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Rolfs Educational Foundation LTD

Accepts applications Eagan, Minnesota · EIN 391651525

Rolfs Educational Foundation LTD is a private foundation in Eagan, Minnesota. In tax year 2025 it gave $109,000 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $6,750 and the largest $49,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $129,232 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$173,75016$1.6 million
2024$129,23216$1.7 million
2025$109,0008$1.8 million

How to apply

ContactAnn Pauli
West Bend High Sch 1305 E Decorah, West Bend, WI 53095
Phone or email(262) 335-5405
What to submitApplication form is available at high school's career center
DeadlinesJanuary
RestrictionsApplicants must be in the upper 10% of their class and must have attended at least their last two years of high school at the west bend high schools.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Rolfs Educational Foundation LTD funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Wisconsin6$86,500
Minnesota1$18,000
Nebraska1$4,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
WI
Scholarship$49,500
University of MN Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
Scholarship$18,000
Individual
WI
Scholarship$15,000
Individual
WI
Scholarship$9,000
Individual
WI
Scholarship$4,500
Concordia University
Seward, NE
Scholarship$4,500
St Norbert University
De Pere, WI
Scholarship$4,500
West Bend School District
West Bend, WI
Scholarship$4,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Rolfs Educational Foundation LTD accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: January.

How much does Rolfs Educational Foundation LTD give?

$109,000 in tax year 2025, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $6,750.

Who runs Rolfs Educational Foundation LTD?

Its 2025 filing lists Stephen J Rolfs (President), Theodore R Rolfs (Secretary/Treas) and Claire L Rolfs (Vice President).

What does Rolfs Educational Foundation LTD fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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