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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 39-2000037

Townsend Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Menomonee Falls, WI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 38 grants and $76,600 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
Townsend FDN Co Michael Semmenn
PO Box 86
Menomonee Falls, WI 53052
(414) 379-5446
Form and materials
Grant application required contact above for form
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Tonwsend foundation exists to provide funding for modest sized projects and activities in educational religious music scientific and environmental endeavors

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $76,600

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $1,006,991

  • Tax year 2024

    $60,940

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $1,010,748

  • Tax year 2023

    $72,700

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $1,000,971

  • Tax year 2022

    $68,100

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $1,034,005

  • Tax year 2021

    $77,800

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $1,098,307

  • Tax year 2020

    $70,709

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $985,215

Grants paid in 2025

38 grants, largest first

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

  1. Vision Forward AssocMilwaukee, WI

    Grant

    $5,000
  2. Wi Ovarian Cancer AllianceNew Berlin, WI

    Grant

    $4,000
  3. Lake Area Free ClinicOconomowoc, WI

    Grant

    $3,400
  4. Individual

    Grant

    $3,000
  5. Reservation OutreachHot Springs, AR

    Grant

    $2,500
  6. Shepherds CollegeUnion Grove, WI

    Grant

    $2,500
  7. Restoring Lands A Wi Land TrustWest Bend, WI

    Grant

    $2,500
  8. Riveredge Nature CenterSaukville, WI

    Grant

    $2,500
  9. Individual

    Grant

    $2,500
  10. Individual

    Grant

    $2,500
  11. Mequon Nature PreserveMequon, WI

    Grant

    $2,500
  12. Milwaukee Rep TheaterMilwaukee, WI

    Grant

    $2,500
  13. Hephatha Lutheran Church MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI

    Grant

    $2,500
  14. Milwaukee Symphony OrchestraMilwaukee, WI

    Grant

    $2,000
  15. Above the CloudsMilwaukee, WI

    Grant

    $2,000
  16. John Michael Kohler Arts CenterSheboygan, WI

    Grant

    $2,000
  17. The Womens CenterMilwaukee, WI

    Grant

    $2,000
  18. Hope CenterWaukesha, WI

    Grant

    $2,000
  19. Miller Art MuseumSturgeon Bay, WI

    Grant

    $2,000
  20. The Cedarburg Cultural CenterCedarburg, WI

    Grant

    $2,000
  21. Chosen IncWaukesha, WI

    Grant

    $2,000
  22. Civic Music Assoc of MilwMilwaukee, WI

    Grant

    $2,000
  23. Individual

    Grant

    $2,000
  24. Individual

    Grant

    $2,000
  25. Individual

    Grant

    $2,000
  26. Oasis Project WalesWales, WI

    Grant

    $2,000
  27. Individual

    Grant

    $1,500
  28. Urban Ecology CenterMilwaukee, WI

    Grant

    $1,500
  29. Salem Lutheran SchoolMilwaukee, WI

    Grant

    $1,500
  30. Milwaukee Youth Theatre IncMilwaukee, WI

    Grant

    $1,000
  31. Individual

    Grant

    $1,000
  32. Chix 4 A CauseWest Bend, WI

    Grant

    $1,000
  33. Potawatomi Area CouncilWaukesha, WI

    Grant

    $1,000
  34. Individual

    Grant

    $1,000
  35. Franciscan PeacemakersMilwaukee, WI

    Grant

    $1,000
  36. Individual

    Grant

    $1,000
  37. Individual

    Grant

    $1,000
  38. Natural Resources Foundation of WiMadison, WI

    Grant

    $200

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture5 grants $10,00039% of the total
  2. Health2 grants $4,40017% of the total
  3. Environment2 grants $4,00016% of the total
  4. Community development1 grant $2,50010% of the total
  5. Education1 grant $2,50010% of the total
  6. Human services1 grant $2,0008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Wisconsin26 grants $54,600
  2. Arkansas1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Karen DeiringerPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Mike SemmannTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Carol RennerSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
  • Peter MayerDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Justin LachowinDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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