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The Gustav & Gladys Kindt Foundation

Accepts applications Milwaukee, Wisconsin · EIN 391971724

The Gustav & Gladys Kindt Foundation is a private foundation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In tax year 2025 it gave $120,079 in 34 grants; the typical grant was $3,000 and the largest $6,079. 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 $103,000 the year before.

38% 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$101,00027$2.1 million
2024$103,00030$2.2 million
2025$120,07934$2.4 million

How to apply

ContactGerald E Mainman Trustee
1858 N Propsect Ave Apt 2N, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone or email(414) 831-6989
What to submitWritten form only

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Gustav & Gladys Kindt Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Wisconsin.

StateGrantsAmount
Wisconsin34$120,079

Grants paid in 2025

All 34 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Pillows With Wings
Waukesha, WI
Unrestricted grant$6,079
Meta House Inc
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$5,000
Nehemiah Project Inc
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$5,000
Peoples Table
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$5,000
Safe & Sound Inc
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$5,000
St Marcus School
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$5,000
University of Wi Milwaukee Foundation
Milwaukee, WI
Graduate student program$5,000
Acts Community Development Corp
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$4,000
All Hands Boatworks
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$4,000
Apricity
Appleton, WI
Unrestricted grant$4,000
Centro Hispano Inc
Madison, WI
Immigrant defense$4,000
Nativity Jesuit Academy Inc
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$4,000
St Francis Children's Center Inc
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$4,000
Wisconsin Veterans Network Inc
West Allis, WI
Unrestricted grant$4,000
Waukesha County Community Dental Clinic
Waukesha, WI
Unrestricted grant$4,000
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation
Brookfield, WI
St. Ben's clinic$3,000
Children's Wisconsin Foundation NC
Milwaukee, WI
Bullying program$3,000
City on A Hill Inc
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$3,000
Gathering of Southeast Wisconsin Inc
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$3,000
Hear Wisconsin Inc
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$3,000
Interchange Food Pantry
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$3,000
Life Navigators
Wauwatosa, WI
Unrestricted grant$3,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$3,000
Pink Umbrella Theater Company LLC
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$3,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities East Wi
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$3,000
Securefutures Inc
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$3,000
Seeds of Health Inc
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$3,000
Special Olympics of Wisconsin Inc
Madison, WI
Unrestricted grant$3,000
The Women's Center
Waukesha, WI
Unrestricted grant$3,000
Afar Inc DBA the Ability Center
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$2,000
Hope Straps Inc
Mequon, WI
Unrestricted grant$2,000
LEAD2CHANGE Inc
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$2,000
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$2,000
Mke Urban Stables
Milwaukee, WI
Unrestricted grant$2,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Gustav & Gladys Kindt Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Gustav & Gladys Kindt Foundation give?

$120,079 in tax year 2025, across 34 grants, with a typical grant of $3,000.

Who runs The Gustav & Gladys Kindt Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Gerald E Mainman (Trustee), Richard A Larsen (Trustee) and Robert T Monday (Trustee).

What does The Gustav & Gladys Kindt Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, health and youth programs.

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