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Alpha A Wetenkamp Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Wauwatosa, Wisconsin · EIN 207086634

Alpha A Wetenkamp Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. In tax year 2025 it gave $240,000 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $60,000 and the largest $100,000. 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 $100,000 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$90,0004$4.6 million
2024$100,0004$6.1 million
2025$240,0004$6.3 million

How to apply

ContactChristopher M Drosen
949 Glenview Avenue, Wauwatosa, WI 53213
Phone or email(414) 259-9300
What to submitApplication format requesting consideration for grant which includes detailed information that the applicant is pursuing a degree in one of the required fields.
DeadlinesRequests for grants are due before the start of the semester that the applicant will attend class.
RestrictionsThe only restriction is that the applicant is pursuing a degree in one of the required fields of education and at a college or university in the milwaukee metropolitan area.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Alpha A Wetenkamp Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Wisconsin.

StateGrantsAmount
Wisconsin4$240,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Carroll University
Waukesha, WI
Education$100,000
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
Education$100,000
Alverno College
Milwaukee, WI
Education$20,000
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, WI
Education$20,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Alpha A Wetenkamp Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Requests for grants are due before the start of the semester that the applicant will attend class..

How much does Alpha A Wetenkamp Charitable Trust give?

$240,000 in tax year 2025, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $60,000.

Who runs Alpha A Wetenkamp Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Christopher M Drosen (Trustee).

What does Alpha A Wetenkamp Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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