Tikvah Charitable Trust
Watertown, WI · EIN 39-6777005. Reported 223 grants totalling $51,107 to 104 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. Tikvah Charitable Trust 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 $100. Half of everything it gave fell between $50 and $375; the smallest was $15 and the largest $1,583. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chabad of Waukesha | Waukesha, WI | $3,590 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Jewish Federation | Milwaukee, WI | $3,055 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Educational Foundation of Watertown | Watertown, WI | $2,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics | Boulder, CO | $2,270 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Rivers | Washington, DC | $2,250 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Pasadena Community Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $1,583 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | New York, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Watertown Humane Society | Watertown, WI | $1,400 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Sarcoma Foundation of America | Damascus, MD | $1,390 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation | Aurora, CO | $1,258 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Waukesha County | Brookfield, WI | $1,040 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Homeless Children's Playtime Project | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Waukesha, WI | $875 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mayo Clinic | Albert Lea, MN | $850 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Heart Association | Phoenix, AZ | $750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rock River Rescue Foundation | Watertown, WI | $720 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kuchinate | Tel Aviv | $710 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Opportunites Inc | Fort Atkinson, WI | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Special Olympics Wisconsin | Madison, WI | $600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Historical Foundation | Madison, WI | $585 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Haserstown, MD | $525 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Abortion Freedom Fund | Hohokus, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Capitol Hill Cluster School Parent Teacher Association | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Hospital Colorado | Denver, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Community Foundation Boulder County | Boulder, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| DC Abortion Fund | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Madison | Madison, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Just Tryan It | Bethesda, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Academy Foundation | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Carolina Community Foundation | Raleigh, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Save Our Monarchs Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tel Aviv Institue | Tel Aviv | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Bread Basket | Watertown, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center | Surf City, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Ocean Cleanup North Pacific Foundation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Trevor Project | West Hollywood, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tiny Hooves | Union Grove, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | Madison, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Milwaukee Art Museum | Milwaukee, WI | $420 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $400 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| A Wider Bridge | New York, NY | $375 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arbor Day Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $375 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Durham Rescue Mission | Durham, NC | $375 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Women International | Washington, DC | $375 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee PBS | Milwaukee, WI | $375 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Westside German Shepherd Rescue of La | Los Angles, CA | $334 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $333 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Milwaukee, WI | $320 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Capital Hill Classic | Washington, DC | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina | Raleigh, NC | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Capitol Hill Cluster School PTA | Washington, DC | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Watertown Public Library | Watertown, WI | $300 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Wildlife in Need Center | Oconomowoc, WI | $300 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimers Association | Washington, DC | $287 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Alzheimers Association | Milwaukee, WI | $250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Animal Protection Society of Durham | Durham, NC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Forest Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation | Herriman, UT | $213 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Jewish National Fund | New York, NY | $200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Park Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rainbow Hospice | Jefferson, WI | $200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars | Topeka, KS | $200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of Jefferson County | Jefferson, WI | $175 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Touch of Kindness | Los Angeles, CA | $159 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jordan High School Bank Booster Club Inc | Durham, NC | $154 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| America Gives Inc | Washington, DC | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Public Museum | Milwaukee, WI | $150 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hoard Historical Museum | Fort Atkinson, WI | $140 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Disabled Veterans National Foundation | Lanham, MD | $125 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $115 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Akiba - Schechter Jewish Day School | Chicago, IL | $103 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Kidney Fund | Rockville, MD | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Congregation Adat Yeshurun | La Jolla, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Disabled Veterans National Foundation | Milford, NH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish National Fund USA | Rockville Centre, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Special Olympics | Madison, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wisconsin Parkinson Association | Brookfield, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wisconsin Public Radio | Milwaukee, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $90 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Consumer Reports Foundation | Washington, DC | $80 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation | Albert Lea, WI | $80 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| AARP | Madison, WI | $75 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross of Sw Wi | Des Moines, IA | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Band Boosters | Durham, NC | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Courier Newsroom | Chippewa Falls, WI | $75 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wisconsin Jewish Chronical | Milwaukee, WI | $75 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wisconsin Public Television | Madison, WI | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Habonim Camp Tavor | West Bend, WI | $72 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Maca Foundation | New York, NY | $59 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beth Israel Ner Tamid | Glendale, WI | $52 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mptv Friends Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rainbow Community Care | Jefferson, WI | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars | Milford, NH | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Geographic Society | Boone, IA | $35 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Parks Conservation Association | Boone, IA | $35 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| AARP Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Geographic Society | Washington, DC | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Parks Conservation Association | Washington, DC | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| US Olympic Paralympic Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
45 of 104 (43%) 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 67%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Capitol Hill Cluster School Parent Teacher Association
THE MAEVE MCKEAN CLUSTER CARES FUND - Save Our Monarchs Foundation
SCHOOL POLLINATOR GARDEN PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 94 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 | 41 | $9,293 | $95 |
| 2022 | 33 | $7,148 | $100 |
| 2023 | 46 | $9,840 | $102 |
| 2024 | 51 | $12,872 | $115 |
| 2025 | 52 | $11,954 | $100 |
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
42% 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 $100. 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Tikvah Charitable Trust'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: N8499 Jefferson Road, Watertown, WI, 53094. 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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