About Milwaukee Bucks Foundation
The Milwaukee Bucks Foundation is guided by a vision to improve the well-being of Milwaukee's most underserved communities. We take a root-cause approach to addressing serious and lifelong health issues by investing in the social, biological, and behavioral detriments of health. Through strategic philanthropic investment, we prioritize programs and initiatives that tackle community disparities, build meaningful partnerships, and leverage the Bucks platform to create opportunities for improved well-being.
Focus Areas
HealthWellnessPreventative medicineNutritionExerciseCommunity development
Who They Fund
unspecified / varied beneficiaries
Funding Style
general operating supportunrestricted supportorganizational capacity
About Milwaukee Bucks Foundation
Three $250,000 grants to the NBA Foundation in 2023, 2024, and 2025 show the Milwaukee Bucks Foundation Inc’s willingness to make large repeat commitments. The foundation’s public summary ties that funding to a root-cause approach for underserved communities in Milwaukee, with emphasis on social, biological, and behavioral drivers of health. Its stated focus areas include health, wellness, preventative medicine, nutrition, exercise, and community development. The recent grants list also shows a broad mix of Milwaukee-area nonprofit partners. Running Rebels received $41,203 in 2023, while Mentor Greater Milwaukee received $37,500 the same year. Other recipients include Milwaukee Parks Foundation, Safe & Sound Inc, Black Space Inc, Silver Spring Neighborhood Center, Street Angels Inc, and Groundwork Milwaukee Inc. Several grants are described as support for the general activities and goals of the charity, which aligns with the foundation’s organizational-sustainability and capacity-support themes. The foundation’s giving is local and heavily concentrated in Wisconsin, matching its stated effort to address community disparities through strategic philanthropic investment and partnerships.
What Milwaukee Bucks Foundation Funds
Health equity is the clearest throughline in the foundation’s active programs and grant history. Bucks Health and Wellness is described as a preventative medicine and wellness program offering exercise, culturally-inclusive nutrition plans, and medical weight-management services to underserved community members in Milwaukee. Community development appears alongside health in the grant list. The foundation gave $26,651 to Milwaukee Parks Foundation in 2024, $25,000 to Silver Spring Neighborhood Center in 2024, and $15,000 to Layton Boulevard West Neighborhood Inc in 2024, all in Milwaukee. Youth and mentoring work also appears repeatedly. In 2023, Running Rebels received $41,203, Mentor Greater Milwaukee received $37,500, and True Skool Inc received $20,000. The pattern suggests support for organizations working with young people through development, mentoring, and neighborhood-based services.
How Milwaukee Bucks Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster in the mid-five-figure range: p25 is $10,000, median is $15,000, and p75 is $18,875. The recent awards also include several $25,000 grants and a recurring $250,000 grant to the NBA Foundation across 2023 through 2025. Many recipients appear in only one year, but My Way Out Inc received $20,000 in 2023 and $15,000 in 2024, indicating some repeat support. The foundation is a private operating charity with $830,138 in assets and no program-related investments reported. It also accepts unsolicited requests through several fundraising channels, while its partnership/grants program is not accepting unsolicited grant requests.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$500K
Total Assets
$830K
Total Revenue
$634K
Total Expenses
$293K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $19K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$19K
Geographic Reach
Local4 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
ARVIND GOPALRATNAM
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