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Forest H Schafer Foundation

Accepts applications Clintonville, Wisconsin · EIN 396048425

Forest H Schafer Foundation is a private foundation in Clintonville, Wisconsin. In tax year 2025 it gave $8,000 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $2,000. 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 $7,000 the year before.

33% 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$1,1793$135,657
2024$7,0006$142,220
2025$8,0006$158,392

How to apply

ContactTodd Schafer
1149 Stone Kirk Dr, Raleigh, NC 27614
Phone or email(501) 519-4442, tcsmay65@gmail.com
What to submitWritten letter stating reason and purpose for the funds required
Deadlines60 days prior to when funds needed
RestrictionsLimited by geographical area which is approximately 100 miles

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Wisconsin.

StateGrantsAmount
Wisconsin6$8,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Navarino Nature Center
Shiocton, WI
Program support$2,000
Clintonville Area Ambulance
Clintonville, WI
Program support$2,000
Clintonville Goodfellows
Clintonville, WI
Program support$1,000
Friends of the Clintonville Library
Clintonville, WI
Program Support$1,000
Pike Lake Chain Firefighters
Park Falls, WI
Program support$1,000
Fifield SnoDrovers
Park Falls, WI
Program support$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Forest H Schafer Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: 60 days prior to when funds needed.

How much does Forest H Schafer Foundation give?

$8,000 in tax year 2025, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Forest H Schafer Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Todd C Schafer (PresidentTreasurer) and Bonnie R Schafer (Vice President).

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