· Private foundation
Carol and Richard Bayerlein Fdn Ltd
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MOSS UNIVERSAL PARK | $3,000 |
| FOX RIVER CHRISTIAN CHURCH | $2,500 |
| MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM | $1,500 |
| ST JUDES HOSPITAL | $1,000 |
| PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| BROOKFIELD ACADEMY | $1,000 |
| ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | $500 |
| MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER | $500 |
| LITTLE THINGS MATTER | $500 |
| THE GATHERING | $500 |
| MILWAUKEE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | $500 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.
38 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC8× · 2017–2025 · $19k · revenue +20%- AOACADEMY OF BASIC EDUCATION INC9× · 2017–2025 · $12k · revenue +39%
- LCLAKE COUNTRY CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC3× · 2021–2023 · $7k · revenue ×30
Funded once
- AIAFAR INC DBA THE ABILITY CENTERgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +93%
- NUNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ALPHA PHIone grant, 2018 · $1k
- LCLAKE COUNTRY ACADEMY INCone grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +14%
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.
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.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
Mitchell hamline school of law is an independent law school that advances its mission through a combination of legal education, public service, and community engagement. it is dedicated to preparing students to practice law, while also…
Lake forest academy strives to embody in its practices - and to cultivate in its students -excellence of character, scholarship, citizenship, and responsibility.
To improve the health of the people of wisconsin by supporting and strengthening physicians' ability to practice high quality patient care in a changing environment.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
How this is measured
33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 65 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds ACADEMY OF BASIC EDUCATION INC ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds LAKE COUNTRY CLASSICAL ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INC ↗
- Who funds AFAR INC DBA THE ABILITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds Northwestern University ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds BADGER INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds LAKE COUNTRY ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds TEN CHIMNEYS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE DOMES ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds BROOM TREE MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR LAW & LIBERTY ↗
- Who funds BADGER BOYS STATE INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
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: Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · David V Uihlein Foundation David Uihlein Racing Museum Foundation · William S Knight Foundation Inc · Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Carol and Richard Bayerlein Fdn Ltd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carol and Richard Bayerlein Fdn Ltd. Bigger dots raise more.
- Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
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