Wisconsin · Private foundation
Pelz Family 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.
- $40k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $400
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $18,681
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 27
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $832k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 39% of the organizations Pelz Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $36k | 37% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $139k | 39% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $116k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $73k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $109k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $103k | 48% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $37k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $90k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid | $113,972 | 7 | n/a |
| Congregation Agudas Achim Chabad Inc | $98,200 | 9 | n/a |
| McPreparatory School of Wisconsin Inc | $18,400 | 8 | 0% |
| Grand Avenue Club Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 1% |
| United Performing Arts Fund Inc | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc | $6,985 | 2 | 0% |
| Hillel Milwaukee | $3,600 | 4 | 1% |
| Chabad of Downtown Ltd | $3,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc | $2,350 | 2 | n/a |
| Anshe Sfard-Kehillat Torah Ltd | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 36 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid | $113,972 | 7 | n/a |
| Congregation Agudas Achim Chabad Inc | $98,200 | 9 | n/a |
| McPreparatory School of Wisconsin Inc | $18,400 | 8 | 0% |
| Grand Avenue Club Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 1% |
| United Performing Arts Fund Inc | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc | $6,985 | 2 | 0% |
| Hillel Milwaukee | $3,600 | 4 | 1% |
| Chabad of Downtown Ltd | $3,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc | $2,350 | 2 | n/a |
| Anshe Sfard-Kehillat Torah Ltd | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Thomas More High School Inc | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Public Radio Association Inc | $1,100 | 9 | 0% |
| Temple Judea | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Har Shalom Synagogue | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Bnai Jehoshua Beth Elohim | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Musical Instrument Museum | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Services Inc | $805 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Stand Up to Cancer | $650 | 2 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Jewish Day School Inc | $540 | 1 | 0% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $500 | 4 | 0% |
| Congregation Sinai | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Junior Achievement of Wisconsin Inc | $450 | 3 | 0% |
| The Uwm Foundation Inc | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Ann's Hope Foundation Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wisconsin Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| The Charles E Kubly Foundation Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| The Harry and Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Women for Macc Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Institute for Torah Study | $125 | 1 | n/a |
| Hillel Academy Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Aurora Health Care Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($453k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pelz Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Pelz Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Pelz Family Foundation Inc give?
- Pelz Family Foundation Inc reported 20 grants totaling $40,151 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Pelz Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (37%), Religion (31%), Arts & Culture (23%).
- Who are Pelz Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid ($114k), Congregation Agudas Achim Chabad Inc ($98k), McPreparatory School of Wisconsin Inc ($18k).
- Does Pelz Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pelz Family 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 Pelz Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc, Anon Charitable Trust, Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Pelz Family Foundation Inc based?
- Pelz Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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