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Grant Funders in Milwaukee, WI

Bespoke Grants indexes 251 grant-making foundations headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin — together $1.40B in recent annual giving. Their giving most often supports higher education, health care, education and arts & culture. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Milwaukee nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

251
Foundations in Milwaukee
$1.40B
Combined annual giving
40
Listed below
WI
State

Foundations headquartered in Milwaukee

Ranked by annual giving. Each links to a full profile — giving history, grant recipients, focus areas, and how to apply.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1Marquette University$186.8M2023
2Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc$96.0M2025
3Workmoney Foundation Inc$69.6M2024
4Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc$59.1M2024
5Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc$57.3M2024
6The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc$51.4M2024
7United Way of Greater Milwaukee &$49.1M2024
8The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$47.2M2024
9Us Bank Foundation$37.2M2024
10Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc$26.3M2024
11Caxambas Foundation Inc$26.1M2019
12Bader Philanthropies Inc$22.7M2024
13Alfred and Isabel Bader 2014 Charitable Trust$22.3M2024
14Children's Hospital of Wisconsin$22.1M2024
15Bradley Impact Fund Inc$21.8M2024
16Milwaukee Development Corporation$20.3M2023
17The Uwm Foundation Inc$18.1M2024
18St Anthony's Med Cnt Prof & Gen Liab$16.9M2019
19The Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc$14.9M2023
20Robert Adele Schiff Family Fdn Inc$14.5M2024
21Aurora Health Care Foundation Inc$13.5M2024
22Hunger Task Force Inc$12.9M2024
23Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc$11.0M2025
24Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc$11.0M2024
25Community Advocates Inc$10.6M2024
26Centers for Independence Inc$10.0M2023
27Milwaukee Area Technical College$9.9M2024
28Versiti Wisconsin Inc$9.3M2024
29We Energies Foundation Inc$9.0M2024
30Lewis W Hyer Tr$8.9M2024
31Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation$8.8M2025
32The Burke Foundation Inc$8.7M2025
33Versiti Blood Research Institute$7.9M2024
34St Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc$7.6M2024
35United Performing Arts Fund Inc$7.3M2024
36The Ceres Trust$7.3M2024
37Joseph and Vera Zilber Charitable Foundation$7.1M2025
38Anheuser-busch Foundation$6.8M2024
39Summerfest Foundation Inc$6.7M2018
40Milwaukee Center for Independence Inc$6.0M2023

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Milwaukee, WI address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Milwaukee nonprofits; the free funder match accounts for both.