Joseph C Duke Foundation

Alliant Energy Foundation Inc

Madison, WI

Alliant Energy Foundation supports community organizations and initiatives in hunger and housing, workforce readiness, environmental stewardship, and community safety and engagement. Its 2025 grants had a median award of $400, with awards ranging from $10 to $200,000, and primarily served communities in Iowa and Wisconsin.

Otto Bremer Trust

St Paul, MN

The Otto Bremer Trust supports people and communities through grants for work benefiting residents of Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and Wisconsin; its 2024 grants had a median award of $50,000, with amounts ranging from $3,500 to $1.4 million. It does not accept unsolicited direct requests, but some Community Responsive Fund grants are available through selected intermediary partners.

Beryl and Florence Miller

Golden Valley, MN

The foundation primarily supports Jewish synagogues, schools, and community organizations, alongside groups working in areas such as housing and animal welfare. Its 47 grants in 2024 totaled $41,399, with a median award of $250 and grants ranging from $18 to $8,070; recipients were mainly in Minnesota, with grants also reported in Alabama, New York, Illinois, and New Hampshire. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Jack & Sarah Matasosky Foundation

Lakeville, MN

Tulsa Community Foundation

Tulsa, OK

Tulsa Community Foundation supports a broad range of charitable needs, including arts and humanities, healthcare, education, scholarships, emergency assistance, and endowments. Its 2024 grants had a median of $18,560 and primarily benefited the Tulsa area and eastern Oklahoma, with grants also reaching elsewhere in the U.S.; it administers application cycles for selected funds.

Enterprise Holdings Foundation

Saint Louis, MO

The Enterprise Holdings Foundation supports education, environmental stewardship, disaster relief, hunger relief, health, arts, and community needs, with emphasis on organizations connected to Enterprise employees, their families, or established customers. It gives across communities where Enterprise operates; its 2024 median grant was $3,000, though grants ranged widely. Applications are accepted at any time, but the profile does not say whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines

Des Moines, IA

The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines funds nonprofits through competitive grants for community impact, organizational capacity, and collaboration, with 2026 priorities including housing, transportation, health, economic opportunity, and inclusion. Giving varies widely: 2024 grants had a median of $12,889, while Capacity Building grants are capped at $7,500. Its programs serve Greater Des Moines and, through an affiliated foundation, Adair County; unsolicited requests are not addressed in the profile.

Baird Foundation Inc

Milwaukee, WI

The foundation funds nonprofits in health and human services, education, the arts, youth, and other areas, with grants across multiple states and the largest share of 2025 funding going to Wisconsin. Its 2025 grants had a median of $500, though awards ranged widely; it gives 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.

Dane Buy Local Foundation Inc

Madison, WI

Dane Buy Local Foundation supports local-business education and promotion, collaboration, business training and mentorship, and entrepreneurship scholarships, primarily in Dane County and South Central Wisconsin. Its only listed grant was $12,000 in 2021; no typical grant amount is stated, and the profile does not say whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

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

To encourage more giving. More people, giving more, more often, to more charitable organizations.