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Foundations That Fund Human Services in Wisconsin

Imperigo has identified 753 funders that made 9,864 grants totaling $682.7M to 870 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 $682.7M
Funders 753
Grants 9,864
Organizations funded 870

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Young Mens Christian Association at Pabst Farms Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $634K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$706K
52. Froedtert West Bend Hospital Foundation Inc
30 grants to 6 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024 · 47.4% of their giving
$692K
53. Pacific Retirement Services Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $600K · through 2024 · 21.5% of their giving
$600K
54. Brewers Community Foundation Inc
19 grants to 8 organizations · largest $280K · through 2024 · 15.6% of their giving
$763K
55. Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation Inc
79 grants to 16 organizations · largest $59K · through 2024 · 8.9% of their giving
$1.2M
56. Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin Inc
43 grants to 16 organizations · largest $393K · through 2024 · 8.3% of their giving
$1.2M
57. Humorology Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $501K · through 2023 · 19.3% of their giving
$501K
58. 100 Men of Dane County Inc
6 grants to 6 organizations · largest $96K · through 2024 · 30.6% of their giving
$466K
60. Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc DBA Global Refuge
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.2M · through 2025 · 1.1% of their giving
$8.1M
61. Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Inc
97 grants to 19 organizations · largest $376K · through 2025 · 4.4% of their giving
$1.8M
78. US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024
$6.8M
84. The Burke Foundation Inc
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $500K · through 2023 · 2.9% of their giving
$1.3M
86. Telescope Fund
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $430K · through 2023 · 2.2% of their giving
$1.6M
92. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc
30 grants to 15 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2025
$4.8M
99. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
25 grants to 11 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024
$5.7M
109. Rockefeller Family Fund Inc
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $325K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$1.4M
110. Tides Foundation
34 grants to 10 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$6.6M
113. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
62 grants to 30 organizations · largest $356K · through 2025
$2.6M
136. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
18 grants to 7 organizations · largest $580K · through 2024
$2.4M
162. The Chicago Community Trust
40 grants to 17 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024
$5.1M
167. United States Energy Foundation
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $376K · through 2024
$1.2M
177. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
123 grants to 82 organizations · largest $122K · through 2025
$2.0M
184. Charities Aid Foundation America
70 grants to 42 organizations · largest $226K · through 2024
$1.8M
195. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
135 grants to 48 organizations · largest $639K · through 2024
$3.6M
209. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
12 grants to 7 organizations · largest $2.1M · through 2024
$3.3M

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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