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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 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. Brewers Community Foundation Inc
19 grants to 8 organizations · largest $280K · through 2024 · 15.6% of their giving
$763K
54. Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation Inc
79 grants to 16 organizations · largest $59K · through 2024 · 8.9% of their giving
$1.2M
55. Humorology Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $501K · through 2023 · 25.3% of their giving
$501K
56. Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin Inc
43 grants to 16 organizations · largest $393K · through 2024 · 8.3% of their giving
$1.2M
57. 100 Men of Dane County Inc
6 grants to 6 organizations · largest $96K · through 2024 · 30.6% of their giving
$466K
58. Fond Du Lac Area United Way Inc
22 grants to 5 organizations · largest $45K · through 2023 · 19.2% of their giving
$449K
59. Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc DBA Global Refuge
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.2M · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$7.4M
60. The William J and Barbara a Schmidt Family Foundation Inc
14 grants to 8 organizations · largest $147K · through 2024 · 12.2% of their giving
$663K
69. Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Inc
85 grants to 15 organizations · largest $214K · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$1.3M
78. US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2023
$5.8M
81. The Burke Foundation Inc
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $500K · through 2023 · 2.9% of their giving
$1.3M
83. Telescope Fund
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $430K · through 2023 · 2.2% of their giving
$1.6M
95. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
25 grants to 11 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024
$5.7M
102. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc
24 grants to 13 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2024
$3.5M
106. Rockefeller Family Fund Inc
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $325K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$1.4M
107. Tides Foundation
34 grants to 10 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$6.6M
125. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
40 grants to 21 organizations · largest $356K · through 2024
$1.7M
133. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
18 grants to 7 organizations · largest $580K · through 2024
$2.4M
156. The Chicago Community Trust
31 grants to 15 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2023
$4.9M
164. United States Energy Foundation
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $376K · through 2024
$1.2M
181. Charities Aid Foundation America
70 grants to 42 organizations · largest $226K · through 2024
$1.8M
193. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
134 grants to 47 organizations · largest $639K · through 2024
$3.6M
207. 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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