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Arzbaecher Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$708k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
31
Grants FY2024
27
Organizations funded FY2023
22%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 33
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$4.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Arzbaecher Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $229k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving30$695k23%
FY202327$416k22%
FY202226$244k27%
FY202123$398k4%
FY202024$459k21%
FY201929$1.3M41%
FY201830$878k47%
FY201733$867kn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$3.2MEnvironment$552kHuman Services$423kRecreation & Sports$360kReligion$227kPhilanthropy$207kArts & Culture$170kCommunity Improvement$75kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
IL
WI
NY
IA
CO
NM
NC
OK
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
State University of Iowa Foundation$1,208,00051%
City Forward Collective Inc$700,00048%
Walnut Way Conservation Corporation$551,000231%
Wellspring Community$325,31474%
St Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc$216,50060%
First Stage Milwaukee$133,85580%
Schools That Can Milwaukee Inc$82,70024%
South Shore Yacht Club$75,00015%
Mmac Community Support Foundation Inc$75,00010%
St Marcus Lutheran Church$54,5008n/a
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All grantees of Arzbaecher Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
State University of Iowa Foundation$1,208,00051%
City Forward Collective Inc$700,00048%
Walnut Way Conservation Corporation$551,000231%
Wellspring Community$325,31474%
St Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc$216,50060%
First Stage Milwaukee$133,85580%
Schools That Can Milwaukee Inc$82,70024%
South Shore Yacht Club$75,00015%
Mmac Community Support Foundation Inc$75,00010%
St Marcus Lutheran Church$54,5008n/a
United Community Center Inc$52,50060%
Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy Inc$35,00021%
Greenheart International$31,50030%
McPreparatory School of Wisconsin Inc$21,00060%
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc$20,00020%
All-In Milwaukee Inc$20,00020%
Wisconsin Parkinson Association Inc$12,50021%
Jennifer S Fallick Cancer Support Center$9,54060%
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts Inc$7,50020%
Folds of Honor Foundation$7,00040%
The Milwaukee Science Education Consortium Inc$5,00010%
Carmen High School of Science and Technology Inc$5,00010%
One Acre Fund$5,00020%
School Choice Wisconsin Inc$5,00020%
Milwaukee Yacht Club$4,10040%
Bravehearts Therapeutic Riding and Educational Center$3,00020%
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc$3,00010%
University of Dubuque$3,00030%
The Wisconsin Philharmonic Inc$2,5001n/a
Next Door Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc$2,00020%
Swim Across America Inc$2,00030%
Misericordia Foundation$2,00010%
Evans Scholars Foundation$1,50060%
Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center$1,50020%
Sojourner Foundation$1,50010%
The Michael Matters Foundation Inc$1,46811%
The Immokalee Foundation Inc$1,03710%
Saint Francis de Sales Seminary$1,0001n/a
National Kidney Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Brainup Inc$5371n/a
Sharp Literacy Inc$50010%
Donorschooseorg$39210%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$25010%
Cornell University$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Arzbaecher Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetState University of Iowa Foundation: $1,208,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCity Forward Collective Inc: $700,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetWalnut Way Conservation Corporation: $551,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetWellspring Community: $325,314 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetSt Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc: $216,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFirst Stage Milwaukee: $133,855 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSchools That Can Milwaukee Inc: $82,700 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetSouth Shore Yacht Club: $75,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetMmac Community Support Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Community Center Inc: $52,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGreenheart International: $31,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMcPreparatory School of Wisconsin Inc: $21,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAll-In Milwaukee Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWisconsin Parkinson Association Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetJennifer S Fallick Cancer Support Center: $9,540 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFolds of Honor Foundation: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Milwaukee Science Education Consortium Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarmen High School of Science and Technology Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOne Acre Fund: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSchool Choice Wisconsin Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMilwaukee Yacht Club: $4,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBravehearts Therapeutic Riding and Educational Center: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Dubuque: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNext Door Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMilwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSwim Across America Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMisericordia Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEvans Scholars Foundation: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBreckenridge Outdoor Education Center: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSojourner Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael Matters Foundation Inc: $1,468 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Immokalee Foundation Inc: $1,037 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSharp Literacy Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDonorschooseorg: $392 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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.

United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County IncWI33.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable · Gardner Foundation · Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc

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.

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About Arzbaecher Family Foundation

How much does Arzbaecher Family Foundation give?
Arzbaecher Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $707,627 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Arzbaecher Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (59%), Environment (10%), Human Services (8%).
Who are Arzbaecher Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: State University of Iowa Foundation ($1.2M), City Forward Collective Inc ($700k), Walnut Way Conservation Corporation ($551k).
Does Arzbaecher Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Arzbaecher Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Arzbaecher Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Green Bay Packers Foundation.
Where is Arzbaecher Family Foundation based?
Arzbaecher Family Foundation is based in WI.

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 86 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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