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Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc

Through the development of community-wide financial support, planning and allocations, the mission of the milwaukee jewish federation is to ensure the continuity of the jewish people, to enhance the quality of jewish life and to build a strong, unified jewish community in milwaukee, in israel, and throughout the world. In fulfilling its…

$15M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
196
Itemized grants FY2025
149
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2025
$12M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$17,100
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,629,842
Organizations funded a year
149 to 194
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2025
26
Total assets, FY2025
$280M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $486k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesReligionInternationalOther
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 arriving172$11M28%
FY2023149$8.5M21%
FY2022156$12M17%
FY2021180$13M27%
FY2020178$12M19%
FY2019194$11M28%
FY2018183$9.1M36%
FY2017176$7.8Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$26MReligion$21MEducation$15MArts & Culture$6.4MHealth$5.1MPhilanthropy$4.4MYouth Development$3.3MFood & Nutrition$2.2MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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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
The Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee$14,478,620923%
Milwaukee Jewish Day School Inc$7,776,536936%
Jewish Family Services Inc$7,699,125921%
Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation Inc$3,131,80894%
Hillel Academy Inc$2,585,3339n/a
Congregation Emanu-El Bne Jeshurun$2,394,5079n/a
Lubavitch of Wisconsin Inc$2,307,4159n/a
Union for Reform Judaism$2,035,5159n/a
Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid$1,757,8979n/a
University of Wisconsin Foundation$1,757,06390%
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All grantees of Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee$14,478,620923%
Milwaukee Jewish Day School Inc$7,776,536936%
Jewish Family Services Inc$7,699,125921%
Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation Inc$3,131,80894%
Hillel Academy Inc$2,585,3339n/a
Congregation Emanu-El Bne Jeshurun$2,394,5079n/a
Lubavitch of Wisconsin Inc$2,307,4159n/a
Union for Reform Judaism$2,035,5159n/a
Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid$1,757,8979n/a
University of Wisconsin Foundation$1,757,06390%
Yeshiva Elementary School - Milwaukee Inc$1,430,227811%
Hillel Milwaukee$1,379,458856%
Children's Outing Association$1,314,14493%
Hunger Task Force Inc$1,312,01591%
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc$1,178,65190%
Congregation Sinai$1,074,6399n/a
Hillel Foundation University of Wisconsin Inc$909,347918%
Vision Forward Association Foundation Inc$839,00098%
Our Next Generation Inc$835,150926%
Congregation Beth Jehudah$828,3349n/a
Jewish Beginnings Lubavitch Preschool Inc$749,3608n/a
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc$738,00090%
Ramah in the Rockies$735,65075%
Northwestern University$731,24290%
Chabad Lubavitch Center$729,0899n/a
B'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization$677,63290%
KBY Congregations Together Inc$673,408625%
Anshe Sfard-Kehillat Torah Ltd$658,8729n/a
The Uwm Foundation Inc$559,95890%
Washington Institute for Near East Policy$514,25071%
Milwaukee Art Museum Inc$511,24191%
Wisconsin Institute for Torah Study$483,9128n/a
United Performing Arts Fund Inc$483,50891%
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc$440,22190%
Milwaukee Jewish Free Loan Association$405,408931%
Grand Avenue Club Inc$358,86895%
Torah Academy of Milwaukee for Girls Inc$354,598811%
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc$349,28090%
Gilda's Club Madison Wisconsin Inc$325,20069%
Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Inc$319,50062%
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America$305,60041%
Ruach Inc$303,139937%
Minnesota Hillel$303,020911%
Tikkun Ha-Ir of Milwaukee Inc$296,401943%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$283,50760%
Milwaukee Center for Independence Inc$273,80490%
Congregation Agudas Achim Chabad Inc$269,1569n/a
Hillel Foundation at Indiana University Inc$265,480713%
Temple Menorah$264,3068n/a
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc$260,68990%
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc$247,30080%
Chabad of Downtown Ltd$229,2799n/a
Cu Boulder Hillel Foundation$226,50068%
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc$222,36890%
Friends of the Cultural Center Inc$221,76790%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc$205,13491%
Cardinal Stritch University Inc$204,99450%
The University School of Milwaukee Corporation$200,53070%
The Friendship Circle Inc$193,72886%
American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation Inc$191,00095%
Radio Milwaukee Inc$190,79892%
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee$183,40072%
The Institute for the Advancement of Education in Jaffa Inc$176,90072%
Congregation Bnai Israel$173,7676n/a
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc$156,56080%
Operation Dream Inc$153,60059%
J Street Education Fund Inc$153,00091%
Washington University$150,67550%
Anna C Macaskill Schwab and Dwight L Schwab$142,1551n/a
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$132,32890%
Marquette University$128,00080%
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee Inc$127,00020%
Friends of the Forum$125,25089%
Jewish Home and Care Center Inc$124,48120%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$120,68350%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$118,5405n/a
Jem Inc$117,26793%
McPreparatory School of Wisconsin Inc$115,75090%
Oholei Yosef Yitzchak Lubavitch$115,21371%
Yeshiva University$112,02310%
Camp Ramah in Wisconsin Inc$111,9002n/a
College of the Desert Foundation$108,50091%
Bethlehem Chabad Inc$106,8007n/a
Securefutures Foundation Inc$104,90053%
Eisenhower Medical Center$103,15060%
Arts at Large Inc$102,80093%
Camp Manito-Wish YMCA Inc$102,10012%
Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc$101,57080%
Parent Booster USA Inc$100,00062%
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$99,50090%
The Conservative Synagogue Inc$97,0005n/a
18 Corp$95,6182n/a
Know Thyself Inc$95,100350%
Mequon Jewish Preschool Inc$92,41883%
The Adler Planetarium$90,00080%
Dickinson College$90,00020%
Chabad of Berkshire County Inc$87,6112n/a
New Directions for People With Disabilities Inc$87,42614%
Hebron Fund Inc$87,16971%
Jcc Global USA Inc$82,000512%
Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership Inc$76,10071%
Milwaukee Urban League$76,05062%
Milwaukee Alliance for Jewish Reconnection Inc$74,750715%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$74,50090%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$71,88060%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$70,90030%
Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc$70,78080%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$70,60060%
Friends of Mayanot Institute Inc$70,18051%
Woodland Pattern Inc$65,15042%
Woman's Club of Wisconsin Foundation Inc$65,000123%
The Barbara Sinatra Children's Center at Eisenhower$64,81051%
Park Synagogue$62,8535n/a
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago$62,50071%
Friends of Carbone Cancer Center Inc$62,500460%
Jewish Family Service of the Desert$62,40081%
Protect Democracy Project$60,00030%
Milwaukee Public Museum Inc$59,50080%
Lake Park Synagogue Inc$57,4142n/a
Beth Ephraim Maplewood Jewish Center$56,2182n/a
Student Organ Donation Advocates$55,576411%
Sarcoma Foundation of America$55,00011%
Florentine Opera Company Inc$54,04531%
Congregation Ahavat Yisroel Inc$53,7004n/a
Nicolet High School Foundation Inc$52,89763%
Ten Chimneys Foundation Inc$51,55044%
Pastors United Community Advocacy Inc$51,20046%
Acts Community Development Corporation$51,08051%
Rancho Mirage Writers Festival$51,00051%
Alliance for Youth Organizing$50,60011%
United Community Center Inc$50,60030%
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc$50,50040%
St Ann Center for Intergenerational Care$50,30011%
Menachem Education Foundation Inc$50,00015%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$50,0001n/a
Leep Beyond Nfp$50,000374%
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation$50,00050%
Cheder Chabad Inc$50,0003n/a
Treepeople Inc$49,50050%
Milwaukee Kollel Inc$48,80033%
Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation$48,40032%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$48,10040%
The Aspen Country Day School Inc$47,50020%
Aurora Health Care Foundation Inc$47,05030%
New York University$45,75050%
Balance Inc$45,70030%
Palm Springs Art Museum$45,15450%
Center for Jewish Life Inc$43,1362n/a
Lawrence University of Wisconsin$42,75050%
Mechon Hadar$42,6666n/a
The Art Institute of Chicago$42,07530%
Community Advocates Inc$42,00040%
Discovery World Ltd$41,50020%
New Concept Self Development Center Inc$41,25038%
Accelerate Change Inc$41,00010%
Milwaukee Section - National Council of Jewish Women$40,570374%
Perry Hall White Marsh Jewish Center$40,5001n/a
Umom New Day Centers Inc$40,00010%
A Chudnow & Sons Historical Museum Inc$39,900419%
Alverno College$39,15030%
Chabad-Lubavitch Inc$37,5806n/a
Interfaith Caregivers Inc$37,41036%
Inner Fire Inc$37,00013%
Cancer Awareness Through Research and Education Care$36,30052%
National Digital Inclusion Alliance$36,00021%
The Wurtman Foundation Inc$36,00018%
Urban Ecology Center Inc$35,57050%
Law Forward Inc$35,40040%
Macalester College$35,00070%
All Americans Vote$35,0001n/a
South 27th Street Business District Association Inc$35,000215%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Milwaukee Inc$34,50060%
Charityex Foundation Inc$34,00023%
HEAR Wisconsin Inc$33,15031%
Association of Chevros Kadisha Inc$32,80043%
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc$32,60540%
Gold in September Charitable Trust$32,00033%
Maimonides Hebrew Day School$32,00041%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$32,00050%
MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger$31,97010%
The Ember Foundation$31,71052%
Rabbinical Assembly of America$31,7001n/a
American Academy of Pediatrics$31,00010%
Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council$31,00020%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$30,78540%
Golf Fore Wolfe & a Cure Inc$30,6003n/a
Saint Johns Communities Foundation Inc$30,3001n/a
Friends of Chabad of Hebron Inc$30,25041%
Metcalfe Park Community Bridges Inc$30,20013%
Beber Camp Property Inc$30,05050%
Jazale S Art Studio Inc$30,0003n/a
Braver AngelsInc$30,00011%
Foundation for Women and Girls with Blood Disorders$30,00032%
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation Inc$30,00011%
CHABAD STUDENT CENTER AT UofM$29,48026%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$29,14540%
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc$28,90021%
The World Union for Progressive Judaism Ltd$28,8802n/a
Pathfinders Milwaukee Inc$28,85030%
Alzheimer's Association$28,7602n/a
Temple Emanuel$28,1334n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$27,65020%
Congregation Emanu El$27,3103n/a
Priests of the Sacred Heart$27,2005n/a
The American Hospital of Paris Foundation$27,00041%
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc$26,70040%
University of Wisconsin$26,4363n/a
First Stage Milwaukee$26,43030%
Wisconsin Humane Society$26,39050%
Milwaukee Innercity Congregations Allied for Hope Inc$26,00038%
Keshet$26,00030%
Anti-Defamation League$25,90020%
Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic$25,87031%
Skylight Music Theatre Corp$25,36130%
Manoff Foundation$25,00012%
Fix the System - Wisconsin Inc$25,00014%
Coachella Valley Repertory$25,00040%
Temple Emanu-El$25,0001n/a
First Descents$25,00011%
Tunelittle$25,0001n/a
Academy of Basic Education Inc$25,00010%
Wisconsin Preservation Fund Inc$25,00045%
Anti-Defamation League Foundation$24,96630%
Jewish Film Institute$24,00031%
Birthright Israel Foundation$23,99030%
Meta House Inc$23,10040%
Hebrew Theological College$22,5001n/a
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$22,50030%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return$22,50030%
Bader Hillel High Inc$22,5001n/a
Wisconsin Public Radio Association Inc$22,23010%
Commonbond Communities$22,00040%
Clayco Foundation$21,80040%
International Crane Foundation Inc$21,70030%
Benedict Center Inc$21,55031%
Lchaim Chaverut Northshore Inc$21,3503n/a
Cathedral Center Inc$21,03031%
Mental Health America of Wisconsin Inc$21,0001n/a
Next Act Theatre Inc$21,00031%
Friends of Schlitz Audubon Nature Center Inc$20,90020%
NAMI National$20,70020%
Milwaukee Immediate Care Corporation$20,5002n/a
Public Allies Inc$20,50010%
Time Served$20,48015%
Glenbrook Mikvah$20,00019%
Abundance Capital$20,0002n/a
Charlie Foundation for Ketogenic Therapies$20,00036%
Arts Center of Coastal Carolina$20,00030%
Congregation Bais Torah$20,0001n/a
Legal Insurrection Foundation$20,00031%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$19,83820%
Torah Learning Enrichment Inc$19,8002n/a
Northern Sky Theater Inc$19,50030%
Aspen Jewish Center$19,40041%
Renaissance Theaterworks Inc$19,23431%
The Catherine Cook School$19,00030%
National Council of Young Israel$18,6352n/a
Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School$18,60020%
Camp Gan Israel Inc$18,40032%
Wings of Rescue Inc$18,00030%
Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov High School of Chicago$18,0001n/a
Meoowzresq Inc$17,50031%
The Aspen Institute Inc$17,50040%
Lange Foundation$17,00030%
The Riverside University High School Foundation Inc$16,40035%
Luria Academy of Brooklyn$16,20030%
Bais Chabad of Kalkaska Inc$15,9501n/a
