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Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Brookfield, Wisconsin · EIN 391868295

Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Brookfield, Wisconsin. In tax year 2025 it gave $9.2 million in 113 grants; the typical grant was $11,500 and the largest $1.0 million. 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 $7.3 million the year before.

35% 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$3.4 million80$80.2 million
2024$7.3 million77$81.3 million
2025$9.2 million113$82.1 million

How to apply

ContactGrants Manager Pleasant T Rowland F
6120 University Avenue, Middleton, WI 53562
Phone or email(608) 729-2811
What to submitScholarships must be submitted on organization's scholarship application, and include all requested information. Grant request must be submitted on organization's application form after approval of a phone inquiry, and must include the requested amount, the purpose for the request, & the timeframe the request covers. All requests must fit into the mission of the foundation to support the cultural arts, education, or historic preservation primarily in dane county, Wisconsin.
DeadlinesJune 30 and november 30
RestrictionsThe majority of the awards are limited to dane county, Wisconsin. Awards are based upon the situation and the need of the applicant and the criteria listed in the application. Any rewards are subject to funding availability. Requests must support the mission of the foundation to support the cultural arts, education, or historic preservation, primarily in dane county, Wisconsin.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 6 states, the most to Wisconsin.

StateGrantsAmount
Wisconsin91$7.2 million
Colorado8$1.8 million
Florida7$113,750
New York5$83,700
California1$5,000
Michigan1$5,000

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 113 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Fountain Valley School
Colorado Springs, CO
Donation$1.0 million
Madison Children's Museum
Madison, WI
Donation$666,667
Madison College
Madison, WI
Donation$500,000
Taliesin Preservation Inc
Spring Green, WI
Donation$500,000
The Playing Field
Madison, WI
Donation$500,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation
Madison, WI
Donation$500,000
Fountain Valley School
Colorado Springs, CO
Donation$364,136
One City Early Learning Centers
Madison, WI
Donation$350,792
One City Early Learning Centers
Madison, WI
Donation$323,137
One City Early Learning Centers
Madison, WI
Donation$280,000
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Monona, WI
Donation$250,000
Arts & Literature Laboratory Inc
Madison, WI
Donation$250,000
Madison Public Library Foundation Inc
Madison, WI
Donation$250,000
River Food Pantry
Madison, WI
Donation$250,000
Root to Rise
Madison, WI
Donation$200,000
One City Early Learning Centers
Madison, WI
Donation$196,149
One City Early Learning Centers
Madison, WI
Donation$195,819
One City Early Learning Centers
Madison, WI
Donation$195,387
Fountain Valley School
Colorado Springs, CO
Donation$176,186
Capital City Theatre
Middleton, WI
Donation$162,500
One City Early Learning Centers
Madison, WI
Donation$152,894
Capital City Theatre
Middleton, WI
Donation$150,000
One City Early Learning Centers
Madison, WI
Donation$101,346
Friends of Boca Grande Community Center
Boca Grande, FL
Donation$100,000
One City Early Learning Centers
Madison, WI
Donation$92,429
One City Early Learning Centers
Madison, WI
Donation$88,539
Fountain Valley School
Colorado Springs, CO
Donation$68,467
Friends of Patrick Tavern
Aurora, NY
Donation$65,500
Fountain Valley School
Colorado Springs, CO
Donation$57,078
Agrace Foundation
Madison, WI
Donation$50,000
Capital City Theatre
Middleton, WI
Donation$50,000
Children's Theater of Madison
Madison, WI
Donation$50,000
Literacy Network
Madison, WI
Donation$50,000
Madison Opera
Madison, WI
Donation$50,000
Madison Parks Foundation (Formerly Camp Randall Rowing Club Inc
Madison, WI
Donation$50,000
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Madison, WI
Donation$50,000
Madison Youth Choirs
Madison, WI
Donation$50,000
Wisconsin Latino Chamber of Commerce
Madison, WI
Donation$50,000
Wisconsin Youth Symphony
Madison, WI
Donation$50,000
United Way of Dane County
Madison, WI
Donation$45,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: June 30 and november 30.

How much does Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc give?

$9.2 million in tax year 2025, across 113 grants, with a typical grant of $11,500.

Who runs Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Pleasant T Rowland (President), Rhona E Vogel (Secretary), Walter Jerome Frautschi (Director) and Barbara Thiele Carr (Director) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, arts and culture and youth programs.

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