Wisconsin · Private foundation
Phoebe R & John D Lewis Foundation
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.
- $949k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2025
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 44
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Phoebe R & John D Lewis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 | 39 | $867k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 35 | $720k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 40 | $791k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 44 | $835k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $609k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $600k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 33 | $625k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $592k | 42% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martha's Vineyard Museum Inc | $731,586 | 9 | 3% |
| Piney Woods School | $682,842 | 9 | 6% |
| National Outdoor Leadership School | $451,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Sheriff's Meadow Foundation | $185,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Connections for the Homeless Inc | $178,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Suffield Academy | $177,750 | 6 | 0% |
| One City Schools Inc | $170,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance Inc | $169,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Clean Lakes Alliance Inc | $160,235 | 9 | 2% |
| The Loomis Institute D/B/A the Loomis Chaffee School | $147,750 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 58 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Phoebe R & John D Lewis Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 58 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Sandy Oaks Foundation Douglas W Caves · Madison Community Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Natural Resources Foundation Of · Schlecht Family Foundation Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc
How this is measured
Compare Phoebe R & John D Lewis Foundation with peer funders
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About Phoebe R & John D Lewis Foundation
- How much does Phoebe R & John D Lewis Foundation give?
- Phoebe R & John D Lewis Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $949,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Phoebe R & John D Lewis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Environment (18%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Phoebe R & John D Lewis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Martha's Vineyard Museum Inc ($732k), Piney Woods School ($683k), National Outdoor Leadership School ($452k).
- Does Phoebe R & John D Lewis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Phoebe R & John D Lewis Foundation 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 Phoebe R & John D Lewis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc.
- Where is Phoebe R & John D Lewis Foundation based?
- Phoebe R & John D Lewis Foundation is based in WI.
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