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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-5818635

The Brookhill Foundation

A private foundation in Milwaukee, WI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 28 grants and $4.4 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), 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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $4,441,647

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $13,680,444

  • Tax year 2024

    $4,085,692

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $11,185,270

  • Tax year 2023

    $2,763,418

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $14,208,191

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,669,441

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $13,277,088

  • Tax year 2021

    $3,263,805

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $15,613,731

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,902,735

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $16,661,205

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,692,635

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $18,756,142

  • Tax year 2018

    $2,418,944

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $19,613,263

Grants paid in 2025

28 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Graze magazine grant

    $650,000
  2. St Augstine Preparatory AcademyMilwaukee, WI

    Be the bold capital campaign

    $600,000
  3. University of Wisconsin FoundationMadison, WI

    Grassland 2.0 program

    $455,220
  4. University of Wisconsin FoundationMadison, WI

    Organic collaborative 2.0

    $443,000
  5. Open Sky EducationWaukesha, WI

    General operating

    $400,000
  6. Mathematics Institute of WisconsinOconomowoc, WI

    PD scholarships

    $309,380
  7. Fairshare Csa Coalition IncMadison, WI

    Organic vegetable apprenticeship program

    $215,644
  8. Xerces Society IncPortland, OR

    To hire a pollinator specialist for wisconsin farms

    $175,000
  9. Grassworks IncHillsboro, WI

    Communications support

    $135,150
  10. MarbleseedSpring Valley, WI

    To create a communications director position

    $122,035
  11. Brookfield AcademyBrookfield, WI

    Five stars to success scholarship

    $100,000
  12. Individual

    HERBICIDE EXPOSURE [individual]

    $100,000
  13. Riding with Angels IncPalmyra, WI

    General operating

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

    Hazelnut fund

    $97,478
  15. Individual

    Enhancing the Wisconsin Local Organic Grainshed

    $93,304
  16. Organic Fruit Growers AssociationHastings, MN

    Mitigate fruit damage from severe weather

    $82,710
  17. Dane County ExtensionMadison, WI

    GRANT FOR BETC PROGRAMGRANT FOR Organic Vegetable Production Conference

    $61,044
  18. Individual

    General operating

    $50,000
  19. The Colonial Williamsburg FundWilliamsburg, VA

    Rare breeds programs

    $45,000
  20. Milwaukee SymphonyMilwaukee, WI

    General operating

    $30,000
  21. Milwaukee Youth Symphony OrchestraMilwaukee, WI

    General operating

    $30,000
  22. Individual

    General operating

    $30,000
  23. Wisconsin Philharmonic OrchestraWaukesha, WI

    General operating

    $30,000
  24. Individual

    Donation to play forward annual fund

    $25,000
  25. Teens Grow Greens IncMilwaukee, WI

    Donation to inernship programs

    $25,000
  26. The Livestock ConservancyPittsboro, NC

    Phase II of se2se and microgrants for conservancy members raising heritage breeds

    $20,000
  27. Northeast Wi Tech College EducationGreen Bay, WI

    Teachers academy grant

    $13,482
  28. United Performing Arts FundMilwaukee, WI

    General operating

    $3,200

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education6 grants $1,787,78873% of the total
  2. Animals2 grants $275,00011% of the total
  3. Food and agriculture3 grants $260,64411% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $122,0355% of the total
  5. Arts and culture1 grant $3,200<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Wisconsin18 grants $3,170,633
  2. Oregon1 grant $175,000
  3. Minnesota1 grant $82,710
  4. Virginia1 grant $45,000
  5. North Carolina1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Marcia K PetersonTrustee Hours 0Pay $0
  • James L MohrEXEC DIRECTOR Hours 10.5Pay $48,000

The return

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