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Wisconsin Bankers Association
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- $399k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Wisconsin Bankers Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k 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 | 19 | $394k | 47% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $321k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $224k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $298k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $240k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $205k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $150k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $265k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jobs First Coalition Inc | $505,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Council for Sound Tax Policy Inc | $370,000 | 4 | 94% |
| Wisconsin Alliance for Reform Inc | $360,600 | 5 | 41% |
| Wmc Issues Mobilization Council Inc | $200,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Wisconsin Principles Inc | $142,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Republican Party of Wisconsin | $87,000 | 4 | n/a |
| State Government Leadership Foundation | $70,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Cers | $51,210 | 4 | n/a |
| Employ Milwaukee Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Platform Global Communications and Marketing Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Jobs First Coalition Inc | $505,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Council for Sound Tax Policy Inc | $370,000 | 4 | 94% |
| Wisconsin Alliance for Reform Inc | $360,600 | 5 | 41% |
| Wmc Issues Mobilization Council Inc | $200,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Wisconsin Principles Inc | $142,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Republican Party of Wisconsin | $87,000 | 4 | n/a |
| State Government Leadership Foundation | $70,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Cers | $51,210 | 4 | n/a |
| Employ Milwaukee Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Platform Global Communications and Marketing Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Republican State Leadership | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Innovative Policy | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| State Senate Democratic Committee | $18,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Democratic Party of Wi-Segregated Fund | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Wisconsin Committee Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Midwest Growth Inc | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Forte Services LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Values Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Republican Party of Wisconsin - segregated fund | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Service Association of Sheboygan Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Columbia Savings and Loan Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bank of Prairie Du Sac | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Peoples State Bank | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boscobel Bancorp Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Premier Community Bank | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Horicon Bank | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bank of New Glarus | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Bankers Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodford State Bank | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 1848 Project Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Bay Bank | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Premier Bank | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ncsl Foundation for State Legislatures | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fund for Economic Growth | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Wisconsin Bankers Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Wisconsin Insurance Alliance · Wisconsin Beer Distributors Association Inc C/O the Kammer Gr · Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America · Water Sports Industry Association Inc · Dairy Business Association Inc · Alliance of Health Insurers Ua · Wisconsin Homeowners Alliance Inc · Wmc Issues Mobilization Council Inc · Pharmaceutical Care Management Association · The American Council of Engineering Companies of Wisconsin Inc · Wisconsin Association of Health Plans Inc · The Jobs First Coalition Inc
How this is measured
About Wisconsin Bankers Association
- How much does Wisconsin Bankers Association give?
- Wisconsin Bankers Association reported 19 grants totaling $399,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Wisconsin Bankers Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (62%), Employment (25%), Community Improvement (4%).
- Who are Wisconsin Bankers Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Jobs First Coalition Inc ($505k), Council for Sound Tax Policy Inc ($370k), Wisconsin Alliance for Reform Inc ($361k).
- Does Wisconsin Bankers Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wisconsin Bankers Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wisconsin Insurance Alliance, Wisconsin Beer Distributors Association Inc C/O the Kammer Gr, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
- Where is Wisconsin Bankers Association based?
- Wisconsin Bankers Association is based in WI.
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