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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 2 of 4

26. Kohler Trust for the Arts and Education
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $800K · through 2024 · 9.5% of their giving
$3.4M
27. Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc
90 grants to 36 organizations · largest $734K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$6.0M
28. Wisconsin Center for Education Products and Services Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $398K · through 2023 · 81.3% of their giving
$1.3M
29. Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc
73 grants to 22 organizations · largest $359K · through 2024 · 6.3% of their giving
$3.8M
30. Wisconsin Sleep Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $260K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
31. School Choice Wisconsin Action Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $490K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
32. Colony Brands Foundation Inc
16 grants to 3 organizations · largest $230K · through 2024 · 14.9% of their giving
$1.4M
33. Wbcs Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $350K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$925K
34. United Way of Sheboygan County Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $239K · through 2024 · 15.1% of their giving
$1.2M
35. Associated Colleges of the Midwest
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $126K · through 2024 · 25.2% of their giving
$825K
36. Waukesha County Community Foundation
54 grants to 22 organizations · largest $174K · through 2024 · 8.6% of their giving
$1.9M
37. U-W Center-Rock County Association Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $801K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$801K
38. Honkamp Family Foundation
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 65.5% of their giving
$740K
39. Marine Credit Union
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $208K · through 2024 · 98.6% of their giving
$680K
40. Wisconsin Automobile and Truck Dealers Association Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$675K
41. Yocum Family Perpetual Charitable Trust
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $427K · through 2025 · 10.8% of their giving
$1.1M
42. The Aly Wolff Foundation Inc C/O Russell Wolff
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024 · 99.7% of their giving
$554K
43. Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $354K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$533K
44. Fvca Thrift Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2024 · 34.2% of their giving
$501K
45. United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley Inc
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $125K · through 2024 · 12.1% of their giving
$748K
46. Urban Day School Inc C/O Ritz Holman LLP
6 grants to 6 organizations · largest $75K · through 2020 · 90.7% of their giving
$450K
47. Neat Repeats of Sheboygan County Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $199K · through 2023 · 78.5% of their giving
$449K
48. Wehr Science Center Endowment Trust
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $108K · through 2024 · 66.5% of their giving
$382K
49. Post-Acute Hospital Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $375K · through 2023 · 76.2% of their giving
$375K
50. Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wi
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 19.9% of their giving
$370K

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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