Wisconsin · Public charity
Joy Engine Inc
Joy engine, inc. Supports public art, music and performance that inspires, educates and enhances the well-being of our milwaukee communities.
- $132k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $97k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 67% of the organizations Joy Engine Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 10 | $97k | 90% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $108k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $59k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $180k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $363k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynden Inc | $270,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Sculpture Milwaukee Inc | $270,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Arts at Large Inc | $47,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Imagine MKEInc | $30,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bronzeville Center for the Arts Inc | $13,022 | 1 | 0% |
| The New State Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Millennian LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Latino Arts Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Riverwest Radio Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynden Inc | $270,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Sculpture Milwaukee Inc | $270,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Arts at Large Inc | $47,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Imagine MKEInc | $30,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bronzeville Center for the Arts Inc | $13,022 | 1 | 0% |
| The New State Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Millennian LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Latino Arts Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Riverwest Radio Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Historic King Drive Business Improvement District Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 53% |
| Funk Enterpises LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jazale S Art Studio Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| La Familia de Arte Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Bloom Art and Integrated Therapies Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Harbor District Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Art Intersection Mke Community Partners Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 14% |
| The Middle Ground Inc | $9,856 | 1 | 47% |
| Bernard Art Studio LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Westown Association of Milwaukee Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Some Monkey Business LLC | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Joy Engine Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 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.
Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Donald and Donna Baumgartner Charitable Trust · Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable · Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc · Rdk Foundation · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Wisconsin Humanities Council Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Joy Engine Inc
- How much does Joy Engine Inc give?
- Joy Engine Inc reported 10 itemized grants totaling $97,356, out of $132,297 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Joy Engine Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (90%), Community Improvement (8%), Health (1%).
- Who are Joy Engine Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Lynden Inc ($270k), Sculpture Milwaukee Inc ($270k), Arts at Large Inc ($48k).
- Does Joy Engine Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Joy Engine Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Inc, Green Bay Packers Foundation.
- Where is Joy Engine Inc based?
- Joy Engine Inc is based in WI.
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