Funding search · EIN 396076956 · Milwaukee, WI

Gardner Foundation

Name: Gardner 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.

225
grants reported: $903,750
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,000
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.

4 grants matching “assc” · $11,500

$3,500
Civic Music Assc of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$3,000
Civic Music Assc of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$3,000
Civic Music Assc of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$2,000
Civic Music Assc of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses

Top recipients

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

Hunger Task Force4 grants · $33,500
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin3 grants · $30,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission4 grants · $28,000
The Gathering3 grants · $25,000
Pathfinders4 grants · $24,000
Hear Wisconsin4 grants · $21,000
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation4 grants · $20,000
Wisconsin Luther Child & Family Ser4 grants · $20,000
Versity Blood Research Institute4 grants · $20,000
Repairers of the Breach4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$228,250

2022

$217,500

2023

$225,000

2024

$233,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 225 grants.

$10,000
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$10,000
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$10,000
Hunger Task Force · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$10,000
The Gathering · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$10,000
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$10,000
Hunger Task Force · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$10,000
The Gathering · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$8,500
Hunger Task Force · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$7,500
Grand Avenue Club · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$7,500
Pabst Mansion · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$7,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$7,000
Pathfinders · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$7,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$7,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$7,000
Pathfinders · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$7,000
Milwaukee Rescue Mission · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$6,000
Walkers Point Youth & Family Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$6,000
Arts at Large · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$6,000
Hear Wisconsin · West Allis, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$5,600
Milwaukee Institute of Arts & Desig · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$5,500
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$5,500
Walkers Point Youth & Family Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Alverno College · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$5,000
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$5,000
Beyond Vision · West Allis, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$5,000
Goodwill Industries of Se Wi · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$5,000
Hear Wisconsin · West Allis, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$5,000
La Causa · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$5,000
Repairers of the Breach · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$5,000
Shepherds Ministries · Union Grove, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$5,000
St Marcus School · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$5,000
The Guest House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$5,000
Versity Blood Research Institute · Wauwatosa, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$5,000
Wellpoint Care Network · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$5,000
Wisconsin Luther Child & Family Ser · Germantown, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$5,000
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Beyond Vision · West Allis, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Grand Avenue Club · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Hear Wisconsin · West Allis, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Hope House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Hunger Task Force · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Neighborhood House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Pathfinders · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Pearls for Teen Girls · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Playworks Education Energized · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Repairers of the Breach · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
St Marcus School · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
The Gathering · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
The Salvation Army · Wauwatosa, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Versity Blood Research Institute · Wauwatosa, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Vision Forward Association · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Wisconsin Luther Child & Family Ser · Germantown, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$5,000
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,000
Betty Brinn Children'S Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,000
Center for Deaf-Blind Persons · West Allis, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,000
Core El Centro · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,000
Hear Wisconsin · West Allis, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,000
Hope House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,000
Meta House · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,000
Penfield Childrens Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,000
Repairers of the Breach · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,000
The Salvation Army · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,000
Versity Blood Research Institute · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,000
Wisconsin Luther Child & Family Ser · Germantown, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$5,000
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$5,000
Grand Avenue Club · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$5,000
Hope House of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$5,000
Jewish Family Services · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$5,000
Meta House · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$5,000
Pathfinders · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$5,000
Penfield Childrens Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$5,000
Repairers of the Breach · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$5,000
The Salvation Army · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$5,000
Versity Blood Research Institute · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$5,000
Vision Forward Association · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$5,000
Wisconsin Luther Child & Family Ser · Germantown, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$4,500
College Possible Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$4,500
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$4,500
First Stage · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$4,500
Jewish Museum Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$4,500
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Operating expenses
$4,500
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$4,500
Next Act Theatre · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$4,500
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Operating expenses
$4,000
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$4,000
Next Act Theatre · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$4,000
Vision Forward Association · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Operating expenses
$4,000
Artists Working in Education · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$4,000
Arts at Large · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$4,000
Betty Brinn Children'S Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$4,000
Discovery World · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$4,000
Literacy Services of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$4,000
Messmer Catholic School · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$4,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$4,000
Milwaukee Ballet · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$4,000
Milwaukee Tennis Education Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$4,000
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses
$4,000
Risen Savior Lutheran · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Operating expenses

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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.