Wisconsin · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Civil Rights & Social Justice in Wisconsin

Imperigo has identified 197 funders that made 808 grants totaling $127.7M to 63 civil rights & social justice organizations in Wisconsin, with a median grant of $42K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Civil Rights & Social Justice Funding in Wisconsin

Total granted $127.7M
Funders 197
Grants 808
Organizations funded 63

Top Funders — page 4 of 4

119. Fund for StatesRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024 · 12.3% of their giving
$200K
120. Open Society Action Fund IncRegrantor
13 grants to 5 organizations · largest $600K · through 2024
$3.6M
121. Democracyfirst C/O Verdolino & Lowey PCRegrantor
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $250K · through 2023 · 4.2% of their giving
$490K
122. Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 39.8% of their giving
$100K
123. America Works USARegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$1.0M
124. Wisconsin Conservation Voices IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2024 · 19.6% of their giving
$88K
125. The Pipeline FundRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $159K · through 2024 · 9.1% of their giving
$159K
126. Wisconsin Progress Institute IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $56K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$56K
127. Citizen Journalism FoundationRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 25.0% of their giving
$50K
128. Proteus Fund IncRegrantor
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$1.1M
129. The Jobs First Coalition IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $242K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$242K
130. Vivent Health IncRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2024 · 6.1% of their giving
$121K
131. NEO Philanthropy IncRegrantor
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$1.6M
132. League of Women Voters Education FundRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $63K · through 2022 · 4.9% of their giving
$148K
133. Tides AdvocacyRegrantor
10 grants to 7 organizations · largest $281K · through 2024
$835K
134. Wisconsin State AFL-CIORegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2025 · 76.9% of their giving
$30K
135. Voter Registration ProjectRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $416K · through 2024
$851K
136. State Power FundRegrantor
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $90K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$162K
137. National Women's Law CenterRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $132K · through 2023 · 2.7% of their giving
$182K
138. Organize ActionRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$192K
139. New Venture FundRegrantor
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $750K · through 2024
$2.9M
140. Western States Regional Council of CarpentersRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$200K
141. NEO Philanthropy Action Fund IncRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024
$450K
142. Unite America Institute IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $97K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$277K
143. Michigan Civic Education FundRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $230K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$230K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to civil rights & social justice work in Wisconsin, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 11 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering civil rights & social justice work, with an address in Wisconsin. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable civil rights & social justice funding in Wisconsin, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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