Wisconsin · Private foundation
Gebhardt Foundation Inc
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.
- $161k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations Gebhardt Foundation Inc 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; $31k 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 | 14 | $161k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $146k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $130k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $126k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $107k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $94k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $91k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $88k | 67% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Performing Arts Fund Inc | $136,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Northern Sky Theater Inc | $120,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc | $110,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $77,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Ephraim Historical Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Young America's Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mequon-Thiensville Education Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ephraim Foundation Heritage Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 22 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($413k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gebhardt Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About Gebhardt Foundation Inc
- How much does Gebhardt Foundation Inc give?
- Gebhardt Foundation Inc reported 14 grants totaling $160,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Gebhardt Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (55%), Education (14%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are Gebhardt Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Performing Arts Fund Inc ($136k), Northern Sky Theater Inc ($120k), Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc ($110k).
- Does Gebhardt Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gebhardt Foundation Inc 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 Gebhardt Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Door County Community Foundation Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Gebhardt Foundation Inc based?
- Gebhardt Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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