Wisconsin · Private foundation
Jim & Kristen Hamel Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $253k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Jim & Kristen Hamel Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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 | 17 | $253k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $233k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $231k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $235k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $271k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $224k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $168k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $136k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Promise of Washington County Inc | $220,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Securefutures Foundation Inc | $125,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Community Counseling Solutions | $105,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Casa Guadalupe Education Center Inc | $102,500 | 4 | 11% |
| Ushja Foundation Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Richfield Historical Society Inc | $50,000 | 8 | 14% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Washington County Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Danny & Rons Rescue | $42,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Wheeler County Communities Inc | $40,000 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Promise of Washington County Inc | $220,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Securefutures Foundation Inc | $125,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Community Counseling Solutions | $105,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Casa Guadalupe Education Center Inc | $102,500 | 4 | 11% |
| Ushja Foundation Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Richfield Historical Society Inc | $50,000 | 8 | 14% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 26% |
| Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Washington County Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Danny & Rons Rescue | $42,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Wheeler County Communities Inc | $40,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity Northwoods Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Gleneayre Equestrian Program Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Wi Shoreline Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Peeps Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Advisers Give Back Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 19% |
| United Special Sportsman Alliance I | $9,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Groundwork Milwaukee Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Paws With A Cause | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dogs to Dog Tags Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 3% |
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($914k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Jim & Kristen Hamel Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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
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About Jim & Kristen Hamel Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Jim & Kristen Hamel Family Foundation Inc give?
- Jim & Kristen Hamel Family Foundation Inc reported 17 grants totaling $253,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jim & Kristen Hamel Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (19%), Education (19%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Jim & Kristen Hamel Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Family Promise of Washington County Inc ($220k), Securefutures Foundation Inc ($125k), Community Counseling Solutions ($105k).
- Does Jim & Kristen Hamel Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jim & Kristen Hamel Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jim & Kristen Hamel Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Green Bay Packers Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust.
- Where is Jim & Kristen Hamel Family Foundation Inc based?
- Jim & Kristen Hamel Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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