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WEST BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

EIN 39-1971548 MILWAUKEE, WI

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Revenue 2024
$5,464,146
Expenses 2024
$5,221,454

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
T11
Classification
1000
Street
2153 N DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DR

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

8 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

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • SEE SCHEDULE OWEST BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, INC WAS FORMED TO OPERATE AS A SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTIONS 501(C)(3) AND 509(A)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE TO SUPPORT GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION, INC. THE GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION IS A PUBLIC CHARITY DESCRIBED IN SECTIONS 509(A)(1) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.AS SET FORTH IN THE WEST BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, INC.'S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, "THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED AND SHALL BE OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY PURPOSES WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(3) AND EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF, TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF AND/OR TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THE GREATER MILWAUKEE, A WISCONSIN CHARITABLE TRUST ORGANIZED PURSUANT TO A DECLARATION OF TRUST.... INCLUDING THE CARRYING ON OF SUCH OF GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION'S PROGRAMS AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THIS CORPORATION FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM TO BE SUITABLE AND APPROPRIATE.THE PHRASE 'SUCH OF GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION'S PROGRAMS' MEANS CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY PROJECT AND ACTIVITIES OF THE KIND THAT GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS AND THAT ARE LOCATORED PRIMARILY IN THE GREATER "WEST BEND, WISCONSIN AREA".

    Expenses $4,630,686 · Grants $4,630,686

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Jon Kieckhafer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Danaher

    SECRETARY (END 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tonnie Schmidt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ruth Henkle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Allen Ericson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Claire Rolfs

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles O'Meara

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Tighle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rose Petitte

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Johnson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amanda N Sacks

    DIRECTOR (START 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ellen Gilligan

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY (END 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $342,082
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $280,968
    Other
    $61,114
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $280,968 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $46,760 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,354 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $342,082 related

  • Ken Robertson

    ASSISTANT TREASURER (END 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $199,749
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $176,226
    Other
    $23,523
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $176,226 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,606 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $7,917 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $199,749 related

  • Gregory Wesley

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY (START 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $223,168
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $223,168
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $223,168 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $223,168 related

  • Yelena Chester

    ASSISTANT TREASURER (START 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $170,324
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $130,942
    Other
    $39,382
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $130,942 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,713 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,669 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $170,324 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
    $5,464,146
    Expenses
    $5,221,454
    Contributions
    $3,581,462
    Grants paid
    $4,630,686
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,671,849
    Expenses
    $4,915,723
    Contributions
    $6,141,000
    Grants paid
    $4,469,433
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,633,490
    Expenses
    $5,835,143
    Contributions
    $4,718,148
    Grants paid
    $5,160,510

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
    $10,575,689
    Expenses
    $4,513,217
    Assets (EOY)
    $79,149,428

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,454,372
    Expenses
    $4,532,248
    Assets (EOY)
    $67,541,910

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.

Grants made

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

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.