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UWM RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC

EIN 20-8297675 MILWAUKEE, WI

Largest nonprofits in Wisconsin

Revenue 2024
$1,486,615
Expenses 2024
$1,390,815

Program services were 94.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S05
Classification
1000
Street
1440 E NORTH AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SUPPORT RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MILWAUKEE BY PROVIDING RESERACH FUNDING, ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT, AND BY ENGAGING IN CORPORATE PARTNERING ACTIVITIES TO THAT END.

  • SUPPORT RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE BY PROVIDING FUNDING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS AND BY ENGAGING IN CORPORATE PARTNERING ACTIVITIES TO THAT END.

    Expenses $960,226 · Revenue $352,748

  • THE BRADLEY CATALYST GRANT PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR FOCUS ON SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING THAT HELPS FOSTER BASIC DISCOVERY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE AND BRING THOSE DISCOVERIES CLOSER TO COMMERCIALIZATION. ELEVEN GRANTS TOTAL.

    Expenses $194,007 · Grants $194,007

  • WEDC EPG GRANT PROVIDES FUNDING SUPPORT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STARTUP COMPANIES. TWELVE GRANTS TOTAL. WEDC BRIDGE GRANT PROGRAM INVESTS IN NEW COMPANIES OF UWM FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS THAT HAVE LICENSED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (PATENTS). FIVE GRANTS TOTAL

    Expenses $163,000 · Grants $163,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • David Gilbert

    EX-OFFICIO DIRECTOR (THRU MAY 25)

    Total calculated
    $378,636
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $315,786
    Other
    $62,850
    Hours/week
    1 + 52 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $285,786 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $30,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $24,285 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $38,565 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $378,636 related
  • Jessica Silvaggi

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $250,610
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $204,339
    Other
    $46,271
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $168,949 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $35,390 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,976 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,295 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $250,610 related
  • Brian Walsh

    SR. TECH MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $139,707
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $111,282
    Other
    $28,425
    Hours/week
    40
  • Craig Rigby

    CHAIR (THRU DEC 24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tessa Myers

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Maschek

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Krueger

    TREASURER (THRU MAR 25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matthew McNeil

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christina Fiasca

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jacqueline Frederick

    DIRECTOR (THRU DEC 24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Orgeman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Ann Nattinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dennis Webb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,486,615
    Expenses
    $1,390,815
    Contributions
    $794,314
    Grants paid
    $357,006
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,348,306
    Expenses
    $1,200,674
    Contributions
    $681,200
    Grants paid
    $204,797
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,204,642
    Expenses
    $1,143,931
    Contributions
    $708,835
    Grants paid
    $211,411

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $743,682
    Expenses
    $1,399,184
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,912,892
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,769,513
    Expenses
    $1,288,847
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,481,641
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,390,418
    Expenses
    $1,142,051
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,971,775
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,258,589
    Expenses
    $1,091,119
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,692,519
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,112,697
    Expenses
    $1,297,624
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,537,801
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,363,347
    Expenses
    $1,231,919
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,902,872
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,231,170
    Expenses
    $1,126,952
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,795,028
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,210,482
    Expenses
    $1,160,984
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,601,876
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,353,085
    Expenses
    $1,051,253
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,625,436
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,119,938
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,481,835

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MILWAUKEE

    $194,007

    2024 RESEARCH

  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MILWAUKEE

    $175,797

    2023 RESEARCH

  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MILWAUKEE

    $90,411

    2022 RESEARCH

  • INTELLIGENT COMPOSITES LLC

    $25,000

    2022 FUNDING

  • NANOAFFIX SCIENCE LLC

    $25,000

    2022 FUNDING

  • CONCRETOLOGY LLC

    $25,000

    2022 FUNDING

  • FREYJA CORPORATION

    $25,000

    2022 FUNDING

  • INTELLIGENT COMPOSITES LLC

    $25,000

    2024 FUNDING

  • FLUIDFLOW EXPERIENCE LLC

    $25,000

    2024 FUNDING

  • ESTRIGENIX THERAPUTICS INC

    $25,000

    2024 FUNDING

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • UWMRF HOLDINGS INC

    C · HOLDS EQUITY IN STARTUP COS. AND/OR CONTRACTS W/ RESEARCH FDN · WI · 100% owned · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.