Provident Health Foundation
Marinette, WI · EIN 83-4140310. Reported 201 grants totalling $10.5M to 79 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. Provident Health 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 $4,634. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $11,500; the smallest was $50 and the largest $3,784,504. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Medical Center-Bay Area | Marinette, WI | $8,799,479 | 9 | 5 | 2025 |
| Healthy Youth Coalition | Menominee, MI | $320,218 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Menominee Isd | Menominee, MI | $158,365 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| Marinette School District | Marinette, WI | $92,855 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Northlakes Community Clinic | Iron River, WI | $75,000 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Joseph's Conference Marinette | Marinette, WI | $66,697 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Greater Marinette-Menominee YMCA | Menominee, MI | $60,290 | 9 | 5 | 2025 |
| Stephenson Area Public Schools | Stephenson, MI | $57,225 | 10 | 4 | 2025 |
| Crivitz Area Food Pantry | Crivitz, WI | $50,750 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Peshtigo School District | Peshtigo, WI | $49,654 | 13 | 4 | 2025 |
| Dar Boys and Girls Club | Menominee, MI | $46,140 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| River Cities Community Pool | Marinette, WI | $39,504 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Vincent De Paul Marinette | Marinette, WI | $38,250 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Menominee Area Public Schools | Menominee, MI | $36,746 | 9 | 3 | 2025 |
| CASA of Menominee County | Menominee, MI | $35,350 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Communities That Care | Menominee, MI | $34,925 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| CASA Brown Countymarinette County | Green Bay, WI | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Feeding America West Michigan | Comstock Park, MI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| CASA Menomineemarinette | Menominee, MI | $27,750 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Crivitz School District | Crivitz, WI | $26,952 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Rainbow House Domestic Abuse Services | Marinette, WI | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Marinette County Public Health | Marinette, WI | $25,050 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| CASA Menominee | Menominee, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army Marinette | Marinette, WI | $24,750 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| St John Paul II Catholic Academy | Menominee, MI | $24,585 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Aurora Health Care Inc | Marinette, WI | $18,299 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine School District | Pembine, WI | $17,817 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marinette Rec Center | Marinette, WI | $16,730 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Coleman School District | Coleman, WI | $16,250 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Marinette County Group Home Association | Marinette, WI | $15,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crivitz Food Pantry | Crivitz, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marinette County Health and Human Services | Marinette, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marinette County Elderly Services | Crivitz, WI | $14,311 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Dar Boys & Girls Club | Menominee, MI | $13,866 | 6 | 3 | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Green Bay | Marinette, WI | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rainbow House | Marinette, WI | $12,214 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Goodman Armstrong School District | Goodman, WI | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hospital Sisters of St Francis Foundation | Green Bay, WI | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Vincent Depaul | Marinette, WI | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Great Start Collaborative | Menominee, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Feeding America | Comstock Park, MI | $9,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aurora Health Foundation | Marinette, WI | $8,384 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pioneer Presbyterian Church | Marinette, WI | $7,550 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Marinette Recreation Department | Marinette, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Menominee Resurrection Conference of the Society of St Vincent De Paul | Menominee, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Goodman Armstrong Creek School District | Goodman, WI | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marinette Menominee Area Chamber Foundation | Marinette, WI | $3,659 | 3 | 1 | 2025 |
| Marinette Circuit Court | Marinette, WI | $2,517 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes | Appleton, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Up Foster Closet | Menominee, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Superior Health Foundation | Marquette, MI | $2,250 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Create Wisconsin | Madison, WI | $1,750 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Marinette Menominee Area Chamber of Commerce | Marinette, WI | $1,120 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Carney-Nadeau School District | Carney, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Menominee County Sheriff Victim Services | Menominee, MI | $774 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Menominee | Menominee, MI | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Falls Prevention Alliance of Ne Wisconsin | Green Bay, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peshtigo Food Pantry | Peshtigo, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Twin Counties Free Clinic Inc | Marinette, WI | $265 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bridges to Recovery | Marinette, WI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Marinette | Marinette, WI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emergency Rescue Squad | Marinette, WI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marinette County Facilities & Parks | Marinette, WI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| School District of Niagara | Niagara, WI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peshtigo Youth Baseball | Peshtigo, WI | $208 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Peshtigo Playground | Green Bay, WI | $175 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| M&m Children's Museum | Menominee, MI | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wausaukee Back to School Program Inc | Wausaukee, WI | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Place for Max | Marinette, WI | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| M&m Chamber of Commerce | Marinette, WI | $105 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Thomas Aquinas Academy | Marinette, WI | $101 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Aurora Bay Area Emergency Dept | Marinette, WI | $80 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jim Hodge Run | Marinette, WI | $80 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marinette County Adrc | Marinette, WI | $80 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Menominee High School | Menominee, MI | $80 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Menominee Kiwanis | Menominee, MI | $80 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marinette Menominee Rotary Club | Menominee, MI | $70 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fuller Center for Housing | Marinette, WI | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Menominee Downtown Business Association | Menominee, MI | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
33 of 79 (42%) 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 55%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. 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 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.
- Menominee Isd
GRANT FOR YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING (HEALTHY YOUTH COALITION) - Healthy Youth Coalition
GRANT FOR YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING - Aurora Medical Center-Bay Area
GRANT TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO CARE - Dar Boys and Girls Club
TO PROVIDE A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORAL LEARNING STAFF MEMBER ON STAFF AT THE DAR TO HELP MEET THE SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN IN DAR PROGRAMMING AND TO PROVIDE THE DAR WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRACT NORTH POINTE BEHAVIORAL CENTER'S SOCIAL BEHAVIORAL COUNSELING FOR THE CHILDREN IN DAR PROGRAMMING. - St Joseph's Conference Marinette
GRANT TO SUPPORT THE BACK 2 SCHOOL - BACKPACK PROGRAM - Crivitz School District
HEALTHY BREAKFAST AND HYDROPONICS PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 36 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 | 25 | $2,260,540 | $9,600 |
| 2022 | 34 | $4,008,854 | $3,837 |
| 2023 | 38 | $3,007,929 | $8,400 |
| 2024 | 55 | $563,980 | $4,500 |
| 2025 | 49 | $634,672 | $2,500 |
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
91% 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.
Get funders for your state and cause by email
We email you funders that gave to organizations in your state and cause, up to five at a time each week and never the same one twice, from their own IRS filings. Free. The weekly email has not started yet.
Unsubscribe in one click from any email. We never sell or share your address. To match on your organization and typical grant size too, keep a private profile.
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 $4,634. 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 Provident Health Foundation'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: Po Box 891, Marinette, WI, 54143. 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 83-4140310 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
Is something here wrong about your foundation? Email [email protected] and we will correct it.