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Catharine B Stayer Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Sheboygan, Wisconsin · EIN 202019081

Catharine B Stayer Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. In tax year 2024 it gave $513,000 in 16 grants; the typical grant was $20,000 and the largest $100,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2024 was down from $690,000 the year before.

50% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$690,00013$13.7 million
2024$513,00016$14.9 million

How to apply

ContactRobert Melzer
909 N 8th Street Suite 100, Sheboygan, WI 53081
Phone or email(920) 458-5501
RestrictionsOrganizations eligible to receive gifts are exempt organizations under internal revenue code section 501(c)(3)

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Catharine B Stayer Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its US grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Wisconsin. It also paid $100,000 in 1 grant to recipients outside the US.

StateGrantsAmount
Wisconsin11$320,000
New York2$55,000
Florida2$38,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 16 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Makko Billi SchoolSupport for private school in ethiopa$100,000
Lakeland University
Plymouth, WI
Operating support$60,000
Sheboygan Public Education Foundation
Sheboygan, WI
Operating support$60,000
Camp Evergreen
Sheboygan, WI
Renovation of swimming pool and enclosure$50,000
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation
Staten Island, NY
Operating support$40,000
Running Rebels Community Organization Inc
Milwaukee, WI
Engagement for community and youth members and their families to prevent involvement in gangs, drugs, violence, and the juvenile justice system and assisting those individuals to make positive choices$35,000
Sheboygan County Food Bank
Sheboygan, WI
Distribution of healthy emergency food and fostering innovative community partnerships$30,000
Girl Scouts of Manitou Council
Sheboygan, WI
Operating support$20,000
Sheboygan County YMCA
Sheboygan, WI
Operating support$20,000
University of Miami - Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Miami, FL
Operating support$20,000
Boselli Foundation
Jacksonville, FL
Operating support$18,000
Breakthrough T1D
New York, NY
Operating support$15,000
Racine Literacy Council
Racine, WI
Operating support$15,000
Friends of Camp Anokijig Inc
Plymouth, WI
Operating support$10,000
Homeless Leadership Assistance
Racine, WI
Operating support$10,000
Wea Member Benefits Foundation
Madison, WI
Operating support$10,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Catharine B Stayer Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Catharine B Stayer Family Foundation Inc give?

$513,000 in tax year 2024, across 16 grants, with a typical grant of $20,000.

Who runs Catharine B Stayer Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Patrick S Stayer (Vice President), Michael S Stayer-Suprick (Vice President), Ralph VK Stayer (President) and Laura G Stayer (Vice President) among 6 officers and trustees.

What does Catharine B Stayer Family Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and youth programs.

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