Funding search · EIN 396078550 · Milwaukee, WI
Pollybill Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 68
- grants reported
- $1.1M
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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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.
- Historic Haymarket Milwaukee2 grants · $400,000
- Milwaukee Domes Alliance1 grant · $100,000
- Friends of Schlitz Audubon Nature Center4 grants · $79,000
- Hawaii Land Trust3 grants · $60,000
- Milwaukee Art Museum4 grants · $52,500
- Milwaukee Art Museum - Layton Art Collection4 grants · $40,000
- Horizon Community School1 grant · $40,000
- Planned Parenthood of Wi2 grants · $25,000
- Fasd United4 grants · $20,000
- Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin2 grants · $20,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 68 reported grants, largest first.
- $200,000
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program support
- $200,000
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
- $100,000
Milwaukee Domes Alliance · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program support
- $50,000
Hawaii Land Trust · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Program support
- $40,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program support
- $40,000
Horizon Community School · Sausalito, CA · 2024
Program support
- $25,000
Friends of Schlitz Audubon Nature Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program support
- $22,000
Friends of Schlitz Audubon Nature Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
- $22,000
Friends of Schlitz Audubon Nature Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
- $15,000
Planned Parenthood of Wi · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program support
- $10,000
142 Throckmorton Theatre · Mill Valley, CA · 2025
Program support
- $10,000
Fasd United · McLean, VA · 2025
Program support
- $10,000
Marin Horizon School · Mill Valley, CA · 2025
Program support
- $10,000
Milwaukee Art Museum - Layton Art Collection · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program support
- $10,000
National Resources Defense Council · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Program support
- $10,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
Program support
- $10,000
Milwaukee Art Museum - Layton Art Collection · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
- $10,000
Planned Parenthood of Wi · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
- $10,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
Program support
- $10,000
Milwaukee Art Museum - Layton Art Collection · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Layton art collection
- $10,000
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
- $10,000
Friends of Schlitz Audubon Nature Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
- $10,000
Milwaukee Art Museum - Layton Art Collection · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Layton art collection
- $10,000
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
- $5,000
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program support
- $5,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2025
Program support
- $5,000
Environmental Working Group · Washington, DC · 2025
Program support
- $5,000
Forest Home Historic Preservation Association · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program support
- $5,000
Guide Dogs for the Blind · San Rafael, CA · 2025
Program support
- $5,000
Hawaii Land Trust · Honolulu, HI · 2025
Program support
- $5,000
Marin Agricultural Land Trust · Point Reyes Station, CA · 2025
Program support
- $5,000
Marin Humane Society · Novato, CA · 2025
Program support
- $5,000
Ritter Center · San Rafael, CA · 2025
Program support
- $5,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Program support
- $5,000
The Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2025
Program support
- $5,000
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Environmental Working Group · Washington, DC · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Fasd United · McLean, VA · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Forest Home Historic Preservation Association · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Guide Dogs for the Blind · San Rafael, CA · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Hawaii Land Trust · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Marin Agricultural Land Trust · Point Reyes Station, CA · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Marin Horizon School · Mill Valley, CA · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Marin Humane Society · Novato, CA · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
National Resources Defense Council · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Ritter Center · San Rafael, CA · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
She-Can · Mill Valley, CA · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
The Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2024
Program support
- $5,000
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
- $5,000
Environmental Working Group · Washington, DC · 2023
Program support
- $5,000
Forest Home Historic Preservation Association · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
- $5,000
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
- $5,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
- $5,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program support
- $5,000
She-Can · Mill Valley, CA · 2023
Program support
- $5,000
Throckmorton Theatre · Mill Valley, CA · 2023
Program support
- $5,000
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
- $5,000
Forest Home Historic Preservation Association · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
- $2,500
Fasd United · McLean, VA · 2023
Program support
- $2,500
Fasd United · McLean, VA · 2022
Program support
- $2,500
Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
- $2,500
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
- $2,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Public charity
- $2,000
Marin Humane Society · Novato, CA · 2023
Program support
- $2,000
Marin Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2023
Program support
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Similar purposes
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Similar grant size
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