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Morse Col Robert H Fdn Tr

Accepts applications Chicago, Illinois · EIN 396092711

Morse Col Robert H Fdn Tr is a private foundation in Chicago, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $92,700 in 13 grants; the typical grant was $4,000 and the largest $20,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $81,700 the year before.

54% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$79,7108$1.7 million
2024$81,70013$1.9 million
2025$92,70013$2.0 million

How to apply

ContactBonnie D Wetter
PO Box 387, Beloit, WI 53512
Phone or email(608) 751-1382, colmorsefdn@gmail.com
What to submitWRITTEN WITH DETAILED EXPLANATION TO colmorsefdn@gmail.com
DeadlinesMay 1 and nov 1
RestrictionsGeographic to the greater beloit area

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Morse Col Robert H Fdn Tr funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Wisconsin.

StateGrantsAmount
Wisconsin11$83,700
Illinois1$5,000
New York1$4,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 13 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Beloit Meals on Wheels
Beloit, WI
Program support$20,000
Caritas
Beloit, WI
Program support$20,000
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Program support$20,000
Stateline Works of Mercy
Beloit, WI
Program support$12,000
Kandu Industries Inc
Janesville, WI
Program support$5,000
Messiah Lutheran Church Food Pantry
Port Byron, IL
Program support$5,000
All About Books
Canandaigua, NY
Program support$4,000
Beloit Art Center
Beloit, WI
Program support$2,000
Girls on the Run
Madison, WI
Program support$2,000
Nature at the Confluence
Beloit, WI
Program support and nature$1,000
Bluestem Robotics
Clinton, WI
Program support$700
Stateline Boys & Girls Club
Beloit, WI
Program support$500
The Roy Chapman Society
Beloit, WI
Program support$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Morse Col Robert H Fdn Tr accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: May 1 and nov 1.

How much does Morse Col Robert H Fdn Tr give?

$92,700 in tax year 2025, across 13 grants, with a typical grant of $4,000.

Who runs Morse Col Robert H Fdn Tr?

Its 2025 filing lists Bonnie D Wetter (President), David Richard Barder (Director) and James B Fisher (Secretary).

What does Morse Col Robert H Fdn Tr fund?

Based on its grants, mainly food and hunger and youth programs.

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