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Grants paid by The Burke Foundation Inc

EIN 39-1828760 · Milwaukee, WI · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE T99Z

The Burke Foundation Inc of Milwaukee, WI (EIN 39-1828760) reported 109 grants paid totaling $42,580,299 to 34 recipients in tax years 2018–2025, on Form 990, Schedule I. Derived from IRS e-file data, dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.

Grants paid

$42,580,299

109 grants

Recipients

34

distinct organizations

Tax years

2018–2025

7 filings in the corpus

By tax year

Grants by tax year, as the same figures
Tax yearGrants paidAmount paidApproved for future
201814$5,973,126
202029$8,703,505
202119$6,386,874
202212$4,036,496
202310$4,491,012
202414$6,891,474
202511$6,097,812

Top recipients

The 34 recipients receiving the most from The Burke Foundation Inc, by grants paid, out of 34 distinct recipients.

Recipients ranked by total grants paid
RecipientMatchLocationGrantsTotal paidLatest year
Marquette University 39-0806251AMilwaukee, WI7$9,595,1352025
Mount Mary University 39-0806154AMilwaukee, WI7$8,544,2112025
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County 39-1925617AMadison, WI7$4,037,5002025
Urban Ecology Center 39-1712663AMilwaukee, WI7$3,775,0002025
Milwaukee Youth Arts Center 11-3665475AMilwaukee, WI3$2,070,7752024
Nativity Jesuit Academy 39-1741141AMilwaukee, WI7$1,680,0002025
First Stage Children's Theater 39-1634828AMilwaukee, WI7$1,602,7002025
Milwaukee Academy of Science 39-1974865AMilwaukee, WI3$1,390,0002024
Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation IncorporatedUMilwaukee, WI3$1,300,0002025
Notre Dame School of Milwaukee 39-1850760AMilwaukee, WI5$1,100,0002025
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee 39-1805963AMilwaukee, WI5$989,4472023
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra 39-0973594AMilwaukee, WI6$870,0002025
Alverno College 39-0806263AMilwaukee, WI4$718,0812022
St Joan Antida High School Inc 39-1570748AMilwaukee, WI3$675,0002024
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee 39-0806292AMilwaukee, WI7$640,0002025
Carmen High School of Science & Technology Inc 56-2569203AMilwaukee, WI1$500,0002020
Milwaukee Public Museum 39-1723105AMilwaukee, WI1$500,0002024
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee Inc 87-1376165AMilwaukee, WI1$500,0002025
Pearls for Teen Girls 39-1997970AMilwaukee, WI4$396,0002022
Penfield Children's Center 39-1093701AMilwaukee, WI1$250,0002020
Coa Youth & Family Centers 39-0806339AMilwaukee, WI2$250,0002021
Milwaukee Excellence Inc 47-4978181AMilwaukee, WI2$215,0002021
Silver Spring Neighborhood Center 39-0966281AMilwaukee, WI3$190,0002022
City Forward Collective Inc 39-1590212AMilwaukee, WI2$136,4502021
Greater Milwaukee Foundation 39-6036407AMilwaukee, WI2$130,0002021
Running Rebels Community Organization 39-3910464AMilwaukee, WI1$100,0002020
Seton Catholic Schools Inc 42-1630884AMilwaukee, WI1$100,0002020
Schools That Can Milwaukee 27-2818891AMilwaukee, WI1$100,0002018
Messmer Catholic Schools Inc 39-1482053AMilwaukee, WI1$75,0002020
Voces de la Frontera 39-2010107AMilwaukee, WI1$75,0002020
Neighborhood House of Milwaukee 39-0806269AMilwaukee, WI1$50,0002020
United Performing Arts Fund 39-6100399AMilwaukee, WI1$10,0002020
Malaika Early Learning Center 39-2021628AMilwaukee, WI1$10,0002020
United Community Center 39-1146191AMilwaukee, WI1$5,0002023

Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.

Every grant

All 109 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.

