About Cedar Street Charitable Foundation
Cedar Street Charitable Foundation prioritizes higher education (often faith-affiliated), faith-based initiatives, and local Milwaukee cultural and community organizations. They make large, general-support gifts to select universities and medical schools while also funding churches, regional United Way affiliates, arts institutions, and youth services in Milwaukee. Grants are frequently repeat awards to the same institutions and often support core operating needs rather than single projects.
Focus Areas
Catholic and Christian higher education (e.g., Marquette University, Marquette University High School, other faith-affiliated colleges)Large general-support gifts to universities and medical schools (national beneficiaries such as University of Pittsburgh, Duke, Medical College of Wisconsin)Faith-based church campaigns and capital/support drives (e.g., Hope Church Winter Garden, Orlando Baptist, We Stand With Christ)Milwaukee arts and cultural institutions (Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee Film, Cathedral Arts Project)Local community and youth services in Milwaukee (United Way of Greater Milwaukee, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee)
Who They Fund
About Cedar Street Charitable Foundation
A defining feature of Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc is its repeated large support for Marquette University, including a $4,042,000 grant in 2024 and a $3,212,000 grant in 2023. That pattern points to a funder that favors substantial general support for a small set of institutions rather than many small project gifts. The foundation’s recent grants also show strong ties to faith-affiliated higher education and church-led campaigns, alongside support for Milwaukee civic and cultural organizations. Its largest recent gifts include multi-million-dollar awards to universities such as the University of Pittsburgh and Sacred Heart University, as well as major support for Hope Church Winter Garden and the We Stand With Christ Campaign. The portfolio also includes medical education, arts organizations, and local community groups. Grants are frequently repeated across years, suggesting long-running relationships with recipients. The foundation’s current giving profile is national in reach, but many of the largest awards are directed to institutions with faith-based or Catholic connections, especially in higher education.
What Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Funds
Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc gives heavily to higher education, especially institutions with Catholic or Christian affiliations. Recent examples include $1,100,000 to the University of Pittsburgh for general support and $1,052,000 to Sacred Heart University for general support, showing that academic giving can reach well beyond Wisconsin. Faith-based support is another clear thread. The foundation awarded $800,000 to the We Stand With Christ Campaign for general support and $536,500 to Orlando Baptist Church for general support. It also backed Hope Church Winter Garden with $1,000,000 in 2024. Milwaukee-based community and cultural organizations remain part of the mix. In 2025, it gave $481,000 to United Way of Greater Milwaukee for general support, and $269,500 to Milwaukee Film for general support. Medical education also appears, including $330,000 to the Medical College of Wisconsin.
How Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster in the mid-five-figure range, with p25 at $10,000, median grant size at $20,000, and p75 at $37,188. The recent-grants list shows a different layer of giving above that range, with repeated six- and seven-figure awards to a relatively small set of recipients. The pattern is strongly recurring: Marquette University, the University of Pittsburgh, Sacred Heart University, and the Medical College of Wisconsin all appear multiple times across 2023-2025. Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or program-related investments. The grants are generally listed as general support, which suggests flexible operating support rather than tightly restricted project funding.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$13.5M
Total Assets
$65.4M
Total Revenue
$16.1M
Total Expenses
$14.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $37K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$37K
Geographic Reach
National35 states funded
About 28% of grants go to recipients in MN.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
GREGG GEORGE
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