Funding search · EIN 396050150 · Milwaukee, WI

Gene & Ruth Posner Foundation

Name: Gene & Ruth Posner 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.

214
grants reported: $1.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,500
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.

Top recipients

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

Marquette University Law4 grants · $290,000
Medical College of Wisconsin Eye Institute4 grants · $120,000
Sharp Literacy4 grants · $120,000
Hunger Task Force4 grants · $83,000
College Possible4 grants · $75,000
Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation4 grants · $62,500
Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin4 grants · $60,000
Tools for Peace4 grants · $60,000
Clear Creek Radio2 grants · $40,000
Milwaukee Bar Association Foundation4 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$407,500

2022

$373,000

2023

$368,000

2024

$387,350

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 214 grants.

$75,000
Marquette University Law · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$75,000
Marquette University Law · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$75,000
Marquette University Law · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$65,000
Marquette University Law · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$40,000
Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$35,000
Sharp Literacy · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$30,000
College Possible · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$30,000
Medical College of Wisconsin Eye Institute · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$30,000
Medical College of Wisconsin Eye Institute · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$30,000
Medical College of Wisconsin Eye Institute · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$30,000
Sharp Literacy · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$30,000
Medical College of Wisconsin Eye Institute · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$30,000
Sharp Literacy · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$25,000
Sharp Literacy · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$23,000
Hunger Task Force · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$20,000
Clear Creek Radio · Idaho Springs, CO · 2025
General operations
$20,000
Tools for Peace · Pasadena, CA · 2025
General operations
$20,000
Hunger Task Force · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$20,000
Tools for Peace · Pasadena, CA · 2024
General operations
$20,000
Clear Creek Radio · Idaho Springs, CO · 2023
General operations
$20,000
Hunger Task Force · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$20,000
Hunger Task Force · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$20,000
Operation Dream · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$15,000
Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$15,000
College Possible · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$15,000
Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$15,000
College Possible · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$15,000
Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$15,000
College Possible · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$15,000
Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$12,000
Milwaukee Ballet · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$12,000
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra - Ace Program Arts in Community Education Part · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$10,000
American Jewish World Services · New York, NY · 2025
General operations
$10,000
Coro Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operations
$10,000
Milwaukee Bar Association Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$10,000
American Jewish World Services · New York, NY · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Coro Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Jewish Family Services · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$10,000
Milwaukee Bar Association Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$10,000
American Jewish World Services · New York, NY · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Coro Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Milwaukee Bar Association Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Mr Hollands Opus Foundation · Studio City, CA · 2023
General operations
$10,000
Tools for Peace · Pasadena, CA · 2023
General operations
$10,000
American Jewish World Services · New York, NY · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Coro Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Jefferson Open School · Lakewood, CO · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Lighthouse Writers Workshop · Denver, CO · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Milwaukee Bar Association Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Mr Hollands Opus Foundation · Studio City, CA · 2022
General operations
$10,000
Tools for Peace · Pasadena, CA · 2022
General operations
$9,250
Centro De La Communidad United Community Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$8,000
Acts Housing · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$7,500
Centro De La Communidad United Community Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$7,500
Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$7,500
Centro De La Communidad United Community Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$7,500
Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$7,500
Centro De La Communidad United Community Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$7,500
Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$6,000
Milwaukee Ballet · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$6,000
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra - Ace Program Arts in Community Education Part · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$6,000
Uwm Foundation Inc Uwm Mke Scholars Scholarship Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Scholarship fund
$6,000
Uwm Foundation Inc Uwm Mke Scholars Scholarship Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Scholarship fund
$6,000
Milwaukee Ballet · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$6,000
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra - Ace Program Arts in Community Education Part · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$6,000
Uwm Foundation Inc Uwm Mke Scholars Scholarship Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Scholarship fund
$6,000
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital · Plymouth, MA · 2022
Cancer center
$6,000
Milwaukee Ballet · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$6,000
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra - Ace Program Arts in Community Education Part · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$5,000
Jewish Family Services · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$5,000
Milwaukee Film · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$5,000
Boys and Girls Club of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Milwaukee Film · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Nathan & Ester Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$5,000
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital · Plymouth, MA · 2023
Cancer center
$5,000
Jewish Family Services · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Milwaukee Film · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Plymouth Philharmonic · Plymouth, MA · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Jewish Family Services · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$5,000
Milwaukee Film · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operations
$4,500
Friendship Circle of Wisconsin · Fox Point, WI · 2025
General operations
$4,000
Alverno College · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$4,000
Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$4,000
Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$4,000
Acts Housing · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$4,000
Acts Housing · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
$4,000
Uwm Foundation Inc Uwm Mke Scholars Scholarship Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Scholarship fund
$3,000
A Place Called Home · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operations
$3,000
Kinship Community Food Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$3,000
Milwaukee Public Library Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$3,000
Newground · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General operations
$3,000
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$3,000
Kinship Community Food Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$3,000
McFi Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Milwaukee Public Library Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Soujourner Family Peace Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
$3,000
Plymouth Philharmonic · Plymouth, MA · 2022
General operations
$2,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations
$2,500
Boys and Girls Club of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operations

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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.