· Public charity
Summerfest Foundation Inc
The corporation is organized for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of milwaukee world festival, inc., which is to promote an understanding of different cultures, the histories and traditions of various nationalities, harmony in the community, civic pride and provide a showcase for the performing…
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2018
- $10k–50k3 grants · $36k
- $250k+1 grant · $6.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MILWAUKEE WORLD FESTIVAL INC | $6,658,254 |
| WISCONSIN PRESERVATION FUND | $12,500 |
| PLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED | $12,500 |
| MILWAUKEE DOWNTOWN INC | $11,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To reach a new generation of radio listeners on air, online and in the community with a compelling selection of music and public affairs programming. the corporation celebrates milwaukee music, arts, heritage, and culture by supporting and…
To create an extraordinary downtown minneapolis, applying the core values of leadership, collaboration, advocacy and innovation.
Engage our community in supporting milwaukee county parks to collectively steward a thriving park system.
We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.
Making the arts accessible to all
Make downtown madison an economically strong, equitable, inclusive, and vibrant place to live, work, and visit.
We believe that great schools are the cornerstone of a just and thriving community. ensuring that every child is able to attend a school that works is our moral and social imperative - our children deserve no less.
Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.
To promote oshkosh and winnebago county a premier destination for corporate, sports, and leisure groups and individual visitors.
Milwaukee women inc is an organization of executives determined to change the quality and composition of corporate boards to maximize the performance of public and private companies with a focus on women and women of color.
-instigate, implement, participate in and promote such activities as shall, in the judgment of mdc, tend to support the general community interest in a strong, vital, aesthetically exciting and economically viable greater milwaukee…
Inspiring philanthropy, serving donors, strengthening communities, now and for future generations.
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 9 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds MILWAUKEE WORLD FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE DOWNTOWN INC ↗
- Who funds WISCONSIN PRESERVATION FUND INC ↗
- Who funds PLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC ↗
- Who funds ACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds BLOOM360 LEARNING COMMUNITY INC ↗
- Who funds NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC ↗
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: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Summerfest Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Summerfest Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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