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Hauske Family Foundation Inc

Milwaukee, WI · EIN 47-4980950. Reported 193 grants totalling $4,175,361 to 70 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$4,175,361granted, 2021-2024
70organizations funded
86%of grantees funded again the next year
$26.1Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Hauske Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,150 and $15,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $300,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
4 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
56 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
60 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
44 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
10 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
5 grants
$100,000 and Up
14 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Versiti Blood Research InstituteMilwaukee, WI$936,100442024
Rollins CollegeWinter Park, FL$547,500442024
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee (hhm)Milwaukee, WI$537,500332024
Cedar Lakes Conservation Foundation IncWest Bend, WI$231,000442024
Boys & Girls Club of Greater MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI$172,000222022
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI$119,709222024
University School of MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI$117,000442024
Ascension Wisconsin FoundationMilwaukee, WI$105,500442024
Brewers Community Foundation IncMilwaukee, WI$100,000112024
Milwaukee Symphony OrchestraMilwaukee, WI$100,000222022
Medical College of WisconsinMilwaukee, WI$90,000442024
St Marcus SchoolMilwaukee, WI$80,000442024
Foundation for Angelman Syndrome TherapeuticsDowners Grove, IL$70,000442024
United WayMilwaukee, WI$70,000442024
Junior Achievement of WisconsinMilwaukee, WI$65,500442024
Children's Tumor FoundationNew York, NY$60,000442024
Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukee, WI$50,000442024
Shirley Ryan AbilitylabChicago, IL$50,000112023
Museum of Wisconsin ArtWest Bend, WI$37,900442024
UpafMilwaukee, WI$35,000442024
Milwaukee Public MuseumMilwaukee, WI$33,600442024
Nativity Jesuit AcademyMilwaukee, WI$31,773442024
Urban Ecology CenterMilwaukee, WI$29,000442024
West Bend Friends of Sculpture IncWest Bend, WI$29,000332024
Scleroderma Research FoundationSan Francisco, CA$28,500442024
Securefutures FoundationMilwaukee, WI$27,000442024
Charles E Kubly FoundationMilwaukee, WI$26,892442024
Milwaukee Art MuseumMilwaukee, WI$22,660442024
All-in MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI$22,500442024
Florentine Opera CompanyMilwaukee, WI$22,500442024
Ronald Mcdonald House CharitiesWauwatosa, WI$22,000222024
Feeding America Eastern WisconsinMilwaukee, WI$20,394442024
Milwaukee College PrepMilwaukee, WI$20,000442024
Milwaukee Institute of Art and DesignMilwaukee, WI$20,000442024
Prevent Blindness WisconsinMilwaukee, WI$20,000442024
College PossibleMilwaukee, WI$19,000442024
SbpNew Orleans, LA$18,500442024
Our Next GenerationMilwaukee, WI$16,000442024
Mcc Scholars Foundation IncMilwaukee, WI$15,000332024
Milwaukee Homeless Veterans InitiativeWest Allis, WI$14,000332024
First StageMilwaukee, WI$12,000442024
Milwaukee Center for Independence FoundationMilwaukee, WI$10,000112022
Safe & SoundMilwaukee, WI$10,000112024
Sojourner FoundationMilwaukee, WI$10,000442024
Wellpoint Care NetworkMilwaukee, WI$10,000112023
Schlitz Audubon Nature CenterBayside, WI$9,500442024
Kids Matter IncMilwaukee, WI$8,333112024
GiciamercaboBoca Grande, FL$7,000442024
American Heart AssociationDes Moines, IA$5,000112022
Heiligr Huegel Foundation for Outdoor Education IncHubertus, WI$5,000112021
Milwaukee Excellence IncMilwaukee, WI$5,000222022
Milwaukee Repertory TheaterMilwaukee, WI$5,000112022
SaintaMilwaukee, WI$5,000112021
The Women's CenterWaukesha, WI$5,000112024
Evans Scholars FoundationGlenview, IL$4,500222024
River Hills FoundationRiver Hills, WI$4,000442024
Service Club of MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI$3,500222022
Audio & Braille Literacy EnhancementMilwaukee, WI$3,000112022
Milwaukee County Historical SocietyMilwaukee, WI$3,000112022
Best Buddies in WisconsinWauwatosaw, WI$2,500112021
Friends of West Bend Sculpture IncWest Bend, WI$2,000112022
Juneau Park FriendsMilwaukee, WI$2,000442024
Musc FoundationCharleston, SC$2,000112023
The CradleEvanston, IL$2,000112024
The Macc FundMilwaukee, WI$2,000112023
Chicago Hope AcademyChicago, IL$1,000112023
Kelmann Cares FoundationWauwatosa, WI$1,000112022
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY$1,000112023
Parkview Community ChurchGlen Allyn, IL$1,000112022
Rogers FoundationOconomowoc, WI$1,000112023

47 of 70 (67%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 86%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 135 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
32 grants
Arts & Culture
30 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
13 grants
Medical Research
12 grants
Environment
8 grants
Health Care
7 grants
Human Services
6 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
5 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202145$1,014,260$5,000
202251$1,009,232$5,000
202349$1,052,736$5,000
202448$1,099,133$5,897

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Already committed for future years

Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Hauske Family Foundation Inc has 17 of them, worth $3,364,167. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.

OrganizationLocationApproved
Versiti Blood Research InstituteMilwaukee, WI$1,900,000
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee (hhm)Milwaukee, WI$875,000
Brewers Community FoundationMilwaukee, WI$100,000
Foundation for Angelman Syndrome TherapeuticsDowners Grove, IL$80,000
St Marcus SchoolMilwaukee, WI$60,000
Ascension Wisconsin FoundationMilwaukee, WI$52,500
Children's Tumor FoundationNew York, NY$40,000
Children's Tumor FoundationNew York, NY$40,000
Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukee, WI$40,000
Ronald Mcdonald House CharitiesWauwatosa, WI$40,000
Securefutures FoundationMilwaukee, WI$20,000
SbpNew Orleans, LA$20,000
Urban Ecology CenterMilwaukee, WI$20,000
All-in MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI$20,000
Milwaukee Public MuseumMilwaukee, WI$20,000

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 81% of this one's giving went to organizations in Wisconsin. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Wisconsin
$3.4M
Florida
$554K
Illinois
$128K
New York
$61K
California
$28K
Louisiana
$18K
Iowa
$5K
South Carolina
$2K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Wisconsin.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Hauske Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 800 N Marshall Street, Milwaukee, WI, 53202. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 47-4980950 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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