Wisconsin · Public charity
Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee Inc
The mission of the women's fund of greater milwaukee is to activate philanthropy to advance equity for women.
- $223k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 70%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $191k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 70% of the organizations Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $191k | 86% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $106k | 70% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $111k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $84k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $106k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $81k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $124k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $115k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral Center Inc | $65,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc | $56,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Lotus Legal Clinic Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Milwaukee Film Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Neighborhood House of Milwaukee Inc | $48,000 | 5 | 0% |
| 9to5 National Association of Working Women Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Joan Antida High School Foundation | $45,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Hir Wellness Institute Inc | $43,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Benedict Center Inc | $42,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Alverno College | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee 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.
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How this is measured
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About Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee Inc
- How much does Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee Inc give?
- Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee Inc reported 14 itemized grants totaling $190,568, out of $222,618 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (18%), Human Services (14%), Crime & Legal (12%).
- Who are Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cathedral Center Inc ($65k), Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc ($57k), Lotus Legal Clinic Inc ($55k).
- Does Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 70% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc.
- Where is Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee Inc based?
- Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee Inc is based in WI.
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