Wisconsin · Public charity
Wisconsin VFW Foundation Inc
To facilitate the charitable, patriotic and educational activities of the membership of the veterans of foreign wars-department of wisconsin.
- $263k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $208k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $772k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Wisconsin VFW Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k 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 | 10 | $208k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $102k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $290k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $150k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $776k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $1.1M | 40% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $915k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States | $1,835,463 | 2 | 86% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Wisconsin | $662,775 | 5 | n/a |
| veterans of foreign wars of the 1318 marion c | $176,450 | 6 | 58% |
| Department of Wisconsin of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States | $148,370 | 4 | 6% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Wisconsin | $124,609 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Wisconsin | $79,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Wisconsin | $75,000 | 5 | 42% |
| Blast Craft Services | $59,992 | 2 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars-Post 10818 | $50,725 | 1 | 6% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars 2260 | $50,000 | 1 | 27% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States | $1,835,463 | 2 | 86% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Wisconsin | $662,775 | 5 | n/a |
| veterans of foreign wars of the 1318 marion c | $176,450 | 6 | 58% |
| Department of Wisconsin of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States | $148,370 | 4 | 6% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Wisconsin | $124,609 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Wisconsin | $79,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Wisconsin | $75,000 | 5 | 42% |
| Blast Craft Services | $59,992 | 2 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars-Post 10818 | $50,725 | 1 | 6% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars 2260 | $50,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Mt Horeb VFW Post 9511 | $44,000 | 4 | 32% |
| Milwaukee Memorials | $30,952 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $30,363 | 1 | 0% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6375 | $25,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 328 | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Sierra Delta Inc | $18,179 | 1 | 2% |
| Center for Veterans Issues Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Department of Wisconsin of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United State | $12,010 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Veterans Network Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Wisconsin | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Flag Center | $9,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Wisconsin | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stable Hands Inc | $6,719 | 1 | 1% |
| Horse Power Healing Center Inc | $6,719 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Equestrian Center Kids Kamp Inc | $6,719 | 1 | 0% |
| Walkin in My Shoes Inc | $6,150 | 1 | 7% |
| McGuire Contractors | $5,430 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Wisconsin VFW Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Wisconsin VFW Foundation Inc
- How much does Wisconsin VFW Foundation Inc give?
- Wisconsin VFW Foundation Inc reported 10 itemized grants totaling $207,641, out of $263,423 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Wisconsin VFW Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (66%), Animals (18%), Public Benefit (13%).
- Who are Wisconsin VFW Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States ($1.8M), Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dept of Wisconsin ($663k), veterans of foreign wars of the 1318 marion c ($176k).
- Does Wisconsin VFW Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wisconsin VFW Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Wisconsin VFW Foundation Inc based?
- Wisconsin VFW Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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