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Bitker Gould Family Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin · EIN 455566680

Bitker Gould Family Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. In tax year 2025 it gave $304,875 in 25 grants; the typical grant was $250 and the largest $200,000. 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 $174,000 the year before.

20% 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$79,60031$1.4 million
2024$174,00031$1.5 million
2025$304,87525$1.3 million

How to apply

ContactJames G Gould
1743 E Crawling Stone Lane, Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538
Phone or email(314) 991-7770
What to submitNo special form

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Bitker Gould Family Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its US grants went to recipients in 14 states, the most to Missouri. It also paid $250 in 1 grant to recipients outside the US.

StateGrantsAmount
Missouri5$203,150
California3$70,000
Minnesota2$10,500
Georgia1$10,000
Massachusetts1$8,000
Washington1$1,000
District of Columbia2$500
New York2$500
Hawaii1$250
Illinois2$200

Grants paid in 2025

All 25 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation
St Louis, MO
General purposes$200,000
The Living Desert
Palm Desert, CA
General purposes$50,000
Eisenhower Hospital Foundation
Rancho Mirage, CA
General purposes$10,000
Mayo Clinic Foundation
Rochester, MN
General purposes$10,000
Rancho Mirage Writers' Festival
Rancho Mirage, CA
General purposes$10,000
Floor Covering Industry Foundation
Dalton, GA
General purposes$10,000
Reach Out & Read
Boston, MA
General purposes$8,000
Temple Emanuel
St Louis, MO
General purposes$2,200
American Friends of Canadian Conservation
Bellingham, WA
General purposes$1,000
Forest Park Montessori
St Louis, MO
General purposes$500
Planned Parenthood
St Paul, MN
General purposes$500
ALS Association
Washington, DC
General purposes$250
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
New York, NY
General purposes$250
Doctors Without Borders
New York, NY
General purposes$250
HpcsaGeneral purposes$250
Public Radio Hawaii
Honolulu, HI
General purposes$250
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, DC
General purposes$250
Uso
St Louis, MO
General purposes$250
Feeding America
Bridgeton, MO
General purposes$200
Make A Wish
Southfield, MI
General purposes$200
Save the Children
Fairfield, CT
General purposes$125
Alzheimers Association
Chicago, IL
General purposes$100
Howard Young Foundation
Minocqua, WI
General purposes$100
Toys for Tots Foundation
Belleville, IL
General purposes$100
Wounded Warrior Project
Jacksonville, FL
General purposes$100

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Bitker Gould Family Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Bitker Gould Family Charitable Foundation give?

$304,875 in tax year 2025, across 25 grants, with a typical grant of $250.

Who runs Bitker Gould Family Charitable Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists James G Gould (Trustee).

What does Bitker Gould Family Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health, youth programs and environment and conservation.

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