Wisconsin · Private foundation
Hammes Family 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.
- $174k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 23
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $995k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Hammes Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 89% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $711k 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 | 11 | $174k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $797k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $219k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $258k | 52% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $170k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc | $667,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy Inc | $100,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Milwaukee World Festival Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Bucks Foundation Inc | $33,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Badger Institute Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $26,000 | 1 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($410k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hammes Family 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.
Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation Inc · Direct Supply Foundation Inc · Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Hammes Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Hammes Family Foundation Inc give?
- Hammes Family Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $174,103 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 23 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Hammes Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (44%), Education (19%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Hammes Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc ($667k), Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy Inc ($100k), American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research ($75k).
- Does Hammes Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hammes Family 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 Hammes Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, Baird Foundation Inc.
- Where is Hammes Family Foundation Inc based?
- Hammes Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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