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Michael and Beverly Bruno Family Foundation

Accepts applications Oconomowoc, Wisconsin · EIN 113656127

Michael and Beverly Bruno Family Foundation is a private foundation in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. In tax year 2024 it gave $22,500 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $17,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2024 was up from $20,000 the year before.

0% of its 2024 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$20,0006$620,681
2024$22,5006$667,938

How to apply

ContactMichael Beverly Bruno Family Founda
1780 Executive Drive, Oconomowoc, WI 53066
Phone or email(262) 567-4990
What to submitMichael & beverly bruno family foundation scholarship application; official transcripts from all schools attended within the three previous years, personal letter of recommendation, educational letter of recommendation, and a personal essay on either of the following topics: 1. Name specific volunteer, education, or job skills you have gained and explain how you believe these skills will be of value to you in the future; or 2. What are your career goals? Explain how your education will assist in preparing you to meet those aspirations.
DeadlinesAll applications and supportive materials must be received no later than may 31.
RestrictionsThe applicant's parent or legal guardian must be actively employed at bruno independent living AIDS, inc. The applicant must be a high school graduate and seeking higher education within six months of the scholarship application. The scholarship must be used for the purposes intended or is required to be repaid within forty-five days of receipt.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Michael and Beverly Bruno Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Wisconsin5$21,500
Massachusetts1$1,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
WCTC Foundation
Waukesha, WI
Education$17,500
Individual
WI
Education$1,000
Individual
MA
Education$1,000
Individual
WI
Education$1,000
Individual
WI
Education$1,000
Individual
WI
Education$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Michael and Beverly Bruno Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: All applications and supportive materials must be received no later than may 31.

How much does Michael and Beverly Bruno Family Foundation give?

$22,500 in tax year 2024, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Michael and Beverly Bruno Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Catherine Andrus (Secretary and Treasurer), Michael R Bruno II (Director) and Matt Bruno (President).

What does Michael and Beverly Bruno Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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