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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 39-6043350

Thomas J Rolfs Foundation

A private foundation in Nashotah, WI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 19 grants and $1.4 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. It still lists the details below.

Contact
Theodore R Rolfs
PO Box 70
Nashotah, WI 53058
(262) 369-5095
Form and materials
Letter with substantiating financial records of organization
Deadlines
N/A
Restrictions
N/A

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $1,373,000

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $18,854,779

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,126,010

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $17,621,979

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,005,500

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $17,478,502

  • Tax year 2022

    $1,919,000

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $17,867,075

  • Tax year 2021

    $1,396,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $19,585,490

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,371,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $19,051,897

Grants paid in 2025

19 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Notre Dame UniversityNotre Dame, IN

    General purposes

    $300,000
  2. Burke AcademyEast Burke, VT

    General purposes

    $275,000
  3. Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, WI

    General purposes

    $250,000
  4. MowaWest Bend, WI

    General purposes

    $180,000
  5. The University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences DevelopmentChicago, IL

    General purposes

    $50,000
  6. VersitiMilwaukee, WI

    General purposes

    $50,000
  7. Christo Rey Jesuit High SchoolMilwaukee, WI

    General purposes

    $48,000
  8. Kettle Moraine YMCAWest Bend, WI

    General purposes

    $30,000
  9. Southern Oregon Land ConservancyAshland, OR

    General purposes

    $30,000
  10. AvscAspen, CO

    General purposes

    $25,000
  11. West Bend Friends of Parks and RecreationWest Bend, WI

    General purposes

    $25,000
  12. Andean HealthCarol Stream, IL

    General purposes

    $25,000
  13. West Bend Full Shelf Food PantryWest Bend, WI

    General purposes

    $20,000
  14. Tall Pines ConservancyNashotah, WI

    General purposes

    $15,000
  15. Holderness SchoolHolderness, NH

    General purposes

    $10,000
  16. Team EchelonWaukesha, WI

    General purposes

    $10,000
  17. Threshold FoundationWest Bend, WI

    General purposes

    $10,000
  18. Washington County Humane SocietySlinger, WI

    General purposes

    $10,000
  19. Brass FoundationLennox, SD

    General purposes

    $10,000

Approved for future payment

1 grant

Approved in 2025 and not yet paid.

  1. Andean HealthCarol Stream, IL

    General purposes

    $75,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $250,00065% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $50,00013% of the total
  3. Environment2 grants $45,00012% of the total
  4. Human services1 grant $30,0008% of the total
  5. Animals1 grant $10,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Wisconsin11 grants $648,000
  2. Indiana1 grant $300,000
  3. Vermont1 grant $275,000
  4. Illinois2 grants $75,000
  5. Oregon1 grant $30,000
  6. Colorado1 grant $25,000
  7. New Hampshire1 grant $10,000
  8. South Dakota1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Claire L RolfsPRESIDENT Hours 0.3Pay $0
  • Thomas J Rolfs JrVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0.3Pay $0
  • Theodore R RolfsSECY/TREAS Hours 0.3Pay $0
  • Janet M StorrDIRECTOR Hours 0.3Pay $0

The return

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