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MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOUNDATION INC

MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $470,526 to it, the largest being CHINOOK CHARITABLE TRUST ($250,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$634k
Funders on record
16
Grants received
$471k
Net assets
$674k
5/16 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Milwaukee Bucks Foundation Inc does

Mission

Improve the quality of life for youth and families in wisconsin focusing on youth education, health, wellness and community betterment

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Milwaukee bucks foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life for youth and families in wisconsin focusing on youth education, health, wellness and community betterment.

    $266,964 spentof which $266,964 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $266,964.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($193k) Expenses 100 ($656k) Net assets 100 ($191k)2022 Revenue 447 ($863k) Expenses 109 ($713k) Net assets 178 ($341k)2023 Revenue 316 ($612k) Expenses 95 ($621k) Net assets 174 ($332k)2024 Revenue 328 ($634k) Expenses 45 ($293k) Net assets 352 ($674k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (328)Expenses (45)Net assets (352)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $346k to $733k (+112%).

$346k
$733k
$706k
$830k
2021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

49% of MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

−$462k
’21
$150k
’22
−$9k
’23
$341k
’24
30
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Arvind Gopalratnam

Executive director

Board chair

James Dinan

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2021202220232024
Listed4444
Joined·+0+0+1
No longer listed·001
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $14k → $7k.

5 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

31% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOUNDATION INC.

53%
largest funder
71%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2022 93% · 2023 76% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

60% of MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 31% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOUNDATION INC draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 5 states in all.

IL
WI
NY
MO
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $96k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin54% · top quartile
Months of reserve30.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)49% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOUNDATION INC

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In Wisconsin

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 9%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

45%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WI

Part of a family of 5 related entities

  • Fear the Deer LLC · partnership
  • Fear the Deer Hold LLC · partnership
  • Milwaukee Bucks LLC · partnership
  • Deer District LLC · partnership
  • Future Bucks LLC · partnership

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Questions and answers

Who funds MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOUNDATION INC?
MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $470,526 to it, the largest being CHINOOK CHARITABLE TRUST ($250,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $470,526 in grants to MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOUNDATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOUNDATION INC?
CHINOOK CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MILWAUKEE BUCKS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 16 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing