Wisconsin · Private foundation
Milne Family 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.
- $60k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $922k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Milne Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 11 | $60k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $45k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $36k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $58k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $38k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $46k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $48k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $52k | 30% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago | $65,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership | $50,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Laudato Si Project Inc | $40,000 | 6 | 10% |
| Sharp Literacy Inc | $27,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Bravehearts Therapeutic Riding and Educational Center | $27,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The American Writers Museum | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bernie's Book Bank | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lookingglass Theatre Company | $14,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Historic Haymarket Milwaukee Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago | $65,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership | $50,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Laudato Si Project Inc | $40,000 | 6 | 10% |
| Sharp Literacy Inc | $27,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Bravehearts Therapeutic Riding and Educational Center | $27,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The American Writers Museum | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Bernie's Book Bank | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lookingglass Theatre Company | $14,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Historic Haymarket Milwaukee Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Restore Justice Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Illinois Prison Project | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Community Warehouse Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Friend Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
| City Forward Collective Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Uec Mvp Project Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 40% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($93k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Milne Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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: Baird Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About Milne Family Foundation
- How much does Milne Family Foundation give?
- Milne Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $60,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Milne Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Arts & Culture (25%), Community Improvement (13%).
- Who are Milne Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago ($65k), Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership ($50k), Laudato Si Project Inc ($40k).
- Does Milne Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Milne Family Foundation 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 Milne Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baird Foundation Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is Milne Family Foundation based?
- Milne Family Foundation is based in WI.
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