Wisconsin · Private foundation
Lewis Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,760
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $491k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Lewis Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $25k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $30k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $24k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $23k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $25k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $27k | 15% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc | $53,400 | 9 | 0% |
| One City Schools Inc | $52,360 | 9 | 1% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $33,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $27,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Northwoods Inc | $9,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $7,480 | 9 | 0% |
| Porchlight Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $5,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Waunakee Neighborhood Connection | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Buckets for Hunger Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc | $53,400 | 9 | 0% |
| One City Schools Inc | $52,360 | 9 | 1% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $33,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $27,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Northwoods Inc | $9,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $7,480 | 9 | 0% |
| Porchlight Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $5,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Waunakee Neighborhood Connection | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Buckets for Hunger Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Clean Lakes Alliance Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin Inc | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Meriter Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Aly Wolff Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Common Wealth Development Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Newbridge Madison Inc | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Breakthrough T1d | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lewis Family Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
About Lewis Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Lewis Family Foundation Inc give?
- Lewis Family Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $25,460 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lewis Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (35%), Human Services (27%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
- Who are Lewis Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc ($53k), One City Schools Inc ($52k), University of Wisconsin Foundation ($33k).
- Does Lewis Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lewis Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lewis Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Evjue Foundation Inc, Trustage Foundation Inc, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc.
- Where is Lewis Family Foundation Inc based?
- Lewis Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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