Grants reported by The Burke Foundation Inc
Tax yearRecipientMatchAmountTypePurposeSource filing
2025Marquette University Milwaukee, WIA$1,672,866paidSCHOLARSHIPS202610829349301506
2025Mount Mary University Milwaukee, WIA$1,204,946paidSCHOLARSHIPS202610829349301506
2025Urban Ecology Center Milwaukee, WIA$1,000,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202610829349301506
2025Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation Incorporated Milwaukee, WIU$500,000paidCAPITAL CAMPAIGN202610829349301506
2025Historic Haymarket Milwaukee Inc Milwaukee, WIA$500,000paidCAPITAL CAMPAIGN202610829349301506
2025Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Madison, WIA$450,000paidAVID TOPS PROGRAM202610829349301506
2025Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$250,000paidCAPITAL CAMPAIGN202610829349301506
2025First Stage Children's Theater Milwaukee, WIA$180,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202610829349301506
2025Nativity Jesuit Academy Milwaukee, WIA$180,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202610829349301506
2025Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Milwaukee, WIA$110,000paidYOUTH MUSIC PROGRAM202610829349301506
2025Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$50,000paidSPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR SUPPORT202610829349301506
2024Marquette University Milwaukee, WIA$1,528,386paidSCHOLARSHIPS202521069349300842
2024Mount Mary University Milwaukee, WIA$1,242,313paidSCHOLARSHIPS202521069349300842
2024Urban Ecology Center Milwaukee, WIA$1,025,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202521069349300842
2024Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Madison, WIA$500,000paidAVID TOPS PROGRAM202521069349300842
2024Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation Incorporated Milwaukee, WIU$500,000paidCAPITAL CAMPAIGN202521069349300842
2024Milwaukee Public Museum Milwaukee, WIA$500,000paidCAPITAL CAMPAIGN202521069349300842
2024Milwaukee Academy of Science Milwaukee, WIA$375,000paidCAPITAL CAMPAIGN202521069349300842
2024St Joan Antida High School Inc Milwaukee, WIA$300,000paidCAPITAL CAMPAIGN202521069349300842
2024Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$250,000paidCAPITAL CAMPAIGN202521069349300842
2024Nativity Jesuit Academy Milwaukee, WIA$200,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202521069349300842
2024First Stage Children's Theater Milwaukee, WIA$200,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202521069349300842
2024Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Milwaukee, WIA$135,000paidYOUTH MUSIC PROGRAM202521069349300842
2024Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Milwaukee, WIA$70,775paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202521069349300842
2024Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$65,000paidSPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR SUPPORT202521069349300842
2023Marquette University Milwaukee, WIA$1,350,292paidSCHOLARSHIPS202431769349301068
2023Mount Mary University Milwaukee, WIA$1,199,475paidSCHOLARSHIPS202431769349301068
2023Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Madison, WIA$550,000paidAVID TOPS PROGRAM202431769349301068
2023First Stage Children's Theater Milwaukee, WIA$460,000paidCHILDREN'S THEATER202431769349301068
2023Urban Ecology Center Milwaukee, WIA$300,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202431769349301068
2023Nativity Jesuit Academy Milwaukee, WIA$220,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202431769349301068
2023University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$196,245paidMKE SCHOLARS-SCHOLARSHIPS202431769349301068
2023Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Milwaukee, WIA$130,000paidYOUTH MUSIC PROGRAM202431769349301068
2023Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$80,000paidSPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR SUPPORT202431769349301068
2023United Community Center Milwaukee, WIA$5,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202431769349301068
2022Marquette University Milwaukee, WIA$1,198,631paidSCHOLARSHIPS202301889349300115
2022Mount Mary University Milwaukee, WIA$1,154,666paidSCHOLARSHIPS202301889349300115
