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Foundations That Fund Housing & Shelter in Wisconsin

Imperigo has identified 256 funders that made 2,072 grants totaling $213.3M 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 $213.3M
Funders 256
Grants 2,072
Organizations funded 174

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Veterans of Foreign Wars of US Post 3319
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $15K · through 2023 · 14.1% of their giving
$20K
52. Agnesian Healthcare Foundation Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $79K · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$104K
53. United States Energy Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $490K · through 2024
$1.2M
54. Wisconsin Community Action Program Association Incorporated
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $141K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$156K
56. Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation Inc
18 grants to 6 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$180K
58. Charities Aid Foundation America
15 grants to 10 organizations · largest $929K · through 2024
$2.2M
59. Bradley Impact Fund Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $211K · through 2024
$567K
61. Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $26K · through 2025 · 1.2% of their giving
$140K
62. The Chicago Community Trust
5 grants to 5 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2024
$3.8M
71. Madison Community Foundation
37 grants to 6 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$266K
75. LA Crosse Community Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $88K · through 2023
$122K
79. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024
$500K
88. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
12 grants to 7 organizations · largest $82K · through 2025
$212K
95. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
24 grants to 17 organizations · largest $58K · through 2025
$370K
96. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
19 grants to 9 organizations · largest $46K · through 2024
$360K
105. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
24 grants to 8 organizations · largest $103K · through 2024
$618K
108. The US Charitable Gift Trust
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $76K · through 2024
$180K
109. Columbus Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $64K · through 2024
$179K
113. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2025
$115K
119. Mayo Clinic Group Return
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $130K · through 2024
$284K
135. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
186 grants to 64 organizations · largest $5.8M · through 2024
$21.0M
136. The Independent Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
13 grants to 4 organizations · largest $125K · through 2025
$475K
137. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024
$3.1M
138. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
34 grants to 17 organizations · largest $615K · through 2024
$1.7M
139. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
60 grants to 23 organizations · largest $554K · through 2024
$2.6M

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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