· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k34 grants · $87k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC | $50,000 |
| ST ANN CENTER FOR INTERGEN CARE | $20,000 |
| PIUS XI CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| MILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSION | $10,000 |
| DOGS TO DOG TAGS | $5,000 |
| LADIES AUXILIARY OF ARLINGTON | $5,000 |
| PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC | $5,000 |
| MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATRE | $5,000 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS | $5,000 |
| SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND | $4,000 |
| CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF WI FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| MALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTER INC | $3,000 |
| HOPE CENTER INC | $3,000 |
| GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS | $3,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% 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 +91% since the first grant, against +52% for those funded once.
43 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC3× · 2022–2024 · $80k · revenue +190%- LILIFESTRIDERS INC8× · 2017–2024 · $68k · revenue +222%
PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC8× · 2017–2024 · $52k · revenue +104%
Funded once
- PXPius XI High School Scholarship Fundone grant, 2020 · $10k
- AAALS Association-Wisconsinone grant, 2020 · $10k
- TTTHIS TIME TOMORROW INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $9k · revenue +72%
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.
Paralyzed Veterans of America - Wisconsin Chapter (PVA-WI) works to improve the quality of life for veterans, in our state, living with spinal cord injury or disease, including those with MS and ALS. Our work is carried out through a…
The war memorial center's mission is to honor the dead and serve the living. we commemorate the courageous men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of freedom while preserving and sharing the stories, experiences, and…
The mission or core purpose of fisher house wisconsin (fhw) is to:1. provide a "home away from home" for families of veterans and service members receiving medical care from any designated veterans administration (va) hospital or medical…
Our mission is to empower WI Habitat for Humanity affiliates to create one voice that advocates and influences affordable home ownership.
Revitalize Milwaukee transforms communities by providing free, critical home repairs and comprehensive services to low-income, veterans, seniors, and people with disabilities. Over the last 21 years we have grown to be the largest provider…
Provide affordable housing, support, and community to veterans throughout their lifespan.
Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.
To facilitate the charitable, patriotic and educational activities of the membership of the veterans of foreign wars-department of wisconsin.
The milwaukee police association fallen heroes, inc's one goal is to assist law enforcement officers, especially those with the milwaukee police department as well as their dependents, in the event of an officer's death, injury, disability…
Service for disabled adults
The mission of the professional fire fighters of wisconsin charitable foundation is to champion community risk reduction initiatives; promote fire safety and prevention; and deliver meaningful support to burn survivors, fire fighters and…
Wisconsin veterans network's mission is to serve the needs of veterans and their families facing crises. we accomplish that mission through a network of public, private, nonprofit and veteran service organizations, without respect to…
How this is measured
45 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. 45 of the 77 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 ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds LIFESTRIDERS INC ↗
- Who funds PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC ↗
- Who funds HUNGER TASK FORCE INC ↗
- Who funds VETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT ↗
- Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
- Who funds MALAIKA EARLY LEARNING CENTER ↗
- Who funds PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INC ↗
- Who funds Pewaukee Scholarship Fund Inc ↗
- Who funds LAKE AREA FREE CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds Exploit No More Inc ↗
- Who funds Hope Center Inc ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds GREEN LAKE AREA ANIMAL SHELTER LTD ↗
- Who funds ELMBROOK HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds THE THRESHOLD INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds BUDDA-BOX INC ↗
- Who funds GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC ↗
- Who funds THIS TIME TOMORROW INC ↗
- Who funds STARS AND STRIPES HONOR FLIGHT INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE HOMELESS VETERANS INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds USO WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds Dogs to Dog Tags Inc ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James & Leigh Peterson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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