The foundation concentrates almost exclusively on pediatric health and wellbeing in Wisconsin, directing very large gifts to hospitals, medical groups, and child welfare organizations. Its support includes capital and operations for a major children’s hospital, funding for pediatric medical research and specialty care, and backing for community-based primary care and child wellbeing/abuse-prevention services. Grants are strategic and high-dollar, aimed at sustaining core institutions rather than broad small-dollar funding.
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc channels its giving into a tightly defined pediatric system in Milwaukee, with repeated seven- and eight-figure support for Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc and Children's Hospital and Health System Inc. The pattern points to a funder that backs core hospital operations, capital needs, research, education, and child-focused services rather than a wide spread of small grants. In the recent grants list, the foundation also supported Children's Service Society of Wisconsin and Children's Medical Group Inc, showing that its work extends beyond the main hospital into child wellbeing services and community-based primary care clinics. Another recipient, Children's Specialty Group, received support for research, education, and operational needs. The grant history suggests a long-running commitment to institutions serving children and school-aged youth in Wisconsin, with funding concentrated at the system level and directed to organizations that anchor pediatric care, prevention, and family services. Its largest listed grants are all in Milwaukee, reinforcing a local funding pattern centered on children’s health infrastructure.
A central theme in the foundation’s giving is hospital operations and capital support. Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc received $13,021,421 in 2025 for operation and capital support, after similar grants of $13,936,061 in 2024 and $10,589,960 in 2023. The foundation also backs a broader system through Children's Hospital and Health System Inc, which received $9,093,847 in 2025 for medical research, child abuse prevention, health education, school based clinics, community service, and capital support. Outside the core hospital system, the foundation funds child wellbeing services through Children's Service Society of Wisconsin, including a $4,751,437 grant in 2024. It also supports community-based primary care clinics through Children's Medical Group Inc, with grants of $3,135,784 in 2025 and $3,002,255 in 2024. A smaller grant to Children's Specialty Group covered research, education, and operational support.
Typical grants are large: the p25 size is $4,175,779, the median is $6,745,440, and the p75 is $9,721,784. The recent record shows repeated support for the same recipients across 2023, 2024, and 2025, indicating recurring grants rather than one-off awards. The foundation is a public charity, not a fund that makes program-related investments or grants to individuals. Its grantmaking is fully local and entirely in Wisconsin, with all listed grants going to recipients in the HQ state.
$28.5M
$1.7B
$143.5M
$47.9M
Most grants fall between $4.2M and $9.7M, with a median of $6.7M.
25th Percentile
$4.2M
Median
$6.7M
75th Percentile
$9.7M
MARGARET TROYTHROUGH AUG 2024
DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO CHHS
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Highly concentrated, large-dollar grants to a small set of repeat, core grantees (multi-year and multi-grant relationships) with emphasis on capital, operations, and program support rather than broad-based or one-off small grants.
Notable grantees: Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc, Children's Hospital and Health System Inc, Children's Service Society of Wisconsin, Children's Medical Group Inc, Children's Specialty Group
Grantmaking is concentrated in Milwaukee, which appears across every listed recipient. The top recipients include Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc, Children's Hospital and Health System Inc, Children's Service Society of Wisconsin, Children's Medical Group Inc, and Children's Specialty Group, all in Milwaukee. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with 13 grants and 100% going to U.S. organizations. The data also shows that 100% of grants go to recipients in Wisconsin.
It funds pediatric health and child wellbeing organizations in Wisconsin, including a major children's hospital, a health system, a child welfare organization, a community-based primary care group, and a specialty group. The listed grants show support for operations, capital, research, education, prevention, and clinic services.
Yes. The recent grants list shows repeated awards to the same organizations across multiple years, including Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc in 2023, 2024, and 2025, Children's Hospital and Health System Inc in those same years, and Children's Service Society of Wisconsin and Children's Medical Group Inc across multiple years as well.
The grant-size distribution is high: p25 is $4,175,779, median grant size is $6,745,440, and p75 is $9,721,784. The recent awards also include multiple grants above $9 million and a smaller grant of $280,741 to Children's Specialty Group.
