Wisconsin · Private foundation
Wilhelms Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $20k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $290k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Wilhelms Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% 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 | 7 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $18k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $65k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $94k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $27k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $165,800 | 6 | 0% |
| The Uwm Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc | $5,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Scholl Community Impact Group Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | $3,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lake Park Friends Ltd | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wilderness Pedalers Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $165,800 | 6 | 0% |
| The Uwm Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc | $5,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Scholl Community Impact Group Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | $3,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lake Park Friends Ltd | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wilderness Pedalers Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Villa Terrace Museum and Gardens Ltd | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| North Point Lighthouse Friends Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Vilas County | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Happy Endings No-Kill Cat Shelter | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wilderness Veterans Memorial Flame Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wilhelms Family 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.
Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Wilhelms Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Wilhelms Family Foundation Inc give?
- Wilhelms Family Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $19,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Wilhelms Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (77%), Education (9%), Religion (6%).
- Who are Wilhelms Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Milwaukee Art Museum Inc ($166k), The Uwm Foundation Inc ($20k), Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation Inc ($10k).
- Does Wilhelms Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wilhelms Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wilhelms Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baird Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Wilhelms Family Foundation Inc based?
- Wilhelms Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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