Wisconsin · Public charity
Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation
To promote educational excellence and strengthen community participation in milwaukee public schools.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $109k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,588
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $49,898
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $109k | 86% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $143k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $81k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $69k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $81k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $81k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $420k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $67k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Public Schools | $355,371 | 1 | n/a |
| Marquette University | $58,288 | 5 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Inc | $21,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alverno College | $18,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Cardinal Stritch University Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($580k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation with peer funders
About Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation
- How much does Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation give?
- Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation reported 7 itemized grants totaling $108,738, out of $1,480,520 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (98%), Arts & Culture (2%), Recreation & Sports (0%).
- Who are Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Milwaukee Public Schools ($355k), Marquette University ($58k), Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Inc ($21k).
- Does Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc.
- Where is Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation based?
- Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation is based in WI.
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