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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-6979566

Ronald and Barbara Brunner Foundation

A private foundation in Mauston, WI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $48,600 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
To be determined
Restrictions
To be determined

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $48,600

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,012,437

  • Tax year 2024

    $570,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,850,320

  • Tax year 2023

    $141,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,223,135

  • Tax year 2022

    $113,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,372,257

  • Tax year 2021

    $110,176

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,910,886

  • Tax year 2020

    $51,595

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,892,852

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. St Paul's Catholic ChurchMilwaukee, WI

    Program support

    $10,000
  2. Mauston Area Ambulance Assn IncMauston, WI

    Program support

    $10,000
  3. St Theresa Eucharistic ChapelUnion Center, WI

    Program support

    $5,000
  4. Carl W Nelson Animal ShelterMauston, WI

    Charitable purposes

    $5,000
  5. Weston County Fire DepartmentNewcastle, WY

    General support

    $3,000
  6. Elroy Fire DepartmentElroy, WI

    Program support

    $3,000
  7. Mauston Fire DepartmentMauston, WI

    Program support

    $3,000
  8. Crook County Fire DepartmentSundance, WY

    Program support

    $3,000
  9. Community Sharing PantryMauston, WI

    Program support

    $2,500
  10. Royall School DistrictElroy, WI

    Program support

    $2,000
  11. Mauston High SchoolMauston, WI

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  12. Knights of ColumbusMadision, WI

    Program support

    $100

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $10,00057% of the total
  2. Animals1 grant $5,00029% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $2,50014% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Wisconsin10 grants $42,600
  2. Wyoming2 grants $6,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Ronald E BrunnerTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Barbara J BrunnerTrustee Hours 2Pay $0
  • Fred FerrisTrustee Hours 2Pay $0

The return

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