Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1519687. Reported 199 grants totalling $2,399,400 to 86 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $7,500; the smallest was $200 and the largest $117,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broward Performing Arts Foundation | Ft Lauderdale, FL | $425,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Zoological Society of Milwaukee County | Milwaukee, WI | $270,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Ballet | Milwaukee, WI | $246,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Medical College of Wi | Milwaukee, WI | $207,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Marcus Center for Performing Arts | Milwaukee, WI | $153,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Jewish Federation | Milwaukee, WI | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Public Museum | Milwaukee, WI | $104,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Repertory Theater | Milwaukee, WI | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | Milwaukee, WI | $60,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Funding Arts Broward | Ft Lauderdale, FL | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northshore Library | Bayside, WI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Beginnings | Milwaukee, WI | $42,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hear Wisconsin | West Allis, WI | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse of Broward | Sunrise, FL | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra | Milwaukee, WI | $26,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jewish Home & Care Ctr Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $24,300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vision Forward | Milwaukee, WI | $21,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Performing Arts Fund | Milwaukee, WI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Schlitz Audubon Center | Milwaukee, WI | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Ecology Center | Milwaukee, WI | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Center | Milwaukee, WI | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Journey House | Milwaukee, WI | $15,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Holocaust Education Resource Center | Milwaukee, WI | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Meta House | Milwaukee, WI | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Community Center | Milwaukee, WI | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Abcd | Glendale, WI | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Venetian Arts Society | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Camp Thunderbird Charitable Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Acts Housing | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Film | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wisconsin Museum of Art | West Bend, WI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hillel Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | $8,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Ann Center | Milwaukee, WI | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Uwm Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Foundation | Madison, WI | $7,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Jewish Historical Society | Milwaukee, WI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leukemialymphoma Society | Brookfield, WI | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fox Point Bayside Education Foundation | Fox Point, WI | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Blossom Idd | Cedarburg, WI | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Stage Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chabad on Campus | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Holy Cross Hospital | Ft Lauderdale, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale | Ft Lauderdale, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Shul Bayside | Bayside, WI | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alverno College | Milwaukee, WI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bonnet House Museum & Gardens | Ft Lauderdale, FL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee Art Museum | Milwaukee, WI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Secure Futures | Milwaukee, WI | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Uwm Graduate School | Milwaukee, WI | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alzheimers Association | Milwaukee, WI | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Florentine Opera | Milwaukee, WI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Friendship Circle Inc | Fox Point, WI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish National Fund | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Renaissance Theaterworks | Milwaukee, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Shul | Bayside, WI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nicolet High School Foundation | Glendale, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Renaissance Theatreworks | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grand Avenue Club | Milwaukee, WI | $2,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 88NINE Radio Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chabad of Eilat | Eilat | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Imagine Mke | Milwaukee, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Community Center Food Pantry | Milwaukee, WI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lubavitch of Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Milwaukee Chamber Theatre | Milwaukee, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Milwaukee County Historical Society | Milwaukee, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sculpture Milwaukee | Milwaukee, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sharp Literacy Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics | Mequon, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimers Association | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Smiles | Waukesha, WI | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bader Hillel Academy | Milwaukee, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of Broward Inc | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kids Impact Community | Milwaukee, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leukemialymphoma Society | Detroit, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mcfi Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Milwaukee College Prep (mc Preparatory School of Wi) | Milwaukee, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mke Urban Stables Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House of Se Wi | Wauwatosa, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Safe and Sound | Milwaukee, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Milwaukee Tennis & Education Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ruach Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Above the Clouds | Milwaukee, WI | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
50 of 86 (58%) 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 72%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Zoological Society of Milwaukee County
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN PLEDGE & OPERATING SUPPORT - Milwaukee Ballet
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN & OPERATING SUPPORT - Broward Performing Arts Foundation
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN & OPERATING - Milwaukee Jewish Federation
ISRAEL EMERGENCY & OPERATING SUPPORT - Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra
PROGRAM AND OPERATING SUPPORT - Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
OPERATING & CAPITAL SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 93 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56 | $559,700 | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 45 | $522,300 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 46 | $642,900 | $3,500 |
| 2024 | 52 | $674,500 | $5,000 |
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. Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd has 7 of them, worth $1,403,000. 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.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Marcus Center for Performing Arts | Milwaukee, WI | $500,000 |
| Milwaukee Public Museum | Milwaukee, WI | $500,000 |
| Zoological Society of Milwaukee County | Milwaukee, WI | $200,000 |
| Northshore Library | Bayside, WI | $150,000 |
| Milwaukee Ballet | Milwaukee, WI | $25,000 |
| Milwaukee Ballet | Milwaukee, WI | $25,000 |
| Journey House | Milwaukee, WI | $3,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 77% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Wisconsin.
- 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.
- 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 Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd'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: P O Box 170350, Milwaukee, WI, 53217. 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.
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