· Private foundation
Ladish Co 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $34k
- $10k–50k21 grants · $435k
- $50k–250k8 grants · $908k
- $250k+4 grants · $1.5M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE | $567,000 |
| ROGERS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | $400,000 |
| GUADALUPE CENTER | $300,000 |
| CATHEDRAL CENTER | $250,000 |
| CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL | $200,000 |
| ST JOAN ANTIDA HIGH SCHOOL | $200,000 |
| HUMANE ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY | $126,000 |
| MILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSION | $125,000 |
| JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH | $107,375 |
| MAKE-A-WISH WISCONSIN | $50,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE | $50,000 |
| PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE | $50,000 |
| CUDAHY HIGH SCHOOL | $45,000 |
| MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | $40,000 |
| HUNGER TASK FORCE OF MILWAUKEE | $35,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $805k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 19% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
49 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
CATHEDRAL CENTER INC3× · 2023–2025 · $765k · revenue +26%- GCGuadalupe Center Inc3× · 2023–2025 · $650k · revenue +10%
MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING3× · 2020–2023 · $415k · revenue +30%
Funded once
- LCLADISH CO FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $2.4M
MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INCone grant, 2020 · $166k · revenue -43%- BTBREAKTHROUGH T1Done grant, 2024 · $82k · revenue +17%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
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.
Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.
The wisconsin council of the blind and visually impaired's mission is to promote the dignity and empowerment of people in wisconsin who are blind and visually impaired by providing services, advocating legislation, and educating the…
The mission of the center for healthcare careers of southeast wisconsin, inc. (chcsew) is to unite all appropriate stakeholders in a viable, flexible structure to locate, educate and support a workforce from service to professional levels…
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…
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 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…
The mission of employ milwaukee, inc. is to build a strong workforce development system by planning, coordinating, collaborating and monitoring workforce initiatives with businesses, partners and community stakeholders at the local,…
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.
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.
Goodwill of south central wisconsin's mission is to help people in our community to live, work and thrive through housing, employment and supportive services. see schedule o for continuationsupported employment and job skills training are…
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.
How this is measured
29 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. 29 of the 67 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 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
- Who funds CATHEDRAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Guadalupe Center Inc ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ↗
- Who funds HUMANE ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds HUNGER TASK FORCE INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds Prevent Blindness Wisconsin ↗
- Who funds Kathy's House Inc ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC ↗
- Who funds FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds FISHER HOUSE WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds VISION FORWARD ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR DEAF-BLIND PERSONS INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds The Guest House of Milwaukee Inc ↗
- Who funds SOJOURNER FOUNDATION ↗
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 · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation Inc · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Usinger Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ladish Co Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ladish Co Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Guadalupe Center Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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