Bader Philanthropies Explained

Bader Philanthropies
Type:	Private charitable foundation
Foundation:	1992
Location:	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Key People:	Daniel Bader President and CEO David Bader Vice President
Num Employees:	19
Homepage:	http://bader.org/

Bader Philanthropies Inc. is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin based foundation that consists of funds from the Helen Daniels Bader Fund and the Isabel and Alfred Bader Fund. It pledges to give away $14 million annually.^[1] The organization centers on the health of older adults and improving lives of low-income Milwaukeeans, as well as Jewish education in Milwaukee.^{[2] [3] [4]}

History

The Helen Daniels Bader Fund has a history of focusing on Alzheimer's and the health of older adults, while the Isabel and Alfred Bader Fund focuses on "improving the lives of low-income Milwaukeeans and Jewish education throughout the city."^[5]

The creation of the Helen Bader Foundation Inc was first announced in November 1991.^[6] Over the next 24 years, the Foundation awarded $250 million in grants to deserving causes,^[7] with special emphasis on the needs of Alzheimer's patients.^[8]

In January 2015 it was announced that the Foundation would be restructuring.^[9] Additional charitable funding by Alfred Bader and his second wife Isabel, initially in the amount of $10 million, resulted in the formation of Bader Philanthropies Inc.^[10] The organization continued Helen's legacy under what became the Helen Daniels Bader Fund, while adding the new Isabel and Alfred Bader Fund to support charitable work in line with their interests. Under both funds, monies are allocated either as grants or as program-related investments.^[11] During the period 1992–2021, some $400 million was awarded, benefiting a range of areas, including Alzheimer’s & aging, arts, employment, youth, and Jewish education.^[12]

In earlier years, what was then the Helen Bader Foundation had its offices in Milwaukee's third ward, in the downtown area. As Bader Philanthropies Inc, the organization relocated to new headquarters in Milwaukee's Harambee neighborhood in 2018.^[13]

Governance

• Daniel Bader, president and chief executive officer, second son of Alfred Bader and Helen Bader
• David Bader, vice president and executive board member, elder son of Alfred Bader and Helen Bader

Grantees

These are among grants recently awarded:

• 2022, Electa Quinney Institute for American Indian Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,^[14] in the amount of $3 million, to be distributed over a five-year period^[15]
• 2023, Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity^[16]
• 2023, Wiener Holocaust Library, London, UK^[17]
• 2023, Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee,^[18] in the amount of $350,000 over a two-year period^[19]
• 2023, African American Leadership Alliance of Milwaukee^[20]
• 2023, Milwaukee Art Museum,^[21] in the amount of $4.4 million, to establish the Isabel and Alfred Bader European Art Program Endowment Fund, in order "to support its collection and exhibition of European artwork, including related scholarship."^{[22] [23]}

See also

• Argosy Foundation
• Zilber Family Foundation

External links

Official website https://www.bader.org

Notes and References

1. Web site: BizTimes: Milwaukee and Southeastern Wisconsin Business News - BizTimes . biztimes.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150626135149/http://biztimes.com/article/20150209/MAGAZINE03/150209900/0 . 2015-06-26 .
2. Web site: Helen Bader Foundation changing name to Bader Philanthropies. Robert Gebelhoff. jsonline.com.
3. Web site: Helen Bader Foundation changes name, increases annual giving. 20 January 2015. Milwaukee Business Journal.
4. Web site: Helen Bader Foundation Transforms and Becomes Immortal. Ruth McCambridge. 22 January 2015. Nonprofit Quarterly.
5. Web site: BizTimes: Milwaukee and Southeastern Wisconsin Business News - BizTimes . biztimes.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150626124707/http://www.biztimes.com/article/20150603/ENEWSLETTERS02/150609923 . 2015-06-26 .
6. News: Gruen . Mardee . Son seeing that Bader estate will help others . 2 August 2021 . Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle . November 29, 1991.
7. https://www.thesuburban.com/columnists/mike_cohen_cohen_chatter/sjn-b-nai-brith-canada-announces-plans-for-the-chip-away-at-hate-golf-classic/article_07416f5b-42c6-5795-b145-4339b4a4546f.html
8. News: Alzheimer's Chapter gets boost from grant . 18 August 2021 . Marshfield News-Herald . 22 Feb 1994 . Marshfield, Wisconsin . 9A.
9. News: Gebelhoff . Robert . Helen Bader Foundation changing name to Bader Philanthropies . 27 August 2021 . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . January 21, 2015.
10. News: Glauber . Bill . Bader family extends commitment to charitable foundation . 3 August 2021 . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . January 24, 2015.
11. Web site: Funding. Bader Philanthropies.
12. News: Bader Philanthropies Expands Capacity to Deepen Its Roots in the Communities it Serves . 2 September 2021 . Milwaukee Courier . October 7, 2017.
13. https://www.jewishchronicle.org/2017/05/09/bader-philanthropies-commits-itself-to-harambee-neighborhood
14. https://uwm.edu/eqi
15. Web site: Smart . Ashley . 2022-07-22 . Bader Philanthropies grants $3 million to UWM’s Electa Quinney Institute for American Indian Education . 2023-04-26 . BizTimes - Milwaukee Business News . en-US.
16. https://milwaukeehabitat.org
17. https://wienerholocaustlibrary.org
18. https://www.hpgm.org
19. https://www.bader.org/articles/hpgm-awarded-grant-from-bader-to-support-the-advancement-of-hispanics-in-the-region
20. https://www.aalamilwaukee.org
21. https://mam.org
22. https://www.bader.org/articles/6638-2
23. https://www.artdependence.com/articles/the-milwaukee-art-museum-strengthens-its-renowned-european-art-program-thanks-to-44m-gift-from-bader-philanthropies/