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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 83-1464163

Debeck Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Baraboo, WI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $162,390 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
Tom Debeck
8500 Greenway Blvd Suite 202
Middleton, WI 53562
(608) 836-1071
[email protected]
Form and materials
Grant request
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Provides grants to fund scholarships and other educational needs at colleges and universities.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $162,390

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $105,837

  • Tax year 2024

    $100,108

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $127,428

  • Tax year 2023

    $65,117

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $36,098

  • Tax year 2022

    $53,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $188

  • Tax year 2021

    $26,961

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $18,451

  • Tax year 2020

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $45,391

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of Wisconsin FoundationMadison, WI

    Deborah wells and thomas debeck fund

    $50,000
  2. Foundation for Dane County ParksMadison, WI

    Mission support

    $30,000
  3. Spelman CollegeAtl, GA

    Scholarship awards

    $30,000
  4. University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterWhitewater, WI

    Scholarship awards

    $13,404
  5. University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointStevens Point, WI

    Scholarship awards

    $11,486
  6. The Harbor Recovery CenterPortage, WI

    Mission support

    $10,000
  7. University of Wisconsin FoundationMadison, WI

    Pets make a difference fund

    $10,000
  8. Minnesota State UniversityMankato, MN

    Scholarship award- mankato campus

    $3,000
  9. Badger Praire Needs NetworkVerona, WI

    Mission support

    $2,500
  10. Mayo ClinicRochester, MN

    Mission support

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $90,00068% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $30,00023% of the total
  3. Mental health1 grant $10,0008% of the total
  4. Health1 grant $2,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Wisconsin8 grants $129,390
  2. Georgia1 grant $30,000
  3. Minnesota1 grant $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Thomas DebeckPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Deborah WellsVICE PRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Peter OettingerSECRETARY/TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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