Funding search · EIN 481307009 · Milwaukee, WI

Rockwell Automation Charitable Corp

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

74
grants reported
$12.4M
total given
2023–2024
filing years
$45,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20232024. 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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  • United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County2 grants · $2.3M
  • Foundation for the Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology2 grants · $1.8M
  • Discovery World Ltd2 grants · $1.1M
  • American Online Giving Foundation1 grant · $874,126
  • United Way of Greater Cleveland2 grants · $827,000
  • American Online Giving Foundation1 grant · $803,451
  • Boys & Girls Club of Milwaukee1 grant · $467,000
  • United Performing Arts Fund2 grants · $430,000
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee1 grant · $425,000
  • Mind Research Institute2 grants · $300,000

Giving over time

$6.2M
2023
$6.2M
2024

Grant history

All 74 reported grants, largest first.

  • $1.2M

    United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $1.1M

    United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $900,000

    Foundation for the Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology · Manchester, NH · 2024

    General Operating

  • $900,000

    Foundation for the Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology · Manchester, NH · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $874,126

    American Online Giving Foundation · Newark, DE · 2023

    Matching gift payment

  • $803,451

    American Online Giving Foundation · Newark, DE · 2024

    Matching gift payment

  • $550,000

    Discovery World Ltd · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating, Education support

  • $500,000

    Discovery World Ltd · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating, Education support

  • $467,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $425,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating, Education support

  • $413,500

    United Way of Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General Operating

  • $413,500

    United Way of Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $215,000

    United Performing Arts Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $215,000

    United Performing Arts Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $200,000

    Mind Research Institute · Irvine, CA · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $195,000

    American Red Cross · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Disaster relief

  • $150,000

    City Year · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Program support

  • $150,000

    Milwaukee Parks Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $150,000

    City Year · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Program support

  • $138,226

    The UK Online Giving Foundation · 2024

    Matching gift payment

  • $131,213

    The UK Online Giving Foundation · 2023

    Matching gift payment

  • $100,000

    Milwaukee Repertory Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $100,000

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $100,000

    Mind Research Institute · Irvine, CA · 2024

    General Operating

  • $100,000

    African American Leadership Alliance Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $100,000

    American National Red Cross · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Disaster relief

  • $100,000

    Milwaukee Repertory Theater · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $100,000

    Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $75,000

    Milwaukee Tech Hub (for-M) · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $75,000

    Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating, Education support

  • $75,000

    Milwaukee Tech Hub (for-M) · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $75,000

    Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating, Education support

  • $50,000

    Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $50,000

    Milwaukee Public Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $45,000

    Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $45,000

    Great Lakes Museum of Science · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    General Operating

  • $45,000

    Junior Achievement of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $45,000

    Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Program support

  • $45,000

    American National Red Cross · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $45,000

    Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $45,000

    Great Lakes Museum of Science · Cleveland, OH · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $45,000

    Junior Achievement of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $45,000

    Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Program support

  • $40,000

    Harbor District · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $40,000

    Public Allies Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $40,000

    Sharp Literacy · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Program support

  • $40,000

    Wisconsin Reading Corp · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    General Operating

  • $40,000

    Harbor District · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $40,000

    Public Allies Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $40,000

    Sharp Literacy · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Program support

  • $40,000

    Wisconsin Reading Corp · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $35,000

    STEM Forward · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $35,000

    STEM Forward · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $30,000

    Mmac (Milwaukee Development Corp) · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Program support

  • $25,000

    Greater Milwaukee Urban League · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $25,000

    Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $25,000

    Milwaukee Public Library Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $25,000

    Greater Milwaukee Urban League · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $25,000

    Milwaukee Art Museum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $25,000

    Milwaukee Public Library Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $20,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $20,000

    Pearls for Teen Girls · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $20,000

    United Community Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    General Operating

  • $20,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $20,000

    Pearls for Teen Girls · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $20,000

    United Community Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $17,520

    National Merit Scholarship · Evanston, IL · 2024

    Scholarship

  • $15,000

    Zoological Society of Milwaukee County · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Program support

  • $15,000

    Zoological Society of Milwaukee County · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Program support

  • $11,680

    National Merit · Evanston, IL · 2023

    Scholarship

  • $10,000

    Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Program support

  • $10,000

    Independencefirst · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023

    General Operating Support

  • $10,000

    Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Program support

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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.