Wisconsin · Private foundation
James and Karen Hyde Foundation Inc
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.
- $85k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations James and Karen Hyde Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $85k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $85k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $80k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $82k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $71k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $73k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $72k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $86k | 23% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc | $77,735 | 5 | 2% |
| Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Public Museum Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Old World Wisconsin Foundation Inc | $33,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Waukesha County Land Conservancy Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| University of the Pacific | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Nashotah House | $10,072 | 1 | n/a |
| Pabst Mansion Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Roosevelt High School Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($424k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James and Karen Hyde Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
Compare James and Karen Hyde Foundation Inc with peer funders
About James and Karen Hyde Foundation Inc
- How much does James and Karen Hyde Foundation Inc give?
- James and Karen Hyde Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $85,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James and Karen Hyde Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (40%), Arts & Culture (39%), Education (5%).
- Who are James and Karen Hyde Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc ($78k), Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc ($45k), Milwaukee Art Museum Inc ($45k).
- Does James and Karen Hyde Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James and Karen Hyde Foundation Inc 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 James and Karen Hyde Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is James and Karen Hyde Foundation Inc based?
- James and Karen Hyde Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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