· Private foundation
Wakerly Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k3 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $348k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Brother Rice High School | $40,000 |
| ABCD Inc | $35,000 |
| Marquette University | $33,000 |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $25,000 |
| People's Resource Center | $25,000 |
| New Horizons Foundation | $25,000 |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $23,000 |
| Little Sisters of the Poor | $20,000 |
| Bartow Family Resources | $20,000 |
| Ozaukee Family Services | $20,000 |
| Neighborhood House of Milwaukee | $15,000 |
| PEARLS for Teen Girls | $15,000 |
| Humanitarian Service Project | $15,000 |
| Rosie's Place | $15,000 |
| Providence St Mel School | $12,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–26, $234k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 36% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2026, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BNBear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation5× · 2021–2025 · $185k · revenue +14%
ABCD INC6× · 2021–2026 · $185k · revenue +48%- MUMarquette University6× · 2021–2026 · $183k · revenue +16%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $25k
- SHSacred Heart Medical Center Foundationone grant, 2025 · $15k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
We're a network of community food centers that specializes in food, love, and community. Hunger is a real problem, and access to food should be a fundamental right. No one should be made to feel they're not deserving of nourishment when…
Advocate for and support families who are homeless in our community by providing temporary housing and support services, and by fostering independence.
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…
Beloit Meals on Wheels seeks to nourish and enrich the lives of homebound seniors to promote dignity and independent living.
To improve lives by sharing community resources
Living Well Disability Services transforms the lives of people impacted by disabilities through the delivery of exceptional services.
Jewish Family Service is a nonprofit social service organization that supports people of all faiths as they navigate through lifes's challenges - illness, aging , finanical uncertainty, mental health concerns, family problems, or personal…
MISSION - TO celebrate life and serve with joy. Vision - to provide access to Catholic high schools and offer programs for higher education and career readiness for young women from the Chicago area.
Kinship Community Food Center engages volunteers and neighborhood residents to end hunger, isolation, and poverty. Our innovative programs nourish food security and wellness, foster belonging and community engagement, and empower stability…
Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…
Strengthening families by promoting the safety, stability and wellbeing of children.
At Catholic Charities, we focus our efforts around three core pillars: Food Access, Mental Health and Housing. Guided by our mission - to serve and enhance human dignity for all people - we provide essential services and foster a sense of…
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation ↗
- Who funds ABCD INC ↗
- Who funds Marquette University ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds THE HUMANITARIAN SERVICE PROJECT ↗
- Who funds Providence St Mel School ↗
- Who funds ROSIE'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds Pearls for Teen Girls Inc ↗
- Who funds The New Horizons Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Bartow Family Resources Inc ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO LIGHTS ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC ↗
- Who funds PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds LITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds Villa Siena ↗
- Who funds FAMILY SHARING OF OZAUKEE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds ALL-IN MILWAUKEE INC ↗
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: Dr Scholl Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Wakerly Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wakerly Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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