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Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$754k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
54
Grants FY2025
51
Organizations funded FY2024
20%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$119,350
Organizations funded a year
44 to 54
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$17M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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 arriving53$744k17%
FY202451$665k20%
FY202344$557k18%
FY202244$482k14%
FY202154$552k19%
FY202048$533k19%
FY201948$588k23%
FY201844$625k25%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$2.8MAnimals$709kEducation$681kHealth$405kHuman Services$328kPhilanthropy$166kHousing & Shelter$61kReligion$58kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
AZ
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 79 grantees
All grantees of Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Broward Performing Arts Foundation Inc$828,00092%
Zoological Society of Milwaukee Cty$676,00091%
Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc$606,70092%
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc$186,00080%
Milwaukee Art Museum Inc$164,00090%
Milwaukee Public Museum Inc$161,50090%
Funding Arts Broward Inc$152,500912%
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc$133,20080%
Vision Forward Association Incorporated$121,90053%
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc$80,50070%
Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation Inc$80,10090%
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc$60,00080%
United Performing Arts Fund Inc$45,00080%
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc$40,30040%
HEAR Wisconsin Inc$38,00060%
Habitat for Humanity Northwoods Inc$32,50091%
Journey House Inc$31,50081%
Acts Community Development Corporation$28,00090%
Urban Ecology Center Inc$27,00080%
Venetian Arts Society Inc$22,50093%
United Community Center Inc$22,00060%
Penfield Children's Center Inc$22,00040%
Abcd Inc$20,50081%
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Milwaukee Film Inc$19,00070%
Meta House Inc$17,00070%
Imagine MKEInc$17,00041%
Camp Thunderbird Charitable Foundation$16,00045%
Hillel Milwaukee$14,10051%
First Stage Milwaukee$13,00070%
The Uwm Foundation Inc$11,50040%
Fox Point Bayside Educational Foundation Inc$11,00065%
Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc$11,00010%
Alverno College$8,00030%
Blossom IDD Inc$8,00041%
Lubavitch of Wisconsin Inc$7,8002n/a
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Ltd$7,00021%
Securefutures Foundation Inc$6,00050%
Bonnet House Inc$6,00060%
Renaissance Theaterworks Inc$5,50020%
Radio Milwaukee Inc$5,50030%
Ruach Inc$5,25051%
Children's Outing Association$5,00020%
Holy Cross Hospital Inc$5,00010%
Friends of Schlitz Audubon Nature Center Inc$5,00020%
Great Lakes Baroque Ltd$5,00034%
Safe & Sound Inc$5,00050%
Milwaukee Downtown Inc$5,00010%
Grand Avenue Club Inc$4,25030%
Kids Impact Community$4,00024%
Nicolet High School Foundation Inc$4,00021%
The Friendship Circle Inc$3,50010%
Florentine Opera Company Inc$3,50010%
Jewish Family Services Inc$3,00010%
Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc$3,0001n/a
Joyce Theater Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Sculpture Milwaukee Inc$2,00010%
Milwaukee County Historical Society Inc$2,00010%
Sharp Literacy Inc$2,00010%
Joy Engine Inc$2,0001n/a
Danceworks Inc$1,50010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,50010%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$1,50010%
Above the Clouds Inc$1,20020%
Hope Straps Inc$1,0001n/a
International Foundation For CDKL5 Research$1,00020%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Mke Urban Stables Inc$1,00010%
Lighthouse of Broward County Inc$1,00010%
Newthreads of Hope Inc$1,0001n/a
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts Inc$90010%
Next Door Foundation Inc$50010%
Next Act Theatre Inc$50010%
Milwaukee Tennis and Education Foundation$50010%
TEMPO Milwaukee Inc$50010%
The Foundation for Wildlife Conservation$50010%
Betty Brinn Children's Museum Inc$40010%
Friends of Arava the Institute Ltd$20010%
Nova Southeastern University Inc$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 57 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBroward Performing Arts Foundation Inc: $828,000 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetZoological Society of Milwaukee Cty: $676,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetMilwaukee Ballet Company Inc: $606,700 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetMilwaukee Repertory Theater Inc: $186,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMilwaukee Art Museum Inc: $164,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetMilwaukee Public Museum Inc: $161,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetFunding Arts Broward Inc: $152,500 over 9y, 12% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc: $133,200 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetVision Forward Association Incorporated: $121,900 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetMilwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc: $80,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Home and Care Center Foundation Inc: $80,100 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMilwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc: $60,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Performing Arts Fund Inc: $45,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc: $40,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHEAR Wisconsin Inc: $38,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Northwoods Inc: $32,500 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetJourney House Inc: $31,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetActs Community Development Corporation: $28,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetUrban Ecology Center Inc: $27,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetVenetian Arts Society Inc: $22,500 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetUnited Community Center Inc: $22,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPenfield Children's Center Inc: $22,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAbcd Inc: $20,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetChildren's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMilwaukee Film Inc: $19,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMeta House Inc: $17,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetImagine MKEInc: $17,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCamp Thunderbird Charitable Foundation: $16,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetHillel Milwaukee: $14,100 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetFirst Stage Milwaukee: $13,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Uwm Foundation Inc: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFox Point Bayside Educational Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetSojourner Family Peace Center Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAlverno College: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBlossom IDD Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetMilwaukee Chamber Theatre Ltd: $7,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSecurefutures Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBonnet House Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRenaissance Theaterworks Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRadio Milwaukee Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRuach Inc: $5,250 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetChildren's Outing Association: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHoly Cross Hospital Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Schlitz Audubon Nature Center Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreat Lakes Baroque Ltd: $5,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetSafe & Sound Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMilwaukee Downtown Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGrand Avenue Club Inc: $4,250 over 3y, 0.2% 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 74.

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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.

Herbert H Kohl Charities IncWI77.6× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable · Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Gardner Foundation · Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Evan & Marion Helfaer 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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How do I get to Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd?

Find your warmest path to Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd

How much does Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd give?
Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd reported 54 grants totaling $753,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 54 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (51%), Animals (13%), Education (13%).
Who are Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Broward Performing Arts Foundation Inc ($828k), Zoological Society of Milwaukee Cty ($676k), Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc ($607k).
Does Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Green Bay Packers Foundation.
Where is Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd based?
Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd 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 140 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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