Funding search · EIN 391656190 · Milwaukee, WI

Astor Street Foundation

Name: Astor Street Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

173
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Milwaukee Institute of Art Design8 grants · $225,000
Milwaukee Art Museum3 grants · $150,000
Kinship Community Food Center4 grants · $132,500
The Rock Roll Hall of Fame Museum I2 grants · $112,500
Amherst College4 grants · $110,000
Sojourner Family Peace Center2 grants · $100,000
Froedtert Hospital Foundation2 grants · $100,000
Western Los Angeles County Boy Scou1 grant · $89,900
Cranberry Isles Realty Trust1 grant · $75,000
Milwaukee Film2 grants · $55,000

Giving over time

$301,500

2022

$444,846

2023

$513,000

2024

$782,400

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 173 grants.

$125,000
Kinship Community Food Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Community of Generosity
$100,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Endowment Campaign
$100,000
The Rock Roll Hall of Fame Museum I · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Expansion Campaign
$89,900
Western Los Angeles County Boy Scou · Van Nuys, CA · 2025
Camp Emerald Bay Documentary
$75,000
Cranberry Isles Realty Trust · Cranberry Isles, ME · 2024
Welcome home campaign
$60,000
Milwaukee Institute of Art Design · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Student scholarships
$60,000
Milwaukee Institute of Art Design · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating Support
$60,000
Milwaukee Institute of Art Design · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating Support
$50,000
Froedtert Hospital Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Accelerator program
$50,000
Sojourner Family Peace Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Hope lives here campaign
$50,000
University School of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Our common bond
$50,000
Froedtert Hospital Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Accelerator program
$50,000
Milwaukee Film · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Sojourner Family Peace Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Hope lives here campaign
$50,000
Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2023
Financial aid fund
$50,000
Milwaukee Reperatory Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating support
$50,000
Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2022
Financial aid fund
$50,000
Milwaukee Ballet · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating support
$40,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Bradley collection 50th anniverversary
$30,000
Lynden · River Hills, WI · 2023
Access mission
$25,000
Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2025
Support "arthur byas"
$25,000
Milwaukee Institute of Art Design · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Student recruiting efforts
$25,000
Navigating Maine Islands · Cranberry Is, ME · 2023
Water taxi services
$20,000
Lynden Sculpture Garden · River Hills, WI · 2025
Support of Lynden's Access Mission
$20,000
Lynden Sculpture Garden · River Hills, WI · 2024
Annual campaign
$20,000
The Ability Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Pilot to purpose initiative
$20,000
The Ability Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Pilot to purpose initiative
$17,346
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Bailwatching project
$15,000
88nine Radio Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operating
$15,000
Radio Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
88nine Radio Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Hyfin's (anti) gala
$12,500
The Rock Roll Hall of Fame Museum I · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General Operating Support
$10,000
Meta House · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Project horizon
$10,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating Support
$10,000
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Fishing in the Neighborhood Internship
$10,000
Meta House · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Project horizon
$10,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating Support
$10,000
The Ability Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Pilot to purpose initiative
$10,000
Meta House · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Project horizon
$10,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating Support
$10,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Scolarly convening
$10,000
Sherman Phoenix Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Sustainability & growth plan
$10,000
88nine Radio Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating Support
$10,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating Support
$6,000
First Stage Children'S Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operating
$6,000
First Stage Children'S Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating
$6,000
First Stage Children'S Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating support
$6,000
First Stage Children'S Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating support
$5,000
Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2025
Annual fund
$5,000
Black Arts Mke · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating Support
$5,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2025
Operating Support
$5,000
Disconnect · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General Operating Support
$5,000
Great Cranberry Island Futures Grou · Cranberry Isles, ME · 2025
Operating Support
$5,000
Hmong American Peace Academy Found · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Foundation launch
$5,000
Midwest Bike Share · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
Milwaukee Institute of Art Design · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Creative fusion pledge for scholarships
$5,000
Milwaukee Parks Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Cheers to our parks campaign
$5,000
Milwaukee World Festival · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Art installation
$5,000
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
Mount Tamalpais College · San Quentin, CA · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Teens Grow Greens · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
University of St Andrews American F · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Operating Support
$5,000
Vivant Health · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Wisconsin Conservation Voters · Madison, WI · 2025
Operating support
$5,000
Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2024
Annual fund
$5,000
Black Arts Mke · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
Great Cranberry Island Futures Grou · Cranberry Isles, ME · 2024
Operating Support
$5,000
Hmong American Peace Academy Found · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Foundation launch
$5,000
Midwest Bike Share · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Milwaukee Institute of Art Design · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Creative fusion pledge for scholarships
$5,000
Milwaukee Parks Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Cheers to our parks campaign
$5,000
Milwaukee World Festival · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Art installation
$5,000
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Mount Tamalpais College · San Quentin, CA · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
Teens Grow Greens · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
University of St Andrews American F · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating Support
$5,000
Vivant Health · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Wisconsin Conservation Voters · Madison, WI · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2023
Annual fund
$5,000
Black Arts Mke · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating Support
$5,000
Joy Engine · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Nitelight event
$5,000
Midwest Bike Share · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Bublr bikes' adaptive bikes program
$5,000
Milwaukee Institute of Art Design · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Student scholarships
$5,000
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Capital Campaign
$5,000
Mount Tamalpais College · San Quentin, CA · 2023
Operating support
$5,000
University of St Andrews American F · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Operating support
$5,000
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating Support
$5,000
Vivant Health · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Wisconsin Conservation Voters · Madison, WI · 2023
Operating support
$5,000
Amherst College · Amherst, MA · 2022
Annual fund
$5,000
Black Arts Mke · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating Support
$5,000
Black Arts Mke · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating support
$5,000
Midwest Bike Share · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating support
$5,000
Milwaukee Film · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Capital Campaign
$5,000
Milwaukee Institute of Art Design · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Creative fusion pledge: student scholarships
$5,000
Mount Tamalpais College · San Quentin, CA · 2022
Operating support
$5,000
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating Support
$5,000
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating Support
$5,000
Vivant Health · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operating

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.