Funding search · EIN 205818635 · Milwaukee, WI

The Brookhill 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.

110
grants reported
$14.0M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$73,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • University of Wisconsin Foundation5 grants · $1.9M
  • Open Sky Education4 grants · $1.6M
  • Mathematics Institute of Wisconsin3 grants · $997,363
  • St Augstine Preparatory Academy2 grants · $900,000
  • Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship3 grants · $856,000
  • Organic Certificate Program - Uw Fo2 grants · $660,000
  • Ograin Program - Uw Foundation3 grants · $650,000
  • St Augustine Preparatory Academy3 grants · $600,000
  • Brookfield Academy4 grants · $540,000
  • Xerces Society4 grants · $535,000

Giving over time

$2.7M
2022
$2.8M
2023
$4.1M
2024
$4.4M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 110 grants.

  • $650,000

    Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship · Medford, WI · 2025

    Graze magazine grant

  • $624,400

    Mathematics Institute of Wisconsin · Waukesha, WI · 2024

    Pd scholarships

  • $600,000

    St Augstine Preparatory Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2025

    Be the bold capital campaign

  • $598,148

    University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024

    Organic agriculture program support

  • $455,220

    University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025

    Grassland 2.0 program

  • $443,000

    University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025

    Organic collaborative 2.0

  • $400,000

    Open Sky Education · Waukesha, WI · 2025

    General operating

  • $400,000

    Open Sky Education · Waukesha, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $400,000

    Open Sky Education · Waukesha, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $400,000

    Open Sky Education · Waukesha, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $330,000

    Organic Certificate Program - Uw Fo · Madison, WI · 2023

    Developing an organic program at UW-Madison

  • $330,000

    Organic Certificate Program - Uw Fo · Madison, WI · 2022

    Fungicide Efficacy Trials for Fruit Crops Fund

  • $320,000

    Brookfield Academy · Brookfield, WI · 2024

    Five stars to success scholarship

  • $309,380

    Mathematics Institute of Wisconsin · Waukesha, WI · 2025

    Pd scholarships

  • $300,198

    University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024

    Grassland 2.0 program

  • $300,000

    St Augstine Preparatory Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Be the bold capital campaign

  • $300,000

    Tall Pines Conservancy · Nashotah, WI · 2024

    Conservation easements on family farms

  • $300,000

    St Augustine Preparatory Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Be the Bold Capital Campaign

  • $250,000

    Ograin Program - Uw Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023

    Land for organic research

  • $250,000

    Cals Fund - Uw Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022

    Purchase land for uw agricultural and life sciences fund.

  • $215,644

    Fairshare Csa Coalition · Madison, WI · 2025

    Organic vegetable apprenticeship program

  • $200,000

    Ograin Program - Uw Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023

    Two staff positions supporting beginning organic grain farmers.

  • $200,000

    Ograin Program - Uw Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022

    Coordinator Positions for Communicationand Graduate Student Support for Ograin

  • $196,400

    Grassland 20 - Uw Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023

    Outreach for Learning Hubs to promote grass-based livestock systems

  • $196,400

    Grassland 20 - Uw Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022

    Program support fund

  • $175,000

    Xerces Society · Portland, OR · 2025

    To hire a pollinator specialist for wisconsin farms

  • $150,000

    Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship · Medford, WI · 2024

    Graze magazine grant

  • $150,000

    Heartland Health Research · West Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Herbicide exposure research

  • $150,000

    St Augustine Preparatory Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $150,000

    St Augustine Preparatory Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $135,150

    Grassworks · West Bend, WI · 2025

    Communications support

  • $135,000

    Fairshare Csa Coalition · Madison, WI · 2024

    Organic vegetable apprenticeship program

  • $127,180

    Grassworks · West Bend, WI · 2024

    Communications support

  • $125,000

    Milwaukee Symphony · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    General support

  • $122,035

    Marbleseed · Spring Valley, WI · 2025

    To create a communications director position

  • $120,000

    Xerces Society · Portland, OR · 2024

    To hire a pollinator specialist for wisconsin farms

  • $120,000

    Xerces Society · Portland, OR · 2023

    Hiring a Pollinator Specialist for Wisconsin farms

  • $120,000

    Xerces Society · Portland, OR · 2022

    General charitable

  • $105,600

    Marbleseed · Spring Valley, WI · 2024

    To create a communications director position

  • $102,200

    Fairshare Csa Colition · Madison, WI · 2023

    Staff Coordinator for the Organic Vegetable Farm Manager Apprenticeship Program

  • $102,200

    Fairshare Csa Colition · Madison, WI · 2022

    General charitable

  • $100,000

    Brookfield Academy · Brookfield, WI · 2025

    Five stars to success scholarship

  • $100,000

    Heartland Health Research · West Des Moines, IA · 2025

    Herbicide exposure research

  • $100,000

    Riding With Angels · Palmyra, WI · 2025

    General operating

  • $100,000

    Marshfield Clinic Research Institut · Marshfield, WI · 2023

    Incorporating Youth Safety Guidelines into WI Ag Curriculum

  • $100,000

    Marshfield Clinic Research Institut · Marshfield, WI · 2022

    Incorporating agricultural youth work guidelines into curriculum of wisconsin agricultural educators.

