· Private foundation
Henke Gordon Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k16 grants · $44k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $82k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $51k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL | $51,000 |
| MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY | $41,000 |
| LYNN UNIVERSITY | $26,000 |
| PIUS XI HIGH SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN | $5,000 |
| WCTC FOUNDATION INC | $5,000 |
| NATIVITY JESUIT ACADEMY | $5,000 |
| NEXT 18 | $5,000 |
| NATIVITY JESUIT ACADEMY | $5,000 |
| EASTERSEALS FLORIDA | $5,000 |
| JESUITS USA MIDWEST PROVINCE | $1,000 |
| THE MACC FUND | $1,000 |
| WAR MEMORIAL CENTER | $1,000 |
| ST MARCUS SCHOOL | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MUMarquette University6× · 2020–2025 · $247k · revenue +24%
- LULYNN UNIVERSITY INC6× · 2020–2025 · $31k · revenue +18%
- TMTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC5× · 2021–2025 · $30k · revenue +29%
Funded once
- VBVersiti Blood Reearch Instituteone grant, 2022 · $3k
- TSTHE SCHOOL SISTERS OF ST FRANCISone grant, 2022 · $1k
- FHFroedtert Hospital Foundation Incgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +172%
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.
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.
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
Wisconsin lutheran college is a private, four-year liberal arts college.
As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…
We, loyola university health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.lumc is a member of loyola university health system and trinity…
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
The mission of the uwm foundation, inc. is to support the educational, literary, and scientific endeavors of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee by receiving, managing, and distributing gifts to benefit the university's students,…
Walsh university is an independent, coeducational catholic, liberal arts and sciences institution dedicated to educating its students to become leaders in service to others through a values-based education with an international perspective…
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
The mission of burnett medical center is to provide compassionate, comprehensive, community healthcare that exceeds our customer's expectations. our mission, as well as our vision and values, serves as a guideline for daily decision making…
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
Founded in 1915, webster is a private non-profit and global university that is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.
The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…
How this is measured
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 32 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Marquette University ↗
- Who funds LYNN UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL PARTNERS RUNNING WATERS INC ↗
- Who funds WCTC FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds EASTER SEALS FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL INC ↗
- Who funds NEXT 18 INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN INC ↗
- Who funds Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC ↗
- Who funds Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc ↗
- Who funds Froedtert Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds LITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
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 · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Mary Pauly Lacy Foundation Inc · Sensient Technologies Foundation Inc · Gardner Foundation · Waukesha County Community Foundation · Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Henke Gordon Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Henke Gordon Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Lynn University Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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