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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Wisconsin

Imperigo has identified 312 funders that made 1,531 grants totaling $150.3M to 271 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 $150.3M
Funders 312
Grants 1,531
Organizations funded 271

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Inc
29 grants to 10 organizations · largest $472K · through 2025 · 1.9% of their giving
$811K
27. Intl Union of Operating Engin Local 139
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 12.7% of their giving
$120K
28. Marshfield Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $51K · through 2020 · 24.3% of their giving
$76K
29. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $656K · through 2024
$3.2M
30. Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin Inc
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $122K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$442K
31. Ent Credit Union
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $333K · through 2019 · 3.9% of their giving
$333K
32. The Stateline Community Foundation Inc
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $19K · through 2025 · 9.3% of their giving
$137K
33. Dairymen's Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024 · 28.9% of their giving
$60K
34. Abbott Laboratories Employees Credit Union (Alec)
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$59K
35. United Way of Walworth County
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2022 · 12.6% of their giving
$89K
36. Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $275K · through 2023 · 2.9% of their giving
$367K
37. Home Conversions Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $51K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$51K
38. Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$50K
39. Basic Needs Giving Partnership Inc
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$259K
40. Fond Du Lac Area United Way Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023 · 6.2% of their giving
$144K
41. Intl Lions Menomonie Lions Club
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 80.8% of their giving
$37K
42. Internet of Things Talent Consortium Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$35K
43. LA Crosse Community Foundation
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $152K · through 2025 · 1.6% of their giving
$419K
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. The Corps Network
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $229K · through 2020 · 1.0% of their giving
$446K
50. Wheda Foundation Inc
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$177K

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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