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Wisconsin Historical Real Estate Foundation
ActiveArts, Culture & Humanities
About Wisconsin Historical Real Estate Foundation
To connect people to the past by collecting, preserving, and sharing stories in support of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Focus Areas
History and historical preservationMuseums and historic sitesArchives and library servicesPublic education and outreachCollections care and conservation
Who They Fund
Wisconsin Historical Society (institution)members of the Wisconsin Historical Societygeneral public, visitors and researchers
Funding Style
membership-driven revenue supportgrant and private-contribution administrationsupport for collections stewardship
About Wisconsin Historical Real Estate Foundation
Wisconsin Historical Real Estate Foundation Inc’s recent giving is dominated by general support for the Wisconsin Historical Foundation Inc, which received $157,617 in 2024. That emphasis fits a funder built to connect people to the past by collecting, preserving, and sharing stories in support of the Wisconsin Historical Society. The foundation also backed the Wisconsin Historical Society directly with a $17,452 grant in 2024, pointing to an institutional pattern centered on the Society’s own work. Its public profile ties grantmaking to history and historical preservation, museums and historic sites, archives and library services, public education and outreach, and collections care and conservation. The beneficiary list is similarly focused: the Wisconsin Historical Society, its members, the general public, and visitors and researchers. Active programs such as Local History Mini-Grants for Collections Care and Management and the Local History Outreach Program show that the foundation’s support reaches both statewide history infrastructure and smaller local history efforts. Board of Curators Awards add another route for recognizing historical work in Wisconsin.
What Wisconsin Historical Real Estate Foundation Funds
In museum and history-institution support, the foundation gave $157,617 to Wisconsin Historical Foundation Inc for general support, alongside $17,452 to Wisconsin Historical Society for general support. Those two grants show a relationship with the Society’s broader organizational network, not a one-off project-only pattern. The foundation’s active Local History Mini-Grants for Collections Care and Management program points to a second theme: helping local history groups maintain collections, preserve materials, and support exhibits and programming. A third area is public history recognition and outreach. Through Board of Curators Awards, the foundation supports historical work, scholarship, community history projects, education, and outreach. Its Local History Outreach Program also adds workshops, technical assistance, and occasional mini-grants for capacity building.
How Wisconsin Historical Real Estate Foundation Gives
The grant-size distribution is relatively high for a small foundation: p25 is $52,493, median grant size is $87,534, and p75 is $122,576. The 2024 record shows two grants, both in Wisconsin and both to institutional recipients in Madison. One grant went to Wisconsin Historical Foundation Inc and one to Wisconsin Historical Society, which indicates support for repeat recipient institutions rather than broad, scattered one-time giving. The foundation does not fund individuals. It also does not make program-related investments. The active grant programs are administered through the Wisconsin Historical Society’s outreach and curatorial structure, and they accept unsolicited requests.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$175K
Total Assets
$502K
Total Revenue
$3K
Total Expenses
$2K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $52K and $123K, with a median of $88K.
25th Percentile
$52K
Median
$88K
75th Percentile
$123K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
JULIE LUSSIER
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