Wisconsin · Private foundation
Speaker Family Foundation of 2004
Its FY2024 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 FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations Speaker Family Foundation of 2004 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $322k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $40k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $1.2M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 33 | $708k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $741k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $606k | 3% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $568k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $510k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Ecology Center Inc | $430,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc | $225,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc | $220,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Morris Animal Foundation | $215,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc | $170,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lad Lake Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $147,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $135,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $120,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Timothy and Nancy Speaker Family Foundation | $116,174 | 1 | 100% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($874k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Speaker Family Foundation of 2004 supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 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: United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · James and Christine Speaker Family Foundation · Gardner Foundation · Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation Inc · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation
How this is measured
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About Speaker Family Foundation of 2004
- How much does Speaker Family Foundation of 2004 give?
- Speaker Family Foundation of 2004 reported 3 grants totaling $40,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Speaker Family Foundation of 2004 fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), Education (13%), Environment (12%).
- Who are Speaker Family Foundation of 2004's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Urban Ecology Center Inc ($430k), Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc ($225k), Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc ($220k).
- Does Speaker Family Foundation of 2004 fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Speaker Family Foundation of 2004 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 Speaker Family Foundation of 2004?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Green Bay Packers Foundation.
- Where is Speaker Family Foundation of 2004 based?
- Speaker Family Foundation of 2004 is based in WI.
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