· Private foundation
Herbert H & Fern Elliott 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k17 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $59k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE SHUL | $31,800 |
| FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE | $17,140 |
| MILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION | $10,000 |
| JEWISH YOUTH FOUNDATION | $5,400 |
| WASHINGTON STATE COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | $2,500 |
| TEMPLE JEREMIAH | $2,500 |
| MILWAUKEE JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION | $1,800 |
| FIRST STAGE MILWAUKEE | $1,500 |
| UPAF | $1,500 |
| ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE | $1,500 |
| ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $1,250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,250 |
| HOLOCAUST EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER | $1,000 |
| OVATION JEWISH HOME | $1,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $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 (FY17–25, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 88% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 12 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, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE INC9× · 2017–2025 · $140k · revenue +346%
GRAND AVENUE CLUB INC6× · 2017–2022 · $38k · revenue +16%- WSWASHINGTON STATE COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE9× · 2017–2025 · $23k · revenue +52%
Funded once
- YIYOUNG ISRAEL OF TOCO HILLSone grant, 2019 · $8k
- MCMITZVAH CORPSone grant, 2018 · $5k
JEWISH HOME AND CARE CENTER INCone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +25%
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.
To lead the fight to cure and treat als through global, cutting-edge research, and to empower people living with als in wisconsin, and their families, to live fuller lives by providing them with compassionate care and support.
Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…
Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
The medical college of wisconsin (mcw) is a distinguished leader and innovator in the education and development of the next generation of physicians, (continued in schedule o)
To improve the health of the people of wisconsin by supporting and strengthening physicians' ability to practice high quality patient care in a changing environment.
Community care health plan's mission is to develop and demonstrate innovative, flexible, community-based approaches to care for at-risk adults, in order to optimize their quality of life and optimize the allocation of community resources.
The multiple myeloma research foundation (mmrf) is the largest nonprofit in the world solely focused on accelerating acurefor multiple myeloma patient. we drive the development and delivery of next-generation therapies, leverage data to…
The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.
Improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.
Where academic excellence and jewish values prepare children for a lifetime of success, leadership and engagement with the world.
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…
Promote a positive state legislative and regulatory climate for wisconsin's community health plans. the association communicates with regulatory agencies to promote issue positions representing community health plans.
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 58 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 THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INC ↗
- Who funds GRAND AVENUE CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON STATE COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ↗
- Who funds MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE JEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds FIRST STAGE MILWAUKEE ↗
- Who funds NORTH SHORE MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH HOME AND CARE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE ↗
- Who funds ACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds TOMORROWS HOPE INC ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE CORPORATION ↗
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: Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Pelz Family Foundation Inc · Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd · Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd · Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Herbert H & Fern Elliott Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herbert H & Fern Elliott Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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