Wisconsin · Private foundation
The Byers Foundation Ltd
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.
- $5.7M
- Granted FY2022
- 3
- Grants FY2022
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $1,430,621
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $2,861,243
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Total assets, FY2022
- $833k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations The Byers Foundation Ltd funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.7M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 3 | $5.7M | 100% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $795k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $880k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $760k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $720k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $560k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | $630,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Open Arms Free Clinic Inc | $610,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Care Net | $559,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Childrens Oncology Services Inc | $420,000 | 5 | 5% |
| New Beginnings Are Possible Inc | $410,000 | 5 | 25% |
| Bravehearts Inc | $332,500 | 5 | 43% |
| Beaming Inc | $101,500 | 3 | 17% |
| Agape House Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Lakeland Animal Welfare Society Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance Bible Church Inc | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | $630,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Open Arms Free Clinic Inc | $610,000 | 5 | 17% |
| Care Net | $559,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Childrens Oncology Services Inc | $420,000 | 5 | 5% |
| New Beginnings Are Possible Inc | $410,000 | 5 | 25% |
| Bravehearts Inc | $332,500 | 5 | 43% |
| Beaming Inc | $101,500 | 3 | 17% |
| Agape House Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Lakeland Animal Welfare Society Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance Bible Church Inc | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Vest-A-Dog Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Family Promise Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Touched by a Paw Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 12% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Byers Foundation Ltd supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 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
About The Byers Foundation Ltd
- How much does The Byers Foundation Ltd give?
- The Byers Foundation Ltd reported 3 grants totaling $5,722,485 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Byers Foundation Ltd fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (65%), Health (16%), Housing & Shelter (7%).
- Who are The Byers Foundation Ltd's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Milwaukee Rescue Mission ($630k), Open Arms Free Clinic Inc ($610k), Care Net ($560k).
- Does The Byers Foundation Ltd fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Byers Foundation Ltd 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 The Byers Foundation Ltd?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baird Foundation Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Byers Foundation Ltd based?
- The Byers Foundation Ltd is based in WI.
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