Yeshiva Gedolah Rabbinical Institute of New England Inc$15,87520%
Milwaukee Homeless Veterans Initiative Inc$15,70021%
Next Door Foundation Inc$15,50020%
Sidekick Education$15,20017%
University Foundation - Manitowoc Inc$15,00028%
Center for Deaf-Blind Persons Inc$15,00031%
Tbey Arts Center Inc$15,00032%
Neu-Life Community Development Inc$15,00021%
Children's Hospital of Michigan Foundation$15,00030%
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated$15,00020%
Reading and Math Inc$15,00020%
Southern California Education Fund$15,00031%
Wisconsin Black Historal Socie$15,00013%
Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy Inc$15,00010%
Congregation Shir Hadash$14,7701n/a
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El$14,7652n/a
Sierra Club Foundation$13,87520%
Summerfest Foundation Inc$13,70011%
Used Pets Inc$13,5002n/a
Thomas Merton Center Inc$13,00012%
Youthaiti Inc$13,0002n/a
American Friends of Yeshiva Tiferet$13,00011%
Council for Jewish Elderly$12,75710%
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Ltd$12,35021%
Agudath Israel of Illinois$12,30030%
Oberlin College$12,30020%
Congregation Yehuda Moshe$12,2571n/a
Shelter Transport Animal Rescue Team$12,25031%
Great Neck Synagogue$12,0502n/a
Cheder Chabad Inc$12,0001n/a
Whiskers Inc$12,0002n/a
Israel Emergency Alliance$11,93030%
Sharp Literacy Inc$11,80011%
Chabad Lubavitch of Stamford and Southern Ct$11,7002n/a
Heifer Project International$11,50030%
Congregation Beth Yam$11,4502n/a
Saint Francis Childrens Center Inc$11,37030%
Milwaukee Film Inc$11,16510%
Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc$11,05020%
Legatus$11,0001n/a
Group Foundation for Advancing Mental Health Inc$11,00031%
National Council of Jewish Women St Louis Section$11,00010%
Lungevity Foundation Inc$10,85010%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$10,75010%
Torah Foundation of Milwaukee Inc$10,75016%
Penfield Children's Center Inc$10,70020%
University of Pittsburgh$10,50010%
Independence First Inc$10,50020%
Musical Instrument Museum$10,5001n/a
Zoological Society of Milwaukee Cty$10,35110%
Jewish Youth Foundation$10,3002n/a
Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc$10,30020%
Orlando Torah Academy Inc$10,28020%
Milwaukee Jewish Sacred Society Chevra Kadishah$10,2501n/a
City Forward Collective Inc$10,20010%
Alzheimers Assnn0 CA&NO Nv$10,0002n/a
Rtna Scholarship Fund$10,0001n/a
Eisenhower Health Services$10,0002n/a
Adas Israel Hebrew Congregation$10,0001n/a
Eli and Bessie Cohen Camps$10,00010%
Chicago Sinai Congregation$10,0001n/a
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust$10,00020%
Jewish Values Online$10,0001n/a
Makor Chaim USA Inc$10,00012%
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry$10,00010%
J K Lee City Youth Martial Arts Program Inc$10,00019%
Mels Charities Inc$10,0001n/a
Nia Imani Family Inc$10,0001n/a
Children's Dyslexia Centers Inc$10,00010%
The Chicago Debate Commission$10,00011%
Beth El Synagogue$10,0001n/a
Dominican Center for Women Inc$10,00021%
Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens Inc$10,00021%
Newthreads of Hope Inc$10,0002n/a
Holliday Park Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation$10,00020%
Sojourner Foundation$10,00010%
Can-Do Kalamazoo$10,00022%
The Women's Center Inc$10,0002n/a
Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation$10,00020%
Center for Veterans Issues Inc$10,00020%
Gulfshore Playhouse Inc$10,00010%
Palm Springs Cultural Center$10,0001n/a
Intonation Music Workshop$10,00011%
Dror for the Wounded Foundation Inc$10,000219%
Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Running Rebels Community Organization Inc$9,89520%
Just Harvest Education Fund$9,74111%
Community Action Center Inc$9,50010%
Arie Crown Hebrew Day School$9,3001n/a
Mptv Friends Inc$9,2801n/a
Camp Gan-Israel Inc$9,1501n/a
Rancho Mirage Library & Observatory Foundation$9,00012%
Jewish Community Association of Greater Phoenix$8,60010%
Family Learning Institute$8,33425%
Makom Solel Lakeside$8,1001n/a
Friends of Arava the Institute Ltd$8,06010%
Kradwell School Inc$8,00011%
The University of Iowa Louis Shulman Hillel Foundation$8,0002n/a
Safe & Sound Inc$8,00010%
Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project$8,0001n/a
The Shul East$8,0001n/a
Feeding America$7,95010%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$7,78010%
Israel Tennis Centers Foundation Inc$7,62220%
Lad Lake Inc$7,60010%
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc$7,60010%
Journey House Inc$7,50010%
Partners Bridging the Digital Divide Inc$7,5001n/a
Beyond Vision Inc$7,50010%
Amit Children Inc$7,20020%
Milwaukee Jewish Community Chorale$6,8001n/a
Chabad of Paradise Valley$6,7501n/a
Sculpture Milwaukee Inc$6,60011%
The Desert Symphony Inc$6,58011%
Saint John's Communities Inc$6,56010%
Ner Tamid North County Conservative Synagogue$6,5001n/a
Dogs Without Borders Inc$6,50011%
Beth Israel Center$6,5001n/a
Milwaukee World Festival Inc$6,30710%
Scottsdale Arts$6,25010%
Salvation Army National Corp$6,2081n/a
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Inc$6,11420%
Regents of the University of Michigan$6,0501n/a
Anshe Sholom Bnai Israel$6,0001n/a
Donorschooseorg$6,00010%
Unite America Institute Inc$6,00010%
American Friends of Aaci Inc$6,0002n/a
Western States Center$6,00010%
The Voter Participation Center$6,00010%
Chicago Horticultural Society$6,00010%
Helping Out Pets Everyday$6,0001n/a
Lubavitch Chabad of Niles Inc$6,0001n/a
One Family Fund$6,0002n/a
Volunteers in Medicine America$6,000118%
Gates of Zion Inc$6,00010%
Near West Side Partners Inc$6,00010%
Colel Chabad$6,0002n/a
Temple Beth Am$5,8501n/a
Versiti Wisconsin Inc$5,8001n/a
Versiti Blood Research Institute Foundation Inc$5,80010%
Ohr Hatorah Inc$5,7631n/a
Milwaukee Public Library Foundation Inc$5,75010%
Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity Inc$5,70010%
Storahtelling Lab Shul Inc$5,60010%
Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers Inc$5,50010%
Sheboygan Senior Community Inc$5,50010%
Montefiore Foundation$5,50011%
Rabbinical College of America$5,50010%
Advocates of Ozaukee Inc$5,50010%
Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israel$5,5002n/a
Zeidler Group Inc$5,50012%
Congregation Shearith Israel Endowment Fund$5,5001n/a
Mound Zion Cemetery Association$5,46611%
Newcaje Inc$5,40013%
Zionist Organization of America$5,40010%
American Committee for Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem Inc$5,40010%
Tucson Jewish Community Center Inc$5,25020%
Malaika Early Learning Center$5,25010%
Literacy Services of Wisconsin Inc$5,25010%
Sha Ar Zahav$5,2001n/a
Camp Chavatzeleth Inc$5,20010%
Lubavitch Chabad of Northbrook Inc$5,1801n/a
Jewish Community Centers Association of North America$5,18010%
Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc$5,10010%
St Bens Community Meal$5,1001n/a
Hometown Heroes Inc$5,10011%
Chabad Lubavitch of Waukesha Inc$5,1001n/a
Temple Beth Shalom$5,0182n/a
Centro Hispano Inc$5,00010%
Growing Minds Inc$5,00013%
Mishkan Chicago$5,0001n/a
Cactus Cancer Society$5,00019%
University of Wisconsin la Crosse$5,0001n/a
Samaritan's Purse$5,00010%
Valley Beth Shalom$5,0001n/a
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$5,00010%
Scratch Foundation$5,00010%
Trustees of Tufts College$5,00010%
The Wende Museum of the Cold War Inc$5,00010%
Angel Flight West Inc$5,00010%
St Olaf College$5,00010%
American Civil Liberties Foundation of Pennsylvania Inc$5,0001n/a
Project Kesher$5,00010%
All Star Health Center Inc$5,00014%
Stars and Stripes Honor Flight Inc$5,00010%
Community Partners$5,00010%
Venice Family Clinic$5,00010%
University of Arizona Foundation$5,00010%
Washburn Center for Children$5,00010%
Adult Learning Center Inc$5,00012%
The Trustees of the Smith College$5,00010%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$5,00010%
National Brain Tumor Society Inc$5,00010%
American Lung Association$5,00010%
The Jewish Pocet$5,0001n/a
Designs for Dignity$5,00011%
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges$5,0001n/a
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America$5,0001n/a
John Craig Schmutzer Foundation Inc$5,00018%
Town & Village Conservative Synagogue Inc$5,0001n/a
Facing Addiction$5,0001n/a
Best Camp Inc$5,00024%
Project Return Inc$5,00011%
Chevrat Nashim Inc$5,0001n/a
New Urban Arts$5,00010%
The Trustees of Grinnell College$5,00010%
Merkos Linyonei Chinuch Inc$5,0001n/a
Bnai Aviv Inc$5,0001n/a

Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($198k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee: $14,478,620 over 9y, 23% of budgetMilwaukee Jewish Day School Inc: $7,776,536 over 9y, 36% of budgetJewish Family Services Inc: $7,699,125 over 9y, 21% of budgetJewish Home and Care Center Foundation Inc: $3,131,808 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $1,757,063 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetYeshiva Elementary School - Milwaukee Inc: $1,430,227 over 8y, 11% of budgetHillel Milwaukee: $1,379,458 over 8y, 56% of budgetChildren's Outing Association: $1,314,144 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetHunger Task Force Inc: $1,312,015 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc: $1,178,651 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetHillel Foundation University of Wisconsin Inc: $909,347 over 9y, 18% of budgetVision Forward Association Foundation Inc: $839,000 over 9y, 7.5% of budgetOur Next Generation Inc: $835,150 over 9y, 26% of budgetChildren's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc: $738,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetRamah in the Rockies: $735,650 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetNorthwestern University: $731,242 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetB'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization: $677,632 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetKBY Congregations Together Inc: $673,408 over 6y, 25% of budgetThe Uwm Foundation Inc: $559,958 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetWashington Institute for Near East Policy: $514,250 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetMilwaukee Art Museum Inc: $511,241 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Performing Arts Fund Inc: $483,508 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetMilwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc: $440,221 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetMilwaukee Jewish Free Loan Association: $405,408 over 9y, 31% of budgetGrand Avenue Club Inc: $358,868 over 9y, 5.4% of budgetTorah Academy of Milwaukee for Girls Inc: $354,598 over 8y, 11% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc: $349,280 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetGilda's Club Madison Wisconsin Inc: $325,200 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetMidwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Inc: $319,500 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetThe Shalom Hartman Institute of North America: $305,600 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetRuach Inc: $303,139 over 9y, 37% of budgetMinnesota Hillel: $303,020 over 9y, 11% of budgetTikkun Ha-Ir of Milwaukee Inc: $296,401 over 9y, 43% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $283,507 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMilwaukee Center for Independence Inc: $273,804 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHillel Foundation at Indiana University Inc: $265,480 over 7y, 13% of budgetMilwaukee Repertory Theater Inc: $260,689 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc: $247,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCu Boulder Hillel Foundation: $226,500 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetFeeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc: $222,368 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Cultural Center Inc: $221,767 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc: $205,134 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetCardinal Stritch University Inc: $204,994 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe University School of Milwaukee Corporation: $200,530 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Friendship Circle Inc: $193,728 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation Inc: $191,000 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetRadio Milwaukee Inc: $190,798 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetBig Brothers and Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee: $183,400 over 7y, 1.5% 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 200.

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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.

Herbert H Kohl Charities IncWI118.7× affinity88 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Gardner Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

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 Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc

How much does Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc give?
Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc reported 196 itemized grants totaling $11,645,686, out of $14,847,189 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 149 and 194 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (29%), Religion (24%), Education (17%).
Who are Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee ($14M), Milwaukee Jewish Day School Inc ($7.8M), Jewish Family Services Inc ($7.7M).
Does Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc.
Where is Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc based?
Milwaukee Jewish Federation 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 515 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 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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