Wisconsin · Private foundation
James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $177k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 38
- Grants FY2024
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 38 | $177k | 26% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $176k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $180k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $138k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $165k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $157k | 39% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $119k | 16% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $105k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | $144,571 | 7 | n/a |
| St Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lifestriders Inc | $67,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Pathfinders Milwaukee Inc | $51,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc | $42,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Hunger Task Force Inc | $42,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Pius XI High School | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Veterans Community Project | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $29,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Malaika Early Learning Center | $26,500 | 8 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($351k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Waukesha County Community Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Youth Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Kolaga Family Charitable Trust · Anon Charitable Trust · Direct Supply Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation with peer funders
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About James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation
- How much does James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation give?
- James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $176,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Education (18%), Housing & Shelter (18%).
- Who are James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Milwaukee Rescue Mission ($145k), St Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc ($80k), Lifestriders Inc ($68k).
- Does James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation 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 & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Baird Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc.
- Where is James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation based?
- James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation is based in WI.
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