Wisconsin · Nonprofit
MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION INC
MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,769,344 to it, the largest being GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC ($336,917). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc does
Mission
Engage our community in supporting milwaukee county parks to collectively steward a thriving park system.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025, milwaukee parks foundation (mpf) continued advancing our mission to collectively steward a thriving park system. We did this through our core strategies: supporting equitable amenities and programs, building community capacity and raising awareness, promoting access and fostering belonging in our parks. Three of the most significant accomplishments include:investing more than $3,300,000 into our parks via projects, programs, and events to build a more vibrant and equitable parks system.specifically more than $1,000,000 was invested directly into parks infrastructure projects including basketball court renovations, trail improvements, tree planting, permanent seating, a new park pavilion, and more.milwauke parks foundation invested more than $129,000 directly into grassroots leaders and organizations supporting parks via activation, especially the parks that have the greatest needs.
$1,813,501 spentof which $1,298,469 as grants$78,726 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,813,501.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $690k to $1.2M (+81%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Rebecca Stoner
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $65k → $310k.
6 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 PARKS 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 PARKS FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
46% 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 PARKS FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 77% · 2021 91% · 2022 85% · 2023 38% — 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 PARKS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
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
95% of MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION 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. $464k 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.
Against its field
MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the 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.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION 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 PARKS FOUNDATION INC?
- MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,769,344 to it, the largest being GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC ($336,917). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $1,769,344 in grants to MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION INC?
- GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $336,917 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MILWAUKEE PARKS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 29 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing