Funding search · EIN 881928522 · Waukesha, WI

Generac Foundation

Name: Generac Foundation grants, 2023–2024
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.

525
grants reported: $1.5M
total given: 2023–2024
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

1 grant matching “volt” · $5,000

$5,000
Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Every VOLT counts program

Top recipients

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

Wctc Foundation3 grants · $210,000
Gps Education Partners3 grants · $128,500
American National Red Cross4 grants · $40,000
Milwaukee School of Engineering4 grants · $36,750
City of Waukesha12 grants · $30,650
St Bernard Project3 grants · $30,000
Information Technology Disaster Resource Center in3 grants · $30,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation5 grants · $26,000
Discovery World Ltd2 grants · $25,000
Leahy Center for Lake Champlain2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$637,825

2023

$897,925

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 525 grants.

$200,000
Wctc Foundation · Pewaukee, WI · 2024
EMS Patient Simulation Center
$75,000
Gps Education Partners · Waukesha, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$53,000
Gps Education Partners · Waukesha, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
funds for South Carolina Programs and Services, local chapter
$15,000
Discovery World Ltd · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
STEM summer camps
$15,000
Milwaukee School of Engineering · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
STEM on Site Expansion: Engineering Program 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 school years
$15,000
Milwaukee School of Engineering · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
STEM on Site Expansion: Engineering Program
$10,000
American Logistics Aid Network · Lakeland, FL · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
employee funds
$10,000
American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
Wisconsin Fund
$10,000
Footprint Project · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Green Bay Metro Fire Department · Green Bay, WI · 2024
funds for forcible entry door training prop
$10,000
Information Technology Disaster Resource Center in · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Disaster response program
$10,000
Information Technology Disaster Resource Center in · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Innovators Educational Foundation · Rolla, MO · 2024
Charitable Event
$10,000
Leahy Center for Lake Champlain · Burlington, VT · 2024
STEM Education Rural Outreach Program
$10,000
Milwaukee Downtown · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival sponsorship fund
$10,000
National Energy Education Development Project · Manassas, VA · 2024
Solar Decathlon fund
$10,000
Sharp Literacy · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
support school-based programs
$10,000
St Bernard Project · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Disaster Response Program
$10,000
St Bernard Project · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Toolbank USA · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Disaster Services fund
$10,000
University of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2024
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center at the University of South Carolina Aiken
$10,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Student chapter of Engineers without Borders
$10,000
Vermont Energy Education Program Incorporated · Montpelier, VT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
We Care Solar · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Wisconsin State Fair Park Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Blue Ribbon Brownies sponsorship fund
$10,000
Wisconsin Veterans Community Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Parade sponsorship 2024
$10,000
American Logistics Aid Network · Lakeland, FL · 2023
Coordinating Logistics Solutions program
$10,000
American Red Cross · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Sound the Alarm program
$10,000
Carroll University · Waukesha, WI · 2023
Drone summer camp sponsorship
$10,000
Discovery World Ltd · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
LEGO Robot Engineer summer camp sponsorship fund
$10,000
Footprint Project · Eagan, MN · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Habitat for Humanity International · Racine, WI · 2023
veterans village repair project
$10,000
Information Technology Disaster Resource Center in · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Leahy Center for Lake Champlain · Burlington, VT · 2023
Physics Phun Day, Circuit Circus and Community Science night sponsorship fund
$10,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · New York, NY · 2023
Upper Plains Region Milwaukee Walk sponsorship fund
$10,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
MIT Climate and Energy sponsorship fund
$10,000
Milwaukee County War Memorial · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Until they are home exhibit
$10,000
National Energy Education Development Project · Manassas, VA · 2023
U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon sponsorship fund
$10,000
Portland Education Foundation · Portland, ME · 2023
STEM program
$10,000
St Bernard Project · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Disaster response fund
$10,000
Toolbank USA · Atlanta, GA · 2023
ToolBank Disaster Services (TDS) program
$10,000
University of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2023
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center programs: Full STEAM Ahead camp, Content Series Student Program, SEED STEM Festival and Future City Competition
