Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation

A foundation carrying Richard and Ethel Herzfeld's wish that their assets lift the quality of life in Milwaukee through arts, education, and civic improvement

Financial profile

Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation · EIN 23-7230686 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$1,455,675$2,903,299$76,210,294Dec 2023
FY2022$1,657,216$5,254,290$69,467,117Dec 2022
FY2021$7,543,135$4,059,388$88,729,812Dec 2021
FY2020$4,665,357$4,064,543$80,980,228Dec 2020
FY2019$4,140,061$5,550,353$73,811,417Dec 2019
FY2015$4,164,855$4,574,987$74,889,023Dec 2015

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Peer societies

Five societies Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation is read alongside.

Who backs REHF

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The outside view

A foundation carrying Richard and Ethel Herzfeld's wish that their assets lift the quality of life in Milwaukee through arts, education, and civic improvement

  • Authority
  • Preserve
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Legacy

Faithful to what was handed down.

The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.

Also reads toward The Village and The Citadel.

Strengths

→Unmatched continuity and a trusted name.
→Decisions honor a long arc, not a news cycle.
→Members feel part of something lasting.

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