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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 45-2538487

Gladys E Gores Charitable Foundation LTD

A private foundation in Milwaukee, WI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 16 grants and $200,000 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

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $2,023,049

  • Tax year 2024

    $162,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,154,458

  • Tax year 2023

    $140,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,293,532

  • Tax year 2022

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $2,394,805

  • Tax year 2021

    $195,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,216,269

  • Tax year 2020

    $215,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $2,311,188

  • Tax year 2019

    $150,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,471,161

  • Tax year 2018

    $132,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,565,861

Grants paid in 2025

16 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Hear WisconsinWest Allis, WI

    General

    $25,000
  2. Urban Ecology CenterMilwaukee, WI

    General

    $25,000
  3. Ascension Wisconsin FoundationBrookfield, WI

    General

    $25,000
  4. Meta HouseMilwaukee, WI

    General

    $15,000
  5. American Red CrossMilwaukee, WI

    General

    $10,000
  6. Capuchin Community ServicesMilwaukee, WI

    General

    $10,000
  7. Friends of the Boerner BotanicalHales Corners, WI

    General

    $10,000
  8. Kinship Community Food CenterMilwaukee, WI

    General

    $10,000
  9. Lutheran Social ServicesWest Allis, WI

    General

    $10,000
  10. Habitat for HumanityMilwaukee, WI

    General

    $10,000
  11. Milw Symphony OrchestraMilwaukee, WI

    General

    $10,000
  12. Vision Forward WisconsinMilwaukee, WI

    General

    $10,000
  13. Friends of the DomeMilwaukee, WI

    General

    $10,000
  14. PBS FoundationArlington, VA

    General

    $10,000
  15. Mequon Nature PreserveMequon, WI

    General

    $5,000
  16. Sojouner Family Peace CtrMilwaukee, WI

    General

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Environment2 grants $30,00046% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $25,00038% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $10,00015% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Wisconsin15 grants $190,000
  2. Virginia1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Jean Anne LeiningerPRESIDENT Hours 2Pay $4,500
  • John LewenauerSECRETARY Hours 2Pay $6,000
  • Donal DemetTREASURER Hours 3Pay $8,000

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