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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Wisconsin

Imperigo has identified 305 funders that made 1,483 grants totaling $147.0M to 268 community improvement organizations in Wisconsin, with a median grant of $17K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Wisconsin

Total granted $147.0M
Funders 305
Grants 1,483
Organizations funded 268

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Milwaukee Development Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20.3M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$38.5M
2. JOINT LABOR MANAGEMENT AND Work Preservation Fund
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 92.4% of their giving
$3.3M
3. Wisconsin Lions Birch-Sturm Memorial Fund Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.8M
4. Lions Pride Endowment Fund Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $350K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.3M
5. Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc
80 grants to 38 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$7.5M
6. For-M Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $530K · through 2024 · 97.6% of their giving
$980K
7. Impact Acceptance Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $924K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$977K
8. United Way of Kenosha County Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $942K · through 2023 · 45.2% of their giving
$963K
9. United Way Blackhawk Region Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $252K · through 2024 · 15.0% of their giving
$1.2M
10. United Way of Marathon County Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $210K · through 2024 · 13.2% of their giving
$1.2M
11. Wisconsin Tavern League Foundation Inc
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $495K · through 2024 · 33.8% of their giving
$724K
12. Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc
83 grants to 44 organizations · largest $617K · through 2024 · 3.9% of their giving
$2.8M
13. Wbd Inc
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 24.6% of their giving
$430K
14. United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $153K · through 2024 · 11.4% of their giving
$705K
15. Greater Green Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $350K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$350K
16. Wisconsin Community Action Program Association Incorporated
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 8.3% of their giving
$778K
17. Wisconsin Balance of State Continuum of Care Inc
13 grants to 4 organizations · largest $180K · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$935K
18. Great Rivers United Way Inc
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $98K · through 2024 · 9.0% of their giving
$602K
19. United Way of South Wood & Adams Counties Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2025 · 13.7% of their giving
$361K
20. Wisconsin Council-Society for Human Resource Management
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $20K · through 2025 · 32.8% of their giving
$177K
21. Kennedy Family Foundation Inc C/O Stephen M Kennedy
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 14.9% of their giving
$190K
22. Fox Communities Credit Union
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $56K · through 2024 · 11.3% of their giving
$197K
23. Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Inc
27 grants to 9 organizations · largest $472K · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$794K
24. Marshfield Area United Way
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $47K · through 2024 · 8.3% of their giving
$243K
25. Incourage Community Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $58K · through 2024 · 6.5% of their giving
$268K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Wisconsin, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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