Wisconsin · Private foundation
Fotsch Family Foundation
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.
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 55
- Grants FY2025
- 51
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 2%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,275,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 45 to 53
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $31M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 2% of the organizations Fotsch Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 54 | $3.4M | 19% |
| FY2024 | 51 | $3.2M | 2% |
| FY2023 | 53 | $2.7M | 4% |
| FY2022 | 51 | $2.8M | 4% |
| FY2021 | 52 | $2.5M | 17% |
| FY2020 | 52 | $2.2M | 15% |
| FY2019 | 48 | $2.4M | 10% |
| FY2018 | 45 | $1.8M | 7% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | $4,319,200 | 9 | 0% |
| St Paul the Apostle | $1,275,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kathy's House Inc | $840,000 | 9 | 22% |
| Operation Finally Home | $813,277 | 9 | 3% |
| Malaika Early Learning Center | $650,000 | 6 | 25% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit Milwaukee High School Inc | $554,080 | 8 | n/a |
| Wisconsineye Public Affairs Network Inc | $547,000 | 5 | 18% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $450,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $355,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Waukesha County Center for Growth Inc | $325,000 | 7 | 14% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | $4,319,200 | 9 | 0% |
| St Paul the Apostle | $1,275,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kathy's House Inc | $840,000 | 9 | 22% |
| Operation Finally Home | $813,277 | 9 | 3% |
| Malaika Early Learning Center | $650,000 | 6 | 25% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit Milwaukee High School Inc | $554,080 | 8 | n/a |
| Wisconsineye Public Affairs Network Inc | $547,000 | 5 | 18% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $450,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $355,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Waukesha County Center for Growth Inc | $325,000 | 7 | 14% |
| Nativity Jesuit Academy Inc | $271,750 | 9 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Humane Society | $214,240 | 9 | 0% |
| Childrens Oncology Services Inc | $170,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $75,000 | 5 | n/a |
| North Lakeland Discovery Center Inc | $72,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Elmbrook Education Foundation Inc | $51,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Wisconsin Veterans Network Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Stars and Stripes Honor Flight Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities USA | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fisher House Wisconsin Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Music in the Park Inc | $26,500 | 9 | 7% |
| The Papal Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Manitowish Waters Skiing Skeeters Inc | $24,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts Inc | $22,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Catholic Memorial High School of Waukesha Inc | $21,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Cudworth American Legion Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Manitowish Waters Bike Trail Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Friends of the Elm Grove Library | $9,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Versiti Blood Research Institute Foundation Inc | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($10M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Fotsch Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Baird Foundation Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Waukesha County Community Foundation · Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation Inc · Kim and John Schlifske Family Foundation Inc · Francie Luke Silverman Foundation Under the F Silverman Charitable Tr
How this is measured
About Fotsch Family Foundation
- How much does Fotsch Family Foundation give?
- Fotsch Family Foundation reported 55 grants totaling $3,477,379 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 45 and 53 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Fotsch Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Human Services (17%), Religion (15%).
- Who are Fotsch Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Marquette University ($4.3M), St Paul the Apostle ($1.3M), Kathy's House Inc ($840k).
- Does Fotsch Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 2% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fotsch Family Foundation 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 Fotsch Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baird Foundation Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc.
- Where is Fotsch Family Foundation based?
- Fotsch Family Foundation is based in WI.
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