Wisconsin · Private foundation
Stephens Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $252k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $10M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Stephens Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $320k 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 | 10 | $252k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $724k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $547k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $478k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $513k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $563k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $375k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $376k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University School of Milwaukee Corporation | $1,013,164 | 8 | 1% |
| United Community Center Inc | $320,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc | $220,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Ninewise Publishing Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 3 | 71% |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | $155,000 | 8 | 0% |
| United Performing Arts Fund Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Messengers of Mercy | $100,500 | 9 | 7% |
| Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 20% |
| McPreparatory School of Wisconsin Inc | $83,557 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University School of Milwaukee Corporation | $1,013,164 | 8 | 1% |
| United Community Center Inc | $320,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc | $220,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Ninewise Publishing Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 3 | 71% |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | $155,000 | 8 | 0% |
| United Performing Arts Fund Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Messengers of Mercy | $100,500 | 9 | 7% |
| Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 20% |
| McPreparatory School of Wisconsin Inc | $83,557 | 1 | 0% |
| Malaika Early Learning Center | $80,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| All-In Milwaukee Inc | $65,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Fox Point Lutheran Church | $53,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Carleton College | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Danceworks Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Amherst College Trustees | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Positive Altitudes Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Stephens Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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.
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How this is measured
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About Stephens Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Stephens Family Foundation Inc give?
- Stephens Family Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $251,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Stephens Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (49%), Arts & Culture (16%), Youth Development (10%).
- Who are Stephens Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The University School of Milwaukee Corporation ($1.0M), United Community Center Inc ($320k), Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc ($220k).
- Does Stephens Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stephens Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Stephens Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc, Baird Foundation Inc.
- Where is Stephens Family Foundation Inc based?
- Stephens Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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