1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin
Greenfield, WI · EIN 83-2994170. Reported 49 grants totalling $133,050 to 39 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. 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,300 and $3,500; the smallest was $250 and the largest $10,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haase Community Connections | Mukwonago, WI | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Acts Community Development Corporation | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Securefutures | Milwaukee, WI | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit | Milwaukee, WI | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Beyond Vision Aka Wiscraft Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mke Urban Stables Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Secure Futures | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Team Up With Familieskaty's Kloset | Waukesha, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Friendship Circle | Fox Point, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Econcomic Development Association of Wi Inc (ueda) | Milwaukee, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wisconsin Veterans Network | West Allis, WI | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arts Large | Milwaukee, WI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ozaukee Food Alliance | Saukville, WI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rides and Reins | Slinger, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safe and Sound Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Performing Arts Fund | Milwaukee, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Acts Housing | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Housing Resources Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Latino Arts Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sharp Literacy | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sixteenth Street Community Health Center | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Team Up With Famileskatys Kloset | Waukesha, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Community Center | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Economic Development | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Economic Development Association of Wi Inc (ueda) | Milwaukee, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Artslarge Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Asset Builders | Madison, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| BLOOM360 Learning Community | East Troy, WI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Women's Center | Waukesha, WI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Journey 21 Inc | Oconomowoc, WI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| JOURNEY21 | Waukesha, WI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wisconsin Veterans Network (vetsnet) | West Allis, WI | $1,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Securefutures Fondation | Milwaukee, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seniors on the Go | Mukwonago, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Waukesha Free Clinic | Waukesha, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Wisconsin Humane Society | Milwaukee, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope Center | Waukesha, WI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
8 of 39 (21%) 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 29%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Acts Community Development Corporation
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SERVICES - Haase Community Connections
ENHANCE GARAGE SPACE; INSTALL SPECIALIZED FLOORING THAT PROVIDES MOBILITY & SAFETY AND AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE FOR LEARNING & SOCIAL ACTIVITIES - Secure Futures
PROVIDE MONEY COACH PROGRAMMING FOR UNDER-RESOURCED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTENDING MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS - Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc
SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EDUCATION, HHS, GENERAL COMMUNITY - Urban Econcomic Development Association of Wi Inc (ueda)
EDUCATION AND GENERAL COMMUNITY - Beyond Vision Aka Wiscraft Inc
SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT TO BLIND COMMUNITY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 31 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | $29,500 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 9 | $34,300 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 17 | $34,250 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 12 | $35,000 | $3,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
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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 $2,500. 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 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin'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: 7001 W Edgerton Avenue, Greenfield, WI, 53220. 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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