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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 3 of 4

51. Leonard & Lillian Memorial Trust F/B/O Assumption High School Found
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $54K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$342K
52. Doug & Carla Salmon Foundation Inc
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $68K · through 2024 · 25.9% of their giving
$342K
53. Foundation for Heart Science Ltd
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $199K · through 2025 · 92.9% of their giving
$326K
54. University of Wisconsin- Madison Panhellenic Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $322K · through 2023 · 95.9% of their giving
$322K
55. Racine Community Foundation Inc
35 grants to 10 organizations · largest $90K · through 2025 · 5.7% of their giving
$1.1M
56. West Bend Community Foundation Inc C/O Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc
33 grants to 16 organizations · largest $225K · through 2024 · 6.0% of their giving
$1.0M
57. Wehr Professorships Trust
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $84K · through 2022 · 69.8% of their giving
$312K
58. Automobile Dealers Association of Mega Milwaukee Inc
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 72.2% of their giving
$292K
59. The Evjue Foundation Inc
30 grants to 13 organizations · largest $60K · through 2024 · 8.0% of their giving
$720K
60. Stand Together Foundation Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $89K · through 2023 · 20.0% of their giving
$261K
61. Stoughton Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $253K · through 2022 · 49.6% of their giving
$253K
76. Bradley Impact Fund Inc
55 grants to 22 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$2.2M
85. Impactassetsinc
19 grants to 9 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024
$5.3M
90. Charities Aid Foundation America
111 grants to 51 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024
$6.3M
92. Ernst & Young Foundation
47 grants to 8 organizations · largest $90K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$1.4M
96. Boston Foundation Inc
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024
$4.5M
108. Foundation for the Carolinas
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024
$5.3M
109. City Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.2M · through 2024
$2.3M
113. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
41 grants to 19 organizations · largest $506K · through 2024
$1.9M
117. Community Foundation of New Jersey
19 grants to 6 organizations · largest $604K · through 2024
$2.1M
121. Rf Catalytic Capital Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024
$1.5M
122. Institute of International Education Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $567K · through 2023
$1.5M
127. Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
30 grants to 10 organizations · largest $507K · through 2024
$2.2M
128. The Chicago Community Trust
61 grants to 23 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2023
$7.8M
134. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
13 grants to 1 organization · largest $418K · through 2023
$2.4M

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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