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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 2 of 4

26. Cream City Foundation Inc C/O Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 9.7% of their giving
$30K
27. Basic Needs Giving Partnership Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$135K
28. Mielke Family Foundation Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $36K · through 2022 · 5.1% of their giving
$51K
29. Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc
16 grants to 9 organizations · largest $96K · through 2024
$416K
30. Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity Beta Xi Chapter
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$11K
31. Milwaukee Bucks Foundation Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $25K · through 2022 · 3.0% of their giving
$72K
32. Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2019 · 29.4% of their giving
$10K
33. Women and Girls Fund of Waukesha County Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 5.5% of their giving
$30K
34. Marshfield Area United Way
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$66K
35. Wisdom Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $27K · through 2022 · 3.6% of their giving
$36K
36. The Evjue Foundation Inc
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$99K
37. Stand Together Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2020 · 2.8% of their giving
$36K
38. The Chicago Community Trust
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2022
$2.8M
39. Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $124K · through 2023
$392K
40. St Croix Valley Foundation
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $52K · through 2024
$200K
41. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$697K
42. Rotary Club of Appleton West Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 7.3% of their giving
$10K
43. Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $49K · through 2024
$147K
44. Perkins Coie Foundation C/O Thomas S Bourne
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2024
$63K
45. LA Crosse Community Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $60K · through 2024
$102K
46. Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$15K
47. American Board of Trial Advocates - Chapters
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2019 · 2.2% of their giving
$20K
48. Holy Family Memorial Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$8K
49. National Basketball Association Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2020
$200K
51. Donors Trust Inc
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $125K · through 2024
$497K

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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