Wisconsin · Public charity
Trusted Fraternal Life
Trusted Fraternal Life's mission is serving communities, providing financial security and enhancing quality of life.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $357k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $277,817
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.9B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Trusted Fraternal Life funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $54k 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 | 9 | $357k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $323k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $358k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $629k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $185k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $357k | 62% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $231k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $344k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Financial Life Foundation Inc | $1,176,692 | 5 | 54% |
| National Council of the US Society of St Vincent de Paul Inc | $214,639 | 7 | 1% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit Milwaukee High School Inc | $197,025 | 4 | n/a |
| United Community Center Inc | $178,910 | 8 | 0% |
| Cursillo in Christianity of the Arc Hdiocese of Milwaukee | $105,609 | 5 | n/a |
| St Joan Antida High School Inc | $85,328 | 4 | n/a |
| Special Olympics Wisconsin Inc | $62,350 | 5 | 0% |
| Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Federation of Croatian Societies | $50,500 | 1 | 10% |
| Seton Catholic Schools | $50,500 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Financial Life Foundation Inc | $1,176,692 | 5 | 54% |
| National Council of the US Society of St Vincent de Paul Inc | $214,639 | 7 | 1% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit Milwaukee High School Inc | $197,025 | 4 | n/a |
| United Community Center Inc | $178,910 | 8 | 0% |
| Cursillo in Christianity of the Arc Hdiocese of Milwaukee | $105,609 | 5 | n/a |
| St Joan Antida High School Inc | $85,328 | 4 | n/a |
| Special Olympics Wisconsin Inc | $62,350 | 5 | 0% |
| Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Federation of Croatian Societies | $50,500 | 1 | 10% |
| Seton Catholic Schools | $50,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Nativity Jesuit Academy Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dominican High School | $40,500 | 2 | n/a |
| St Gabriel Congregation | $36,895 | 3 | n/a |
| Province of St Joseph of the Capuchin Order Inc | $33,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Saint Francis de Sales Seminary | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Joseph Catholic Academy | $26,900 | 3 | n/a |
| United Performing Arts Fund Inc | $26,225 | 3 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Catholic Home Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Irish Festivals Inc | $21,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Catholic Memorial High School of Waukesha Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc | $18,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Father Pablos Mission Helpers of the Holy Savior | $17,500 | 2 | 14% |
| Pius XI High School | $15,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Waukesha Catholic School System | $15,500 | 2 | n/a |
| St Vincent de Paul Society of Milwaukee | $15,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Mount Mary University Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holyland Food Pantry Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity Inc | $10,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Marquette University | $10,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Anthony Congregation | $10,465 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cardinal Stritch University Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arise Milwaukee Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Catholic Central High School of Burlington Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Diocese of Little Rock | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Securefutures Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Laudato Si Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| This Time Tomorrow Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Italian Community Center Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Marys Springs Academy | $6,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Hispanic Scholarship Foundation Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Raphael the Archangel | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ukrainian Resistance Foundation | $5,892 | 1 | 2% |
| St Joseph the Protector Fdn Inc | $5,795 | 1 | 0% |
| Divine Savior Holy Angels High School | $5,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $5,025 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Trusted Fraternal Life supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 26 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.
Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Catholic Financial Life Foundation Inc · Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc · Waukesha County Community Foundation · Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc
How this is measured
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About Trusted Fraternal Life
- How much does Trusted Fraternal Life give?
- Trusted Fraternal Life reported 9 itemized grants totaling $356,712, out of $1,149,097 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Trusted Fraternal Life fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (61%), Human Services (17%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are Trusted Fraternal Life's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Catholic Financial Life Foundation Inc ($1.2M), National Council of the US Society of St Vincent de Paul Inc ($215k), Cristo Rey Jesuit Milwaukee High School Inc ($197k).
- Does Trusted Fraternal Life fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Trusted Fraternal Life?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc.
- Where is Trusted Fraternal Life based?
- Trusted Fraternal Life is based in WI.
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