2022Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Madison, WIA$587,500paidAVID TOPS PROGRAM202301889349300115
2022Urban Ecology Center Milwaukee, WIA$325,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202301889349300115
2022Nativity Jesuit Academy Milwaukee, WIA$240,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202301889349300115
2022Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Milwaukee, WIA$155,000paidYOUTH MUSIC PROGRAM202301889349300115
2022University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$151,455paidMKE SCHOLARS-SCHOLARSHIPS202301889349300115
2022Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$95,000paidSPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR SUPPORT202301889349300115
2022Pearls for Teen Girls Milwaukee, WIA$80,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT, PROGRAMMING EVALUATION202301889349300115
2022Alverno College Milwaukee, WIA$39,044paidNEW SCHOOL PROGRAM202301889349300115
2022First Stage Children's Theater Milwaukee, WIA$5,200paidCHILDREN'S THEATER202301889349300115
2022Silver Spring Neighborhood Center Milwaukee, WIA$5,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202301889349300115
2021Marquette University Milwaukee, WIA$1,345,946paidSCHOLARSHIPS202201169349301820
2021Mount Mary University Milwaukee, WIA$1,266,000paidSCHOLARSHIPS202201169349301820
2021Milwaukee Academy of Science Milwaukee, WIA$750,000paidCAPITAL CAMPAIGN202201169349301820
2021Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Madison, WIA$625,000paidAVID TOPS PROGRAM202201169349301820
2021Urban Ecology Center Milwaukee, WIA$350,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202201169349301820
2021Alverno College Milwaukee, WIA$275,075paidSCHOLARSHIPS, NEW SCHOOL PROGRAM202201169349301820
2021Nativity Jesuit Academy Milwaukee, WIA$260,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202201169349301820
2021University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$247,153paidMKE SCHOLARS-SCHOLARSHIPS202201169349301820
2021First Stage Children's Theater Milwaukee, WIA$240,000paidCHILDREN'S THEATER202201169349301820
2021St Joan Antida High School Inc Milwaukee, WIA$187,500paidCAPITAL & STAFF SUPPORT202201169349301820
2021Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Milwaukee, WIA$170,000paidYOUTH MUSIC PROGRAM202201169349301820
2021Coa Youth & Family Centers Milwaukee, WIA$125,000paidHIPPY PROGRAM202201169349301820
2021Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$115,000paidSPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR SUPPORT202201169349301820
2021Milwaukee Excellence Inc Milwaukee, WIA$100,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202201169349301820
2021Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$100,000paidCAPITAL CAMPAIGN202201169349301820
2021Pearls for Teen Girls Milwaukee, WIA$90,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT, PROGRAMMING EVALUATION202201169349301820
2021Silver Spring Neighborhood Center Milwaukee, WIA$65,000paidOPERATIONS SUPPORT202201169349301820
2021City Forward Collective Inc Milwaukee, WIA$45,200paidSCHOLARSHIPS202201169349301820
2021Greater Milwaukee Foundation Milwaukee, WIA$30,000paidCATCH A FIRE INITIATIVE202201169349301820
2020Marquette University Milwaukee, WIA$1,337,940paidSCHOLARSHIPS202111039349301206
2020Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Milwaukee, WIA$1,250,000paidNEW BUILDING CONSTRUCTION202111039349301206
2020Mount Mary University Milwaukee, WIA$1,243,580paidSCHOLARSHIPS202111039349301206
2020Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Madison, WIA$625,000paidAVID TOPS PROGRAM202111039349301206
2020Carmen High School of Science & Technology Inc Milwaukee, WIA$500,000paidCARMEN ALVERNO PROJECT202111039349301206
2020Urban Ecology Center Milwaukee, WIA$375,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202111039349301206
2020Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation Incorporated Milwaukee, WIU$300,000paid#CONNECT MILWAUKEE CAMPAIGN, GREENER SCHOOLYARDS PROJECT202111039349301206
2020Nativity Jesuit Academy Milwaukee, WIA$280,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202111039349301206
2020Milwaukee Academy of Science Milwaukee, WIA$265,000paidCAPITAL CAMPAIGN202111039349301206
2020First Stage Children's Theater Milwaukee, WIA$257,500paidCHILDREN'S THEATER202111039349301206
