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The Gillette Family Foundation

Accepts applications Milwaukee, Wisconsin · EIN 396700437

The Gillette Family Foundation is a private foundation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In tax year 2025 it gave $33,000 in 2 grants; the typical grant was $16,500 and the largest $16,500. 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 $20,000 the year before.

50% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$40,0003$854,456
2024$20,0003$894,751
2025$33,0002$955,002

How to apply

ContactThe Gillette Family Foundation
10361 W Innovation Drive 350, Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone or email(414) 203-8040
What to submitApplications should be submitted in writing and provide evidence of the organization's exempt status
DeadlinesPrior to foundation's annual fall meeting around october
RestrictionsNo restrictions; however, preferance may be given to organizations serving rochester, Minnesota

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Gillette Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Minnesota1$16,500
North Carolina1$16,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 2 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Channel One Food Bank
Rochester, MN
General operating support$16,500
Fifth Street Ministries
Statesville, NC
General operating support$16,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Gillette Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Prior to foundation's annual fall meeting around october.

How much does The Gillette Family Foundation give?

$33,000 in tax year 2025, across 2 grants, with a typical grant of $16,500.

Who runs The Gillette Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Marie Gillette (Trustee) and Sarah Gillette-O'Brien (Trustee).

What does The Gillette Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities and food and hunger.

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