Wisconsin · Private foundation
Heil Family Foundation
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.
- $590k
- Granted FY2019
- 45
- Grants FY2019
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $136,050
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 43
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 5
- Total assets, FY2019
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 28% of the organizations Heil Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 43 | $589k | 28% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $658k | 28% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $483k | n/a |
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 FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc | $306,050 | 3 | 1% |
| Imagine MKEInc | $282,671 | 2 | 20% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $270,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Film Inc | $205,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Radio Milwaukee Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc | $48,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Performing Arts Fund Inc | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 36 grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($268k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Heil Family 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: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Hauske Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Heil Family Foundation
- How much does Heil Family Foundation give?
- Heil Family Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $590,050 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Heil Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (17%), Education (5%), Health (1%).
- Who are Heil Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc ($306k), Imagine MKEInc ($283k), The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc ($270k).
- Does Heil Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Heil Family Foundation 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 Heil Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc.
- Where is Heil Family Foundation based?
- Heil Family Foundation is based in WI.
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