Funding search · EIN 396036407 · Milwaukee, WI

Greater Milwaukee Foundation

Name: Greater Milwaukee Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

2,339
grants reported: $188.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

sustaining scholarship milwaukee health community capital school scholarships

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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.

Where the money goes

Milwaukee neighborhood development, housing and anti-displacement work
Unrestricted sustaining support for Milwaukee arts and cultural anchors
Health equity research and services, including Black men's cancer screening
Biomedical research through the Shaw Scientist Program at UWM and UW-Madison
Scholarships and K-12/college access at Milwaukee schools and colleges
Lake Michigan and Wisconsin watershed restoration, urban environmental education

Typical grant

The median grant is $25,000 and half of everything falls between roughly $10,300 and $55,000, so a five-figure ask is the normal conversation. The seven-figure checks go to named endowed programs and regional anchors (Community Development Alliance at $4.6M, Shaw Scientist at UWM for $1.77M, Medical College of Wisconsin at $1.5M), while the small ones are scholarships and donor-advised pass-throughs. Giving repeats heavily: 2,339 grants across only 1,352 recipients, and the recurring 'sustaining support' line items go to the same institutions year after year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“SUSTAINING SUPPORT”
“GENERAL OPERATING 2024”
“2024 FUNDING ALLOCATION”
“UNRESTRICTED”
“CAPITAL 2024”
“MATCHING GRANT”

Positioning adjacent work

Route biomedical work through the Shaw Scientist Program at UWM Foundation or UW-Madison rather than a direct ask.
Frame health research the way they do: screening and outcomes disparities for Black Milwaukeeans, plus 'evaluating the health equity impact'.
Water and watershed researchers should connect to Fund for Lake Michigan, Milwaukee Riverkeeper, or East River watershed grantees.
Ask $25,000 to $75,000 for a first project; reserve six figures for multi-year or capital partnerships.

Worth knowing: This is a community foundation, so a large share of the giving is donor-advised and relationship-driven; the out-of-state grants to Schwab Charitable and American Endowment Foundation are fund transfers, not program interest. Money stays tightly inside Milwaukee and its adjacent counties, with named funds (Bacon, Nohl, Shaw, Robert Hill) locking up much of the largest giving before any new request is considered.

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Top recipients

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

City of South Milwaukee1 grant · $10.0M
Dr James Cameron Legacy Foundation3 grants · $5.6M
Community Development Alliance1 grant · $4.6M
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee3 grants · $4.1M
Uwm Foundation2 grants · $3.9M
Marquette University3 grants · $2.7M
The Medical College of Wisconsin3 grants · $2.7M
Wispact3 grants · $2.3M
Milwaukee Rescue Mission3 grants · $2.2M
Milwaukee Art Museum3 grants · $2.1M

Giving over time

$74.0M

2022

$48.2M

2023

$66.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,339 grants.

