Florida · Private foundation
Francis Kerscher Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $471k
- 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 Francis Kerscher Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 23 | $25k | 39% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $16k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $8k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $36k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $16k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $28k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $20k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $19k | 26% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 | $73,865 | 9 | 0% |
| Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc | $13,600 | 2 | 0% |
| International Swimming Hall of Fame | $8,555 | 7 | 1% |
| Friends of St Patricks Inc | $7,064 | 9 | n/a |
| Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Green Bay Inc | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Notre Dame de la Baie Academy Inc | $3,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Silver Lake College of the Holy Family Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Joseph Catholic Academy | $2,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Roncalli Catholic Schools | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Catholic Conference | $1,850 | 6 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | $73,865 | 9 | 0% |
| Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc | $13,600 | 2 | 0% |
| International Swimming Hall of Fame | $8,555 | 7 | 1% |
| Friends of St Patricks Inc | $7,064 | 9 | n/a |
| Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Green Bay Inc | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Notre Dame de la Baie Academy Inc | $3,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Silver Lake College of the Holy Family Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Joseph Catholic Academy | $2,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Roncalli Catholic Schools | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United States Catholic Conference | $1,850 | 6 | n/a |
| Sisters of St Francis of Assisi | $1,400 | 7 | n/a |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $1,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Manitowoc Lutheran High School | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lighthouse Recovery Community Center Inc | $875 | 7 | 0% |
| Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation | $750 | 7 | 0% |
| Peters Pantry Inc | $650 | 4 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $500 | 4 | 0% |
| Connection Church | $500 | 2 | n/a |
| Hinsdale Central Foundation | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| Joes Suburban Club Inc | $270 | 5 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $250 | 2 | 0% |
| Alano Society Inc | $150 | 1 | 1% |
| Sun City Center Emergency Squad Number One Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| National Arbor Day Foundation | $60 | 3 | 0% |
| Mary and Martha House Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way Manitowoc County Inc | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Humane Society | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| The Haven of Manitowoc County Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($74k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Francis Kerscher 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: Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Francis Kerscher Foundation
- How much does Francis Kerscher Foundation give?
- Francis Kerscher Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $25,045 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Francis Kerscher Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (77%), Religion (12%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are Francis Kerscher Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Marquette University ($74k), Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc ($14k), International Swimming Hall of Fame ($9k).
- Does Francis Kerscher Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Francis Kerscher Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Francis Kerscher Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc, Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc, Baird Foundation Inc.
- Where is Francis Kerscher Foundation based?
- Francis Kerscher Foundation is based in FL.
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