Foundations
Private foundations in Wisconsin
2,032 private foundations based in Wisconsin gave $1.4 billion in 37,148 grants in their latest year, and 635 of them accept applications.
Foundations that fund causes in Wisconsin
These count grants to recipients in Wisconsin, including from foundations based elsewhere.
Foundations by city in Wisconsin
Also: Middleton, Stoughton, Chippewa Falls, Onalaska, Delafield, Marinette, Grafton, Whitefish Bay, Wauwatosa, Hudson, Dousman, Monona, Burlington, Franklin, Shorewood, Sun Prairie, Verona, New Glarus, Tomah, Chilton, Platteville, Menomonee Falls, Elkhorn, New Berlin, Reedsburg.
Wisconsin foundations that accept applications
- Bader Philanthropies Inc · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $68.9 million a year · typical grant $68.9 million - US Bank Foundation · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $66.4 million a year · typical grant $33.2 million · Education - The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $55.2 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education - Husco Foundation · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $52.8 million a year · typical grant $125,000 · Education - Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $27.0 million a year · typical grant $27.0 million · Education - We Energies Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $11.4 million a year · typical grant $11.4 million - Annmarie Foundation Inc · Medford
Accepts applications $11.1 million a year · typical grant $1,948 · Community development - Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc · Brookfield
Accepts applications $9.2 million a year · typical grant $11,500 · Education - Claire & Marjorie Johnson Inc · Cumberland
Accepts applications $9.1 million a year · typical grant $4.5 million - Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc · Stevens Point
Accepts applications $7.3 million a year · typical grant $1,500 · Education - Seeds of Faith Inc · Hartland
Accepts applications $6.7 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - Sonnentag Foundation LTD · Marathon
Accepts applications $6.4 million a year · typical grant $6.4 million - Rockwell Automation Charitable Corp · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $6.2 million a year · typical grant $45,000 · Human services - L E Phillips Family Foundation Inc · Eau Claire
Accepts applications $6.1 million a year · typical grant $2,000 · Faith communities - US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · Appleton
Accepts applications $5.8 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · International - Melitta S and Joan M Pick Charitable Trust · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $5.7 million a year · typical grant $5.7 million - Ruth St John & John Dunham West Foundation Inc · Manitowoc
Accepts applications $5.3 million a year · typical grant $32,000 · Education - Hendricks Family Foundation Inc · Beloit
Accepts applications $5.1 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education - Kelben Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $4.9 million a year · typical grant $1,500 · Human services - SC Johnson Giving Inc · Racine
Accepts applications $4.7 million a year · typical grant $401,412 · Education - George H Sandy Foundation · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $4.5 million a year · typical grant $40,000 · Human services - Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $4.2 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Arts and culture - Siebert Lutheran Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $4.1 million a year · typical grant $30,000 · Faith communities - Judd S Alexander Foundation · Wausau
Accepts applications $4.0 million a year · typical grant $18,500 · Education - Nicholas Family Foundation Trust · Mequon
Accepts applications $3.9 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Health - Barbara & Peter Stone Family Foundation Inc · Fond du Lac
Accepts applications $3.8 million a year · typical grant $3.8 million - Green Bay Packers Foundation · Green Bay
Accepts applications $3.6 million a year · typical grant $3,500 · Education - Menasha Corporation Foundation · Neenah
Accepts applications $3.5 million a year · typical grant $3.5 million - Ab Nicholas Scholarship Foundation · Mequon
Accepts applications $3.5 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - The Brookby Foundation · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $3.5 million a year · typical grant $1,500 · Environment and conservation - The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Inc · Madison
Accepts applications $3.2 million a year · typical grant $75,000 · Education - Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundation · Wausau
Accepts applications $3.2 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education - The Ros Foundation · Greenfield
Accepts applications $3.1 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Food and hunger - Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc · Madison
Accepts applications $2.8 million a year · typical grant $20,000 · Food and hunger - The Lori and David Nicholas Family Foundation Inc · Mequon
Accepts applications $2.8 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - Alain Locke Scholarship Trust · Wisconsin Rapids
Accepts applications $2.8 million a year · typical grant $2.8 million - Bierman Family Foundation Inc · Merrill
Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $125,000 · Education - Frank G & Frieda K Brotz Family Foundation Inc · Sheboygan
Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Youth programs - National Exch Bank Foundation Inc · Fond du Lac
Accepts applications $2.5 million a year · typical grant $2.5 million - Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Madison
Accepts applications $2.4 million a year · typical grant $400 · Food and hunger - Ida Koran Trust · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $2.4 million a year · typical grant $1.2 million · Education - Pablo Foundation Inc · Eau Claire
Accepts applications $2.3 million a year · typical grant $2,500 · Health - Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $2.2 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Faith communities - Puelicher Foundation Inc Agy · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $2.2 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education - Wisconsin Public Service Foundation · Green Bay
Accepts applications $2.2 million a year · typical grant $2.2 million - Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation LTD · Sturgeon Bay
Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education - Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $2.1 million a year · typical grant $6,000 · Education - Lynn S Nicholas Family Foundation Inc · Mequon
