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Foundations That Fund Employment & Job Training in Wisconsin

Imperigo has identified 174 funders that made 727 grants totaling $213.4M to 71 employment & job training organizations in Wisconsin, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Employment & Job Training Funding in Wisconsin

Total granted $213.4M
Funders 174
Grants 727
Organizations funded 71

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Painters and Allied Trades Labor- Management Cooperation Initiative
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $259K · through 2023 · 2.9% of their giving
$488K
27. United Way of Dodge County Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $37K · through 2024 · 12.1% of their giving
$77K
28. Brown County United Way
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $60K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$298K
29. Mdwise Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023 · 6.1% of their giving
$100K
30. 100 Men of Dane County Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $96K · through 2020 · 6.3% of their giving
$96K
31. United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc
32 grants to 6 organizations · largest $115K · through 2024
$1.2M
32. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 4.2% of their giving
$100K
33. Wisconsin Association of Distributors Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$20K
34. JOINT LABOR MANAGEMENT AND Work Preservation Fund
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$115K
35. United Union of Roofers Waterproofers and Allied Workers Local No 11
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 12.4% of their giving
$28K
36. Dairy Business Association Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 15.1% of their giving
$20K
37. Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $273K · through 2024
$854K
38. United Way of Door County Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$114K
39. Lowes Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $325K · through 2024
$350K
40. Alm Charities Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $39K · through 2025 · 3.5% of their giving
$69K
41. Wisconsin State Council Knights of Columbus
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $13K · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$54K
42. National Education Association of the United States
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $175K · through 2023
$1.1M
43. Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $158K · through 2022
$262K
44. De Pere Christian Outreach
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 3.5% of their giving
$47K
45. United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2020 · 1.6% of their giving
$100K
46. National Industries for the Blind
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2023 · 2.0% of their giving
$79K
47. Fox Communities Credit Union
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$52K
48. Nicolet National Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $36K · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$36K
49. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $226K · through 2024
$878K
50. United Way of South Wood & Adams Counties Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2025 · 1.9% of their giving
$50K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to employment & job training 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. 9 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 employment & job training 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 employment & job training funding in Wisconsin, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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