Wisconsin · Private foundation
Kirsten and Emily Maki Foundation
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.
- $48k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $548k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Kirsten and Emily Maki Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 | 7 | $48k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $65k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $41k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $38k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $19k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $28k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $41k | 38% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Presbyterian Church | $29,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Focus on Community Inc | $27,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Santa Cause Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Siena Catholic Schools of Racine Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eco-Justice Center Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Red Bird Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The George Washington University | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Presbyterian Church | $29,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Focus on Community Inc | $27,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Santa Cause Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Siena Catholic Schools of Racine Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eco-Justice Center Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Red Bird Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The George Washington University | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Racine Arts Council Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Stars and Stripes Honor Flight Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Monica's Senior Living Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Baldrick's Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lutheran High School | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alpha Chi Omega Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cursillo in Christianity of the Arc Hdiocese of Milwaukee | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beleaf Survivors Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Mary by the Lake | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Prairie School Inc | $950 | 1 | 0% |
| DeKoven Center Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($183k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kirsten and Emily Maki 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: Racine Community Foundation Inc · Lang Family Foundation Inc · Ascension All Saints Hospital Foundation Inc · United Way of Racine County Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · AbbVie Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Kirsten and Emily Maki Foundation
- How much does Kirsten and Emily Maki Foundation give?
- Kirsten and Emily Maki Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $48,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Kirsten and Emily Maki Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (37%), Health (19%), Education (16%).
- Who are Kirsten and Emily Maki Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Covenant Presbyterian Church ($29k), Focus on Community Inc ($27k), Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy ($16k).
- Does Kirsten and Emily Maki Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kirsten and Emily Maki 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 Kirsten and Emily Maki Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Racine Community Foundation Inc, Lang Family Foundation Inc, Ascension All Saints Hospital Foundation Inc.
- Where is Kirsten and Emily Maki Foundation based?
- Kirsten and Emily Maki Foundation is based in WI.
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