Community | Sheboygan, WI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Block Museum of Art | Evanston, IL | $3,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Howards Grove Public Schools | Kewaskum, WI | $3,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Belladonna Film Project Inc | Plymouth, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fairfield University Art Museum | Fairfield, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mental Health America Lakeshore | Plymouth, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Miller Art Center Foundation Inc | Sturgeon Bay, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Philadelphia Community Farm Inc | Osceola, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wade House Historic Site (wisconsin Historical Society) | Madison, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wisconsin Maritime Museum | Manitowoc, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art | Bentonville, AK | $2,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cedar Lakes Conservation Foundation | West Bend, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Elcho Historical Society Inc | Elcho, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gearbox Labs Inc | Hingham, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reading & Math Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sheboygan County Lgbtq Alliance | Sheboygan, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Foundation Inc | Green Bay, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Departments of Anthropology and Latin American & Latino Studies - Universit | Chicago, IL | $2,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wright Art Museum | Beloit, WI | $2,075 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marshfield Clinic | Marshfield, WI | $2,050 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Fond Du Lac Inc | Fond Du Lac, WI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Portage County | Stevens Point, WI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley | Appleton, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cedar Grove Belgium Area School District | Cedar Grove, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Camp Anokijig | Plymouth, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Glacial Lakes Conservancy | Sheboygan, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Houston, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
68 of 288 (24%) 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 36%, across 3 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.
Plus 236 grants to individuals totalling $2,921,670 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.
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.
- Friends of Dickeyville Grotto Inc
ART DONATION: DICKEYVILLE GROTTO - 547 Art Center
ART DONATION - MT LIGGETT - The Louis Round Wilson Library
ART DONATION - BURK UZZLE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION - Louis Round Wilson Library at University of North Carolina
ART DONATION-ROLAND FREEMAN COLLECTION - John Michael Kohler Arts Center
ART DONATION - SILVIO BARILE SCULPTURES - Freeborn County Historical Society
ART DONATION-ITASCA ROCK GARDEN
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 276 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 106 | $11.3M | $2,875 |
| 2022 | 156 | $10.9M | $5,125 |
| 2023 | 145 | $66.6M | $5,300 |
| 2024 | 117 | $2,996,861 | $6,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 77% 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.
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. 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 Kohler 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: 725X Woodlake Rd, Kohler, WI, 53044. 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 39-0810536 · 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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