Accepts applications $2.0 million a year · typical grant $200,000 · Health - Anon Charitable Trust · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $2.0 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Education - A O Smith Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $1.9 million a year · typical grant $1.9 million
Largest foundations in Wisconsin
- Alfred and Isabel Bader 2014 Charitable Trust · Milwaukee
Preselected only $92.0 million a year · typical grant $92.0 million - Bader Philanthropies Inc · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $68.9 million a year · typical grant $68.9 million - The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc · Waukesha
Preselected only $66.5 million a year · typical grant $46,250 · Education - US Bank Foundation · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $66.4 million a year · typical grant $33.2 million · Education - The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $55.2 million a year · typical grant $100,000 · Education - Husco Foundation · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $52.8 million a year · typical grant $125,000 · Education - Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $27.0 million a year · typical grant $27.0 million · Education - Fund for Wisconsin Scholars Inc · Madison
Preselected only $19.6 million a year · typical grant $120,000 · Education - The Searle Freedom Trust · Madison
Preselected only $18.9 million a year · typical grant $200,000 · Science and research - The Argosy Foundation · Milwaukee
Preselected only $16.8 million a year · typical grant $28,750 · Education - Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Preselected only $16.1 million a year · typical grant $7,500 · Health - The Herbert V Kohler Jrnatalie Black Kohler Foundation for Giving Back · Kohler
Preselected only $14.6 million a year · typical grant $1.5 million - Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Milwaukee
Preselected only $14.2 million a year · typical grant $5,000 · Education - Clarios Foundation Inc · Glendale
Preselected only $11.9 million a year · typical grant $152,850 · International - We Energies Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $11.4 million a year · typical grant $11.4 million - Annmarie Foundation Inc · Medford
Accepts applications $11.1 million a year · typical grant $1,948 · Community development - American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation Inc · Madison
Preselected only $10.6 million a year · typical grant $569,282 · Education - Two Eagles Foundation Inc · Tomahawk
Preselected only $10.4 million a year · typical grant $31,000 · Education - Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc · Brookfield
Accepts applications $9.2 million a year · typical grant $11,500 · Education - Claire & Marjorie Johnson Inc · Cumberland
Accepts applications $9.1 million a year · typical grant $4.5 million - Starry Night Charitable Foundation · Milwaukee
Preselected only $8.9 million a year · typical grant $2.0 million · Education - Legacy Foundation of Central Wisc · Wisconsin Rapids
Preselected only $8.1 million a year · typical grant $354,429 · Environment and conservation - Richard L Boland Love for Life Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Preselected only $7.9 million a year · typical grant $144,151 · Education - The Ceres Trust · Milwaukee
Preselected only $7.6 million a year · typical grant $7.6 million - Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc · Stevens Point
Accepts applications $7.3 million a year · typical grant $1,500 · Education - The Cudahy Foundation · Mequon
Preselected only $7.1 million a year · typical grant $35,250 · Education - Baird Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Preselected only $7.0 million a year · typical grant $500 · Education - Seeds of Faith Inc · Hartland
Accepts applications $6.7 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Education - Nast Family Foundation Inc · West Bend
Preselected only $6.5 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Youth programs - Sonnentag Foundation LTD · Marathon
Accepts applications $6.4 million a year · typical grant $6.4 million - Richard J Resch Foundation LTD · Green Bay
Preselected only $6.4 million a year · typical grant $130,000 · Health - Tim and Kay Finch Foundation Inc · Merrillan
Preselected only $6.2 million a year · typical grant $3.1 million · Community development - Rockwell Automation Charitable Corp · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $6.2 million a year · typical grant $45,000 · Human services - Kellogg Family Foundation · Milwaukee
Preselected only $6.1 million a year · typical grant $49,000 · Youth programs - L E Phillips Family Foundation Inc · Eau Claire
Accepts applications $6.1 million a year · typical grant $2,000 · Faith communities - 1923 Fund · Milwaukee
Preselected only $5.9 million a year · typical grant $112,500 · Education - Alliss Educational Foundation-Equity · Milwaukee
Preselected only $5.9 million a year · typical grant $201,008 · Education - US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · Appleton
Accepts applications $5.8 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · International - Irving & Dorothy Levy Family Foundation · Madison
Preselected only $5.8 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education - HL Epstein Family Foundation · West Allis
Preselected only $5.8 million a year · typical grant $10,750 · Education - Melitta S and Joan M Pick Charitable Trust · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $5.7 million a year · typical grant $5.7 million - Prescott Family Foundation Inc · West Bend
Preselected only $5.6 million a year · typical grant $4,000 · Community development - J J Keller Foundation Inc · Neenah
Preselected only $5.5 million a year · typical grant $14,500 · Human services - Reiman Foundation Inc · Pewaukee
Preselected only $5.5 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Health - Ruth St John & John Dunham West Foundation Inc · Manitowoc
Accepts applications $5.3 million a year · typical grant $32,000 · Education - The Yabuki Family Foundation · Milwaukee
Preselected only $5.1 million a year · typical grant $50,000 · Arts and culture - Hendricks Family Foundation Inc · Beloit
Accepts applications $5.1 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Education - Theodore W Batterman Family Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Preselected only $4.9 million a year · typical grant $15,000 · Faith communities - Kelben Foundation Inc · Milwaukee
Accepts applications $4.9 million a year · typical grant $1,500 · Human services - Easter Foundation Inc · De Pere
Preselected only $4.8 million a year · typical grant $10,000 · Faith communities
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