Funding search · student-athlete mental health · Wisconsin
Who funds student-athlete mental health work in Wisconsin
15 funders have a record of paying for student-athlete mental health work by Wisconsin recipients: 248 grants totaling $16.5M, most recently in 2025 — mostly grantmaking charities, which often run real application cycles. The largest by matched giving are Community Foundation for the Fox Valley ($2.2M), Greater Milwaukee Foundation ($1.3M) and Otto Bremer Trust ($1.7M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Wisconsin recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Community Foundation for the Fox ValleyAppleton, WICharity · may take applications
32 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $280,912 to HARBOR HOUSE DOMESTIC ABUSE PROGRAMS — housing & shelter, mental health & crisis intervention
Greater Milwaukee FoundationMilwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
29 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $21,000 to MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF WISCONSIN INC — mental health advocacy
Largest: $100,000 to JOURNEY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC — mental health services
Largest: $1.0M to WISCONSIN ALLIANCE INFANT MENTAL HEALTH — unrestricted grant
Largest: $3,500 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE FOUNDATION INC — parkside athletics mental health & wellness resources for student-athletes & staff
United Way of Greater Milwaukee &Milwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $48,635 to MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF WISCONSIN INC — mental health advancement
St Croix Valley FoundationHudson, WICharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $260,529 · through 2024Largest: $10,100 to MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE OF POLK COUNTY — mental health programming
Wea Member Benefits FoundationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $350,000 · through 2024Largest: $47,500 to RACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT — mental health program challenge grant
Adel B Korkor Md Foundation for Mental HealthDelafield, WI
13 matching grants · $400,698 · through 2024Largest: $99,915 to Giving Voice to Depression — mental health eduction
Greater Watertown Community HealthWatertown, WICharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2023Largest: $254,850 to ROCK RIVER COMMUNITY CLINIC — management transition, board gift 2023, mental health access grant writer
Largest: $400,000 to ROGERS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION — to help support the new research center and mental health treatments in general. to create awareness around mental health
Largest: $750,000 to VARSITY COLLECTIVE CHARITABLE FUND — to support student athletes at uw-madison
This is one topic and one state. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — then explains why each funder fits.
Start with one paperBroader: student-athlete mental health funders nationally · all Wisconsin-based grantmakers