2020Alverno College Milwaukee, WIA$252,090paidSCHOLARSHIPS, NEW SCHOOL PROGRAM202111039349301206
2020Penfield Children's Center Milwaukee, WIA$250,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202111039349301206
2020University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$222,645paidMKE SCHOLARS-SCHOLARSHIPS202111039349301206
2020St Joan Antida High School Inc Milwaukee, WIA$187,500paidCAPITAL & STAFF SUPPORT202111039349301206
2020Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$150,000paidCAPITAL CAMPAIGN202111039349301206
2020Pearls for Teen Girls Milwaukee, WIA$126,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT, PROGRAMMING EVALUATION202111039349301206
2020Coa Youth & Family Centers Milwaukee, WIA$125,000paidHIPPY PROGRAM202111039349301206
2020Silver Spring Neighborhood Center Milwaukee, WIA$120,000paidOPERATIONS SUPPORT202111039349301206
2020Milwaukee Excellence Inc Milwaukee, WIA$115,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202111039349301206
2020Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$110,000paidSPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR SUPPORT202111039349301206
2020Seton Catholic Schools Inc Milwaukee, WIA$100,000paidTECHNOLOGY SUPPORT202111039349301206
2020Running Rebels Community Organization Milwaukee, WIA$100,000paidTECHNOLOGY SUPPORT202111039349301206
2020Greater Milwaukee Foundation Milwaukee, WIA$100,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202111039349301206
2020City Forward Collective Inc Milwaukee, WIA$91,250paidSCHOLARSHIPS202111039349301206
2020Voces de la Frontera Milwaukee, WIA$75,000paidCAPITAL CAMPAIGN202111039349301206
2020Messmer Catholic Schools Inc Milwaukee, WIA$75,000paidTECHNOLOGY SUPPORT202111039349301206
2020Neighborhood House of Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$50,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202111039349301206
2020United Performing Arts Fund Milwaukee, WIA$10,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202111039349301206
2020Malaika Early Learning Center Milwaukee, WIA$10,000paidOPERATIONAL SUPPORT202111039349301206
2018Mount Mary University Milwaukee, WIA$1,233,231paidSCHOLARSHIPS201930929349300733
2018Marquette University Milwaukee, WIA$1,161,074paidSCHOLARSHIPS201930929349300733
2018Milwaukee Youth Arts Center Milwaukee, WIA$750,000paidEDUCATION201930929349300733
2018Boys and Girls Club of Dane Co Madison, WIA$700,000paidCHARITABLE201930929349300733
2018Urban Ecology Center Milwaukee, WIA$400,000paidUEC PROJECT201930929349300733
2018Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$350,000paidEDUCATION201930929349300733
2018Nativity Jesuit Middle School Milwaukee, WIA$300,000paidEDUCATION201930929349300733
2018First Stage Children's Theater Milwaukee, WIA$260,000paidCHILDREN'S THEATER201930929349300733
2018University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$171,949paidSCHOLARSHIPS201930929349300733
2018Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Milwaukee, WIA$170,000paidYOUTH SYMPHONY201930929349300733
2018Alverno College Milwaukee, WIA$151,872paidSCHOLARSHIPS201930929349300733
2018Boys and Girls Club Milwaukee, WIA$125,000paidCHARITABLE201930929349300733
2018Schools That Can Milwaukee Milwaukee, WIA$100,000paidEDUCATION201930929349300733
2018Pearls for Teen Girls Milwaukee, WIA$100,000paidCHARITABLE201930929349300733

Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.

Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.

Source filings

Every figure above is traceable to one of these IRS e-file returns by its OBJECT_ID.

Returns this page is derived from
FormTax yearPeriod endFiledSchemaIRS OBJECT_ID
99020252025-12-31not stated2025v4.0202610829349301506
99020242024-12-31not stated2024v5.1202521069349300842
99020232023-12-31not stated2023v5.1202431769349301068
99020222022-12-31not stated2022v5.0202301889349300115
99020212021-12-31not stated2021v4.2202201169349301820
99020202020-12-31not stated2020v4.1202111039349301206
99020182018-12-31not stated2018v3.1201930929349300733

Derived from IRS Form 990 e-file XML; recipient identities from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The same rows as Parquet: manifest; as JSON: /api/funders/391828760.json.

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