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Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$420k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
12
Grants FY2024
7
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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58% of Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $420k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

13
’18
13
’19
11
’20
6
’21
7
’22
6
’23
12
’24
5
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2024
$11,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 14
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving12$420k50%
FY20237$280k0%
FY20229$375k0%
FY20217$350k29%
FY202012$340k42%
FY201913$318k46%
FY201814$347kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Animals$1.2MPhilanthropy$626kHealth$438kEducation$419kArts & Culture$355kYouth Development$125kCrime & Legal$50kCommunity Improvement$20kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MA
OH
DC
HI
MS
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Madison Cat Project Inc$609,443526%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$224,68670%
Madison Opera Inc$205,00072%
Access Community Health Centers Inc$150,00020%
Shorewood Hills Foundation Inc$150,0001n/a
Technology Education Foundation Inc$150,000621%
White House Historical Association$150,00010%
The Morgridge Institute for Research Inc$135,00020%
Agrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc$80,00050%
Dane County Humane Society$65,78050%
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All grantees of Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Madison Cat Project Inc$609,443526%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$224,68670%
Madison Opera Inc$205,00072%
Access Community Health Centers Inc$150,00020%
Shorewood Hills Foundation Inc$150,0001n/a
Technology Education Foundation Inc$150,000621%
White House Historical Association$150,00010%
The Morgridge Institute for Research Inc$135,00020%
Agrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc$80,00050%
Dane County Humane Society$65,78050%
Oshkosh Area Humane Society$61,00051%
City of Madison Police K-9 and Equine Partners Inc$50,00019%
Gary Comer Youth Center Inc$50,00020%
Rape Crisis Center Inc$24,25021%
Friends of University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Inc$24,00021%
University of Wisconsin$15,0002n/a
Underdog Pet Rescue of Wisconsin Inc$11,00011%
Maui Humane Society$10,00010%
Humane Society of Jefferson County Inc$10,00012%
Active Youth Wisconsin Inc$10,00012%
Specialty Care Free Clinic Inc$10,00023%
Agrace HospiceCare Inc$10,00010%
North Winds Rescue$10,0001n/a
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Neighborhood House Community Center Inc$10,00012%
United Way of Dane County Inc$10,00010%
Tunica Humane Society$10,00012%
University of Wisconsin - la Crosse Alumni & Friends Foundation Inc$6,28310%
Local 311 Charities Inc$5,00016%
Operation Dream Inc$5,00011%
Gateway to the Driftless$5,0001n/a
Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin Charitable Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Perrysburg Schools Foundation$3,00014%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($475k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMadison Cat Project Inc: $609,443 over 5y, 26% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $224,686 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMadison Opera Inc: $205,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetAccess Community Health Centers Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTechnology Education Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 6y, 21% of budgetWhite House Historical Association: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Morgridge Institute for Research Inc: $135,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetDane County Humane Society: $65,780 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOshkosh Area Humane Society: $61,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCity of Madison Police K-9 and Equine Partners Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetGary Comer Youth Center Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRape Crisis Center Inc: $24,250 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFriends of University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Inc: $24,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetUnderdog Pet Rescue of Wisconsin Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMaui Humane Society: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Jefferson County Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetActive Youth Wisconsin Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSpecialty Care Free Clinic Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Oshkosh Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNeighborhood House Community Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUnited Way of Dane County Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTunica Humane Society: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin - la Crosse Alumni & Friends Foundation Inc: $6,283 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLocal 311 Charities Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetOperation Dream Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetProfessional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin Charitable Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPerrysburg Schools Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 29.

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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.

Madison Gas and Electric Foundation IncWI30× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Veridian Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Hooper Corp Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc

How much does Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc give?
Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $420,161 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (36%), Philanthropy (19%), Health (14%).
Who are Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Madison Cat Project Inc ($609k), University of Wisconsin Foundation ($225k), Madison Opera Inc ($205k).
Does Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Berbeewalsh 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 Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, Green Bay Packers Foundation.
Where is Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc based?
Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc is based in WI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 41 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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