Wisconsin · Private foundation
Emil Ewald Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $672k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 141
- Grants FY2025
- 98
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 53%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $85,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 42 to 98
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 53% of the organizations Emil Ewald Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $173k 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 | 140 | $672k | 61% |
| FY2024 | 98 | $396k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 57 | $150k | 49% |
| FY2022 | 42 | $225k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 50 | $610k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 45 | $343k | 16% |
| FY2019 | 50 | $132k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 50 | $62k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thirst4jesus Inc | $505,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Rosser Foundation dba International Cooperating Ministries | $274,200 | 4 | 0% |
| The Foundation of the Wisconsin Automobile & Truck Dealers Association | $55,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Lake Area Free Clinic Inc | $21,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wildlife in Need Center Ltd | $20,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Hope Church of Wisconsin Inc | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | $16,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Center for Deaf-Blind Persons Inc | $16,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Wisconsin Masonic Center Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Geist Christian Church | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 97 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 151 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Emil Ewald Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Waukesha County Community Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Oconomowoc Area Foundation Inc · STACKNER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC co KRISTIN A OCCHETTI · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Youth Foundation Inc · Windhover Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation
How this is measured
About Emil Ewald Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Emil Ewald Family Foundation Inc give?
- Emil Ewald Family Foundation Inc reported 141 grants totaling $672,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 98 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Emil Ewald Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (46%), Recreation & Sports (13%), Education (9%).
- Who are Emil Ewald Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Thirst4jesus Inc ($505k), The Rosser Foundation dba International Cooperating Ministries ($274k), The Foundation of the Wisconsin Automobile & Truck Dealers Association ($55k).
- Does Emil Ewald Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 53% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Emil Ewald Family 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 Emil Ewald Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Green Bay Packers Foundation, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc.
- Where is Emil Ewald Family Foundation Inc based?
- Emil Ewald Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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