Wisconsin · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in Wisconsin

Imperigo has identified 879 funders that made 7,927 grants totaling $1.2B to 671 education organizations in Wisconsin, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Wisconsin

Total granted $1.2B
Funders 879
Grants 7,927
Organizations funded 671

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Ics Support Organization Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $24.2M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$128.8M
2. University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15.1M · through 2024 · 20.3% of their giving
$69.3M
3. Ascendium Education Group Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $61.1M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$61.1M
4. Delta Dental of Wisconsin Inc
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $14.5M · through 2024 · 85.9% of their giving
$31.8M
5. United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc
269 grants to 46 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2024 · 15.5% of their giving
$41.0M
6. University School of Milwaukee Endowment Fund Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$20.3M
7. Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing & Productivity
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.6M · through 2024 · 77.7% of their giving
$17.8M
8. Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc
211 grants to 85 organizations · largest $2.9M · through 2024 · 12.0% of their giving
$29.6M
9. Big East Conference Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $6.2M · through 2024 · 9.3% of their giving
$30.2M
10. The Burke Foundation Inc
24 grants to 8 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2025 · 28.4% of their giving
$12.6M
11. Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc
64 grants to 15 organizations · largest $4.0M · through 2024 · 18.4% of their giving
$13.2M
12. Shepherds Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.1M · through 2024 · 86.7% of their giving
$11.2M
13. Conserve School Trust Ea0296803
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $7.3M · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$10.1M
14. Concordia University Wisconsin Foundation Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$7.6M
15. Open Sky Education Inc
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2024 · 63.1% of their giving
$6.2M
16. Madison Community Foundation
707 grants to 28 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024 · 11.6% of their giving
$9.3M
17. Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc
97 grants to 41 organizations · largest $535K · through 2024 · 10.8% of their giving
$7.7M
18. The Avalon Network Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.5M · through 2024 · 10.2% of their giving
$6.0M
19. Wisconsin Potato Industry Board Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $605K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.0M
20. Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc
52 grants to 14 organizations · largest $234K · through 2025 · 24.3% of their giving
$2.8M
21. Parent Choice Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $895K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.7M
22. Friends of Penfield Children's Center Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2022 · 28.3% of their giving
$2.3M
23. The Boldt Family Fund Inc
18 grants to 10 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 27.0% of their giving
$2.1M
24. Door County Community Foundation Inc
52 grants to 17 organizations · largest $636K · through 2024 · 11.1% of their giving
$3.2M
25. Uw-Platteville Real Estate Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.6M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 17 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 education 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 education funding in Wisconsin, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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