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Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn

Accepts applications Eagan, Minnesota · EIN 396635271

Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn is a private foundation in Eagan, Minnesota. In tax year 2025 it gave $58,947 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $6,699 and the largest $13,900. 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 $53,400 the year before.

38% of its 2025 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$56,4699$1.3 million
2024$53,4007$1.3 million
2025$58,9478$1.5 million

How to apply

ContactMaurice Reese
713 Lakewood Boulevard, Madison, WI 53704
Phone or email(608) 244-5765
What to submitWritten
RestrictionsPrimary consideration given to political educational awareness groups methodist religious organizantions and local madison musical organizations grants not limited to these organizations or purposes

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 5 states, the most to Wisconsin.

StateGrantsAmount
Wisconsin3$33,549
South Carolina2$15,000
New York1$5,749
Kansas1$2,649
Tennessee1$2,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Madison, WI
General operating$13,900
University of Wisconsin Foundation
Madison, WI
General operating$12,000
Low Country Foundation for Wounded Military Heroes
Bluffton, SC
General operating$10,000
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
Madison, WI
General operating$7,649
Tunnel to Towers Foundation
Staten Island, NY
General operating$5,749
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
Hilton Head, SC
General operating$5,000
United Methodist Church
Leawood, KS
General operating$2,649
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
General operating$2,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn give?

$58,947 in tax year 2025, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $6,699.

Who runs Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn?

Its 2025 filing lists US Bank N A (Trustee), Richard M Reese (Governor and Off), Kathleen A Reese (Governor) and Robert Reese (Officer).

What does Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture.

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