Wisconsin · Public charity
City Forward Collective Inc
Cfc's mission is to secure the future of milwaukee and its institutions, economy, and quality of life by ending educational inequity and ensuring every child has the opportunity to attend a high-quality school.
- $480k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations City Forward Collective Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k 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 | 10 | $480k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $105k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $556k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $331k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $1.3M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $958k | 85% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $76k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc | $374,034 | 5 | 1% |
| St Marcus Lutheran Church | $362,600 | 4 | n/a |
| Rocketship Education | $330,000 | 4 | 0% |
| McPreparatory School of Wisconsin Inc | $160,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy Inc | $140,440 | 4 | 1% |
| United Community Center Inc | $121,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cfc Action Fund Inc | $105,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Anthony Congregation | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bellwether Education Partners Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 31 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc | $374,034 | 5 | 1% |
| St Marcus Lutheran Church | $362,600 | 4 | n/a |
| Rocketship Education | $330,000 | 4 | 0% |
| McPreparatory School of Wisconsin Inc | $160,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy Inc | $140,440 | 4 | 1% |
| United Community Center Inc | $121,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cfc Action Fund Inc | $105,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Anthony Congregation | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bellwether Education Partners Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Nativity Jesuit Academy Inc | $99,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Milwaukee Science Education Consortium Inc | $94,918 | 3 | 0% |
| Lutheran Urban Mission Initiative Inc | $86,303 | 4 | n/a |
| United States Catholic Conference | $74,095 | 2 | n/a |
| Carmen High School of Science and Technology Inc | $70,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hmong American Peace Academy Ltd | $68,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Serve Incorporated | $50,000 | 1 | 36% |
| Rocketship Education Wisconsin Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Next Door Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City Year Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greenhouse E3 | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit Milwaukee High School Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Messmer Catholic Academy | $24,080 | 2 | n/a |
| Highland Community School Inc | $24,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Urban Learning Collaborative Inc | $21,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Kings Academy Christian School Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Excellence Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Penfield Montessori Academy Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Seeds of Health Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Vincent Pallotti Parish | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Journeys Lutheran School Inc | $3,004 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($995k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
City Forward Collective Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc · Hh Camp Foundation · Youth Foundation Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc
How this is measured
About City Forward Collective Inc
- How much does City Forward Collective Inc give?
- City Forward Collective Inc reported 10 grants totaling $480,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does City Forward Collective Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (94%), Public Benefit (3%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are City Forward Collective Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc ($374k), St Marcus Lutheran Church ($363k), Rocketship Education ($330k).
- Does City Forward Collective Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as City Forward Collective Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc.
- Where is City Forward Collective Inc based?
- City Forward Collective Inc is based in WI.
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