About Basic Needs Giving Partnership
Supports the people and places advancing equity and economic well-being and works to end poverty in Northeast Wisconsin through grantmaking and investing in community-led solutions.
Focus Areas
Early care and education (birth to 5)Housing accessMental healthSubstance useEconomic stabilityFamily support and social connectednessOrganizational capacity building / technical assistance
Funding Style
general operating supportunrestricted/flexible fundingcore capacity/core expenses
About Basic Needs Giving Partnership
Basic Needs Giving Partnership Inc. uses flexible grants to support community-led work that addresses the root causes of poverty in Northeast Wisconsin. Its recent awards show a strong preference for general operating support, with funding reaching organizations working on early care and education, housing access, mental health, substance use, and family support. The largest recent grant in the data was $312,000 to We All Rise African American Resource Center in Green Bay for general operating support, signaling a willingness to fund core work at local organizations. Other large grants include $300,000 awards to Wisconsin Early Childhood Assoc Inc (weca), Headsup Fox Cities, Impact Wisconsin, New Hmong Professionals, People of Progression, and Achieve Brown County, each also for general operating support. The foundation’s grantmaking is tied to collaborative systems change and planning, and its active grant cycles include multi-year and single-year options for organizations addressing poverty, inequity, and related needs. Across the recent grants list, the pattern is consistent: local organizations in Northeast Wisconsin receive flexible funding for ongoing work, capacity building, and community-driven solutions.
What Basic Needs Giving Partnership Funds
Early care and education is a central focus. The foundation gave $300,000 to Wisconsin Early Childhood Assoc Inc (weca) for general operating support, and its active grant cycles also name early care and education (birth to 5) as a priority area. Housing access is another recurring theme. Recent grants include $150,000 to Brown County Homeless and Housing Coalition for general operating support and $75,000 to Fox Cities Housing Alliance for general operating support. Mental health appears in both the grant list and the program descriptions: the foundation awarded $50,000 to Nami Fox Valley and $50,000 to US 2 Behavioral Health Care, each for general operating support. Substance use is also among the stated priorities in multiple grant cycles, alongside systems change and planning or capacity-building work.
How Basic Needs Giving Partnership Gives
Typical award size is tightly clustered: the p25, median, and p75 are all $30,000. Recent giving skews toward flexible support, especially general operating support, with several six-figure awards in 2025 and recurring annual grant cycles that include multi-year and single-year options. The foundation accepts unsolicited applications across its active grant programs. It also makes grants for planning and capacity building, and its philosophy tags point to general operating support, unrestricted or flexible funding, and core capacity/core expenses.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5.4M
Total Assets
$6.4M
Total Revenue
$5.5M
Total Expenses
$6.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $30K and $30K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$30K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$30K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
DAWN RUCHALA
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