$10,000
Vermont Energy Education Program Incorporated · Montpelier, VT · 2023
deliver clean energy education to schools near Burlington, VT
$10,000
Veterans Community Project · Kansas City, MO · 2023
VCP of Milwaukee
$10,000
Wi Veterans Chamber Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Wisconsin Veterans Day Parade sponsorship fund
$10,000
Wisconsin First Robotics · Pewaukee, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$9,500
STEM Forward · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
2024/2025 school year event
$8,900
Gearbox Labs · S Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$8,600
Eaa Aviation Foundation · Oshkosh, WI · 2024
STEM programs materials
$8,500
STEM Forward · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Future City Program & Wisconsin Regional Competition, Engineering Machine Design Contests and Contrapt Wisconsin, Milwaukee Public Schools LEGO League Scrimmage
$7,500
The Salvation Army · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2024
Waukesha County Disaster Services fund
$7,500
Zoological Society of Milwaukee County · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Frosty Free Week sponsorship fund
$7,500
Marquette University · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Summer Engineering Experiences with the Opus College of Engineering
$7,500
Sharp Literacy · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Design Through Code 3 and 4 program at Hadfield Elementary school
$7,500
Waukesha Education Foundation · Waukesha, WI · 2023
Classroom Connect program for STEM related grants
$7,500
Zoological Society of Milwaukee County · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Frosty Free Week sponsorship fund
$7,000
Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
sponsorship of Mess Nights at the Museum 2025
$6,550
Dream Flight USA Foundation · Wausau, WI · 2023
STEM shuttle visits in Oshkosh and Berlin during 23/24 school year
$6,000
Waukesha Education Foundation · Waukesha, WI · 2024
Classroom Connect Program 2025/2026
$6,000
Sae International · Warrendale, PA · 2023
Clean Snowmobile Challenge gold sponsorship fund
$5,500
Uwm Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Charitable Event
$5,470
Ohio Energy Project · Worthington, OH · 2024
STEM Design Challenge 2024/25 school year
$5,470
Ohio Energy Project · Worthington, OH · 2023
STEM Design Challenge program in Ohio classrooms
$5,400
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
400 House & Home Kits
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
STEM programs
$5,000
City of Waukesha · Waukesha, WI · 2024
2025 JanBoree sponsorship fund
$5,000
City of Waukesha · Waukesha, WI · 2024
to support Jazz at Cutler 2025 event
$5,000
City of Waukesha · Waukesha, WI · 2024
Park & Rec STEM Challenge Events 24/25 school year
$5,000
College Possible · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Milwaukee program
$5,000
Einstein Project · Green Bay, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Elmbrook Education Foundation · Brookfield, WI · 2024
Charitable Event
$5,000
Engineers Without Borders USA · Denver, CO · 2024
clean energy projects portfolio
$5,000
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
STEM program
$5,000
Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
ic Stars Milwaukee fund
$5,000
Journey House · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
THRIVE STEAM program
$5,000
Junior Achievement of Maine · Portland, ME · 2024
support JA Titan program
$5,000
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Career readiness educational programs
$5,000
Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Every VOLT counts program
$5,000
Madison Area Technical College Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
CREATE Solar Energy Institute fund
$5,000
Maydm · Madison, WI · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Skills USA · Leesburg, VA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
The South Carolina National Guard Foundation · N Charleston, SC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Wisconsin Energy Institute - Kid Wind
$5,000
Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Support NEEP Program 2024/2025 school year
$5,000
Wctc Foundation · Pewaukee, WI · 2024
Find My Future High School Camp & Discover Career
$5,000
American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
American Red Cross of Central South Carolina
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
STEM program
$5,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver · Denver, CO · 2023
STEM program
$5,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metrowest · Marlborough, MA · 2023
STEM programming with a focus on clean energy
$5,000
City of Waukesha · Waukesha, WI · 2023
2024 JanBoree snow sculpting sponsorship fund
$5,000
City of Waukesha · Waukesha, WI · 2023
City of Waukesha Parks, Recreation and Forestry Dept after school STEM design challenge projects
$5,000
College Possible · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
College Possible Milwaukee's College Access program
$5,000
Consumer Energy Education Foundation · Houston, TX · 2023
Energy Day Colorado sponsorship fund
$5,000
Elmbrook Education Foundation · Brookfield, WI · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Innovation Station STEM programming
$5,000
Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
i.c.stars Milwaukee 2-year workforce development program
$5,000
Junior Achievement of Greater South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2023
JA workforce readiness learning experiences for 8 classes in Edgefield County Schools

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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.