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Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$150k
Granted FY2026(still arriving)
77
Grants FY2026
42
Organizations funded FY2025
21%
First-time grantees FY2025
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Median grant, FY2026
$500
Largest grant, FY2026
$56,000
Organizations funded a year
12 to 64
FY2019 to FY2025
States reached, FY2026
6
Total assets, FY2026
$917k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2025, 21% of the organizations Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2026still arriving74$90k22%
FY202542$73k21%
FY202412$39k42%
FY202364$79k42%
FY202243$51k16%
FY202147$51k15%
FY202043$40k19%
FY201946$37kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2026.

Philanthropy$310kEducation$277kReligion$42kHealth$36kArts & Culture$24kYouth Development$18kFood & Nutrition$12kHuman Services$11kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
CA
KY
MD
NC
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 55 grantees
All grantees of Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Milwaukee Jewish Day School Inc$241,57881%
The Friendship Circle Inc$11,12050%
Grand Avenue Club Inc$7,87570%
Kinderplatz of Fine Arts Inc$6,00030%
Trinity Valley School$6,00030%
Temple Beth El$3,8003n/a
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$3,00030%
Hunger Task Force Inc$3,00030%
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc$2,80060%
Literacy Services of Wisconsin Inc$2,50070%
Literacy Green Bay Inc$2,50070%
Hillel Milwaukee$2,44050%
Tourette Syndrome Association Inc$2,0507n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wisconsin Inc$2,00020%
Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc$2,00020%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$2,00020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,50030%
Own Your Judaism Inc$1,5001n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Bay and Lakes Region Inc$1,50020%
Jewish Family Services Inc$1,46070%
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc$1,20060%
Milwaukee Public Museum Inc$1,13860%
Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control$1,0807n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,00060%
Birthright Israel Foundation$1,0001n/a
Tarrant Area Food Bank$1,00020%
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc$1,0001n/a
Yeshiva Elementary School - Milwaukee Inc$94060%
Ozaukee Family Services Inc$90060%
Milwaukee Jewish Community Chorale$8607n/a
Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation$77210%
Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation Inc$72020%
Door County Land Trust Inc$70040%
Wisconsin Institute for Torah Study$5805n/a
University of Wisconsin Foundation$50020%
KBY Congregations Together Inc$50010%
New Community Shelter Inc$50020%
The World Union for Progressive Judaism Ltd$5001n/a
Humane Society of Union County Inc$50010%
Neighborhood House of Milwaukee Inc$50020%
Winona Volunteer Services Inc$50010%
Family Sharing of Ozaukee County Inc$40020%
Milwaukee Jewish Free Loan Association$35020%
Southern Door Fire Fighters Inc$3003n/a
American Heart Association Inc$2501n/a
Wisconsin Agricultural Education Center Inc$20010%
River Hills Police Association$2002n/a
Distinguished Flying Cross Society$20010%
Meriter Foundation Inc$2001n/a
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$10010%
Holy Cross Church$1001n/a
CaringBridge$10010%
Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visua$10010%
Golden House Inc$10010%
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast Inc$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 70 recipients with no EIN on record ($134k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMilwaukee Jewish Day School Inc: $241,578 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetThe Friendship Circle Inc: $11,120 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGrand Avenue Club Inc: $7,875 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetKinderplatz of Fine Arts Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTrinity Valley School: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHunger Task Force Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMilwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc: $2,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Services of Wisconsin Inc: $2,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Green Bay Inc: $2,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHillel Milwaukee: $2,440 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wisconsin Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSojourner Family Peace Center Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of the Bay and Lakes Region Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family Services Inc: $1,460 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMilwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc: $1,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMilwaukee Public Museum Inc: $1,138 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $1,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYeshiva Elementary School - Milwaukee Inc: $940 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOzaukee Family Services Inc: $900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation: $772 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Home and Care Center Foundation Inc: $720 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDoor County Land Trust Inc: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKBY Congregations Together Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Community Shelter Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Union County Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood House of Milwaukee Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWinona Volunteer Services Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Sharing of Ozaukee County Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMilwaukee Jewish Free Loan Association: $350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWisconsin Agricultural Education Center Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDistinguished Flying Cross Society: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWisconsin Council of the Blind and Visua: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGolden House Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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.

Green Bay Packers FoundationWI35.1× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation Inc · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Pelz Family Foundation Inc · Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd

How much does Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd give?
Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd reported 77 grants totaling $149,955 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 64 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
What does Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2026, its largest causes are Philanthropy (40%), Education (36%), Religion (5%).
Who are Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2026: Milwaukee Jewish Day School Inc ($242k), The Friendship Circle Inc ($11k), Grand Avenue Club Inc ($8k).
Does Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd fund new organizations?
In FY2025, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Green Bay Packers Foundation, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation Inc.
Where is Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd based?
Howard Frankenthal Family Foundation Ltd is based in WI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 128 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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