Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc
Manitowoc, WI · EIN 27-0978059. Reported 313 grants totalling $9,032,853 to 118 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
- How spread out its giving is. 118 distinct organizations, with 9% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 74% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $14,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $5,050 and the largest $276,450. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roncalli Catholic Schools | Manitowoc, WI | $791,720 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lakeshore Technical College Foundation Inc | Cleveland, WI | $702,459 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lakeshore First Robotics Programs | Manitowoc, WI | $417,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Manitowoc Public School District | Manitowoc, WI | $315,730 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Sheboygan County Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $282,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | Madison, WI | $278,124 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $276,450 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Capitol Civic Centre Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $276,140 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Samaritans Purse | Boone, NC | $270,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Manitowoc Public School District Foundation | Manitowoc, WI | $257,343 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Dementia Innovations | Sheboygan, WI | $251,667 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Sheboygan Public Education Foundation Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $248,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sheboygan County Food Bank Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $199,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Manitowoc County Historical Society | Manitowoc, WI | $189,765 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra Association Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $170,540 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Forest Junction Zion United Methodist Church | Forest Junction, WI | $170,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Compassion International Incorporated | Colorado Spgs, CO | $165,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Wisconsin Maritime Museum Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $156,470 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lakeshore Community Health Care Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $138,139 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Manitowoc County Domestic Violence Center Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $131,343 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Haven of Manitowoc County Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $115,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Marquette University | Milwaukee, WI | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army | Hoffman Estates, IL | $102,502 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve Inc | Two Rivers, WI | $100,290 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Trinity College | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Crossing of Manitowoc County Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $95,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Peter the Fisherman Parish | Two Rivers, WI | $86,662 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Francis of Assisi Parish | Manitowoc, WI | $79,112 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lakeshore Humane Society Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $76,600 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Blessed Sacrament Congregation | Madison, WI | $76,112 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Church | Lacombe, LA | $76,112 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Teen Challenge International of Wisconsin Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Weill Center Foundation Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Painting Pathways Clubhouse Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $69,100 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Sheboygan County | Sheboygan, WI | $64,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $61,003 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Uw-Manitowoc Foundation Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $60,850 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| John Michael Kohler Arts Center Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $57,950 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| City of Manitowoc | Manitowoc, WI | $56,015 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| United Way Manitowoc County Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $55,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club Fox Valley Inc | Appleton, WI | $55,450 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Meals on Wheels of Sheboygan County Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $55,400 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| CASA of East Central Wisconsin | Manitowoc, WI | $52,600 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Smile Train Inc | New York, NY | $51,881 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ascend Services Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $51,050 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Treehouse Theater | Manitowoc, WI | $51,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mental Health America in Sheboygan County Inc | Plymouth, WI | $47,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The United Church of Christ | Cleveland, OH | $47,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Humane Society of Sheboygan County Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $41,828 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lester Public Library Foundation Inc | Two Rivers, WI | $41,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Community | Newton, WI | $41,100 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Richardson Humane Society | Richardson, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Safe Harbor of Sheboygan County Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $39,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope House of Manitowoc County Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $35,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Wisconsn Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $35,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lutheran High School Association of the Greater Sheboygan Area Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $33,549 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Earl O Vits Memorial Trust | Two Rivers, WI | $33,300 