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Foundations That Fund Crime & Legal Aid in Wisconsin

Imperigo has identified 191 funders that made 1,191 grants totaling $118.7M to 94 crime & legal aid organizations in Wisconsin, with a median grant of $24K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Crime & Legal Aid Funding in Wisconsin

Total granted $118.7M
Funders 191
Grants 1,191
Organizations funded 94

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Inc
49 grants to 10 organizations · largest $4.8M · through 2024 · 78.2% of their giving
$23.6M
2. United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc
131 grants to 16 organizations · largest $2.1M · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$12.6M
3. Legal Services Corporation
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $6.1M · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$35.3M
4. Humorology Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $536K · through 2022 · 27.1% of their giving
$536K
5. United Way Fox Cities Inc
16 grants to 3 organizations · largest $254K · through 2024 · 4.9% of their giving
$2.0M
6. Thriving Wisconsin Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $389K · through 2024 · 4.9% of their giving
$1.9M
7. Brown County United Way
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $89K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$528K
8. The Difference Principle Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $135K · through 2019 · 39.7% of their giving
$135K
9. 100 Men of Dane County Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $92K · through 2024 · 12.0% of their giving
$183K
10. Great Rivers United Way Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $99K · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$311K
11. United Way of Walworth County
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $22K · through 2022 · 13.5% of their giving
$96K
12. Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc
44 grants to 22 organizations · largest $188K · through 2024
$1.7M
13. Telescope Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2023 · 1.2% of their giving
$900K
14. De Pere Christian Outreach
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12K · through 2024 · 8.1% of their giving
$109K
15. Eau Claire Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $133K · through 2020 · 2.7% of their giving
$271K
16. Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc
27 grants to 11 organizations · largest $127K · through 2024
$981K
17. Covantage Cares Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $126K · through 2019 · 5.2% of their giving
$126K
18. Bradley Impact Fund Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $406K · through 2024
$1.1M
19. Wheda Foundation Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$209K
20. United Way of Marathon County Inc
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$235K
21. Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $35K · through 2025 · 2.2% of their giving
$255K
22. Madison Community Foundation
30 grants to 7 organizations · largest $164K · through 2024
$601K
23. Wisconsin Community Action Program Association Incorporated
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $203K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$203K
24. Alm Charities Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2025 · 4.6% of their giving
$91K
25. Racine Community Foundation Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $64K · through 2025 · 1.3% of their giving
$249K

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

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