Wisconsin · Private foundation
Backus Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $27k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 48
- Grants FY2024
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 62
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $475k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations Backus Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 46 | $27k | 37% |
| FY2023 | 38 | $11k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 60 | $21k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 62 | $21k | 68% |
| FY2020 | 48 | $18k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Crane Foundation Inc | $2,530 | 5 | 0% |
| Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Educational Foundation | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Help the Least of These Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Stoughton Hospital Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lee Memorial Health System Foundation Inc | $1,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption | $1,678 | 5 | 0% |
| Blackhawk Evangelical Free Church Inc | $1,525 | 3 | n/a |
| Gulf Coast Humane Society Inc | $1,270 | 4 | 0% |
| Evans Scholars Foundation | $1,260 | 1 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $1,206 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 68 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 57 recipients with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Backus Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Petsmart Charities Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Backus Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Backus Family Foundation Inc give?
- Backus Family Foundation Inc reported 48 grants totaling $27,126 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 62 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Backus Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (19%), Animals (14%), Education (10%).
- Who are Backus Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: International Crane Foundation Inc ($3k), Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Educational Foundation ($3k), Help the Least of These Inc ($3k).
- Does Backus Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Backus Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Backus Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, United Way of Dane County Inc.
- Where is Backus Family Foundation Inc based?
- Backus Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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