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Chicago, IL | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| USA Water Ski & Wake Sports Inc | Auburndale, FL | $31,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Family Resource Centers of Sheboygan County Inc | Plymouth, WI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Good Shepherd Parish | Chilton, WI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Camp Evergreen Corporation | Sheboygan, WI | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Brillion Public Schools | Brillion, WI | $27,760 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Peters Pantry Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of Wisconsin River Falls Foundation | River Falls, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Marys Home for the Aged Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $24,695 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Rcs Empowers Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kathys House Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Midwest Barefooters Inc | Madison, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Production Farm Inc | Whitelaw, WI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Manitowoc-Two Rivers YMCA Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $19,600 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Acts 1 8 Ministry Incorporated | Green Bay, WI | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lighthouse Recovery Community Center Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $16,950 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | New York, NY | $16,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Saint Paul Lutheran Church | Sheboygan Fls, WI | $16,200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Two Rivers Public School District | Two Rivers, WI | $16,114 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Billy Graham Evangelistic Association | Charlotte, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Green Bay Inc | Green Bay, WI | $14,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | Sheboygan, WI | $14,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Wi Shoreline Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lakeshore Regional Child Advocacy Center | Saukville, WI | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grow It Forward | Manitowoc, WI | $11,130 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bookworm Gardens | Sheboygan, WI | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimers Disease Research Foundation | Wellesley Hls, MA | $10,693 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Above and Beyond Corporation | Sheboygan, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Bible Society | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Biblica Inc | Palmer Lake, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chilton Catholic School | Chilton, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Donald Driver Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| First Lutheran Church | Manitowoc, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hildegard House | Louisville, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kohler School Foundation Inc | Kohler, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Law Forward Inc | Madison, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Masquers Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Saint Josephs University | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sheboygan County Y M C a | Sheboygan, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wisconsin Bankers Foundation Inc | Madison, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Josephs Indian School | Chamberlain, SD | $8,762 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Mariners Trail Inc | Manitowoc, WI | $8,375 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Manitowoc Lutheran High School | Manitowoc, WI | $7,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Paul Lutheran Church | Sheboygan, WI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nourish Farms Inc | Sheboygan Fls, WI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sharon S Richardson Community Hospice Inc | Sheboygan Fls, WI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reedsville School District | Reedsville, WI | $6,370 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Blinknow Foundation a Nj Nonprofitcorporation | Morristown, NJ | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lakeland University Inc | Plymouth, WI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiel Area School District | Kiel, WI | $5,900 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc | Wauwatosa, WI | $5,700 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ocean Reef Chapel Foundation Inc | Key Largo, FL | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Americus, GA | $5,348 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wisconsin History Foundation Inc | Madison, WI | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Valders Area School District | Valders, WI | $5,050 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
72 of 118 (61%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc
$4,600 LAKESHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ENDOWMENT; $271,850 OPERATIONS - Dementia Innovations Inc
$50,000 UNRESTRICTED; $16,667- A DONATION ON BEHALF OF MIKE, MARK, AND SCOTT MOLEPSKE IN MEMORY OF THEIR MOTHER, KAY SCHROEDER; $70,000 - A DONATION BY MIKE AND AMY MOLEPSKE IN HONOR OF THEIR MOTHERS, PATTI HOLMES AND KAY SCHROEDER; $5,000 - A DONATION IN HONOR OF JIM HOLMES AS A BIRTHDAY GIFT; $100,000 LIVASU PROJECT - Lakeshore Technical College Foundation Inc
$5,000 - CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EXCELLENCE CAMPAIGN, $198,615 - SCHOLARSHIPS, $30,000 - JOHN AND KATE MILLER IMPACT FUND: ACADEMIC YEAR 2023-2024 - Roncalli Catholic Schools
$76K UNRESTRICTED; REST SCHOLARSHIPS - Manitowoc County Historical Society
$450 ENDOWMENT FUND; $10,000 ANNUAL APPEAL; $56,150 UNRESTRICTED; $102,000 MEEME HOUSE LOAN - Lakeshore Community Health Care Inc
$100K-SUBSIDIZE CARE FOR INCOME LEVELS>200% POVERTY LEVEL; $500-UNRESTRICTED; $22,639 ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; $15K MENTORING MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 81 of 118 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64 | $1,935,675 | $15,750 |
| 2022 | 63 | $1,675,776 | $12,230 |
| 2023 | 53 | $1,270,406 | $11,500 |
| 2024 | 58 | $1,344,438 | $12,737 |
| 2025 | 75 | $2,806,558 | $12,200 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
87% of its giving went to organizations in Wisconsin. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $14,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Wisconsin.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 75 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 915 Memorial Drive, Manitowoc, WI, 54220.
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