Wisconsin · Private foundation
Joan & Fred Brengel Family 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.
- $172k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 88%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $155k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 17
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 88% of the organizations Joan & Fred Brengel Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $155k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $158k | 88% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $156k | n/a |
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, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Door Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Public Museum Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| PKD Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Performing Arts Fund Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pearls for Teen Girls Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Door Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Public Museum Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| PKD Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Performing Arts Fund Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pearls for Teen Girls Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Red Arrow Camp Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pathfinders Milwaukee Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Ecology Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Manito-Wish YMCA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($318k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joan & Fred Brengel Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Joan & Fred Brengel Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Joan & Fred Brengel Family Foundation Inc give?
- Joan & Fred Brengel Family Foundation Inc reported 15 itemized grants totaling $155,000, out of $172,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 17 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Joan & Fred Brengel Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (9%), Arts & Culture (6%), Human Services (6%).
- Who are Joan & Fred Brengel Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Next Door Foundation Inc ($45k), Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc ($30k), Milwaukee Public Museum Inc ($15k).
- Does Joan & Fred Brengel Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joan & Fred Brengel Family 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 Joan & Fred Brengel Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Baird Foundation Inc, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Joan & Fred Brengel Family Foundation Inc based?
- Joan & Fred Brengel Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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