Lois a Kania Charitable Foundation Ltd
Green Bay, WI · EIN 47-2747522. Reported 237 grants totalling $192,118 to 76 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Lois a Kania Charitable Foundation Ltd 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 $200. Half of everything it gave fell between $100 and $500; the smallest was $10 and the largest $100,000. 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. 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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curative Connections | Green Bay, WI | $116,850 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Altrusa House | Green Bay, WI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Green Bay Botanical Garden | Green Bay, WI | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Green Bay YMCA | Green Bay, WI | $4,300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Boone, IA | $3,400 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Salvation Army Green Bay | Green Bay, WI | $2,700 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Paul's Pantry | Green Bay, WI | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| USO | Washington, DC | $2,150 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Friend's of Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary | Green Bay, WI | $2,030 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Services | Green Bay, WI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Jude Children's Research | Memphis, TN | $2,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Brown County Civic Music | De Pere, WI | $1,850 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Easter Seals of Wisconsin | Appleton, WI | $1,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wisconsin Humane Society | Green Bay, WI | $1,700 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $1,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| March of Dimes | White Plains, NY | $1,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St John's Ministries | Green Bay, WI | $1,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cerebral Palsy Inc | Green Bay, WI | $1,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | Tampa, FL | $1,200 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Neville Public Museum Foundation | Green Bay, WI | $1,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of America | Atlanta, GA | $1,100 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Special Olympics Wisconsin | Washington, DC | $1,100 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Altrusa Hospitality House | Green Bay, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bellin Health Foundation | Green Bay, WI | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars | Appleton, WI | $900 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chicago, IL | $850 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Make a Wish | Appleton, WI | $850 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Brown County Benevolent Sheriff's Association | Green Bay, WI | $810 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Heart Association | Green Bay, WI | $800 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Brown County United Way | Green Bay, WI | $800 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $800 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Adoptaplatoon | Lozano, TX | $700 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Als Association | Washington DC, DC | $700 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Birder Studio of Performing Arts | De Pere, WI | $700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Norbert College | De Pere, WI | $700 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Arthritis Foundation | Green Bay, WI | $600 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys Town | Boys Town, NE | $600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Disabled American Veterans | Cincinatti, OH | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Uw-Green Bay Foundation | Green Bay, WI | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cal Farley's Boys Ranch | Amarillo, TX | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Friends of Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary | Green Bay, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Options for Independent Living | Green Bay, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St John's Homeless Shelter | Green Bay, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wisconsin Public Television | Madison, WI | $500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brown County Historical Society | Green Bay, WI | $450 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| United States Deputy Sheriffs Association Inc | Wichita, KS | $450 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Priests of the Sacred Heart | Hales Corners, WI | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Topeka, KS | $400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| AARP Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $318 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Parkinson Disease Association | Staten Island, NY | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Amvets | Lanham, MD | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Baird Creek Preservation Foundation | Green Bay, WI | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Birch Creek Music Performance Center | Egg Harbor, WI | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Covenant House | New York, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Law Emforcement Officers Memorial Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $300 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Neville Public Library | Green Bay, WI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Diabetes Association | Arlington, VA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Macular Degeneration Foundation | Northampton, MA | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Family & Childcare Resources of New | Green Bay, WI | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Green Bay Police Benevolent Association | Green Bay, WI | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| St Joseph's Indian School | Chamberlain, SD | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Team Blueline | Sterling, VA | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Troops Direct | San Ramon, CA | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wisconin Parkinson Association | Brookfield, WI | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wisconsin Public Radio | Racine, WI | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Audubon Society | New York, NY | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Avb Community Band | Green Bay, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Citizens Behind the Badge | Mclean, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of PBS Wisconsin | Madison, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Green Bay Fraternal Order of Police #2 | Green Bay, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peninsula Players Theatre Foundation | Fish Creek, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Volunteer Center of Brown County | Green Bay, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young America's Foundation | Reston, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Smithsonian Institute | Washington, DC | $10 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
55 of 76 (72%) 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 78%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Curative Connections
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION FOR NEW BUILDING ON WEST SIDE FOR DEMENTIA PATIENTS - Altrusa House
HOUSING FOR PATIENTS OF AREA HOSPITALS AND THEIR FAMILY - Green Bay Botanical Garden
TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF THE GARDEN - American Red Cross
PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THOSE IN NEED - Green Bay YMCA
TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR YOUTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS - Paul's Pantry
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE HUNGRY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 101 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50 | $22,855 | $200 |
| 2022 | 51 | $118,291 | $100 |
| 2023 | 52 | $21,026 | $200 |
| 2024 | 38 | $11,326 | $200 |
| 2025 | 46 | $18,620 | $225 |
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
88% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $200. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 Lois a Kania Charitable Foundation Ltd's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 1928 Riverside Drive, Green Bay, WI, 54301. 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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