Stafford Family Charitable Foundation

Private foundation · Grantmaker Menasha, WI EIN: 20-0498327

Stafford Family Charitable Foundation is a private foundation, based in Menasha, WI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025.

Stafford Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

Expenses (2025)
$54
-96.4% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

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

Who Stafford Family Charitable Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

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

The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Appleton

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500$1K$1.5KTotal only2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 Total only2022 Total only2023 Total only2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2019) to $2K (2024). In 2024 it reported $2K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Salvation Army Appleton, WIFurther the Charitable Pursuits of Recipient.$1,500
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment Income
2025——$54————
2024$54$300$1,500$1,500Total only$1,500—
2023$1,254—$1,500$1,500Total only$1,500—
2022$2,754—$1,500$1,500Total only$1,500—
2021$4,254—$1,500$1,5001$1,500—
2020$5,754$6,000$1,520$1,5001——
2019$1,274$14$1,500$1,500Total only—$14

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Stafford Family Charitable Foundation's 2025 filing lists 3 officers; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Gary J. Stafford

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • John K. Stafford

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Scott M. Vanden Heuvel

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

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 Stafford Family Charitable Foundation

Where does Stafford Family Charitable Foundation operate?

Stafford Family Charitable Foundation has awarded grants in Wisconsin.

What is Stafford Family Charitable Foundation's EIN?

Stafford Family Charitable Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-0498327. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 22, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 14, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 22, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 6, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 5, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 10, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 8, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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