The Edward L Fitzgerald Foundation Trust gives small-but-regular, locally focused grants to Green Bay-area community institutions that preserve local history and culture, support animal and wildlife care, and provide social and emergency services. Its funding pattern emphasizes a stable set of recurring recipients rather than one-off or broad geographic giving, suggesting stewardship of core civic organizations in Brown County.
Concentrated, repeat annual grants of similar size to a small group of local nonprofits; multiple identical payments indicate a steady, maintenance-style funding strategy rather than large one-time investments or widely distributed small gifts.
The Edward L Fitzgerald Foundation Trust shows a tight pattern of repeated $7,596 program-support grants to the same local institutions across multiple years. That consistency points to a funder that backs a small circle of Brown County organizations rather than making occasional, one-off awards. In the recent grants list, Heritage Hill Foundation, National Railroad Museum, Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary, and United Way of Brown County each appear in more than one year at that same grant level, alongside support for Rawhide Boys Ranch and the Green Bay Humane Society and Animal Shelter Inc. The trust’s giving aligns with local history and living-history preservation, animal welfare and wildlife care, youth residential services, and community-wide social service work. It also makes smaller historical grants, including repeated $1,000 awards to Peshtigo Historical Society Inc. The overall picture is of a foundation that uses modest, repeatable grants to support established community institutions serving Green Bay and nearby Wisconsin communities. Its latest 990 year on file is 2025, and the annual grants total is $162,516.
Local history is a clear thread in the trust’s grantmaking. It awarded $7,596 to Heritage Hill Foundation for program support in 2024 and again in 2025, and it made the same-size grant to National Railroad Museum in both 2024 and 2025. Those awards place preservation and public history among its recurring interests. Animal and wildlife care is another steady theme. The Green Bay Humane Society and Animal Shelter Inc received $7,596 for program support in 2023, 2024, and 2025, while Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary also received repeated $7,596 grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The trust also supports community services beyond cultural institutions. United Way of Brown County received $7,596 in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and American Red Cross Attn Trusts and Estates received the same amount in 2023, 2024, and 2025, indicating recurring support for broader social and emergency response work.
Grant size is highly standardized: the typical grant size is $7,596, with p25, median, and p75 all at $7,596. That suggests a very consistent award amount across the portfolio. The grants are largely recurring rather than one-time; several recipients appear across 2023, 2024, and 2025 at the same level. The trust funds organizations directly through program support, with no evidence here of individual giving or program-related investments. The grant list also includes a smaller repeated $1,000 award to a historical society, showing that most gifts cluster at one core amount with occasional smaller exceptions.
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Most grants fall between $8K and $8K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$8K
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Notable grantees: National Railroad Museum, The Green Bay Humane Society and Animal Shelter, Heritage Hill Foundation, Rawhide Boys Ranch, United Way of Brown County
Giving is overwhelmingly Wisconsin-centered: 88% of grants go to recipients in the foundation’s home state, and the top state by grant count is WI. Most awards land in Green Bay, including Heritage Hill Foundation, National Railroad Museum, Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary, United Way of Brown County, and the Green Bay Humane Society and Animal Shelter Inc. Outside Green Bay, the trust’s recent grants include New London and Peshtigo in Wisconsin, plus one Washington, DC recipient for emergency-relief support.
Recent grants show support for local history and living-history museums, animal welfare and wildlife care, youth residential services, and community social and emergency services. Recipients include heritage and museum groups, a humane society, a wildlife sanctuary, a boys ranch, a United Way, and the American Red Cross.
The typical grant size is $7,596, and the grant-size distribution is flat at that figure: p25 is $7,596, median is $7,596, and p75 is $7,596.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years at the same amount, including Heritage Hill Foundation, National Railroad Museum, Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary, United Way of Brown County, the Green Bay Humane Society and Animal Shelter Inc, Rawhide Boys Ranch Inc, and American Red Cross Attn Trusts and Estates.
Most grants go to Wisconsin recipients. The data shows 88% of grants are to recipients in WI, and Green Bay organizations account for many of the recent awards, including museum, wildlife, humane-society, and social-service grantees.
