Richard J Resch Foundation

• The foundation makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so you should not send it an application.
• Most of its 29 grants (about 8 in 10) fall between $8,000 and $2,000,000, with a median of $300,000, so a request near the middle of that range matches its usual pattern.
• Its grants cover universities and colleges, local public bodies, youth and community-service organisations, and arts and cultural organisations, including capital projects and general or annual funds, so check that your work sits within those areas.
• The filings show grants mainly in Wisconsin, Massachusetts and Iowa, but no geographic focus is stated, so location alone should not rule you out.
• Around 80% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in one of its two earlier filings, which points to relationship-led giving, so any approach should rest on an existing connection.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• University of Wisconsin Green Bay Institute of Music · Institute of music
  $2,000,0002024 tax year
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Boathouse renovation
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Birder Studio of Performing Arts · Performing arts
  $800,0002024 tax year
• Bellin College · Achieving new heights campaign
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Brown County Resch Expo Center · Resch expo center
  $500,0002024 tax year
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Campus wide capital renewal fund
  $300,0002024 tax year
• Graceland University · Science & technology hall
  $250,0002024 tax year
• YMCA · Camp u-nah-li-ya kitchen remodel
  $175,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.