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Foundations That Fund Food, Agriculture & Nutrition in Wisconsin

Imperigo has identified 226 funders that made 1,749 grants totaling $122.7M to 132 food, agriculture & nutrition organizations in Wisconsin, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Food, Agriculture & Nutrition Funding in Wisconsin

Total granted $122.7M
Funders 226
Grants 1,749
Organizations funded 132

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc
36 grants to 7 organizations · largest $122K · through 2024
$1.0M
27. Rotary Club of Appleton West Foundation Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $13K · through 2023 · 16.9% of their giving
$23K
28. West Bend Community Foundation Inc C/O Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $56K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$244K
29. Sonance Cares Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2023 · 3.8% of their giving
$75K
30. Merrill Area United Way Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2020 · 8.8% of their giving
$32K
31. Dane County Fair Association Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$11K
32. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
19 grants to 7 organizations · largest $205K · through 2025
$970K
33. Inland Empire Community Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2022
$515K
34. Dairy Business Association Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2020 · 10.6% of their giving
$17K
35. Greater Cedarburg Foundation Inc C/O Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $13K · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$36K
36. Madison Community Foundation
93 grants to 5 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$358K
37. Blue Sea Philanthropy USA
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $44K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$44K
38. Fort Atkinson Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2023 · 1.8% of their giving
$75K
39. Doug & Carla Salmon Foundation Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $24K · through 2023 · 3.1% of their giving
$41K
40. First Weber Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2020 · 5.2% of their giving
$24K
41. Oshkosh Family Incorporated
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2023 · 16.7% of their giving
$8K
42. The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation
13 grants to 4 organizations · largest $100K · through 2025
$302K
43. Housing Ministries of American Baptists in Wisconsin Corporation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$20K
44. Head of the Lakes United Way
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $18K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$74K
45. Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $19K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$85K
46. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIONS CLUBS Thiensville-Mequon Lions Club
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$6K
47. Kauai Energy Institute
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$40K
48. M3 Insurance Foundation Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2023 · 2.4% of their giving
$41K
49. Perkins Coie Foundation C/O Thomas S Bourne
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $22K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$88K
50. Jeffies Choice Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 6.4% of their giving
$12K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to food, agriculture & nutrition 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. 13 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 food, agriculture & nutrition 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 food, agriculture & nutrition funding in Wisconsin, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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