Wisconsin · Private foundation
Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $23M
- Granted FY2022
- 373
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 214
- Organizations funded FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $20M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $1,755,000
- States reached, FY2022
- 31
- Total assets, FY2022
- $88M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc | $1,756,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc | $1,681,549 | 1 | 3% |
| Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation | $1,576,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Milwaukee World Festival Inc | $1,085,535 | 1 | 2% |
| United Performing Arts Fund Inc | $750,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy Inc | $596,475 | 1 | 6% |
| Milwaukee Public Museum Inc | $383,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Donald Driver Foundation Inc | $182,583 | 1 | 39% |
| Marquette University | $176,650 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc | $175,850 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 173 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 161 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Inc · Brewers Community Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Youth Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc
- How much does Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc give?
- Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc reported 373 itemized grants totaling $19,948,262, out of $22,941,162 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing.
- What does Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2022, its largest causes are Religion (82%), Philanthropy (6%), Health (3%).
- Who are Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2022: United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc ($1.8M), Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc ($1.7M), Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation ($1.6M).
- Does Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc.
- Where is Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc based?
- Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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