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Foundations That Fund Housing & Shelter in Wisconsin

Imperigo has identified 252 funders that made 2,001 grants totaling $205.5M to 174 housing & shelter organizations in Wisconsin, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Housing & Shelter Funding in Wisconsin

Total granted $205.5M
Funders 252
Grants 2,001
Organizations funded 174

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. First Weber Foundation Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $65K · through 2022 · 19.1% of their giving
$87K
27. Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2023 · 46.2% of their giving
$75K
28. Brown County United Way
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $77K · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$359K
29. Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $396K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$687K
30. National Association of Realtors
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $354K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$912K
31. Aspirus Riverview Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2025 · 4.0% of their giving
$265K
32. Capital Credit Union
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2020 · 9.0% of their giving
$114K
33. Our Way Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2025 · 13.6% of their giving
$75K
34. Fox Communities Credit Union
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024 · 7.2% of their giving
$126K
35. Hilliard Family Foundation Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2023 · 37.9% of their giving
$44K
36. Brewers Community Foundation Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $60K · through 2024 · 4.2% of their giving
$205K
37. United Way of Racine County Inc
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $72K · through 2025 · 2.2% of their giving
$384K
38. Merrill Area United Way Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $24K · through 2020 · 14.2% of their giving
$52K
39. United Way of Green County Inc
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $14K · through 2024 · 6.5% of their giving
$108K
40. Rotary Club of Appleton West Foundation Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2023 · 25.7% of their giving
$35K
41. United Way of Door County Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$164K
42. Catholic Financial Life Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2024 · 5.9% of their giving
$88K
43. Drive for Life
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$150K
44. Covantage Cares Foundation Inc
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $47K · through 2022 · 4.6% of their giving
$111K
45. THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$1.2M
46. Employ Milwaukee Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$330K
47. Myra M and Robert L Vandehey Foundation Ltd
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2019 · 9.4% of their giving
$50K
48. Fox Cares Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 29.6% of their giving
$20K
49. Oconomowoc Area Foundation Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$110K
50. Community First Credit Union
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $5K · through 2020 · 37.5% of their giving
$15K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to housing & shelter 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. 12 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 housing & shelter 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 housing & shelter funding in Wisconsin, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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