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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 2 of 4

26. Intl Union of Operating Engin Local 139
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 12.7% of their giving
$120K
27. Marshfield Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $51K · through 2020 · 24.3% of their giving
$76K
28. Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin Inc
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $122K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$442K
29. Ent Credit Union
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $333K · through 2019 · 3.9% of their giving
$333K
30. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $656K · through 2023
$2.7M
31. Dairymen's Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024 · 28.9% of their giving
$60K
32. Abbott Laboratories Employees Credit Union (Alec)
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$59K
33. United Way of Walworth County
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2022 · 12.6% of their giving
$89K
34. Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $275K · through 2023 · 2.9% of their giving
$367K
35. Home Conversions Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $51K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$51K
36. The Stateline Community Foundation Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $19K · through 2024 · 8.9% of their giving
$116K
37. Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$50K
38. Basic Needs Giving Partnership Inc
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$259K
39. Fond Du Lac Area United Way Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023 · 6.2% of their giving
$144K
40. Intl Lions Menomonie Lions Club
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 80.8% of their giving
$37K
41. Internet of Things Talent Consortium Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$35K
42. LA Crosse Community Foundation
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $152K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$371K
43. The Corps Network
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $229K · through 2020 · 1.4% of their giving
$446K
44. The Evjue Foundation Inc
17 grants to 8 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$234K
45. Atwood-Barrymore Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 25.0% of their giving
$25K
46. Equipment Dealers Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$25K
47. New Berlin Lions Club Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$23K
48. Rf Catalytic Capital Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $550K · through 2024
$1.1M
49. Wheda Foundation Inc
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$177K
50. Janesville Youth Hockey Club Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $21K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$21K

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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