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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 20-3941123

Highlands Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Madison, WI. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 11 grants and $610,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $610,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $5,667,314

  • Tax year 2023

    $10,427,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $6,075,218

  • Tax year 2022

    $772,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $16,152,235

  • Tax year 2021

    $7,001,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $16,807,622

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,289,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $22,830,739

  • Tax year 2019

    $563,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $22,622,565

Grants paid in 2024

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. John F Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsWashington, DC

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $250,000
  2. Domestic Abuse Intervention ServicesMadison, WI

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $100,000
  3. University of Wisconsin FoundationMadison, WI

    Division of plastic surgery greatest need fund

    $100,000
  4. Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $50,000
  5. University of Wisconsin FoundationMadison, WI

    Cdis building for the future fund

    $50,000
  6. Bethel HorizonsMadison, WI

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $25,000
  7. United Way of Dane CountyMadison, WI

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $25,000
  8. Madison Symphony Orchestra LeagueMadison, WI

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $5,000
  9. Wisconsin Chamber OrchestraMadison, WI

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $3,000
  10. Madison Museum of Contemporary ArtMadison, WI

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $1,000
  11. North Lakeland Discovery CenterManitowsh WTR, WI

    Unrestricted charitable gift

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture3 grants $254,00046% of the total
  2. Education3 grants $200,00036% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $100,00018% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Wisconsin9 grants $310,000
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $250,000
  3. New York1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Susan A BakkePRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • James J BakkeVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Blaine R RenfertSECRETARY & TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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