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Anthony Petullo Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Anthony Petullo Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$135k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$375kEducation$202kCommunity Improvement$40kHuman Services$28kYouth Development$19kEnvironment$17kAnimals$14kPhilanthropy$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $90k
$2,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$454k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - COLLEGE OF BUSINESS$25,000
MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATRE$25,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN$20,000
MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM$10,000
MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$10,000
THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION$6,500
AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - LEADERSHIP CENTER$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN$5,000
FIRST STAGE CHILDREN'S THEATRE$5,000
INTUIT - THE CENTER FOR INTUITIVE AND OUTSIDE ART$2,500
GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY$2,000
MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$2,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MILWAUKEE$2,000
MILWAUKEE BALLET COMPANY$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOOVER INSTITUTION - STANFORD UNIVERSITY: $3k → 8%AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: $30k → 17%ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $8k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - COLLEGE OF BUSINESS: $25k → 19%THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION: $7k → 8%ARIZONA MUSICFEST: $3k → 11%HOOVER INSTITUTION - STANFORD UNIVERSITY: $3k → 8%AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: $5k → 17%ARTIS-NAPLES INC: $3k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - COLLEGE OF BUSINESS: $25k → 19%AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: $5k → 17%GULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE INC: $3k → 10%INTUIT - THE CENTER FOR INTUITIVE AND OUTSIDE ART: $3k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - COLLEGE OF BUSINESS: $25k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - COLLEGE OF BUSINESS: $25k → 19%MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM: $32k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - COLLEGE OF BUSINESS: $25k → 19%MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM: $28k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - COLLEGE OF BUSINESS: $25k → 19%MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM: $28k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - COLLEGE OF BUSINESS: $25k → 19%MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM: $25k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN: $5k → 19%MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATRE: $25k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - LEADERSHIP CENTER: $5k → 19%MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATRE: $25k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - LEADERSHIP CENTER: $5k → 19%MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM: $10k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - LEADERSHIP CENTER: $5k → 19%MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM: $10k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - LEADERSHIP CENTER: $5k → 19%MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM: $10k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - LEADERSHIP CENTER: $5k → 19%MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM: $10k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - LEADERSHIP CENTER: $5k → 19%MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATRE: $3k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - LEADERSHIP CENTER: $5k → 19%MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATRE: $3k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - LEADERSHIP CENTER: $5k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN: $3k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN: $3k → 19%MILWAUKEE BALLET COMPANY: $3k → 17%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN: $20k → 17%MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $10k → 17%UNITED WAY: $6k → 17%FIRST STAGE CHILDREN'S THEATRE: $5k → 17%MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $5k → 17%FIRST STAGE CHILDREN'S THEATRE: $5k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
OR
CA
CO
VA
AZ
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$660k · 25 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
12

Total granted

$660k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+67%

Still filing today

60%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • University of Illinois Foundation
    8× · 2018–2025 · $178k · revenue +49%
  • MA
    MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $152k · revenue +8%
  • MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC
    4× · 2018–2025 · $55k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY
    one grant, 2018 · $6k
  • GULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +18%
  • AI
    ARTIS-NAPLES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +67%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
2
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
3
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
4
The Long Island Museum of American Art History & Carriages

The long island museum is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages with an understanding and enjoyment of american art, history and carriages as expressed through the heritage of long island and its diverse communities.

Arts & Culture
5
Mint Museum of Art Inc

The mint museum welcomes all to be inspired and transformed through the power of art and creativity.

Arts & Culture
6
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
7
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…

Arts & Culture
8
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
9
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts

The minneapolis institute of art (mia) enriches the community by collecting, preserving, and making accessible outstanding works of art from the world's diverse cultures.

Arts & Culture
10
Minnesota Orchestral Association

The minnesota orchestra mission is to enrich, inspire and serve our community as an enduring symphony orchestra internationally recognized for its artistic excellence.

Arts & Culture
11
Bard College

Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.

Education
12
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Milwaukee Art Museum Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
21/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $151,750 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INCMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $55,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INCAMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: $43,500 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUMMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE BALLET COMPANY INC: $13,000 · Arts & CultureIntuitCenter for IntuitiveOutsider Art: $10,500 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $16,100 · Arts & CultureUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $177,500 · EducationUniversity of Illinois Foundat…THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $8,400 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $7,000 · Education+1 more: $2,300 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - LEADERSHIP CENTER: $40,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN…UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN: $22,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN…MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $20,500 · OtherMILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY O…FIRST STAGE CHILDREN'S THEATRE: $15,250 · OtherFIRST STAGE CHILDREN'S THE…ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE: $13,500 · OtherZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MILW…UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN - KRANNERT ART CENTER: $12,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FDN…SALVATION ARMY OF MILWAUKEE: $8,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · OtherUNITED WAY: $6,000 · Other+9 more: $19,050 · Other+9 moreRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $20,000 · HealthNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC: $3,200 · HealthFANCONI CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $10,600 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INC: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentGRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY: $11,000 · EnvironmentFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $4,000 · Food & Nutrition
Arts & Culture$304,850Education$195,200Other$164,800Health$24,200Youth Development$12,600Environment$11,000Food & Nutrition$4,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $177,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $151,750 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $55,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: $43,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $20,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $15,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE BALLET COMPANY INC: $13,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY: $11,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $10,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetIntuitCenter for IntuitiveOutsider Art: $10,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $8,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE INC: $3,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC: $3,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetARTIS-NAPLES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKENDALL & TAYLOR ATKINSON FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE: $2,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE BALLET COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAND CANYON CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC ↗
  • Who funds IntuitCenter for IntuitiveOutsider Art ↗
  • Who funds THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds GULFSHORE PLAYHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds ARTIS-NAPLES INC ↗
  • Who funds KENDALL & TAYLOR ATKINSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA MUSICFEST INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN INC ↗
  • Who funds FANCONI CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE COLLIER MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIX ART MUSEUM ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Baird Foundation IncBert L and Patricia S…Brewers Community Fou…Ralph Evinrude Founda…Evan & Marion Helfaer…The Lynde and Harry B…Cedar Street Charitab…Ge Aerospace Foundati…United Way of Greater…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Greater Milwaukee Fou…The Ayco Charitable F…
Baird Foundation IncWI17.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable · Brewers Community Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Anthony Petullo Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Anthony Petullo Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Gulfshore Playhouse Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 42 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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