Wisconsin · Private foundation
Majerus 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.
- $38k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $433k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations Majerus Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 4 | $33k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $288k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $483k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $95k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $36k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $88k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $78k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $863k | 77% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Louis University | $385,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Saint Thomas More High School Inc | $230,091 | 4 | n/a |
| Journey House Inc | $185,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Abcd Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Marquette University | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc | $32,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Concordia University Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Luke Homan Foundation Inc | $26,500 | 9 | 37% |
| Milwaukee Riverkeeper Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Hunger Task Force Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Louis University | $385,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Saint Thomas More High School Inc | $230,091 | 4 | n/a |
| Journey House Inc | $185,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Abcd Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Marquette University | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc | $32,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Concordia University Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Luke Homan Foundation Inc | $26,500 | 9 | 37% |
| Milwaukee Riverkeeper Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Hunger Task Force Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carroll University Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Colgate University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adult Learning Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Viterbo University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Duke University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Moraine Park Technical College | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carthage College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| College of St Joseph the Worker Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Norbert College Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Butler University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gathering of Southeast Wi Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Majerus Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc · Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Majerus Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Majerus Family Foundation Inc give?
- Majerus Family Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $38,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Majerus Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Food & Nutrition (23%), Religion (9%).
- Who are Majerus Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Louis University ($385k), Saint Thomas More High School Inc ($230k), Journey House Inc ($185k).
- Does Majerus Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Majerus 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 Majerus Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc, Green Bay Packers Foundation.
- Where is Majerus Family Foundation Inc based?
- Majerus Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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