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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 72-1528213

Steven R Michels Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Brownsville, WI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $660,000 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

    $660,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $959,546

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,012,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,461,282

  • Tax year 2023

    $1,218,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,945,294

  • Tax year 2022

    $5,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $325,509

  • Tax year 2021

    $145,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $316,928

  • Tax year 2020

    $31,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $286,764

  • Tax year 2019

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $314,469

  • Tax year 2018

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $315,071

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, WI

    Nursing

    $400,000
  2. Be the Difference Nil IncMequon, WI

    General support

    $200,000
  3. Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, WI

    Nursing renovation (pledge 1 of 5)

    $50,000
  4. One Step Closer Foundation Inc (oscf)Beverly Hills, CA

    General support

    $5,000
  5. Stacy Fuson FoundationScottsdale, AZ

    General support

    $5,000

Approved for future payment

1 grant

Approved in 2025 and not yet paid.

  1. Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, WI

    Nursing renovation pledge

    $200,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education2 grants $450,00069% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking2 grants $205,00031% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Wisconsin3 grants $650,000
  2. Arizona1 grant $5,000
  3. California1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Steven R MichelsTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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