· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k18 grants · $61k
- $10k–50k21 grants · $481k
- $50k–250k14 grants · $1.3M
- $250k+2 grants · $1.6M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST PAUL THE APOSTLE | $1,275,000 |
| MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY | $336,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $175,000 |
| CAMP ONE STEP | $170,100 |
| WOMENS CARE CENTER | $149,029 |
| RONALD MCDONALD CHARITIES-EASTERN WI | $126,000 |
| CHILDREN'S WI FOUNDATION | $112,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $100,000 |
| CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL | $85,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME | $75,000 |
| PAULIST FATHERS | $75,000 |
| WINMAN TRAILS FOUNDATION | $57,500 |
| MILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSION CROSS TRAINERS ACADEMY | $50,000 |
| MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN | $50,000 |
| WISCONSIN EYE PUBLIC AFFAIRS NETWORK INC | $50,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 83% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
65 repeat relationships: 44 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MUMarquette University9× · 2017–2025 · $4.3M · revenue +46%
MALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTER6× · 2020–2025 · $650k · revenue +82% · 25% of their budget- TMTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC9× · 2017–2025 · $450k · revenue +54%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $250k
- SJST JEROMES CATHOLIC CHURCHone grant, 2017 · $50k
- MRMILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSIONone grant, 2020 · $45k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The war memorial center's mission is to honor the dead and serve the living. we commemorate the courageous men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of freedom while preserving and sharing the stories, experiences, and…
The mission of the uwm foundation, inc. is to support the educational, literary, and scientific endeavors of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee by receiving, managing, and distributing gifts to benefit the university's students,…
The wisconsin health information organization maintains a centralized health care data repository to provide data and information on the quality, safety, cost, and equity of health care to all health care stakeholders for improvement,…
We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.
United way of wisconsin is dedicated to supporting and enriching a strong statewide united way network that maximizes the capacity of local united ways to address human needs, improve lives and create lasting positive change across…
Milwaukee women inc is an organization of executives determined to change the quality and composition of corporate boards to maximize the performance of public and private companies with a focus on women and women of color.
To partner with the public and private sectors to develop and hold real estate for the benefit of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee. the uwm real estate foundation, inc. holdings may include any properties that advance the mission of…
The uw-green bay foundation furthers the mission of uw-green bay, a public university, by developing and increasing opportunities for students primarily in the areas other than those in which the state of wisconsin ordinarily makes…
The mission of the center for healthcare careers of southeast wisconsin, inc. (chcsew) is to unite all appropriate stakeholders in a viable, flexible structure to locate, educate and support a workforce from service to professional levels…
Support, promote, and facilitate partnerships with and provide funding for innovative early-stage and startup companies to lessen the burdens of government by promoting economic development and creating sustaining jobs in wisconsin.
The wcmp will grow and nurture the mep's impact in the state of wisconsin by engaging and aligning the best possible resources to help small and medium-sized manufacturers reach their potential.
How this is measured
23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 89 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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- Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
- Who funds MALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTER ↗
- Who funds WISCONSINEYE PUBLIC AFFAIRS NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds WAUKESHA COUNTY CENTER FOR GROWTH INC ↗
- Who funds WISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Childrens Oncology Services Inc ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Fotsch Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fotsch Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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