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    Historic Haymarket Milwaukee

    ActiveArts, Culture & Humanities
    MILWAUKEE, WI4142786939
    EIN (Tax ID): 87-1376165Latest Form 990:

    About Historic Haymarket Milwaukee

    Historic Haymarket Milwaukee Inc focuses its philanthropy exclusively on supporting the Milwaukee Public Museum, providing large-scale institutional funding aimed at sustaining museum operations and long-term endowment. Its giving is place-based and cultural in nature, concentrating on preserving and promoting Milwaukee’s museum and public history assets.

    Focus Areas

    Milwaukee Public Museum — operating supportMilwaukee Public Museum — endowment building/long-term financial stabilityCultural heritage and public history institutions in Milwaukee

    Who They Fund

    local Milwaukee communitymuseum visitors / general publichistory and heritage audiencescultural organizations / heritage stakeholders

    Giving Approach

    Highly concentrated: very few, very large grants directed to a single institution (repeat/grantee + endowment vs operating split), indicating preference for major institutional impact rather than broad distributed funding.

    Financial Snapshot

    Annual Giving

    $131.3M

    Total Assets

    $35.4M

    Total Revenue

    $75.7M

    Total Expenses

    $132.1M

    Typical Grant Size

    Most grants fall between $3.2M and $3.4M, with a median of $3.3M.

    25th Percentile

    $3.2M

    Median

    $3.3M

    75th Percentile

    $3.4M

    Geographic Reach

    Local1 state funded
    Funding intensity
    Low
    High
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    2026
    Total assets: $35.4M
    4 filings on record
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    Funding Style

    capital projects / facility developmentasset acquisition and stewardshipone-time / project-based fundinginfrastructure-focused investment

    Notable grantees: Milwaukee Public Museum Endowment Fund, Milwaukee Public Museum

    Topics

    museum constructionhistoric preservationpublic history interpretationcultural heritage infrastructureexhibition space development
    Latest 990 Filing

    2026

    Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.

    Recent Grants

    Most recent grants reported to the IRS.

    RecipientLocationAmountYearPurpose
    WI MUSEUM OF NATURE & CULTUREMILWAUKEE, WI$129,595,0452026SUPPORT
    MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUMMILWAUKEE, WI$1,749,3632026MUSEUM SUPPORT
    MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUMMILWAUKEE, WI$3,136,5662025MUSEUM SUPPORT
    WI MUSEUM OF NATURE & CULTUREMILWAUKEE, WI$10,0002025SUPPORT
    MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUMMILWAUKEE, WI$3,111,3932024MUSEUM SUPPORT
    MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM ENDOWMENT FMILWAUKEE, WI$3,552,3592023MUSEUM SUPPORT

    WI MUSEUM OF NATURE & CULTURE

    $129,595,045
    MILWAUKEE, WI2026

    SUPPORT

    MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM

    $1,749,363
    MILWAUKEE, WI2026

    MUSEUM SUPPORT

    MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM

    $3,136,566
    MILWAUKEE, WI2025

    MUSEUM SUPPORT

    WI MUSEUM OF NATURE & CULTURE

    $10,000
    MILWAUKEE, WI2025

    SUPPORT

    MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM

    $3,111,393
    MILWAUKEE, WI2024

    MUSEUM SUPPORT

    MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM ENDOWMENT F

    $3,552,359
    MILWAUKEE, WI2023

    MUSEUM SUPPORT