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Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Milwaukee, WI EIN: 39-1341603 Website

As the college's philanthropic partner, milwaukee area technical college (MATC) foundation's mission is to build donor relationships to facilitate private investments that remove barriers to education, accelerate careers, and deliver skilled talent to the milwaukee area. The foundation also serves as the financial steward of private donations to milwaukee pbs, a viewer-supported service of MATC.

Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc at a glance

In short: Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc gave $8.1M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $8.1M), mostly in Wisconsin. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$8,072,892
-5.4% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
-50.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$8,072,892
+89.1% vs 2024
Median grant
$8,072,892
Total assets
$46,196,774
+7.9% vs 2024
Primary geography
Wisconsin (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Milwaukee Area Technical College: $8.1MMilwaukee Area TechnicalCollege$8.1M

The largest 2025 recipient was Milwaukee Area Technical College ($8.1M).

Grant Size Distribution

9 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M4$1–5M5$5M+

The most common grant size was $5M or more: 5 grants of 9 (56%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Milwaukee

How Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+5%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2.5M$5M$7.5M$10M2 grants2019 3 grants2020 2 grants2021 2 grants2022 2 grants2023 2 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $7.0M (2021) to $8.9M (2023). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $8.1M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Milwaukee Area Technical College Milwaukee, WIFor educational and related needs and milwaukee pbc operating expenses$8,072,892
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$46,196,774$14,788,630$14,077,928$8,072,8921$1,790,325
2024$42,802,673$16,700,425$13,839,445$8,536,7622$2,134,605
2023$38,530,809$15,371,502$12,615,686$8,915,9082$766,645
2022$33,356,211$18,292,742$9,507,486$7,655,9052$1,188,773
2021$30,589,690$13,698,836$8,652,385$6,991,8152$1,021,588
2020$19,972,337$10,555,770$10,162,491$8,506,1413$243,070
2019$19,201,725$9,270,390$8,892,920$7,604,8142$788,049

About Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc

Based on IRS filings

Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in Milwaukee, WI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $46.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $8.1M. Net investment income was $1.8M.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc is led by Laura Bray, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; none of the 22 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Laura Bray

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2019

    15 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chantel Byrd

    President

    Director → President, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tracy Luber

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Erica Case

    Director

    Matc District Board Appoin → Matc District Board Liason, 2022

    Matc District Board Liason → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jamie Berger

    Director

    Director → Secretary, 2023

    Secretary → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Lubar

    Director

    Director → Secretary, 2021

    Secretary → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Cosco

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Emily Phillips

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jaime Hurtado

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Timothy Smith

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Viola Hawkins

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Danielle Bergner

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rajesh Namboothiry

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Edgar Mayorga

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laila Valters

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lori Malett

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Preston McGlory

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Trevor D'souza

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Troy Dennhof

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julianna Ebert

    Secretary

    President → Vice President, 2023

    Vice President → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matthew Partridge

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Megna

    Vice President

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (26)
  • Former: Eugene A. Gilchrist (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Jason Flanders (2021–2024) — Operations Director
  • Former: Dave Megna (2022–2024) — Vice President
  • Former: Anthony Cruz (2024) — Director
  • Former: Virginia Finn (2024) — Chief Development Officer
  • Former: Vicki Martin (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Kamal Bansal (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Carlo Cervantes (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Dayla Randolph (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Deborah N. Allen (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Mona Fowler (2023) — Director
  • Former: Michael Stull (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Kevin Joy (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Vi Hawkins (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Angela M. Rester (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Anthony Smith (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Christine McGee (2019–2021) — Operations Director & Outgoing
  • Former: David B. Bishop (2019–2021) — Secretary
  • Former: Jeffrey Nelson (2019–2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Gary J. Colpaert (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Brian Lehouillier (2019) — Director
  • Former: Dean Muller (2019) — Director
  • Former: Eric Zoromski (2019) — Director
  • Former: Mary Scheibel (2019) — Director
  • Former: Matthew Moore (2019) — Director
  • Former: Susan Lubar Solvang (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc

How much does Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc give each year?

Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc gave $8.1M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $8.5M across 2 grants.

How large is Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc?

Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc reported $46.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $14.8M.

What is Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc?

Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in Milwaukee, WI. It holds $46.2M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc operate?

Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc has awarded grants in Wisconsin.

What is Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc's EIN?

Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 39-1341603. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS June 10, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 1, 2020)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 6, 2021)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 28, 2023)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 13, 2025)

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