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Mmg Foundation Inc

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.

$757k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2025
39
Organizations funded FY2024
21%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$196,000
Organizations funded a year
32 to 39
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$1.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Mmg Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalHealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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 arriving36$752k22%
FY202439$793k21%
FY202332$841k13%
FY202237$826k27%
FY202134$757k26%
FY202033$1.0Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.0MEducation$950kHuman Services$805kReligion$177kPublic Safety & Disaster$66kHousing & Shelter$61kPhilanthropy$50kHealth$42kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Northern Sky Theater Inc$1,129,383626%
Door County YMCA INC$845,00064%
Door Community Auditorium Corp$216,50064%
Third Avenue Playhouse Inc$201,00065%
Northern Door Childrens Center Inc$126,50063%
Door County Housing Partnership Inc$81,000513%
Fox Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Inc$52,4506n/a
Midsummer's Music Ltd$39,60054%
Boys & Girls Club of Door County Inc$35,00015%
Wisconsin Public Radio Association Inc$30,00060%
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All grantees of Mmg Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Northern Sky Theater Inc$1,129,383626%
Door County YMCA INC$845,00064%
Door Community Auditorium Corp$216,50064%
Third Avenue Playhouse Inc$201,00065%
Northern Door Childrens Center Inc$126,50063%
Door County Housing Partnership Inc$81,000513%
Fox Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Inc$52,4506n/a
Midsummer's Music Ltd$39,60054%
Boys & Girls Club of Door County Inc$35,00015%
Wisconsin Public Radio Association Inc$30,00060%
Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society Inc$25,00040%
Help of Door County Inc$20,50051%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$20,00020%
Wisconsin Humane Society$20,00060%
Door Kinetic Arts Inc$16,5004n/a
Colin and Friends Concerts Inc$15,0001n/a
Peninsula Music Festival Inc$14,00031%
Door County Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc$12,00050%
United States Fund for Unicef$10,00010%
Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Knock Publishing Company$10,0001n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc$6,00030%
Ephraim Moravian Church$6,0004n/a
Nmdp Foundation$5,80020%
Ephraim Historical Foundation Inc$5,20021%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$5,00010%
Crossroads at Big Creek Inc$4,00021%
World Central Kitchen Inc$4,0001n/a
Door Shakespeare Inc$3,00030%
Wisconsin Choral Directors Foundation Inc$3,0001n/a
The Clearing$2,00010%
Trim Hunger Inc$2,00014%
Fox Valley Humane Association Ltd$2,00010%
Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra Association Inc$1,0001n/a
Fulton Music Society Inc NFP$1,00011%
Ephraim Mens Club$1,00012%
Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church$1,0001n/a
American Humane Association$1,00010%
Clothing Across America$1,00010%
Write on Door County Inc$50010%
The Ridges Sanctuary Inc$5001n/a
Francis Hardy Center for the Arts$50010%
Peninsula Pet Pantry Inc$5001n/a
Door County Land Trust Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Mmg Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorthern Sky Theater Inc: $1,129,383 over 6y, 26% of budgetDoor County YMCA INC: $845,000 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetDoor Community Auditorium Corp: $216,500 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetThird Avenue Playhouse Inc: $201,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetNorthern Door Childrens Center Inc: $126,500 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetDoor County Housing Partnership Inc: $81,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetMidsummer's Music Ltd: $39,600 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Door County Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetWisconsin Public Radio Association Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDoor County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHelp of Door County Inc: $20,500 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWisconsin Humane Society: $20,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPeninsula Music Festival Inc: $14,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetDoor County Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStatue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNmdp Foundation: $5,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEphraim Historical Foundation Inc: $5,200 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWorld Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCrossroads at Big Creek Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetDoor Shakespeare Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Clearing: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrim Hunger Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetFox Valley Humane Association Ltd: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFulton Music Society Inc NFP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEphraim Mens Club: $1,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAmerican Humane Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClothing Across America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWrite on Door County Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFrancis Hardy Center for the Arts: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDoor County Land Trust Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 33.

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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.

Door County Community Foundation IncWI38.7× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Door County Community Foundation Inc · Ellsworth and Carla Peterson Charitable Foundation · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Hislop Family Foundation · Charles & Marcia Larsenanthony & Priscilla Beadell Foundation · Lutsey Family Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Door County Inc · Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation · Wisconsin Public Service Foundation · Tatman Foundation

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 Mmg Foundation Inc

How much does Mmg Foundation Inc give?
Mmg Foundation Inc reported 37 grants totaling $756,850 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 39 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Mmg Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (47%), Education (22%), Human Services (19%).
Who are Mmg Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Northern Sky Theater Inc ($1.1M), Door County YMCA INC ($845k), Door Community Auditorium Corp ($217k).
Does Mmg Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Mmg Foundation Inc 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 Mmg Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Door County Community Foundation Inc, Ellsworth and Carla Peterson Charitable Foundation, Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Mmg Foundation Inc based?
Mmg Foundation 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 73 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-PF 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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