Wisconsin · Private foundation
Graef Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $82k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $726k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Graef Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $82k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $16k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $27k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $18k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $16k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $78k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $76k | 44% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Marquette University | $24,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Uwm Foundation Inc | $22,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | $21,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Sharp Literacy Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ace Mentor Program of Illinois Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 1% |
| STEM Forward Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS Wisconsin Section | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Kids Building Wisconsin Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Public Schools | $500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Marquette University | $24,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Uwm Foundation Inc | $22,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | $21,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Sharp Literacy Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ace Mentor Program of Illinois Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 1% |
| STEM Forward Inc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS Wisconsin Section | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Kids Building Wisconsin Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Public Schools | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Milwaukee County Zoo | $250 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($202k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Graef 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Graef Foundation Inc
- How much does Graef Foundation Inc give?
- Graef Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $82,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Graef Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (97%), Science & Tech (3%), Youth Development (0%).
- Who are Graef Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Wisconsin Foundation ($34k), Marquette University ($24k), The Uwm Foundation Inc ($22k).
- Does Graef Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Graef Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Graef Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc.
- Where is Graef Foundation Inc based?
- Graef Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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