Wisconsin · Public charity
Wisconsin Humanities Council Inc
Wisconsin humanities strengthens our democracy through educational and cultural programs that build connections and understanding among people of all backgrounds and beliefs throughout the state.
- $106k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 62%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $68k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 75
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $569k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 62% of the organizations Wisconsin Humanities Council Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k 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 | 8 | $68k | 63% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $218k | 62% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $490k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 49 | $441k | 65% |
| FY2021 | 37 | $396k | 51% |
| FY2020 | 75 | $661k | 88% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $139k | 62% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $216k | 71% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin | $222,859 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $63,999 | 4 | n/a |
| Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc | $56,835 | 5 | 1% |
| Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters | $43,855 | 4 | 2% |
| Neighborhood House of Milwaukee Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Norskedalen Nature & Heritage Center Inc | $39,818 | 3 | 4% |
| Milwaukee Film Inc | $36,699 | 2 | 0% |
| Ex Fabula Inc | $34,350 | 4 | 5% |
| Milton Historical Society | $34,113 | 4 | 5% |
| Summit Players Theatre | $32,000 | 3 | 13% |
Show all 196 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Wisconsin Humanities Council Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 118 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 · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Youth Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc
How this is measured
About Wisconsin Humanities Council Inc
- How much does Wisconsin Humanities Council Inc give?
- Wisconsin Humanities Council Inc reported 8 itemized grants totaling $67,980, out of $106,425 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 75 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Wisconsin Humanities Council Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (85%), Education (4%), Environment (2%).
- Who are Wisconsin Humanities Council Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Wisconsin ($223k), University of Wisconsin Madison ($64k), Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc ($57k).
- Does Wisconsin Humanities Council Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wisconsin Humanities Council Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Green Bay Packers Foundation, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc.
- Where is Wisconsin Humanities Council Inc based?
- Wisconsin Humanities Council Inc is based in WI.
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