Wisconsin · Public charity
Kohler Trust for Clean Water
To provide support and assistance to a class of public charities that have as their charitable purposes improving water quality, sanitation or sustainability of water supply.
- $5.5M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2026
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $1,470,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $2,600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 3
- FY2020 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $288M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 33% of the organizations Kohler Trust for Clean Water funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 2 | $4.1M | 0% |
| FY2025 | 3 | $4.3M | 33% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $2.6M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $165k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $156k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $155k | n/a |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Environment$7.6MInternational$2.5M
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin | $6,618,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Water Missions International | $2,514,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Global Water Challenge | $2,470,000 | 2 | n/a |
About Kohler Trust for Clean Water
- How much does Kohler Trust for Clean Water give?
- Kohler Trust for Clean Water reported 3 grants totaling $5,500,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 3 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2025.
- What does Kohler Trust for Clean Water fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2026, its largest causes are Environment (75%), International (25%).
- Who are Kohler Trust for Clean Water's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2026: University of Wisconsin ($6.6M), Water Missions International ($2.5M), Global Water Challenge ($2.5M).
- Does Kohler Trust for Clean Water fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Kohler Trust for Clean Water based?
- Kohler Trust for Clean Water is based in WI.
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