Its giving is local and entirely in Wisconsin. All listed grants go to recipients in the HQ state, and the recipient-country distribution is 100% U.S. The named recipient cities in the recent grants are all Milwaukee.
No. The foundation is listed as not funding individuals and not making program-related investments.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN INC | MILWAUKEE, WI | $13,021,421 | 2025 | OPERATION & CAPITAL SUPPORT |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM INC | MILWAUKEE, WI | $9,093,847 | 2025 | MEDICAL RESEARCH, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION, HEALTH EDUCATION, SCHOOL BASED CLINICS, COMMUNITY SERVICE & CAPITAL SUPPORT |
| CHILDREN'S MEDICAL GROUP INC | MILWAUKEE, WI | $3,135,784 | 2025 | COMMUNITY-BASED PRIMARY CARE CLINICS |
| CHILDREN'S SERVICE SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN | MILWAUKEE, WI | $2,961,095 | 2025 | CHILD WELLBEING SERVICES & CAPITAL SUPPORT |
| CHILDREN'S SPECIALTY GROUP | MILWAUKEE, WI | $280,741 | 2025 | RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN INC | MILWAUKEE, WI | $13,936,061 | 2024 | OPERATION & CAPITAL SUPPORT |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM INC | MILWAUKEE, WI | $9,432,392 | 2024 | MEDICAL RESEARCH, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION, HEALTH EDUCATION, SCHOOL BASED CLINICS, COMMUNITY SERVICE & CAPITAL SUPPORT |
| CHILDREN'S SERVICE SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN | MILWAUKEE, WI | $4,751,437 | 2024 | CHILD WELLBEING SERVICES & CAPITAL SUPPORT |
| CHILDREN'S MEDICAL GROUP INC | MILWAUKEE, WI | $3,002,255 | 2024 | COMMUNITY-BASED PRIMARY CARE CLINICS |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN INC | MILWAUKEE, WI | $10,589,960 | 2023 | OPERATION & CAPITAL SUPPORT |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM INC | MILWAUKEE, WI | $8,739,444 | 2023 | MEDICAL RESEARCH, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION, HEALTH EDUCATION, SCHOOL BASED CLINICS, COMMUNITY SERVICE & CAPITAL SUPPORT |
| CHILDREN'S SERVICE SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN | MILWAUKEE, WI | $4,566,954 | 2023 | CHILD WELLBEING SERVICES & CAPITAL SUPPORT |
| CHILDREN'S MEDICAL GROUP INC | MILWAUKEE, WI | $2,363,385 | 2023 | COMMUNITY-BASED PRIMARY CARE CLINICS |
MEDICAL RESEARCH, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION, HEALTH EDUCATION, SCHOOL BASED CLINICS, COMMUNITY SERVICE & CAPITAL SUPPORT
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL GROUP INC
$3,135,784COMMUNITY-BASED PRIMARY CARE CLINICS
CHILDREN'S SERVICE SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN
$2,961,095CHILD WELLBEING SERVICES & CAPITAL SUPPORT
CHILDREN'S SPECIALTY GROUP
$280,741RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
MEDICAL RESEARCH, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION, HEALTH EDUCATION, SCHOOL BASED CLINICS, COMMUNITY SERVICE & CAPITAL SUPPORT
CHILDREN'S SERVICE SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN
$4,751,437CHILD WELLBEING SERVICES & CAPITAL SUPPORT
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL GROUP INC
$3,002,255COMMUNITY-BASED PRIMARY CARE CLINICS
MEDICAL RESEARCH, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION, HEALTH EDUCATION, SCHOOL BASED CLINICS, COMMUNITY SERVICE & CAPITAL SUPPORT
CHILDREN'S SERVICE SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN
$4,566,954CHILD WELLBEING SERVICES & CAPITAL SUPPORT
CHILDREN'S MEDICAL GROUP INC
$2,363,385COMMUNITY-BASED PRIMARY CARE CLINICS