Wisconsin · Nonprofit
MATT KOLBE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC
MATT KOLBE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $279,985 to it, the largest being ROBERT AND PATRICIA ENDRIES FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD ($218,863). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $280k
- Net assets
- $16k
What Matt Kolbe Memorial Foundation Inc does
Mission
Charitable purposes, inclusion-friendly playground project: The Matt Kolbe Memorial Foundation was formally established in the memory of Matt Kolbe, an inspirational individual with Down's Syndrome. The Matt Kolbe Memorial Foundation was recently incorporated in April of 2021 and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with public charity status. The mission and vision of the Matt Kolbe Memorial Foundation is to promote inclusion and acceptance in our communities, specifically supporting individuals with special needs. The foundation is assisting with fundraising efforts for a significant project to support the construction of an inclusion-friendly, all-abilities playground, which will include fully accessible equipment for individuals with special needs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Support of the building of an inclusion friendly, fully accessible playground at a local park in Chilton, WI. The project will provide accessible play to children of all abilities and will promote inclusion and acceptance in our community. This project aligns with the mission and vision of the Matt Kolbe Memorial Foundation. Note, all proceeds raised are currently benefiting the playground project above. The project broke ground in September of 2023, and the majority of construction is expected to be completed in 2024 with completion in summer 2024. Over the course of the fundraising period, the Matt Kolbe Memorial Foundation assisted with grants and other fundraising of over $500,000 to support the project. All expenses incurred supported this program.
$0 spentof which $11,638 as grants
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $216k to $32k (−85%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of MATT KOLBE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $239k → $41k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MATT KOLBE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MATT KOLBE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MATT KOLBE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 92% · 2023 61% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of MATT KOLBE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
MATT KOLBE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC's revenue fell 97% between 2021 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MATT KOLBE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MATT KOLBE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC?
- MATT KOLBE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $279,985 to it, the largest being ROBERT AND PATRICIA ENDRIES FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD ($218,863). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MATT KOLBE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $279,985 in grants to MATT KOLBE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MATT KOLBE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC?
- ROBERT AND PATRICIA ENDRIES FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD is the largest funder on record, with $218,863 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MATT KOLBE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing