Wisconsin · Public charity
Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc
Engage our community in supporting milwaukee county parks to collectively steward a thriving park system.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,169,280
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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 | $1.3M | 73% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $526k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $535k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $463k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $18k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee County Zoo | $2,560,395 | 5 | n/a |
| The Park People of Milwaukee County Inc | $79,250 | 4 | 11% |
| Serving Older Adults of Southeast Wisconsin Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sherman Park Community Association Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Zb Consulting | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| True Skool Inc | $10,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nearby Nature Milwaukee | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Helping Kids Better Themselves | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Village Group | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee County Zoo | $2,560,395 | 5 | n/a |
| The Park People of Milwaukee County Inc | $79,250 | 4 | 11% |
| Serving Older Adults of Southeast Wisconsin Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sherman Park Community Association Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Zb Consulting | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| True Skool Inc | $10,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nearby Nature Milwaukee | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Helping Kids Better Themselves | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Village Group | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Comforce Milwaukee | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Street Dreams Soccer Academy Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Kellogg Programs Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Health Services Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Methodist Children's Services of Wisconsin Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Freedom Village of Hope | $8,000 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($24k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Milwaukee Parks 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.
Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc
- How much does Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc give?
- Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $1,298,469 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (93%), Human Services (1%), Community Improvement (1%).
- Who are Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Milwaukee County Zoo ($2.6M), The Park People of Milwaukee County Inc ($79k), Serving Older Adults of Southeast Wisconsin Inc ($35k).
- Does Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Milwaukee Parks 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 Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc based?
- Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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