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Mallinger Family Foundation

Accepts applications Brookfield, Wisconsin · EIN 456127492

Mallinger Family Foundation is a private foundation in Brookfield, Wisconsin. In tax year 2025 it gave $215,500 in 12 grants; the typical grant was $12,500 and the largest $48,000. 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 $215,500 the year before.

25% 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$180,00015$3.8 million
2024$215,50011$4.1 million
2025$215,50012$4.6 million

How to apply

ContactEugene Rebecca Mallinger
15245 Casey Circle, Brookfield, WI 53005
Phone or email(262) 794-3301
What to submitSubmit letter indicating how funds would be used along with a brochure describing the organization and letter indicating charitable status.
RestrictionsLimited to public charities exempt under 501(c)(3).

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Mallinger Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Wisconsin.

StateGrantsAmount
Wisconsin11$198,000
Kentucky1$17,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 12 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Waukesha Hope Center Inc
Waukesha, WI
Unrestricted charitable grant$48,000
Lake Area Free Clinic Inc
Oconomowoc, WI
Unrestricted charitable grant$35,000
Habitat for Humanity
Waukesha, WI
Unrestricted charitable grant$30,000
Blessings in A Backpack
Louisville, KY
Unrestricted charitable grant$17,500
La Casa de Esperanza Inc
Waukesha, WI
Unrestricted charitable grant$15,000
The Hebron House of Hospitality
Waukesha, WI
Unrestricted charitable grant$15,000
Community Smiles Dental
Waukesha, WI
Unrestricted charitable grant$10,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted charitable grant$10,000
Family Promise
Waukesha, WI
Unrestricted charitable grant$10,000
Prohealth Care Foundation
Waukesha, WI
Unrestricted charitable grant$10,000
Waukesha Food Pantry
Waukesha, WI
Unrestricted charitable grant$10,000
Sharp Literacy
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted charitable grant$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Mallinger Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Mallinger Family Foundation give?

$215,500 in tax year 2025, across 12 grants, with a typical grant of $12,500.

Who runs Mallinger Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Eugene Mallinger (Chairman), Rebecca Mallinger (Secretary), Anthony Mallinger (Director) and Joseph Mallinger (Director) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Mallinger Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health and education.

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