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Foundations That Fund Human Services in Wisconsin

Imperigo has identified 737 funders that made 9,487 grants totaling $658.4M to 852 human services organizations in Wisconsin, with a median grant of $19K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Wisconsin

Total granted $658.4M
Funders 737
Grants 9,487
Organizations funded 852

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc
664 grants to 67 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 18.7% of their giving
$49.6M
2. Sojourner Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.2M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$20.9M
3. Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc
63 grants to 21 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024 · 31.1% of their giving
$18.4M
4. United Way Fox Cities Inc
100 grants to 22 organizations · largest $617K · through 2024 · 45.6% of their giving
$18.3M
5. Thriving Wisconsin Inc
31 grants to 7 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 39.9% of their giving
$15.6M
6. Lutheran Manor Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.3M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$11.1M
7. Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc
182 grants to 60 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 11.9% of their giving
$15.9M
8. Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $6.1M · through 2024 · 20.4% of their giving
$9.3M
9. Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc
296 grants to 116 organizations · largest $987K · through 2024 · 8.5% of their giving
$20.8M
10. Independence First Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$7.7M
11. Wisconsin Balance of State Continuum of Care Inc
52 grants to 19 organizations · largest $617K · through 2024 · 48.5% of their giving
$6.7M
12. Wisconsin Masonic Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 90.1% of their giving
$5.5M
13. United Way of Racine County Inc
66 grants to 17 organizations · largest $244K · through 2025 · 25.0% of their giving
$4.4M
14. Colony Brands Foundation Inc
21 grants to 5 organizations · largest $4.0M · through 2024 · 48.2% of their giving
$4.4M
15. Evergreen Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.3M
16. Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc
205 grants to 82 organizations · largest $237K · through 2024 · 10.6% of their giving
$7.5M
17. Brown County United Way
30 grants to 6 organizations · largest $312K · through 2024 · 32.3% of their giving
$3.3M
18. Milwaukee Center for Independence Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $949K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.0M
19. Wisconsin Community Action Program Association Incorporated
24 grants to 6 organizations · largest $430K · through 2024 · 29.2% of their giving
$2.8M
20. United Way Blackhawk Region Inc
37 grants to 9 organizations · largest $253K · through 2024 · 34.6% of their giving
$2.7M
21. Racine Community Foundation Inc
100 grants to 21 organizations · largest $98K · through 2025 · 15.8% of their giving
$3.1M
22. United Way of Washington County Inc
44 grants to 12 organizations · largest $132K · through 2023 · 49.5% of their giving
$2.1M
23. Employ Milwaukee Inc
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $670K · through 2024 · 13.2% of their giving
$3.0M
24. United Way of Sheboygan County Inc
32 grants to 6 organizations · largest $166K · through 2024 · 25.1% of their giving
$2.0M
25. Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation
73 grants to 25 organizations · largest $608K · through 2024 · 10.1% of their giving
$3.8M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 15 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 human services 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 human services funding in Wisconsin, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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