  • $97,478

    University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025

    Hazelnut fund

  • $93,304

    Artisan Grain Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Enhancing the Wisconsin Local Organic Grainshed

  • $84,265

    Marbleseed · Spring Valley, WI · 2023

    Development director (personnel)

  • $82,710

    Organic Fruit Growers Association · Hastings, MN · 2025

    Mitigate fruit damage from severe weather

  • $81,870

    Midwest Organic Sustainable Educati · Spring Valley, WI · 2022

    Growing stronger conference fees

  • $80,000

    Brookfield Academy · Brookfield, WI · 2022

    The Five Stars to Success Scholarship program

  • $79,650

    Organic Fruit Growers Association · Hastings, MN · 2024

    Mitigate fruit damage from severe weather

  • $75,000

    Advanced Studies in Culture Foundat · Charlottesvile, VA · 2024

    General operating

  • $75,000

    Riding With Angels · Palmyra, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $72,000

    Friends of McHenry County College · Crystal Lake, IL · 2023

    Support for farmer training via Midwest Schools

  • $65,000

    The Colonial Willamsburg Fund · Williamsburg, VA · 2022

    $15,000 to Rare Breeds Program $50,000 FOR RESTORATION OF RANDOLPH STABLE.

  • $63,583

    Mathematics Institute of Wisconsin · Waukesha, WI · 2022

    General operating

  • $62,180

    Grassworks · West Bend, WI · 2023

    Executive Director Salary

  • $62,180

    Grassworks · West Bend, WI · 2022

    General charitable

  • $61,044

    Dane County Extension · Madison, WI · 2025

    GRANT FOR BETC PROGRAMGRANT FOR Organic Vegetable Production Conference

  • $56,000

    Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship · Medford, WI · 2022

    Grant for DGA Climate Program

  • $50,000

    Northeast Organic Family Farm · Concord, NH · 2025

    General operating

  • $50,000

    Heartland Health Research · West Des Moines, IA · 2023

    researching herbicide exposure on pregnant women, newborns, and young children

  • $50,000

    Northeast Organic Family Farm Ptnrs · Concord, NH · 2023

    Supply chain support for organic dairy farms

  • $50,000

    Heartland Health Research · West Des Moines, IA · 2022

    Children's health in heartland study

  • $50,000

    Northeast Organic Family Farm Ptnrs · Concord, NH · 2022

    General charitable

  • $45,000

    The Colonial Williamsburg Fund · Williamsburg, VA · 2025

    Rare breeds programs

  • $40,208

    Globalphilanthropy Partnership · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Artisan grain collaborative's value chain coordinators convening.

  • $40,000

    Brookfield Academy · Brookfield, WI · 2023

    Five Stars to Success Scholarships

  • $40,000

    Organic Fruit Growers - Uw Foundati · Madison, WI · 2022

    Grant for Best Practices and Research Needs for Organic Management of Fireblight in the Upper Midwest

  • $31,250

    Wallace Center · North Little Rock, AR · 2024

    Midwest value chain coordination to support market development

  • $31,250

    Wallace Center · North Little Rock, AR · 2023

    Midwest Value Chain Coordination to Support Market Development

  • $30,000

    Milwaukee Symphony · Milwaukee, WI · 2025

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2025

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Ten Chimneys · Genesee Depot, WI · 2025

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Wisconsin Philharmonic Orchestra · Waukesha, WI · 2025

    General operating

  • $30,000

    Milwaukee Symphony · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $30,000

    The Colonial Williamsburg Fund · Williamsburg, VA · 2024

    Rare breeds programs

  • $30,000

    Milwaukee Symphony · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $30,000

    The Colonial Willamsburg Fund · Williamsburg, VA · 2023

    Rare breeds program

  • $30,000

    Wisconsin Philharmonic Orchestra · Waukesha, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $25,500

    Havard Business School Club of Wi · Brookfield, WI · 2024

    Scholarships

  • $25,000

    Birch Creek Music Performance Cente · Egg Harbor, WI · 2025

    Donation to play forward annual fund

  • $25,000

    Teens Grow Greens · Milwaukee, WI · 2025

    Donation to inernship programs

  • $25,000

    Birch Creek Music Performance Cente · Egg Harbor, WI · 2024

    Donation to play forward annual fund

  • $25,000

    Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Birch Creek Music Performance Cente · Egg Harbor, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General operating

  • $25,000

    Sterling College · Craftsbury Common, VT · 2023

    BERRY CENTER - Farm and Forest Institute

  • $25,000

    Sterling College · Craftsbury Common, VT · 2022

    Wendell berry farming program

  • $25,000

    Wisconsin Philharmonic Orchestra · Waukesha, WI · 2022

    Musical arts

  • $21,428

    Global Philanthropy Partnership · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Artisan Grain Collaborative Buy Local Buy Wisconsin grant

  • $20,695

    Marbleseed · Spring Valley, WI · 2023

    Membership and donor management infrastructure

  • $20,000

    The Livestock Conservancy · Pittsboro, NC · 2025

    Phase ii of se2se and microgrants for conservancy members raising heritage breeds

  • $20,000

    The Livestock Conservancy · Pittsboro, NC · 2024

    Phase ii of se2se and microgrants for conservancy members raising heritage breeds

  • $15,000

    Ten Chimneys · Genesee Depot, WI · 2024

    General operating

  • $15,000

    Ten Chimneys · Genesee Depot, WI · 2023

    General Operating

  • $13,482

    Northeast Wi Tech College Education · Green Bay, WI · 2025

    Teachers academy grant

  • $12,000

    Sand County Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022

    Grant for Engaging Youth through High School Habitat Grants

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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.