Wisconsin · Private foundation
Ettinger Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $137k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $743k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Ettinger Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 15 | $110k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $48k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $25k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $125k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $120k | 64% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $40k | 75% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Family Services Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc | $52,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Penfield Children's Center Inc | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hunger Task Force Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Jewish Free Loan Association | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Imagine MKEInc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Uwm Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Public Museum Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Family Services Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc | $52,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Penfield Children's Center Inc | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hunger Task Force Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Jewish Free Loan Association | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Imagine MKEInc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Uwm Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Public Museum Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Meta House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillel Milwaukee | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| University of Washington Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Outing Association | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Historic Milwaukee Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Securefutures Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($195k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ettinger Family Foundation 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: Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Gardner Foundation · Anon Charitable Trust · Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation Inc · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Croen Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Ettinger Family Foundation
- How much does Ettinger Family Foundation give?
- Ettinger Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $136,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ettinger Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (27%), Human Services (25%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Ettinger Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jewish Family Services Inc ($55k), Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc ($53k), Penfield Children's Center Inc ($40k).
- Does Ettinger Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ettinger Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ettinger Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd, Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc, Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation.
- Where is Ettinger Family Foundation based?
- Ettinger Family Foundation is based in WI.
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