The recent grants are labeled program support, and the existing taxonomy identifies general program support, program implementation, service delivery, and restricted or project-specific support. That pattern suggests the trust primarily funds operating programs rather than individuals.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM | GREEN BAY, WI | $4,607 | 2026 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| HERITAGE HILL FOUNDATION | GREEN BAY, WI | $4,607 | 2026 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS ATTN TRUSTS AND ESTATES | WASHINGTON, DC | $4,607 | 2026 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| THE GREEN BAY HUMANE SOCIETY AND ANIMAL SHELTER INC | GREEN BAY, WI | $4,607 | 2026 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| FRIENDS OF THE BAY BEACH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY | GREEN BAY, WI | $4,607 | 2026 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| RAWHIDE BOYS RANCH INC | NEW LONDON, WI | $4,607 | 2026 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| UNITED WAY OF BROWN COUNTY | GREEN BAY, WI | $4,607 | 2026 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| PESHTIGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC | PESHTIGO, WI | $1,000 | 2026 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| BAY BEACH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY | GREEN BAY, WI | $7,596 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| THE GREEN BAY HUMANE SOCIETY AND ANIMAL SHELTER INC | GREEN BAY, WI | $7,596 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| NATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM | GREEN BAY, WI | $7,596 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| RAWHIDE BOYS RANCH INC | NEW LONDON, WI | $7,596 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| UNITED WAY OF BROWN COUNTY | GREEN BAY, WI | $7,596 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS ATTN TRUSTS AND ESTATES | WASHINGTON, DC | $7,596 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| HERITAGE HILL FOUNDATION | GREEN BAY, WI | $7,596 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| PESHTIGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC | PESHTIGO, WI | $1,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| THE GREEN BAY HUMANE SOCIETY AND ANIMAL SHELTER INC | GREEN BAY, WI | $7,596 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| UNITED WAY OF BROWN COUNTY | GREEN BAY, WI | $7,596 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| HERITAGE HILL FOUNDATION | GREEN BAY, WI | $7,596 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| NATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM | GREEN BAY, WI | $7,596 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| RAWHIDE BOYS RANCH INC | NEW LONDON, WI | $7,596 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS ATTN TRUSTS AND ESTATES | WASHINGTON, DC | $7,596 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| BAY BEACH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY | GREEN BAY, WI | $7,596 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| PESHTIGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC | PESHTIGO, WI | $1,000 | 2024 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| THE GREEN BAY HUMANE SOCIETY AND ANIMAL SHELTER INC | GREEN BAY, WI | $7,596 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| BAY BEACH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY | GREEN BAY, WI | $7,596 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| NATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM | GREEN BAY, WI | $7,596 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| UNITED WAY OF BROWN COUNTY | GREEN BAY, WI | $7,596 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| HERITAGE HILL FOUNDATION | GREEN BAY, WI | $7,596 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| RAWHIDE BOYS RANCH INC | NEW LONDON, WI | $7,596 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS ATTN TRUSTS AND ESTATES | WASHINGTON, DC | $7,596 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
| PESHTIGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC | PESHTIGO, WI | $1,000 | 2023 | PROGRAM SUPPORT |
THE GREEN BAY HUMANE SOCIETY AND ANIMAL SHELTER INC
$4,607PROGRAM SUPPORT
FRIENDS OF THE BAY BEACH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
$4,607PROGRAM SUPPORT
PROGRAM SUPPORT
PESHTIGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
$1,000PROGRAM SUPPORT
BAY BEACH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
$7,596PROGRAM SUPPORT
THE GREEN BAY HUMANE SOCIETY AND ANIMAL SHELTER INC
$7,596PROGRAM SUPPORT
PESHTIGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
$1,000PROGRAM SUPPORT
THE GREEN BAY HUMANE SOCIETY AND ANIMAL SHELTER INC
$7,596PROGRAM SUPPORT
BAY BEACH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
$7,596PROGRAM SUPPORT
PESHTIGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
$1,000PROGRAM SUPPORT
THE GREEN BAY HUMANE SOCIETY AND ANIMAL SHELTER INC
$7,596PROGRAM SUPPORT
BAY BEACH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
$7,596PROGRAM SUPPORT
PESHTIGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
$1,000PROGRAM SUPPORT