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MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION

EIN 84-1808645 MILWAUKEE, WI

Revenue 2025
$1,632,617
Expenses 2025
$2,045,552

Program services were 88.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C99
Classification
1200
Street
1531 W VLIET ST

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

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

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Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY IN SUPPORTING MILWAUKEE COUNTY PARKS TO COLLECTIVELY STEWARD A THRIVING PARK SYSTEM.

  • IN 2025, MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION (MPF) CONTINUED ADVANCING OUR MISSION TO COLLECTIVELY STEWARD A THRIVING PARK SYSTEM. WE DID THIS THROUGH OUR CORE STRATEGIES: SUPPORTING EQUITABLE AMENITIES AND PROGRAMS, BUILDING COMMUNITY CAPACITY AND RAISING AWARENESS, PROMOTING ACCESS AND FOSTERING BELONGING IN OUR PARKS. THREE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE:INVESTING MORE THAN $3,300,000 INTO OUR PARKS VIA PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, AND EVENTS TO BUILD A MORE VIBRANT AND EQUITABLE PARKS SYSTEM.SPECIFICALLY MORE THAN $1,000,000 WAS INVESTED DIRECTLY INTO PARKS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INCLUDING BASKETBALL COURT RENOVATIONS, TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS, TREE PLANTING, PERMANENT SEATING, A NEW PARK PAVILION, AND MORE.MILWAUKE PARKS FOUNDATION INVESTED MORE THAN $129,000 DIRECTLY INTO GRASSROOTS LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING PARKS VIA ACTIVATION, ESPECIALLY THE PARKS THAT HAVE THE GREATEST NEEDS.

    Expenses $1,813,501 · Grants $1,298,469 · Revenue $78,726

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Rebecca Stoner

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $121,341
    From this org
    $90,792
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,549
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kweku Teangelo Cargile Jr

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie Podmokly

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judy Krause

    TREASURER, PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tami Garrison

    FOUNDING BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Guy Smith

    EX OFFICIO DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Angresano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Octavio Arreaga

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katie Avila Loughmiller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Ballentine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brigette Beamon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ayrton Bryan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Juan De Dios Hernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles Green Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alison Hanrahan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew Helmerich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Angela Lang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Martyka

    DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $58,948
    From this org
    $58,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $588
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Mercado

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Nielsen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Schreiber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tony Shields

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sheri Williams Pannell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,632,617
    Expenses
    $2,045,552
    Contributions
    $1,512,038
    Grants paid
    $1,298,469
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,587,577
    Expenses
    $1,037,242
    Contributions
    $1,574,605
    Grants paid
    $540,049
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,121,719
    Expenses
    $788,837
    Contributions
    $1,127,365
    Grants paid
    $476,546

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
    $103,099
    Expenses
    $148,546
    Assets (EOY)
    $347,663

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $500,866
    Expenses
    $172,426
    Assets (EOY)
    $423,543

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2019

Tax period
1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019
Principal officer
Tami Garrison
Mailing address
9480 W Watertown Plank RdWauwatosa WI 53226
Website
www.mkeparksfoundation.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • MILWAUKEE COUNTY PARKS

    $1,169,280

    2025 THESE GRANTS SUPPORTED THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY PARKS FOR VARIOUS EVENTS AND PROGRAMS.

  • MILWAUKEE COUNTY PARKS

    $495,049

    2023 THESE GRANTS SUPPORTED THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY PARKS FOR VARIOUS EVENTS AND PROGRAMS INCLUDING: CARVER PARK BASEBALL PROJECT, PRAIRIE SPRINGS, KOMATSU FOREST, FIREWORKS 2023, HARLEY PARK, KING AND KOZY COMMUNITY CENTER, BASKETBALL GRANT, AND REFORESTATION PROJECTS.

  • MILWAUKEE COUNTY PARKS

    $422,646

    2022 THESE GRANTS SUPPORTED THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY PARKS FOR VARIOUS EVENTS AND PROGRAMS INCLUDING: FIREWORKS, BASKETBALL COURTS, BLEACHERS, AND COMMUNITY CENTERS.

  • THE PARK PEOPLE

    $34,250

    2025 SPROUTS GRANT

  • THE PARK PEOPLE

    $20,000

    2022 15K ROSE PARK PROJECT, 5K FRIENDS OF MOODY PARK

  • SERVING OLDER ADULTS

    $15,000

    2025 MCGOVERN PARK GRANT

  • TRU SKOOL INC

    $10,500

    2022 BERRIEN PARK MURAL

  • WISCONSIN POLICY FORUM

    $10,000

    2022 SINKING TREASURE

  • NEARBY NATURE

    $10,000

    2025 MCGOVERN PARK GRANT

  • HELPING KIDS BETTER THEMSELVES

    $9,000

    2025 SPROUTS GRANT

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

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Grants received

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

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 PC.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.