Wisconsin · Nonprofit
MILWAUKEE JAZZ FESTIVAL INC
MILWAUKEE JAZZ FESTIVAL INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $22,500 to it, the largest being Vilter Foundation Inc ($22,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
MILWAUKEE JAZZ FESTIVAL INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,904 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,904 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitableshared fundersportfolio match
- Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Incshared fundersportfolio match
- Ladish Co Foundationshared funders
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of MILWAUKEE JAZZ FESTIVAL 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.
Where its funders are
100% of MILWAUKEE JAZZ FESTIVAL INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitableshared fundersportfolio matchWI · backs 13 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Incshared fundersportfolio matchWI · backs 8 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Ladish Co Foundationshared fundersWI · backs 10 organizations that share your funders
- United Performing Arts Fund Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Chamber Music America Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Donald and Donna Baumgartner Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Heil Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Robert D Bielecki Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Andy Nunemaker Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Music Matters Fund Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Joy Engine Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Laskin Family Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like MILWAUKEE JAZZ FESTIVAL INC
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MILWAUKEE JAZZ FESTIVAL INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MILWAUKEE JAZZ FESTIVAL INC?
- MILWAUKEE JAZZ FESTIVAL INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $22,500 to it, the largest being Vilter Foundation Inc ($22,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MILWAUKEE JAZZ FESTIVAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $22,500 in grants to MILWAUKEE JAZZ FESTIVAL INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MILWAUKEE JAZZ FESTIVAL INC?
- Vilter Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $22,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MILWAUKEE JAZZ FESTIVAL 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 1funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing