Wisconsin · Private foundation
The Marcia & Kent Velde Foundation
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.
- $205k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $90,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations The Marcia & Kent Velde Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 20 | $205k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $185k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $199k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $202k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $124k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $54k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc | $262,500 | 6 | n/a |
| St Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc | $200,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $44,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Marquette University High School | $26,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Bridge to Brighter Inc | $22,500 | 5 | 1% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $21,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Public Museum Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nativity Jesuit Academy Inc | $12,000 | 6 | n/a |
| St Gertrude High School | $10,000 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc | $262,500 | 6 | n/a |
| St Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc | $200,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $44,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Marquette University High School | $26,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Bridge to Brighter Inc | $22,500 | 5 | 1% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $21,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Public Museum Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nativity Jesuit Academy Inc | $12,000 | 6 | n/a |
| St Gertrude High School | $10,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Marys Choice Rva | $4,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Acts Community Development Corporation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Park Friends Ltd | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Francis de Sales Seminary | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Bernard-St Hedwig Parish | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($234k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Marcia & Kent Velde Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 · Baird Foundation Inc · Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Barbara and John Trimble Family Foundation Inc · Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc · Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About The Marcia & Kent Velde Foundation
- How much does The Marcia & Kent Velde Foundation give?
- The Marcia & Kent Velde Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $205,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Marcia & Kent Velde Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (68%), Arts & Culture (17%), Religion (7%).
- Who are The Marcia & Kent Velde Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc ($263k), St Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc ($200k), Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc ($110k).
- Does The Marcia & Kent Velde Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Marcia & Kent Velde Foundation 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 Marcia & Kent Velde Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Baird Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Marcia & Kent Velde Foundation based?
- The Marcia & Kent Velde Foundation is based in WI.
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