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Mary Pauly Lacy 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.

$57k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
9%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 68
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$266k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Mary Pauly Lacy Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving20$57k5%
FY202423$65k9%
FY202329$387k17%
FY202268$101k18%
FY202163$68k24%
FY202052$58k25%
FY201945$190k24%
FY201838$120k71%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$592kArts & Culture$219kReligion$102kHealth$33kHuman Services$29kPhilanthropy$27kInternational$21kFood & Nutrition$18kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
SD
CA
CO
VA
MD
KS
TN
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Red Cloud Indian School$509,0009n/a
Milwaukee Art Museum Inc$81,60070%
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc$71,00080%
United Performing Arts Fund Inc$33,00070%
Mental Health America of Wisconsin Inc$20,00021%
St Eugene Congregation$14,7505n/a
Marquette University$13,00030%
Center for Working Families Inc$11,50040%
Nativity Jesuit Academy Inc$11,0009n/a
Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc$10,00080%
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All grantees of Mary Pauly Lacy Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Red Cloud Indian School$509,0009n/a
Milwaukee Art Museum Inc$81,60070%
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc$71,00080%
United Performing Arts Fund Inc$33,00070%
Mental Health America of Wisconsin Inc$20,00021%
St Eugene Congregation$14,7505n/a
Marquette University$13,00030%
Center for Working Families Inc$11,50040%
Nativity Jesuit Academy Inc$11,0009n/a
Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc$10,00080%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Inc$10,00080%
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc$8,85070%
Giddens School$7,50040%
Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc$7,0003n/a
Habitat for Humanity Northwoods Inc$7,00061%
Hunger Task Force Inc$6,00060%
USA Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus Inc$6,0003n/a
Cursillo in Christianity of the Arc Hdiocese of Milwaukee$4,5005n/a
Marquette University High School$4,0006n/a
The Charles E Kubly Foundation Inc$3,50060%
Milwaukee Rescue Mission$3,2506n/a
Messmer Inc$3,0003n/a
Milwaukee Public Museum Inc$3,00020%
Literacy Services of Wisconsin Inc$2,50070%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,50050%
The University School of Milwaukee Corporation$2,50050%
Casa Romero Renewal Center Inc$2,25030%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2,00050%
Next Door Foundation Inc$2,00050%
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Inc$2,00010%
Friends of Lakeshore State Park$2,00030%
Alma Center Inc$1,50020%
Jesuit Retreat House$1,5003n/a
North Point Lighthouse Friends Inc$1,50051%
Sisters of the Divine Savior$1,2503n/a
Door County Land Trust Inc$1,00040%
Allen-Chase Foundation Dba Eaglebrook School$1,00020%
Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc$1,00010%
Special Olympics Wisconsin Inc$1,00040%
Gesu Parish$1,0001n/a
Cristo Rey Network$1,00010%
Urban Ecology Center Inc$1,00040%
Unbound$88020%
Friends of the North Shore Library$75031%
Sharp Literacy Inc$75030%
Frankly Music Inc$75030%
Luxembourg American Cultural Society Inc$50010%
Meta House Inc$50020%
Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee Inc$50010%
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc$50020%
Milwaukee Tennis Classic Inc$2501n/a
Table of the Saints Inc$2501n/a
Milwaukee Tennis and Education Foundation$25010%
Riveredge Nature Center Inc$25010%
Young Womens Christian Association Southeast Wisconsin$25010%
Rainier Valley Food Bank$20010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$20010%
Seattle Childrens Playgarden$20010%
Big Life Foundation USA$20010%
Coalition for Children Youth & Families Inc$20010%
Friends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa$20010%
Treehouse$20010%
Glide Memorial Church$2001n/a
San Francisco Food Bank$20010%
Inner-City Education Program$20010%
United States Fund for Unicef$10010%
American Heart Association Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($198k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mary Pauly Lacy Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMilwaukee Art Museum Inc: $81,600 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMilwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc: $71,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Performing Arts Fund Inc: $33,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMental Health America of Wisconsin Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMarquette University: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Working Families Inc: $11,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSojourner Family Peace Center Inc: $10,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Inc: $10,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMilwaukee Repertory Theater Inc: $8,850 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGiddens School: $7,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Northwoods Inc: $7,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetHunger Task Force Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Charles E Kubly Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMilwaukee Public Museum Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Services of Wisconsin Inc: $2,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe University School of Milwaukee Corporation: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCasa Romero Renewal Center Inc: $2,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $2,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNext Door Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWisconsin Conservatory of Music Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Lakeshore State Park: $2,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAlma Center Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Point Lighthouse Friends Inc: $1,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetDoor County Land Trust Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAllen-Chase Foundation Dba Eaglebrook School: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMilwaukee Ballet Company Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Wisconsin Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCristo Rey Network: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Ecology Center Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnbound: $880 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the North Shore Library: $750 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSharp Literacy Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFrankly Music Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLuxembourg American Cultural Society Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMeta House Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Fund of Greater Milwaukee Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMilwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMilwaukee Tennis and Education Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRiveredge Nature Center Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Womens Christian Association Southeast Wisconsin: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRainier Valley Food Bank: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Childrens Playgarden: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Life Foundation USA: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition for Children Youth & Families Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTreehouse: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 52.

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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.

Greater Milwaukee Foundation IncWI58.6× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Gardner Foundation · Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable · Rite-Hite Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Mary Pauly Lacy Foundation Inc

How much does Mary Pauly Lacy Foundation Inc give?
Mary Pauly Lacy Foundation Inc reported 20 grants totaling $57,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 68 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Mary Pauly Lacy Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (55%), Arts & Culture (20%), Religion (9%).
Who are Mary Pauly Lacy Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Red Cloud Indian School ($509k), Milwaukee Art Museum Inc ($82k), Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc ($71k).
Does Mary Pauly Lacy Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mary Pauly Lacy 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 Mary Pauly Lacy 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, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc.
Where is Mary Pauly Lacy Foundation Inc based?
Mary Pauly Lacy Foundation Inc is based in WI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 109 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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