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Michels Family Foundation

Brownsville, WI

The Michels Family Foundation supports a broad range of charitable organizations, including healthcare, education, churches, youth programs, and community services, primarily in Wisconsin. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $1 million, with a median of $10,000. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Harry & Judy Friedman Family Foundation

Westlake Village, CA

The foundation supports a broad range of charitable causes, including community services, education, arts, health, animal welfare, and religious organizations. Its 2025 grants ranged from $500 to $102,000, with a median of $1,000; recipients were mainly in California, with some grants elsewhere in the United States. It accepts written requests to Judith Friedman and does not restrict giving to preselected organizations.

Legacy Investment for a Virtuous

Milwaukee, WI

Gannett Foundation Inc

New York, NY

Gannett Foundation’s 2025 grants supported a range of organizations, with listed awards generally between $1,500 and $2,500, though the available figures do not establish a typical grant size or geographic focus. The foundation has wound down: its 2026 filing reports no grants or assets, and no current application process or acceptance of unsolicited requests is stated.

The Chicago Community Trust

Chicago, IL

The Chicago Community Trust funds nonprofits addressing economic mobility, wealth gaps, and urgent community needs, with priorities including homeownership, small businesses, education, quality jobs, and investment in underinvested communities. Its 2025 itemized grants had a median of $26,500, though awards vary widely; grants generally benefit Chicago-region residents, and the Trust directs applicants to open opportunities but does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Enterprise Holdings Foundation

Saint Louis, MO

Enterprise Holdings Foundation supports nonprofits in health, education, arts, disaster relief, reforestation, hunger relief, and community equity, with an emphasis on organizations actively supported by Enterprise employees and their families. Its reported grants range widely: 2024 giving averaged about $7,700 across 9,499 grants, while the foundation also offers awards of up to $40,000; it supports communities where Enterprise operates worldwide. Unsolicited requests are accepted at any time, but eligible applications must be submitted by an Enterprise team member or their spouse or domestic partner on behalf of a nonprofit they actively support.

Timothy and Barbara Michels Family

Brownsville, WI

The foundation supports colleges and schools, churches, ministries, and other charitable organizations, with 2025 grants ranging from $20,000 to $2.04 million and a median of $70,000. Giving was concentrated in New Hampshire and Wisconsin, with smaller amounts going to New York and Massachusetts. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Edith B & Joseph E Humphrey

Mansfield, OH

The foundation supports a range of charitable organizations, including community, arts, education, human-services, and environmental groups, primarily in Ohio. In 2025, grants ranged from $650 to $15,000, with a median of $3,000; it makes contributions only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing

Appleton, WI

Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing distributes donor-directed and program donations to a broad range of causes and organizations in local, national, and global communities. Its 2024 grants had a median of $11,520 and ranged from $5,006 to $5 million. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Alliant Energy Foundation Inc

Madison, WI

Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc

Milwaukee, WI

The Greater Milwaukee Foundation funds nonprofits working on regional needs such as education, housing, basic needs, health, arts and culture, and small business, with an emphasis on racial equity. Most 2024 grants were relatively modest (median $27,778), though amounts ranged from $5,017 to $4.56 million; its competitive cycles serve organizations in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington counties. It accepts applications through competitive grant cycles held three times a year.

Give Back Foundation

Madison, WI

Give Back Foundation distributes donor-designated contributions through workplace giving and other giving platforms to selected 501(c)(3) charities, rather than setting its own cause areas. In 2025, grants had a median of $9,066, with recipient organizations concentrated in Virginia, California, and Washington, D.C.; it does not accept unsolicited requests or work directly with charities.