Wisconsin · Private foundation
Wilson Family 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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,037,968
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,037,968
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 19
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Wilson Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k 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 | 2 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $189k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $121k | 58% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $150k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $105k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $119k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts Inc | $211,225 | 4 | 4% |
| Florentine Opera Company Inc | $84,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Academy of Basic Education Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Milwaukee World Festival Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Foreign Policy Council | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Florence | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Film Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wilson 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: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · National Center for Housing Management Inc · Gardner Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Wilson Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Wilson Family Foundation Inc give?
- Wilson Family Foundation Inc reported 2 grants totaling $1,057,968 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 19 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Wilson Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (60%), Arts & Culture (27%), Education (10%).
- Who are Wilson Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts Inc ($211k), Florentine Opera Company Inc ($85k), Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc ($60k).
- Does Wilson Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wilson Family 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 Wilson Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Green Bay Packers Foundation, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable.
- Where is Wilson Family Foundation Inc based?
- Wilson Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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