Wisconsin · Private foundation
Brookbank Foundation Inc
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.
- $315k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2024
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 35
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Brookbank Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $111k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 31 | $314k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $957k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $905k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $954k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $2,401,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Florentine Opera Company Inc | $242,175 | 5 | 2% |
| Historic Haymarket Milwaukee Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center Ltd | $160,000 | 3 | 6% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $98,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Palm Springs International Film Society | $82,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Wisconsin Aquatics Association Inc | $67,705 | 5 | 68% |
| United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($133k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Brookbank Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 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.
Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Gardner Foundation · Anon Charitable Trust · The Ros Foundation · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · National Center for Housing Management Inc
How this is measured
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About Brookbank Foundation Inc
- How much does Brookbank Foundation Inc give?
- Brookbank Foundation Inc reported 34 grants totaling $315,288 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 35 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Brookbank Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (62%), Arts & Culture (28%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are Brookbank Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc ($2.4M), Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc ($400k), Florentine Opera Company Inc ($242k).
- Does Brookbank Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brookbank Foundation Inc 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 Brookbank Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baird Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc.
- Where is Brookbank Foundation Inc based?
- Brookbank Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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