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Frieda and William Hunt Memorial Trust at a glance

· Private foundation

Frieda and William Hunt Memorial Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$466k
Granted FY2024still arriving
33
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$403kAnimals$171kEducation$135kHousing & Shelter$100kHealth$64kHuman Services$63kPublic Safety & Disaster$32kEmployment$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 33 grants below total $367,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $466,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $98,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $73k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $230k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
$9,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre$65,000
Milwaukee Habitat For Humanity$37,500
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra$30,000
Ducks Unlimited$25,000
Florentine Opera Company$25,000
Coast Guard Foundation, Inc.$12,000
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design$10,000
UWM Foundation, Inc.$10,000
United Performing Arts Fund$10,000
Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation$10,000
National Railroad Museum$10,000
Concordia University$10,000
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Foundation, Inc.$10,000
Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching$10,000
Marquette University$10,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$904k · 29 repeat orgs$215k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
18

Total granted

$904k
$164k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+80%

Still filing today

62%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthPublic BenefitPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC
    3× · 2018–2024 · $142k · revenue +52%
  • FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC
    3× · 2018–2024 · $108k · revenue +38%
  • MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $75k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • MJ
    Milwaukee Jobs Work, Milwaukee Community Business Colaborative Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $30k
  • US
    University School Milwaukee
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • JOURNEY HOUSE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue -75%
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.

03Its field

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.

1
Milwaukee Women Inc

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.

Education
2
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
3
Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc

The museum of wisconsin art celebrates the value, diversity, and uniqueness of the visual arts and artists of wisconsin. this is achieved by collecting, conserving, documenting, exhibiting, and promoting aesthetic understanding of the…

Arts & Culture
4
Radio Milwaukee Inc

To reach a new generation of radio listeners on air, online and in the community with a compelling selection of music and public affairs programming. the corporation celebrates milwaukee music, arts, heritage, and culture by supporting and…

Arts & Culture
5
The Uwm Real Estate Foundation Inc

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…

Housing & Shelter
6
Milwaukee Excellence Inc

The mission of the organization is to provide a high quality education for all students with choices after graduation that will provide financial stability, inspire personal freedom to builda legacy.

—
7
Wisconsin Maritime Museum Inc

The wisconsin maritime museum connects all people with wisconsin's waterways, by engaging and educating the public about wisconsin's maritime history, wisconsin's world war ii submarines, uss cobia, and the great lakes. the wisconsin…

Arts & Culture
8
Milwaukee Public Theatre Inc

Making the arts accessible to all

—
9
Uwm Research Foundation Inc

Support research and innovation at the university of wisconsin - milwaukee by providing reserach funding, entrepreneurship support, and by engaging in corporate partnering activities to that end.

Community Improvement
10
The University School of Milwaukee Corporation

University school of milwaukee cultivates excellence in learning, leadership, and citizenship for prekindergarten through 12th grade students. students are engaged, known, and valued within our passionate independent school community…

Education
11
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Inc

Inspiring individuals and communities through exceptional music education, accessible to all.

Arts & Culture
12
Milwaukee Bar Association Inc

The mission of the milwaukee bar association is to be an inclusive, equitable and diverse organization that serves the interests of the lawyers, judges and the people of milwaukee county by working to promote the professional interests of…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Milwaukee Art Museum Inc; the most unlike its peers is Operation Pay It Forward. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 39 of the 55 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
28/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Zoological Society of Milwaukee: $100,000 · OtherZoological Society of MilwaukeeDucks Unlimited: $55,000 · OtherDucks UnlimitedMILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $36,000 · OtherMILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INCMilwaukee Jobs Work, Milwaukee Community Business Colaborative Inc: $30,000 · OtherMilwaukee Jobs Work, Milwaukee Community Business Colab…GOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING: $30,000 · OtherGOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHINGMILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN INC: $25,000 · OtherUniversity School Milwaukee: $25,000 · OtherPrevent Blindness Wisconsin: $23,500 · OtherYMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee, Camp Manito-Wish: $22,680 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $20,000 · OtherJOURNEY HOUSE INC: $20,000 · Other+20 more: $158,750 · Other+20 moreMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $142,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INCFLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC: $107,500 · Arts & CultureFLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INCUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INCMILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC+5 more: $16,500 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $75,000 · Housing & ShelterWISCONSIN PRESERVATION FUND INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE UWM FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationMarquette University: $10,000 · EducationMALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $10,000 · EducationCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 · EducationCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $5,000 · EducationNOBLE NETWORK OF CHARTER SCHOOLS: $5,000 · EducationTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE INC: $5,000 · EducationCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $32,000 · Public BenefitOPERATION PAY IT FORWARD: $5,000 · Public BenefitREEL RECOVERY INC: $15,000 · HealthROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN INC: $5,000 · HealthFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$545,930Arts & Culture$326,000Housing & Shelter$85,000Education$70,000Public Benefit$37,000Health$30,000Food & Nutrition$25,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $142,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC: $107,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetMILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $36,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $32,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGOLDEN APPLE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetTHE UWM FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPrevent Blindness Wisconsin: $23,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOURNEY HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWISCONSIN ADAPTIVE SPORTS ASSOCIATI: $15,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetREEL RECOVERY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMarquette University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHRIST POND FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR NEXT GENERATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWISCONSIN PRESERVATION FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMILWAUKEE TENNIS AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRENAISSANCE THEATERWORKS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVILLA TERRACE MUSEUM AND GARDENS LTD: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OPEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOPERATION PAY IT FORWARD: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNOBLE NETWORK OF CHARTER SCHOOLS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSERENITY INNS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetKIDS FROM WISCONSIN LTD: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMILWAUKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRIVEREDGE NATURE CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMILWAUKEE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

Greater Milwaukee Fou…Herbert H Kohl Charit…United Way of Greater…Green Bay Packers Fou…Baird Foundation IncRalph Evinrude Founda…Evan & Marion Helfaer…Anon Charitable TrustBert L and Patricia S…Milwaukee Jewish Fede…Gardner FoundationCharles D Ortgiesen F…
Greater Milwaukee Foundation IncWI50.5× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Anon Charitable Trust · Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Gardner Foundation · Charles D Ortgiesen Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
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How do I get to Frieda and William Hunt Memorial Trust?

Find your warmest path to Frieda and William Hunt Memorial Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 55 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $425k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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