Grants awarded
Who does The Cara Foundation (fka the Milwaukee Insurance Foundation) fund?
The Cara Foundation (fka the Milwaukee Insurance Foundation) has awarded $677,000 across 133 grants to 87 organizations between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $3,000, with most between $1,040 and $5,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $4,500 versus $2,500 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$677K
Typical grant
$3K
Grantees
87
Grants
133
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| C Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $81K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Boston College - City Connects | $66K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Fish of Sancap | $50K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W War Memorial Center | $30K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
International Crane Foundation INC
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$30K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| B Boston College | $22K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I International Crane Foundation | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Community Housing & Resources INC | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | UT | |
| P Parents Place | $20K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S St Ann Center | $18K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$18K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
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$15K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | UT | |
Ozaukee Washington Land Trust INC
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$15K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| N Nativity Jesuit Academy INC | $13K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
| C Columbus School for Girls | $12K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Park City Day School | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Mequon Nature Preserve INC
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$10K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| T The Women's Center | $10K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Regis University
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CO | |
| S Street Soccer USA | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C California Institutecommunity Mental Health | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Another Way School | $8K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N National Ability Center | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| R Regis University | $6K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U Urban Ecology Center | $6K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| V Versiti Blood Research Institute | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Intermountain PC Hospital Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| M Mequon Nature Preserve INC | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Goodwill of Se Wisconsin | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Special Operations Warriors Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| W Wisconsin Adaptive Sports Association | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Digital Bridge INC | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Urban Ecology Center INC
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$5K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CO | |
The Mankind Project USA
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$4K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| F Family Promise of Waukesha County | $4K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Sussex Outreach Services | $4K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| B Black Resilience Fund (brown Hope) | $4K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| W Warriors and Walleyes | $3K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T Thomas Jefferson High School | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Hunger Task Force INC
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$3K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | WI | |
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee INC
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$3K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| B Benedict Center | $3K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$3K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | WI | |
| C Children Outing Association (coa) Youth & Family Centers | $3K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Christ in the City
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$3K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CO | |
| O One Tail at a Time | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$2K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
| M Mequon Community Foundation | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T Tulatin Food Pantry | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| A Aul Denver | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Oregon Food Bank INC
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | OR | |
| S St Sebastian Parish | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| P Playworks | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Maxfund Animal Adoption Center | $2K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Medical College of Wi-General | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Wisconsin Humane Society
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | WI | |
| D Drive for a Cure | $2K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | WI | |
| R Rancho Luna Lobos | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Aldo Leopold Foundation INC
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$2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | WI | |
| S Susan G Komen Wisconsin | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Community Advocates INC | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| M Mankind Project | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Liberation Institute
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | HI | |
West Suburban Community Pantry INC
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CO | |
World Wildlife Fund INC
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| D Denver Zoo | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| M Milwaukee Diaper Mission | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Thanksgiving Pointbutterly Sanctuary | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U Utah's Hogle Zoo | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N Nuzzles & Co Pet Rescue & Adoption | $1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Heifer International | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| F Family Sharing of Ozaukee County | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Saukville Community Food Pantry INC
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | WI | |
| W Wild Animal Sanctuary | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
Georgia River Network INC
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$500 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | GA | |
Wounded Warrior Project INC
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$500 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | FL | |
| A Alzheimer's Association Wisconsin Chapter | $500 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Douglas F McKey Christmas Club INC
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$500 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | WI | |
| T The Lgbt Asylum Project - Center for Immigration Protection | $250 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A American Heart Association | $250 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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