The Sartori Family Foundation Inc
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 39-1933307. Reported 91 grants totalling $914,567 to 48 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. 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. The Sartori 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $105,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make-a-Wish Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $178,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Relevant Radio | Green Bay, WI | $101,667 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sheboygan County Food Bank | Sheboygan, WI | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Macc Fund | Milwaukee, WI | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nourish Farms Inc | Sheboygan Falls, WI | $79,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Marquette University | Milwaukee, WI | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| John Michael Kohler Arts Center | Sheboygan, WI | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Plymouth Intergenerational Coalition | Plymouth, WI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Veritas Society - Wisconsin Right to Life | Milwaukee, WI | $26,900 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pro Life Wi | Brookfield, WI | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Anchor of Hope Health Center | Shebogyan, WI | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Great Marriages for Sheboygan County Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Mary's Springs | Fond Du Lac, WI | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Sheboygan County | Sheboygan, WI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Safe Harbor | Sheboygan, WI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Way of Sheboygan County | Sheboygan, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Vincent De Paul | Sheboygan, WI | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chesterton Academy | Brookfield, WI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northern Kettle Moraine Nordic Storm | Plymouth, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sharon Richardson Community Hospice | Sheboygan Falls, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bookworm Gardens | Sheboygan, WI | $9,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Brookfield, WI | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army | Sheboygan, WI | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Above and Beyond Childrens Museum | Sheboygan, WI | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Life's Connection | Waukesha, WI | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Love Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Church and School | Plymouth, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United for Waukesha Community Fund | Plymouth, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rcs Empowers | Sheboygan, WI | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sheboygan County Inc | Sheboygan, WI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sheboygan Symphony Orchesta | Sheboygan, WI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Archdiocese of Milwaukee | St Francis, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Monica School | Whitefish Bay, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hunger Ball of Sheboygan County | Sheboygan, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Plymouth Historical Society | Plymouth, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| School Choice | West Allis, WI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Friends of the Broughton Sheboygan Marsh | Elkhart Lake, WI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sheboygan Interfaith Organization | Sheboygan, WI | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Society for the Propagation of the Faith | Milwaukee, WI | $1,450 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Badger Boys State Inc | Portage, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| FFA Foundation | Madison, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Broughton Sheboygan Marsh-Annual Support | Elkhart Lake, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peace Lutheran Ministries | Antigo, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Als | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sheboygan Senior Community | Sheboygan, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Ann Center | Milwaukee, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camp Anokijig | Plymouth, WI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
30 of 48 (62%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 62%, across 2 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.
- Make-a-Wish Foundation
SUPPORT THE WISHES THAT ARE GRANTED FOR MEDICALLY ELIGIBLE CHILDREN - Relevant Radio
UNRESTRICTED OPERATING FUND - Nourish Farms Inc
PROVIDE FOOD AND FOOD EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY - Macc Fund
SUPPORT OF RESEARCH OF CHILDHOOD CANCER/BLOOD DISORDERS - John Michael Kohler Arts Center
SUPPORT ARTISTIC PROGRAMS - Anchor of Hope Health Center
PROVISION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE SERVICES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 34 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $319,600 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 28 | $230,100 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 32 | $364,867 | $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. The Sartori Family Foundation Inc has 1 of them, worth $30,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | Milwaukee, WI | $30,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% 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 $5,000. 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Sartori 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: Po Box 170506, 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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