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Charles J Ploetz Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Madison, Wisconsin · EIN 391956306

Charles J Ploetz Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Madison, Wisconsin. In tax year 2025 it gave $38,000 in 7 grants; the typical grant was $6,000 and the largest $11,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was the same as $38,000 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$38,0007$297,039
2024$38,0008$312,538
2025$38,0007$325,691

How to apply

ContactPamela Ploetz
10 White Oaks Ln, Madison, WI 53711
Phone or email(608) 271-6361

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Charles J Ploetz Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Wisconsin.

StateGrantsAmount
Wisconsin7$38,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 7 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Sauk Prairie Food Pantry
Prairie du Sac, WI
Food for needy$11,000
Good Neighbors Clinic of SP
Prairie du Sac, WI
Operations$9,000
Sauk Prairie Dollars for Scholars
Prairie du Sac, WI
Scholarships$6,000
School Dist Lodi Scholars
Lodi, WI
Scholarship$6,000
Friends of Ruth Culver Comm Library
Prairie du Sac, WI
General$3,500
Sauk Prairie Area Historical Soc
Prairie du Sac, WI
General$1,500
Valley of Lady Monastery Inc
Prairie du Sac, WI
General$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Charles J Ploetz Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Charles J Ploetz Family Foundation Inc give?

$38,000 in tax year 2025, across 7 grants, with a typical grant of $6,000.

Who runs Charles J Ploetz Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Pamela Ploetz (Pres/Vice PR), Patricia Ploetz (Secretary) and Steve Ploetz (Treasurer).

What does Charles J Ploetz Family Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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