Funding search · EIN 396036407 · Grantmaking charity · Milwaukee, WI

Greater Milwaukee Foundation

$188.9M
in grants paid: 2,339
grants: 1,352
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

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.

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$4.6M
Community Development Alliance · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$2.0M
Schwab Charitable Fund · Omaha, NE · 2024
Martha e. Parker and peter h. Thermansen charitable fund.
$1.8M
Uwm Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Shaw scientist program
$1.5M
The Medical College of Wisconsin · Wauwatosa, WI · 2024
Impacting pc knowledge and screening in black men
$1.1M
American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2024
Fbl louie and sue andrew charitable fund a24011
$1.0M
United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted use
$987,045
Wispact · Madison, WI · 2024
2024 wispact foundation grants
$967,355
Children'S Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Gift commitment
$960,000
Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
The 2023 and 2024 funding plan
$914,619
United Community Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
2024 funding allocation
$801,178
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$800,000
University of Wisconsin Madison · Madison, WI · 2024
Shaw scientist program
$799,516
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation · Brookfield, WI · 2024
Sustaining support for columbia st. Mary's hospital
$792,234
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
The campaign for the future
$782,811
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Classical music programs
$772,214
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Frank rogers bacon fund scholarship
$731,930
Notre Dame School of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
The together we grow campaign
$716,685
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Matching grant
$693,800
Neighborhood House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Hvac project
$553,300
Acts Community Development Corporation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
2024 funding allocation
$552,036
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Growing environmental education in washington park
$540,000
Sailing Education Association of Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$510,000
Housing Resources · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
2024 funding allocation
$482,000
Lynden · Riverhills, WI · 2024
Mary l. Nohl fellowship for individual artists, 2025-2027 cycles
$448,657
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Robert hill fund
$446,281
Kinship Mke · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
The workforce training program operated at the caf in thriveon king
$440,153
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Evaluating the health equity impact
$432,548
Hunger Task Force · Westmilwaukee, WI · 2024
Mccarty education kitchen
$427,120
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
James d. And dorothy shaw scholarship
$425,000
Fund for Lake Michigan · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
The fflm contribution to the daybreak fund
$423,173
Boys & Girls Club of Dane County · Fichburg, WI · 2024
Vel r. Phillips statue
$412,674
Salvation Army Milwaukee County · Wauwatosa, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$410,000
Cuped Corporation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
The bronzeville estates project
$325,000
African American Leadership Alliance Mke · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating support and capacity building
$317,472
Women'S Fund of Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
The grants program
$314,716
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$310,100
Wisconsin Black Historical Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
The archives
$300,000
Festival City Symphony · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$296,926
Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Milwaukee pbs, for the purpose of nature and documentary programming
$292,570
Zoological Society of Milwaukee County · Wauwatosa, WI · 2024
The adaptation station for the new rhino exhibit that is a part of adventure africa
$288,428
Dr James Cameron Legacy Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Retaining and/or attracting first-rate leadership
$274,907
Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
The high school building campaign (nettles matching grant)
$270,962
American Heart Association · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$267,500
Rooted & Rising - Washington Park · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating 2024 reclaiming our neighborhoods -ron
$267,500
Discovery World · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Life of water
$262,972
Alverno College · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Columbia college of nursing legacy scholarship
$237,223
Friends of Schlitz-Audubon Center · Riverhills, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$229,399
Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired · Madison, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$227,000
Saint Francis De Sales Seminary · Stfrancis, WI · 2024
The request of kate meyer
$226,543
Vision Forward Association Incorporated · Wauwatosa, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$225,000
Children'S Rights · Newyorkcity, NY · 2024
To support a year long research project with a report on mental health resources
$224,330
City of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Mke united anti-displacement fund
$217,587
Hear Wisconsin · Westallis, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$216,476
Milwaukee Repertory Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
The powering milwaukee campaign
$212,500
Jobswork Mke · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating 2024
$210,998
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2024
Increasing the impact of the wisconsin clean marina program
$210,190
Nami Southeast Wisconsin · Waukesha, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$208,635
Mount Mary University · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Scholarships
$203,300
Milwaukee Riverkeeper · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Restoring stream health & fish passage in nichols creek
$202,113
Wisconsin Humane Society (Whs) · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$200,314
Archdiocese of Milwaukee · Stfrancis, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$200,000
Northwest Side Community Development Corp · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating 2024-2026
$189,332
United Performing Arts Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$183,699
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$180,420
Milwaukee Ballet Company · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$175,000
Brown County Land and Water Conservation Department · Greenbay, WI · 2024
East river system water and sediment control project
$173,622
Alexian Village of Milwaukee · Browndeer, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$170,613
Mequon Nature Preserve · Mequon, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$169,250
Carthage College · Kenosha, WI · 2024
An aspire kenosha-focused counselor
$168,095
Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$158,899
Versiti · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Sickle cell research
$155,000
West Bend Community Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Ece initiatives in west bend
$155,000
Reflo · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Milwaukee's environmental youth collaborative
$153,826
Marquette University High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
A memorial scholarship at marquette university high school
$152,500
Nearby Nature Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating 2024
$151,900
Local Media Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Milwaukee journal neighborhood reporting partnership project
$151,262
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Technical assistance, soil health, & economics of the milwaukee river watershed
$151,000
City On a Hill · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Capital 2024
$150,150
Wisconsin Policy Forum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Enhancing education research in wisconsin
$150,000
Ebenezer Stone Ministries · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating 2024
$146,475
Complete Nonprofit Outreach · Littleton, CO · 2024
Start up costs
$143,645
Guest House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Guest house of milwaukee counseling clinic
$142,987
Malaika Early Learning Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Capital 2024
$142,760
Marinette County · Marinette, WI · 2024
Peshtigo river streambank protection and habitat improvement
$138,599
Nature Conservancy · Madison, WI · 2024
Advancing nature-based solutions in the east river watershed
$137,706
Wisconsin Historical Society · Madison, WI · 2024
Reimbursement for black point estate and gardens for fy2024
$133,689
Cedarburg Community Scholarship Fund · Cedarburg, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$133,301
St Francis Children'S Center · Riverhills, WI · 2024
Capital 2024
$131,000
Autism United of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$130,313
Brothertown Indian Nation · Fonddulac, WI · 2024
Wild rice in lake winnebago
$130,000
Ozaukee County Planning and Parks Department · Portwashington, WI · 2024
Sucker creek coastal resiliency and restoration
$129,297
Coa Youth and Family Centers · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$129,100
Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Habitat restoration and green infrastructure in the kinnickinnic river watershed
$128,886
Aurora Health Care Foundation · Oakbrook, IL · 2024
Cardiovascular research at aurora st. Luke's medical center
$128,526
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted use
$127,877
University School of Milwaukee Corporation · Whitefishbay, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$125,000
Teach for America · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Project support
$125,000
Historic King Drive Business Improvement District · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Corridor care program
$125,000
Milwaukee Artist Resource Network · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$123,576
Seton Catholic Schools · Stfrancis, WI · 2024
Sustaining support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.