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Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Wisconsin

Imperigo has identified 292 funders that made 2,324 grants totaling $144.1M to 232 environment & conservation organizations in Wisconsin, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in Wisconsin

Total granted $144.1M
Funders 292
Grants 2,324
Organizations funded 232

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. American Exploration and Production Council Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 8.6% of their giving
$50K
27. Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $60K · through 2025 · 1.9% of their giving
$221K
28. United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc
17 grants to 7 organizations · largest $173K · through 2024
$1.1M
29. Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$200K
30. Intl Union of Operating Engin Local 139
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2025 · 5.5% of their giving
$52K
31. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
32 grants to 14 organizations · largest $546K · through 2023
$2.2M
32. Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $642K · through 2023
$792K
33. Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc
17 grants to 8 organizations · largest $102K · through 2024
$425K
34. Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $45K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$162K
35. Milwaukee Bucks Foundation Inc
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $27K · through 2022 · 3.0% of their giving
$72K
36. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $942K · through 2024
$1.0M
37. Wisconsin County Forests Association Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
38. The Stateline Community Foundation Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $9K · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$49K
39. Racine Community Foundation Inc
16 grants to 4 organizations · largest $37K · through 2025
$191K
40. The Minneapolis Foundation
33 grants to 10 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$1.0M
41. Dane County Conservation League
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2024 · 10.2% of their giving
$16K
42. Manitowoc Fish and Game Protective Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$8K
43. Maine Community Foundation Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $340K · through 2024
$570K
44. Mequon-Thiensville Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 14.0% of their giving
$10K
45. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $973K · through 2024
$1.0M
50. Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $121K · through 2024
$201K
53. Community Foundation for San Benito County
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2021
$180K
54. 2040 Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $245K · through 2024
$245K
61. Tides Foundation
18 grants to 8 organizations · largest $153K · through 2024
$1.2M
62. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024
$800K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to environment & conservation 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. 14 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 environment & conservation 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 environment & conservation funding in Wisconsin, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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