Joseph And Vera Zilber Family Foundation Incorporated
Zilber Family Foundation is the official website for the Joseph & Vera Zilber Family Foundation, a private grantmaking foundation based in Milwaukee that supports organizations in Milwaukee, WI and Oahu, Hawaii. The site describes the foundation’s focus areas, grantmaking process, impact, and recent activity and links to an online grants portal for invited applicants.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Established organizations (large nonprofits, universities, or community foundations) with significant project or endowment-scale needs in Milwaukee or established partner activity in Oahu/Hawaii, aligned with the foundation’s stated priorities.
Good Fit
- • Requests aligned with education or community development in Milwaukee.
- • Capital, endowment, or large-scale program funding needs (six- or seven-figure requests).
- • Established organizational capacity and readiness for rigorous reporting.
- • Existing local relationships or demonstrated impact in Wisconsin or Oahu.
Geography
Observed grants in the latest year were split between Wisconsin and Hawaii, with about 78% of dollars staying in Wisconsin and the remainder to Hawaii, indicating a two-state footprint rather than a purely local or national pattern.
Recipient Variety
In the latest available year the foundation funded only two distinct recipients (a university and a community foundation), so the observed recipient set is very small; multi-year variety cannot be assessed from a single year of data.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of recipient turnover is unavailable from the single observed year, but the foundation publishes a public website, staff contacts, and instructions encouraging a one-page letter of inquiry while noting it typically invites proposals, suggesting a selective but reachable process.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
