Wisconsin · Private foundation
Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 425
- Grants FY2025
- 339
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 61%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 339 to 364
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 61% of the organizations Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M 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 | 187 | $2.1M | 40% |
| FY2024 | 339 | $3.2M | 61% |
| FY2023 | 341 | $3.3M | 65% |
| FY2022 | 346 | $3.2M | 62% |
| FY2021 | 364 | $3.5M | 70% |
| FY2020 | 361 | $3.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin | $279,066 | 6 | n/a |
| Marquette University | $250,497 | 6 | 0% |
| St Norbert College Inc | $127,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Carroll University Inc | $113,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | $92,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Carthage College | $83,900 | 6 | 0% |
| Concordia University Inc | $77,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Viterbo University | $67,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Edgewood University Inc | $62,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Madison Area Technical College Foundation Inc | $53,379 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin | $279,066 | 6 | n/a |
| Marquette University | $250,497 | 6 | 0% |
| St Norbert College Inc | $127,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Carroll University Inc | $113,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | $92,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Carthage College | $83,900 | 6 | 0% |
| Concordia University Inc | $77,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Viterbo University | $67,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Edgewood University Inc | $62,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Madison Area Technical College Foundation Inc | $53,379 | 4 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc | $52,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Ripon College | $43,153 | 6 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc | $42,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Mount Mary University Inc | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mid-State Technical College | $39,318 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin-Superior Alumni Assoc | $37,500 | 5 | 38% |
| St Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc | $36,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lakeland University | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kimberly High School | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Catholic Memorial High School of Waukesha Inc | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Marian University Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Foundation for Educational Administration Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Highland Community School Inc | $24,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pius XI High School | $24,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Bellin College Inc | $20,221 | 6 | 0% |
| Beloit College | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Indian Community School Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lakeland Union High School Lakeland Star | $18,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Cardinal Stritch University Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Western Technical College | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| High School of Health Sciences Inc | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sheboygan Area School District | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Family Parish | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Jewish Day School Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University Lake School Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northland College | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Messmer Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christ Alone Lutheran Academy Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Park Community Charter School Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kaukauna Area School District | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The University School of Milwaukee Corporation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marquette University High School | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wauwatosa Catholic School | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Renaissance School Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bloom360 Learning Community Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Saint Thomas More High School Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Ambrose Academy Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Central High School of Burlington Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Public Schools | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Excellence Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nativity Jesuit Academy Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St John Bosco Catholic School Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Thomas Aquinas Academy | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moraine Park Technical College | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Michigan University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Aurora University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1,275 recipients with no EIN on record ($17M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Harley-Davidson Foundation Inc · Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation Inc · Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc · Culver's Foundation Inc · Youth Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Bradley Impact Fund Inc
How this is measured
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About Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc
- How much does Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc give?
- Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc reported 425 grants totaling $2,059,002 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 339 and 364 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (79%), Recreation & Sports (1%), Arts & Culture (0%).
- Who are Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: University of Wisconsin ($279k), Marquette University ($250k), St Norbert College Inc ($128k).
- Does Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 61% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, Baird Foundation Inc.
- Where is Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc based?
- Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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