GOTV Open Grant
Funding Amount
US $5,000 - US $20,000
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Rolling — applications accepted year-round
- Tracked since
- April 2026
From the program guidelines: “The Foundation seeks to provide general operating and programmatic support for organizations that do year-round civic engagement, nurturing & promotion of democracy and voter registration, education, and mobilization (collectively referred to as “GOTV”) in Milwaukee.”
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Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
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- Not eligible: The Foundation is committed to supporting partnerships that seek to advance voter registration, education, mobilization AND the exercise of other democratic practices and civic participation (such as civic education, engagement with elected and appointed officials, mock elections, policy analysis,…
Overview
GOTV Open Grant Opportunity
The Foundation seeks to provide general operating and programmatic support for organizations that do year-round civic engagement, nurturing & promotion of democracy and voter registration, education, and mobilization (collectively referred to as “GOTV”) in Milwaukee.
Reliable and trustworthy information, exercising democratic practices, and continuous civic engagement are vital to the civic action of voting and nurturing democracy in Milwaukee.
The Foundation is committed to supporting partnerships that seek to advance voter registration, education, mobilization AND the exercise of other democratic practices and civic participation (such as civic education, engagement with elected and appointed officials, mock elections, policy analysis, policy dialogue, and more) with traditionally hard to engage eligible voters and ineligible parties (e.g. by age, immigration status, or other demographic characteristics) who seek to engage in democracy through activities other than or in addition to voting.
These partnerships are invited to apply for small- to medium-sized grants (ranging between $5,000 – 20,000) to foster democratic activities with these populations. Applications should explicitly delineate all the partnering organizations involved and what their roles & responsibilities are. One organization (required to be a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation) must serve as the grantee (which also makes that organization responsible for grant reporting).
What Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 838
- Total given
- $66.78M
- Median grant
- $28K
- Range
- $5,017–$4.56M
- By dollars: Wisconsin 88%, Nebraska 3%, Ohio 2%. Top recipient cities: Milwaukee, WI; Madison, WI; Wauwatosa, WI.
- 17% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 23% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Social justice
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