· Public charity
Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation
To promote educational excellence and strengthen community participation in milwaukee public schools.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $89k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $49,898 |
| MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY | $13,438 |
| Individual grant recipient | $12,938 |
| MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENG | $12,588 |
| NORTHERN IL UNIVERSITY | $7,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $6,876 |
| MILWAUKEE AREA TECH COL | $5,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MILWAUKEE7× · 2017–2023 · $286k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON7× · 2017–2023 · $111k
- MUMarquette University5× · 2018–2024 · $58k · revenue +36%
Funded once
- MPMILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLSone grant, 2018 · $355k
WISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $21k · revenue +34%
CARDINAL STRITCH UNIVERSITY INCone grant, 2019 · $13k · revenue -95%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The foundation exists to support the university of wisconsin - green bay in its quest to provide an education to all who seek one. this is done through scholarship, research support, capital acquisitions, and investing in the staff and…
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The milwaukee institute of art and design's mission is to ignite curious minds through art, design and service. we value courage to seek our own path, integrity to pursue our lives and work with meaning, kindness to thoughtfully engage…
To foster the formation of people in faith and educate leaders for the common good through community, education, and academic excellence. see schedule o.
The medical college of wisconsin (mcw) is a distinguished leader and innovator in the education and development of the next generation of physicians, (continued in schedule o)
To partner with the public and private sectors to develop and hold real estate for the benefit of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee. the uwm real estate foundation, inc. holdings may include any properties that advance the mission of…
Saint mary's university of minnesota is a private catholic institution that serves about 3,900 students annually. the university offers a comprehensive, personalized education guided by its lasallian catholic heritage. with a wide array of…
University of wisconsin foundation aids university of wisconsin-madison by soliciting gifts & bequests, administers & invests securities & properties, & distributes payments for the benefit of university of wisconsin - madison.
A private lutheran four-year university located in downtown minneapolis.
Marian university is a catholic liberal arts institution of higher learning offering undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs with approximately 1,200 students annually.
To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.
How this is measured
4 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 4 of the 19 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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