Lannon Stone Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Because the foundation is by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, a small charity should not send a cold application and should look for an introduction through an existing link.
- Its stated priority is the Milwaukee area, as other published sources report, and its themes are urban education, community spaces, public safety, veterans, and women and babies, so work in those areas is the best fit.
- About 8 in 10 of its 40 grants to organisations fall between $1,000 and $50,000, and half were $7,000 or less, so a request near that scale is realistic, though the band is typical rather than a ceiling because its largest grant was about $2,050,000.
- Only 8% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in the previous filing, and other published sources say it focuses on fewer organisations, so a relationship-led approach is likely to matter more than the number of applications.
- The filing gives no timing, so any approach should be planned around building that relationship rather than around a deadline.
Overview
Lannon Stone Foundation is a US private foundation based in Sussex, WI.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2023, TY2022) and its website and other web pages about the foundation (biztimes.com), with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation describes three pillars: supporting communities around its operations, family legacy interests, and education, with urban education, particularly in Milwaukee, its largest pillar. Around its operations, its support includes public safety and community spaces, including fire and safety departments, parks and activities. Its family interests include veterans and work to help women and babies. In education, it supports schools near its operations, mostly through scholarships for students pursuing STEM careers; in urban education it backs policy advocacy and schools seeking to expand or improve their programmes. Its website lists a continuing group of charitable partners, while its grants include schools, churches, social-service organisations and local public bodies.
Themes
- Urban education
- Community spaces
- Public safety
- Veterans
- Women and babies
Geographic Focus
Priority: Milwaukee area. (as reported in other published sources)
How to apply
Contributions go only to preselected charitable organisations; unsolicited requests are not accepted.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2023 filing, 8% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022 and TY2023 filings, half of its 40 grants to organisations were $7,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- The foundation focuses support on fewer organisations so it can invest more in them and spend time helping them progress. (as reported in other published sources)
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2023.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 74% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2023, 8% of grant dollars went to organisations Lannon Stone Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 21 grants in tax year 2023 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2023)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Saint Augustine Preparatory Academy · Donation for the conversion and rehabilitation of the former cardinal stritch university campus to the eventual north campus of st. augustine preparatory academy & 2023 annual scholarship gala paddle raise$2,025,0002023 tax year
- City Forward Collective · Donation$103,0002023 tax year
- Bridge Builders · Donation$100,0002023 tax year
- Nativity Jesuit Academy · Donation$50,0002023 tax year
- Saint Marcus School · Donation$50,0002023 tax year
- Reclaim13 · Paddle raise donation & general donation$20,0002023 tax year
- Village of Raymond · Donation$20,0002023 tax year
- Women's Center of Waukesha · Donation$15,0002023 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Hans Dawson — Director
- Heidi Dawson — Director
- James Dawson — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
2 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $272,531 | $256,840 | $5,940,951 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $2,494,401 | $2,463,600 | $4,874,608 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Applying to Lannon Stone Foundation?
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Contact
- (262) 251-1520
- Sussex, WI
- lannonstone.net/foundation
Applying to Lannon Stone Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (262) 251-1520
- Sussex, WI
- lannonstone.net/foundation