· Private foundation
Lee Griffin Scholarship Fund
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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 · FY2026
- Under $10k13 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $89k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - LA CROSSE | $31,550 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - PLATTEVILLE | $18,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - EAU CLAIRE | $15,250 |
| SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE | $13,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MILWAUKEE | $10,000 |
| IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY | $9,700 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON | $6,300 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - STEVENS POINT | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH | $4,000 |
| ST NORBERT COLLEGE | $2,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | $2,000 |
| WESTERN WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE | $2,000 |
| WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY | $1,800 |
| UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE | $1,700 |
| ROCHESTER COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE | $1,550 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2026, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
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 FY2026, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- KHKICKAPOO HIGH SCHOOL2× · 2020–2021 · $150k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LACROSSE5× · 2022–2026 · $109k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON5× · 2022–2026 · $102k
Funded once
- UOUNIV OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATERone grant, 2023 · $4k
- MSMINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2022 · $3k
- MAMADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGEone grant, 2022 · $2k
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.
Chartered in 1826, lafayette college is dedicated to excellence in undergraduate education. students are engaged in a transformative educational experience that bridges the liberal arts, engineering, and interdisciplinary study. the…
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Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
Xavier is a jesuit catholic university rooted in the liberal arts tradition. our mission is to educate each student intellectually, morally, and spiritually. we create learning opportunities through rigorous academic and professional…
The university of rio grande/ rio grande community college is america's unique private/public institution of higher education designed to provide learners the opportunity to attain a high-quality, high-value education. our personalized,…
As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…
See schedule o.founded in 1866, carleton college is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of 2,007 students located in the historic river town of northfield, minnesota. nationally recognized as the nation's top college for…
Wisconsin lutheran college is a private, four-year liberal arts college.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…
Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.
Through innovative learning opportunities, individual student attention, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive educational access, simpson college cultivates a diverse community of learners to lead lives of meaning and purpose.
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 32 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.
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: Tobola Educational Trust · Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc · Culver's Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lee Griffin Scholarship Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lee Griffin Scholarship Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
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