Wisconsin · Private foundation
Thomas J Bliffert Foundation Inc
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.
- $102k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 18
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $668k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Thomas J Bliffert Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 18 | $102k | 28% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $86k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $63k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $70k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Lotus Farm & Retreat Center Inc | $136,500 | 4 | 10% |
| Pradiya Foundation | $42,100 | 3 | 17% |
| Street Angels Inc | $19,575 | 4 | 1% |
| Grand Avenue Club Inc | $9,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Self-Realization Fellowship Church | $8,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Alma Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Lakes Waldorf School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Awake Ltd | $5,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Penfield Children's Center Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Eisenhower Center Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Lotus Farm & Retreat Center Inc | $136,500 | 4 | 10% |
| Pradiya Foundation | $42,100 | 3 | 17% |
| Street Angels Inc | $19,575 | 4 | 1% |
| Grand Avenue Club Inc | $9,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Self-Realization Fellowship Church | $8,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Alma Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Lakes Waldorf School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Awake Ltd | $5,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Penfield Children's Center Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Eisenhower Center Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Shorewood Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Versiti Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Christine Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| NourishMKE Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Clean Wisconsin Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban Ecology Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Community Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($67k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thomas J Bliffert Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About Thomas J Bliffert Foundation Inc
- How much does Thomas J Bliffert Foundation Inc give?
- Thomas J Bliffert Foundation Inc reported 18 grants totaling $102,220 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 18 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Thomas J Bliffert Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (60%), International (13%), Health (6%).
- Who are Thomas J Bliffert Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Blue Lotus Farm & Retreat Center Inc ($137k), Pradiya Foundation ($42k), Street Angels Inc ($20k).
- Does Thomas J Bliffert Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thomas J Bliffert 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 Thomas J Bliffert Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, Baird Foundation Inc.
- Where is Thomas J Bliffert Foundation Inc based?
- Thomas J Bliffert Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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