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Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Frankenmuth, Michigan · EIN 382834541

Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Frankenmuth, Michigan. In tax year 2024 it gave $706,319 in 258 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $80,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $609,428 the year before.

15% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$609,428255$14.3 million
2024$706,319258$15.3 million

How to apply

ContactW I Bronner Family Charit Fndn
PO Box 409, Frankenmuth, MI 48734
Phone or email(989) 652-9931
What to submitLetter Form
DeadlinesNo deadlines
RestrictionsNo restrictions

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 28 states, the most to Michigan.

StateGrantsAmount
Michigan189$481,988
Missouri7$51,500
Maryland7$43,150
North Carolina2$32,250
Illinois7$12,200
District of Columbia2$12,200
New York3$9,250
California5$8,516
Arizona3$5,940
Virginia5$5,600

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 258 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
St Lorenz General Budget Fund
Frankenmuth, MI
General Unrestricted$80,000
Salvation Army
Saginaw, MI
General Unrestricted$32,130
Rescue Mission of Saginaw
Saginaw, MI
General Unrestricted$28,010
Samaritan's Purse
Boone, NC
General Unrestricted$27,250
LCMS
St Louis, MO
General Unrestricted$27,000
Lutheran World Relief
Baltimore, MD
General Unrestricted$25,150
Frankenmuth Beautification
Frankenmuth, MI
General Unrestricted$20,500
St Lorenz Lutheran Church
Frankenmuth, MI
General Unrestricted$19,125
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan
Flint, MI
General Unrestricted$17,575
Wellspring Lutheran Foundation
Saginaw, MI
General Unrestricted$15,000
Concordia Theological Seminary St
St Louis, MO
General Unrestricted$10,500
American Center for Law & Justice
Washington, DC
General Unrestricted$10,000
Concordia University - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
General Unrestricted$10,000
Cross Roads Counseling Ministries
Frankenmuth, MI
General Unrestricted$10,000
Lutheran Hour Ministries
St Louis, MO
General Unrestricted$10,000
Thomas More Law Center
Ann Arbor, MI
General Unrestricted$10,000
I Support the 1
Saginaw, MI
General Unrestricted$9,825
Hidden Harvest
Saginaw, MI
General Unrestricted$8,085
Frankenmuth Fire Dept
Frankenmuth, MI
General Fund$7,500
Tunnels to Towers Foundation
Staten Island, NY
General Fund$7,000
Concordia University - Chicago
River Forest, IL
General Unrestricted$6,000
Frankenmuth Community Foundation
Frankenmuth, MI
General Unrestricted$5,500
Carriage Town Ministries
Flint, MI
General Unrestricted$5,375
Billy Graham Evangelistic Society
Charlotte, NC
General Unrestricted$5,000
Fisher House Foundation Inc
Rockville, MD
General Unrestricted$5,000
Frankenmuth School District
Frankenmuth, MI
General Unrestricted$5,000
Love For A Child
Oxford, MI
General Unrestricted$5,000
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Hagerstown, MD
General Fund$5,000
Community Foundation of Greater Flint
Flint, MI
General Fund$4,000
St Francis X Cabrini Catholic Churc
Vassar, MI
General Unrestricted$3,620
Youth Haven Ranch
Rives Junction, MI
General Unrestricted$3,400
Michigan Heroes Museum
Frankenmuth, MI
General Unrestricted$3,300
St Jude's Children's Research Hosp
Memphis, TN
General Unrestricted$3,250
Concordia University - Nebraska
Seward, NE
General Unrestricted$3,000
Concordia University - Wisconsin
Mequon, WI
General Fund$3,000
Delta College
University Center, MI
General Unrestricted$3,000
East Side Soup Kitchen
Saginaw, MI
General Unrestricted$3,000
Karmonas Cancer Institute
Detroit, MI
General Unrestricted$3,000
Mercy Chefs
Portsmouth, VA
General Fund$3,000
Mercy Ships
Garden Valley, TX
General Fund$3,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No deadlines.

How much does Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation give?

$706,319 in tax year 2024, across 258 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Wayne Bronner (President), Carla Bronner Spletzer (Secretary) and Maria Bronner Sutorik (Treasurer).

What does Wallace & Irene Bronner Family Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities, human services and education.

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