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Form 990-PFTax year 2020EIN 11-5125050

The Milbank Foundation

A private foundation in Milwaukee, WI. Its return for tax year 2020 lists 23 grants and $1.7 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2020 (period ending Dec 31, 2020), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Carl Helstrom Milbank Foundation Fo
343 N Water Street 649
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(609) 951-2283
Form and materials
Applications must be submitted online
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Grants will not be awarded for endowments or capital campaigns. Grants will also not be awarded to indivduals, or for projects outside of the u.s.

Assets and giving by year

1 return on file

Tax year 2020 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,674,202

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $24,905,067

Grants paid in 2020

23 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Yale Cancer CenterNew Haven, CT

    Operating support

    $400,000
  2. Center to Advance Palliative CareNew York, NY

    Operating support

    $150,000
  3. State Policy NetworkArlington, VA

    Operating support

    $125,000
  4. Foundation for Government AccountabilityNaples, FL

    Operating support

    $100,000
  5. Mentorthe National Mentoring PartnershipBoston, MA

    Operating support

    $100,000
  6. Operation SurfSN Luis Obisp, CA

    Operating support

    $100,000
  7. Viscardi CenterAlbertson, NY

    Operating support

    $100,000
  8. Partnership to End AdditcionNew York, NY

    Operating support

    $75,000
  9. Travis Manion FoundationDoylestown, PA

    Operating support

    $75,000
  10. MyfaceNew York, NY

    Operating support

    $70,000
  11. National Hospice and Palliative Care FoundationAlexandria, VA

    Operating support

    $50,000
  12. Northern Westchester Hospital Center Foundation IncWestbury, NY

    Operating support

    $50,000
  13. Pacific Research InstitutePasadena, CA

    Operating support

    $50,000
  14. Philanthropy RoundtableWashington, DC

    Operating support

    $50,000
  15. Board Matching GiftsMilwaukee, WI

    Operating support

    $25,702
  16. End Well FoundationHealdsburg, CA

    Operating support

    $25,000
  17. Enrichment Audio Resource ServicesN Muskegon, MI

    Operating support

    $25,000
  18. New Jersey Foundation for Aging IncTrenton, NJ

    Operating support

    $25,000
  19. Programs for Exceptional PeopleBluffton, SC

    Operating support

    $25,000
  20. University of Minnesota FoundationMinneapolis, MN

    General support

    $25,000
  21. NY Eye & Ear Infirmary of Mt SinaiNew York, NY

    Research

    $10,000
  22. Vincent Memorial HospitalBoston, MA

    Operating support

    $10,000
  23. The Out FoundationOcoee, FL

    Operating support

    $8,500

Approved for future payment

1 grant

Approved in 2020 and not yet paid.

  1. National Hospice and Palliative Care FoundationAlexandria, VA

    Operating support

    $50,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking3 grants $175,00024% of the total
  2. Human services3 grants $150,00021% of the total
  3. Health3 grants $135,00019% of the total
  4. Civil rights1 grant $125,00017% of the total
  5. Public affairs2 grants $108,50015% of the total
  6. Education1 grant $25,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York6 grants $455,000
  2. Connecticut1 grant $400,000
  3. California3 grants $175,000
  4. Virginia2 grants $175,000
  5. Massachusetts2 grants $110,000
  6. Florida1 grant $100,000
  7. Pennsylvania2 grants $100,000
  8. District of Columbia1 grant $50,000
  9. Wisconsin1 grant $25,702
  10. Minnesota1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Jeremiah M BogertCHAIRMAN & SECRETARY Hours 2Pay $0
  • Jeremiah M Bogert JrDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jeremiah Milbank IIIPRESIDENT & TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Chris OlanderASST SECRETARY Hours 10Pay $24,000
  • Carl Helstrom See FootnoteEXEC DIRECTOR/ASST TREASUR Hours 20Pay $0
  • Rev Terence ElsberryDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Millicent BogertDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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