$10.0M
City of South Milwaukee · South Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Master planning
$5.0M
Dr James Cameron Legacy Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
The purpose of establishing an endowed fund
$4.6M
Community Development Alliance · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$2.9M
Uwm Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Alice c. Helland scholarship :: uwm foundation, inc.
$2.7M
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
The new building campaign
$2.0M
Schwab Charitable Fund · Omaha, NE · 2024
Martha e. Parker and peter h. Thermansen charitable fund.
$1.9M
Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (M · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
The apprenticeship program
$1.8M
Uwm Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Shaw scientist program
$1.8M
South Milwaukee Industrial Museum · South Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Sustaining support
$1.7M
Seas Foundation Ltd · Sheboygan, WI · 2022
Fund liquidation
$1.6M
Northwest Side Community Development Corp · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Advancing a charitable and educational program for aa arts center
$1.5M
The Medical College of Wisconsin · Wauwatosa, WI · 2024
Impacting pc knowledge and screening in black men
$1.5M
Fund for Lake Michigan · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Organizational support
$1.5M
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
The law school diane blinka scholarship
$1.4M
Ely Area Community Foundation · Ely, MN · 2022
Sustaining support
$1.3M
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Sustaining support
$1.3M
Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
The dr. Howard fuller collegiate academy
$1.3M
Joy Engine · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Sustaining support
$1.1M
American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2024
Fbl louie and sue andrew charitable fund a24011
$1.1M
Divine Savior Holy Angels High School · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
The building campaign
$1.1M
Ozaukee Washington Land Trust · West Bend, WI · 2022
Sustaining support; preservation and restoration of nature
$1.0M
Waukesha County Community Foundation · Waukesha, WI · 2022
The luty fund
$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
$965,914
Uwm Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Mapping harbor habital: scholarship criteria; sustaining support
$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
$910,074
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
2022 donation, attn: dave nawrocki
$892,195
Milwaukee Ballet Company · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Ballet beat 2023
$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
$712,912
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Sustaining support
$701,302
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
50% for sustaining support and 50% to the fine arts society
$693,800
Neighborhood House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Hvac project
$672,141
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation · Brookfield, WI · 2023
50% st. Joseph, 30% elmbrook memorial, 20% columbia st. Mary's hospital
$667,290
Wispact · Madison, WI · 2023
2023 provisional grants
$661,382
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Sustaining support
$654,000
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Milwaukee public museum project 2007
$642,582
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
The campaign for the future
$638,302
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Sustaining support
$637,559
Wispact · Madison, WI · 2022
Wispact foundation annual grants
$612,510
The Medical College of Wisconsin · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
Alzheimer's research
$590,629
The Medical College of Wisconsin · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
Scholarship/medical college of wisconsin
$581,042
Milwaukee Repertory Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Capital 2022
$575,537
Sojourner Family Peace Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Sustaining support
$574,101
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Classical music programs
$565,900
Acts Community Development Corporation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
The acquisition fund
$558,126
Next Door Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Mentoring and/or coaching programs for parents of young children
$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
$548,564
United Performing Arts Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Sustaining support
$544,956
Life Navigators · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Establishing an agency endowment
$540,000
Sailing Education Association of Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$523,247
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
2023 camps for kids camperships for camp whitcomb mason
$510,000
Housing Resources · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
2024 funding allocation
$503,948
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
The roller family scholarship endowment
$502,000
Catholic Memorial High School · Waukesha, WI · 2022
Stem scholarships
$500,000
Sailing Education Association of Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
January and february grants for sustaining support
$500,000
Cuped Corporation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Green updates in connection with the bronzeville estates project
$500,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
The austin and heather ramirez foundation
$498,549
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
Frank rogers bacon fund scholarship
$493,916
Guest House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Community case manager
$482,000
Lynden · Riverhills, WI · 2024
Mary l. Nohl fellowship for individual artists, 2025-2027 cycles
$476,769
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Scholarship/boys & girls clubs of greater milwaukee
$472,730
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Summer camp program; notre dame school environmental education project
$460,000
Sailing Education Association of Sheboygan · Sheboygan, WI · 2022
Sustaining support
$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
$421,653
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Sustaining support
$412,674
Salvation Army Milwaukee County · Wauwatosa, WI · 2024
Sustaining support
$410,000
Cuped Corporation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
The bronzeville estates project
$404,167
Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Campaign
$399,599
Children'S Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
The john and brigid miller family fund
$398,850
Reflo · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
A collaborative ej alliance for milwaukee youth internships
$389,378
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
Scholarship with criteria
$380,000
Seton Catholic Schools · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Sustaining support
$341,706
Waukesha County Community Foundation · Waukesha, WI · 2023
The greater menomonee falls foundation fund distribution
$339,945
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Sustaining support
$339,929
Salvation Army Milwaukee County · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
For rehabilitation and support services
$337,171
Salvation Army Milwaukee County · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
Sustaining support
$335,941
Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Adult promise scholarship program to fulfill commitment
$330,249
Milwaukee Repertory Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Capital campaign
$329,982
Bradley Impact Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
The marcia and kent velde charitable fund (#163789)
$328,973
Hunger Task Force · West Allis, WI · 2022
The capital campaign
$328,285
Mount Mary University · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
The endowed madonna scholarship
$327,736
Hunger Task Force · West Allis, WI · 2023
Non-operational expenses
$325,000
African American Leadership Alliance Mke · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating support and capacity building
$324,117
Community Development Society · Vestavia Hills, AL · 2023
Supporting the 2023 cds annual conference and student scholarships

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.