Wisconsin · Private foundation
The Lubar Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $2.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,197,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 40
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $57M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations The Lubar Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $439k 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 | 25 | $1.4M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $2.4M | 36% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $1.4M | 98% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc | $1,577,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Law Forward Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $283,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Congregation Sinai | $251,521 | 4 | n/a |
| Growing Minds Inc | $195,000 | 2 | 53% |
| Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota | $168,020 | 2 | 0% |
| Urban Ecology Center Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Milwaukee Film Inc | $115,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Minnesota Jewish Community Center | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc | $85,200 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Lubar Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 45 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd · Gardner Foundation · Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable · Rite-Hite Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Lubar Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Lubar Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Lubar Family Foundation Inc reported 27 grants totaling $2,579,927 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 40 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Lubar Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (47%), Arts & Culture (26%), Religion (7%).
- Who are The Lubar Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc ($1.6M), Law Forward Inc ($500k), Milwaukee Art Museum Inc ($284k).
- Does The Lubar Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lubar Family Foundation Inc 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 Lubar Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc.
- Where is The Lubar Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Lubar Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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