Missouri · Public charity
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc
Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities. We are advocates for a…
- $4.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $4.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $230,541
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,252,126
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $99M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $714k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $4.1M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $4.0M | 32% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $5.8M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $4.4M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $2.5M | 60% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $1.9M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $1.3M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia St Mary's Hospital Milwaukee Inc | $9,654,576 | 8 | 0% |
| Columbia St Mary's Inc | $3,487,187 | 8 | 0% |
| Ascension Medical Group-Southeast Wisconsin Inc | $2,036,238 | 5 | 0% |
| Ascension Se Wisconsin Hospital Inc | $2,005,356 | 6 | 0% |
| Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Institute Inc | $1,328,825 | 6 | 9% |
| Ascension St Elizabeth Foundation Inc | $1,064,850 | 3 | 31% |
| Mercy Health Foundation Inc | $910,748 | 3 | 18% |
| Ascension All Saints Hospital Inc | $814,425 | 2 | 0% |
| Ascension All Saints Hospital Foundation Inc | $813,236 | 3 | 17% |
| Ascension Ne Wisconsin Inc | $690,621 | 2 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc
- How much does Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc give?
- Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc reported 12 itemized grants totaling $4,104,469, out of $4,297,154 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (99%), Public Safety & Disaster (0%), Education (0%).
- Who are Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Columbia St Mary's Hospital Milwaukee Inc ($9.7M), Columbia St Mary's Inc ($3.5M), Ascension Medical Group-Southeast Wisconsin Inc ($2.0M).
- Does Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Green Bay Packers Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc based?
- Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc is based in MO.
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