Wisconsin · Private foundation
Koeppen-Gerlach Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $120k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $970k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Koeppen-Gerlach Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 4 | $120k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $75k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $65k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $125k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $100k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $55k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $113k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $106k | 75% |
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservancy for Healing & | $200,000 | 6 | 7% |
| Milwaukee County Historical Society Inc | $150,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Milwaukee Public Museum Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Ten Chimneys Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Historic Milwaukee Inc | $56,200 | 6 | 3% |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cedarburg Cultural Center Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Public Library Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Seeds of Health Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservancy for Healing & | $200,000 | 6 | 7% |
| Milwaukee County Historical Society Inc | $150,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Milwaukee Public Museum Inc | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Ten Chimneys Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Historic Milwaukee Inc | $56,200 | 6 | 3% |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cedarburg Cultural Center Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Public Library Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Seeds of Health Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($118k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Koeppen-Gerlach 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: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Olive & Eunice Toussaint Fdn Inv Agy · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Marcus Corporation Foundation Inc · Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Inc · Brewers Community Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Koeppen-Gerlach Foundation
- How much does Koeppen-Gerlach Foundation give?
- Koeppen-Gerlach Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $120,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Koeppen-Gerlach Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (53%), Recreation & Sports (25%), Religion (9%).
- Who are Koeppen-Gerlach Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Conservancy for Healing & ($200k), Milwaukee County Historical Society Inc ($150k), Milwaukee Public Museum Inc ($90k).
- Does Koeppen-Gerlach Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Koeppen-Gerlach Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Koeppen-Gerlach Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, Olive & Eunice Toussaint Fdn Inv Agy.
- Where is Koeppen-Gerlach Foundation based?
- Koeppen-Gerlach Foundation is based in WI.
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