Organization · EIN 39-6036407 · Milwaukee, WI · Philanthropy & grantmaking

Who funds Greater Milwaukee Foundation?

16 private foundations reported paying Greater Milwaukee Foundation $5.12M on returns for tax year 2023.

16 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 16

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Otto Bremer Trust
St Paul, MN
$3,640,000 INTERMEDIARIES PILOT PROJECT Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Herbert H Kohl Charities
Milwaukee, WI · Preselected only
$250,000 TO FUND APPROVED PUBLIC CHARITIES Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Catharine B Stayer Family Foundation
Sheboygan, WI
$245,000 INSPIRE PHILANTHROPY, SERVE DONORS, STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES NOW AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Levalley Foundation
Milwaukee, WI · Preselected only
$189,232 GENERAL OPERATING
Filed as “THE GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION”
Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Wallace Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$175,000 To support Milwaukee Succeeds with its participation in Advancing Opportunities for Adolescents Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Gale Family Foundation
Minneapolis, MN · Preselected only
$163,000 GENERAL UNRESTRICTED Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation
Milwaukee, WI
$110,000
3 grant lines
Capacity Building +2 more Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
WK Kellogg Foundation
Battle Creek, MI
$100,000 Early Care and Education Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 08/2024
The Yabuki Family Foundation
Milwaukee, WI · Preselected only
$100,000 GENERAL USE
Filed as “GREATER MILWAUKEE COMM FOUNDATION”
Same ZIP 0.90 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Milwaukee, WI
$75,000 To support the Nonprofit Management Fund Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Daniel M Soref Rvoc Tr
Milwaukee, WI · Preselected only
$55,000 NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT FUND Same city 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Thomas a Fox Charitable Trust
Boise, ID
$5,550 NATURE Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The V & L Marx Foundation
Scarsdale, NY
$5,000 GENERAL CORPORATE PURPOSE Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Frenzel Family Charitable Fdn
Milwaukee, WI
$3,000 GENERAL OPERATING Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Shell USA Company Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$400 MEF Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Baird Foundation
Milwaukee, WI · Preselected only
$300 OTHER Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Greater Milwaukee Foundation

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Greater Milwaukee Foundation, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $521K to them
  2. Marcus Corporation Foundation Milwaukee, WI
    Paid 5 of the 25 closest peers · $295K to them
  3. Anon Charitable Trust Milwaukee, WI
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $164K to them
  4. Four-Four Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $159K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  5. Rockwell Automation Charitable Corp Milwaukee, WI
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $1.61M to them
  6. Gene & Ruth Posner Foundation Milwaukee, WI
    Paid 6 of the 25 closest peers · $14.5K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  7. Peck Foundation Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI
    Paid 7 of the 25 closest peers · $161K to them
  8. Laskin Family Foundation Milwaukee, WI
    Paid 5 of the 25 closest peers · $170K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. The Uwm Foundation Milwaukee, WI
    6 shared funders · 38 funders in all
  2. United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Milwaukee, WI
    4 shared funders · 54 funders in all
  3. The Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI
    5 shared funders · 58 funders in all
  4. United Performing Arts Fund Milwaukee, WI
    5 shared funders · 61 funders in all
  5. Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee, WI
    5 shared funders · 70 funders in all
  6. United Way of Sheboygan County Sheboygan, WI
    3 shared funders · 9 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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