Top Giving Foundations: Wisconsin

The following list of top giving foundations in Wisconsin is derived from The Grantsmanship Center'ssm funding databases. All of the foundations listed have been prescreened to ensure that they have a staff, issue RFPs, or otherwise indicate an interest in receiving proposals. This also means that some foundations who give large amounts of money have been omitted because they do not meet these qualifications. A maximum of forty foundations is listed for each state.

More detailed information about these foundations- including their program areas, types of funding, application procedures, and more- can be found on GrantDomain - The Grantsmanship Center'ssm exclusive online database of funding information.

The top giving foundations in the state of Wisconsin:

Foundation Name	Total Annual Giving

Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc.	$42,346,950
Kern Family Foundation, Inc.	$23,702,677
Greater Milwaukee Foundation	$22,325,593
Waukesha County Community Foundation	$16,422,096
Northwestern Mutual Foundation	$14,926,227
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation	$14,278,628
Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation, Inc.	$11,969,120
Overture Foundation, Inc.	$11,500,500
Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, Inc.	$10,448,206
Helen Bader Foundation, Inc.	$9,968,114
Madison Community Foundation	$8,498,891
WEC Foundation, Inc.	$7,964,784
Kohler Foundation, Inc.	$7,913,094
S.C. Johnson Fund, Inc.	$7,906,035
The Windhover Foundation	$5,694,203
Pat and Jay Baker Foundation, Inc.	$4,352,000
Marshall & Ilsley Foundation, Inc.	$4,331,995
Siebert Lutheran Foundation, Inc.	$4,225,083
Dale R. and Ruth L. Michels Family Foundation	$3,888,449
The L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, Inc.	$3,603,850
Rath Foundation, Inc.	$3,372,035
Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, Inc.	$3,284,694
Alliant Energy Foundation	$3,224,240
Sentry Insurance Foundation, Inc.	$3,131,602
Oshkosh Area Community Foundation	$2,976,308
Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation, Inc.	$2,912,142
Jane Bradley Pettit Foundation	$2,395,300
Harley-Davidson Foundation, Inc.	$2,365,881
Baird Foundation, Inc.	$2,298,597
Bemis Company Foundation	$2,203,932
Ruth St. John & John Dunham West Foundation, Inc.	$2,093,783
The Evjue Foundation, Inc.	$1,952,904
Vine and Branches Foundation, Inc.	$1,837,030
Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, Inc.	$1,732,245
Fleck Foundation	$1,620,560
Joe and Jessie Crump Fund	$1,573,934
The George Kress Foundation, Inc.	$1,544,115
Racine Community Foundation, Inc.	$1,436,332
Assurant Health Foundation	$1,368,991
St. Croix Valley Community Foundation	$1,299,070

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