Open Foundations · Wisconsin

Kelben Foundation Inc

Milwaukee, Wisconsin · EIN 391494625. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $4.9M across 416 grants in 2024, a median of $2K each.

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$4.9M
paid in 2024
416
grants paid
$2K
median grant
95%
to first-time recipients
$62.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
MARY KELLNER
Address
790 N WATER STREET SUITE 2175, MILWAUKEE, WI, 53202
Phone
4142366223
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
KELBEN SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM, HIGH SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT, MINIMUM OF TWO LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION.
Submission deadline
MARCH 20, 2024
Restrictions on awards
FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, STUDENT MUST MEET GRADE POINT AVERAGE AS DETAILED IN APPLICATION, DEMONSTRATE NEED FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, RESIDE IN THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE, PLANNING TO ATTEND ACCREDITED FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE AS A FULL-TIME STUDENT.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202503179349104160. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

scholarship

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 416 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1United WayWI$4,005,983SOCIAL SERVICES
2Children's Wisconsin FoundationWI$100,000DONATION
3Lutheran Social ServicesWI$30,000SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY
4Travis WagyWI$11,285SCHOLARSHIP
5Swim MkeWI$10,500DONATION
6All-in MilwaukeeWI$10,000COLLEGE EDUCATION SUPPORT
7Ozaukee Family ServicesWI$10,000SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY
8Doctors Without BordersMD$9,000DONATION
9Wisconsin Humane SocietyWI$9,000ANIMAL WELFARE
10Ismael TinajeroWI$8,892SCHOLARSHIP
11Planned Parenthood FederationNY$8,000SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY
12Sf Community ClinicsCA$8,000SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY
13Unicef UsaNY$8,000DISASTER AID
14Sherlean RobertsWI$7,864SCHOLARSHIP
15Daryl Burns JrWI$7,208SCHOLARSHIP

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020378$4.8M
2021388$2.6M
2022377$7.5M
2023405$5.6M
2024416$4.9M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Wisconsin94%
California2%
New York1%
Iowa1%
North Carolina1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Jack T KellnerDIRECTOR · 2024
Kristin Kellner SchultzDIRECTOR · 2024
Laura Kellner LueckDIRECTOR · 2024
Mary T KellnerPRES, TREAS, DIRECTOR · 2024
Ted D KellnerV PRES, SECRETARY, DIRECTO · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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