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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 3 of 4

51. United Way Fox Cities Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $244K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$403K
52. Greater Menomonee Falls Foundation Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025 · 42.8% of their giving
$20K
53. Racine Community Foundation Inc
18 grants to 4 organizations · largest $45K · through 2025 · 1.4% of their giving
$281K
54. Merrill Area United Way Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2020 · 10.4% of their giving
$38K
55. Charities Aid Foundation America
7 grants to 6 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2024
$2.8M
56. Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc
19 grants to 9 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$702K
57. Madison Community Foundation
42 grants to 12 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024
$536K
58. Colony Brands Foundation Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$175K
60. United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc
45 grants to 19 organizations · largest $81K · through 2024
$901K
64. Employ Milwaukee Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $97K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$248K
66. Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $119K · through 2024
$304K
70. The Chicago Community Trust
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2023
$3.4M
72. Door County Community Foundation Inc
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $172K · through 2024
$208K
84. StriveTogether Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2022
$250K
89. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $544K · through 2024
$574K
90. Frontstream Global Fund
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $78K · through 2024
$145K
96. The Miami Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $134K · through 2024
$233K
97. Robin Hood Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2024
$300K
99. Bradley Impact Fund Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$150K
100. United States Energy Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024
$250K
105. Impactassetsinc
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $120K · through 2024
$355K
107. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
22 grants to 7 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$975K
110. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2024
$300K
112. Donors Trust Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2023
$260K
130. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
12 grants to 6 organizations · largest $19K · through 2024
$140K

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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