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Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust No 1

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$133k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2025
17
Organizations funded FY2024
18%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$7,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 19
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$1.9M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust No 1 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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
FY2025still arriving14$133k14%
FY202417$130k18%
FY202314$113k21%
FY202216$108k25%
FY202116$139k50%
FY202016$125k13%
FY201919$130k63%
FY20187$132k71%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$344kHuman Services$171kArts & Culture$143kHousing & Shelter$136kEducation$109kAnimals$100kYouth Development$65kEnvironment$54kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust No 1 by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc$75,00050%
Carmen High School of Science and Technology Inc$72,65460%
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc$67,88850%
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc$60,59930%
Versiti Wisconsin Inc$60,00020%
Milwaukee Rescue Mission$58,5387n/a
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc$49,27770%
Hope Street Ministry Inc$45,61142%
United Community Center Inc$39,50860%
Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Inc$38,21023%
Teens Grow Greens Inc$34,48941%
Outreach Community Health Centers Inc$25,00010%
Wisconsin Preservation Fund Inc$20,91811%
The Women's Center Inc$20,71620%
Milwaukee Center for Independence Inc$20,09820%
Meta House Inc$17,85130%
Vision Forward Association Incorporated$16,68230%
The University School of Milwaukee Corporation$15,00010%
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc$15,00010%
Milwaukee Art Museum Inc$14,69130%
Forest Home Historic Preservation Association Inc$14,51455%
Pathfinders Milwaukee Inc$14,05430%
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee$13,45020%
First Stage Milwaukee$12,85220%
Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers Inc$12,27220%
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee Inc$12,12810%
College Possible Inc$11,75020%
Save the Harborsave the Bay Inc$11,24430%
Serenity Inns Inc$10,00021%
Greater Galilee Community Development Corporation$5,0001n/a
Urban Ecology Center Inc$5,00010%
Aurora Health Care Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Life's Connection Inc$5,00011%
Riveredge Nature Center Inc$5,00010%
Neighborhood House of Milwaukee Inc$5,00010%
Beyond Vision Inc$3,24510%
Hope Center Inc$2,51710%
Wisconsin Philanthropy Network Inc$2,40020%
Discovery World Ltd$2,11010%
Running Rebels Community Organization Inc$1,80710%
Neu-Life Community Development Inc$1,3751n/a
Cathedral Center Inc$44110%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($218k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust No 1 supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSojourner Family Peace Center Inc: $75,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCarmen High School of Science and Technology Inc: $72,654 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc: $67,888 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMilwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc: $60,599 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVersiti Wisconsin Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc: $49,277 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHope Street Ministry Inc: $45,611 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetUnited Community Center Inc: $39,508 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMilwaukee Youth Arts Center Inc: $38,210 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTeens Grow Greens Inc: $34,489 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetOutreach Community Health Centers Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWisconsin Preservation Fund Inc: $20,918 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Women's Center Inc: $20,716 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMilwaukee Center for Independence Inc: $20,098 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMeta House Inc: $17,851 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVision Forward Association Incorporated: $16,682 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe University School of Milwaukee Corporation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMilwaukee Art Museum Inc: $14,691 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetForest Home Historic Preservation Association Inc: $14,514 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetPathfinders Milwaukee Inc: $14,054 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBig Brothers and Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee: $13,450 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFirst Stage Milwaukee: $12,852 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSixteenth Street Community Health Centers Inc: $12,272 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHistoric Haymarket Milwaukee Inc: $12,128 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCollege Possible Inc: $11,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Harborsave the Bay Inc: $11,244 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSerenity Inns Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUrban Ecology Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAurora Health Care Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLife's Connection Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRiveredge Nature Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNeighborhood House of Milwaukee Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBeyond Vision Inc: $3,245 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope Center Inc: $2,517 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWisconsin Philanthropy Network Inc: $2,400 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDiscovery World Ltd: $2,110 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRunning Rebels Community Organization Inc: $1,807 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCathedral Center Inc: $441 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 39.

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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.

Greater Milwaukee Foundation IncWI52.1× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Harley-Davidson Foundation Inc · Jerome J and Dorothy H Holz Family Foundation C/O Donald Tushaus

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 Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust No 1

How much does Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust No 1 give?
Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust No 1 reported 14 grants totaling $132,772 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust No 1 fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (30%), Human Services (15%), Arts & Culture (13%).
Who are Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust No 1's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc ($75k), Carmen High School of Science and Technology Inc ($73k), Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc ($68k).
Does Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust No 1 fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust No 1 accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust No 1?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc.
Where is Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust No 1 based?
Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trust No 1 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 50 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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