· Private foundation
Kuehl Family Foundation
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Kuehl Family Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Kuehl Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 14 organizations, $72k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k22 grants · $62k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST CHRISTOPHER'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $10,000 |
| MACC FUND | $7,000 |
| MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN | $7,000 |
| OUR NEXT GENERATION INC | $6,000 |
| MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC | $5,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES | $5,000 |
| MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $3,000 |
| FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN | $3,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $3,000 |
| CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF WI FDN | $2,000 |
| MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM | $2,000 |
| COLUMBIA ST MARY'S FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| FROEDTERT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| THE PARK PEOPLE OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY | $2,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.
The war memorial center's mission is to honor the dead and serve the living. we commemorate the courageous men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of freedom while preserving and sharing the stories, experiences, and…
To reach a new generation of radio listeners on air, online and in the community with a compelling selection of music and public affairs programming. the corporation celebrates milwaukee music, arts, heritage, and culture by supporting and…
We inspire people to experience life at its fullest by encouraging ownership of health, fostering independence, and serving the whole person; and do so with an unwavering commitment as stewards of medicaid funding.
Engage our community in supporting milwaukee county parks to collectively steward a thriving park system.
To improve the health of the people of wisconsin by supporting and strengthening physicians' ability to practice high quality patient care in a changing environment.
We enhance the well-being of people of all ages with disabilities across wisconsin through the management of special needs trusts by promoting more choice and opportunities.
The mission of the milwaukee bar association is to be an inclusive, equitable and diverse organization that serves the interests of the lawyers, judges and the people of milwaukee county by working to promote the professional interests of…
To promote interests and effectiveness of the nonprofit sector through strengthening organizational capacity, expanding volunteerism and encouraging collaboration.
Milwaukee women inc is an organization of executives determined to change the quality and composition of corporate boards to maximize the performance of public and private companies with a focus on women and women of color.
The madison professional police officers association represents law enforcement professionals who serve the city of madison, wisconsin, as either police officers, detectives, investigators, or sergeants.
The museum of wisconsin art celebrates the value, diversity, and uniqueness of the visual arts and artists of wisconsin. this is achieved by collecting, conserving, documenting, exhibiting, and promoting aesthetic understanding of the…
How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds OUR NEXT GENERATION INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds THE PARK PEOPLE OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds ASCENSION WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds Froedtert Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS WISCONSIN INC ↗
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: Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Gardner Foundation · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Kuehl Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kuehl Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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