Wisconsin · Private foundation
Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation
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.
- $50k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $639k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $50k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $54k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $54k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $53k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $39k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomah Memorial Hospital | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Area Community Theater Inc | $32,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Tomah Concert Association | $29,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Veterans Assistance Foundation Inc | $22,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Tomah Area Historical Society Inc | $20,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Chasing Daylight Animal Shelter Inc | $13,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Neighbor for Neighbor Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kindness Community Inc | $11,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of West Central Wis | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Tomah Area Cancer Support Inc | $10,000 | 6 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomah Memorial Hospital | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Area Community Theater Inc | $32,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Tomah Concert Association | $29,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Veterans Assistance Foundation Inc | $22,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Tomah Area Historical Society Inc | $20,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Chasing Daylight Animal Shelter Inc | $13,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Neighbor for Neighbor Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kindness Community Inc | $11,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of West Central Wis | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Tomah Area Cancer Support Inc | $10,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Families First of Monroe County Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 2% |
| North American Squirrel Association | $6,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($131k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation
- How much does Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation give?
- Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (24%), Health (17%), Recreation & Sports (14%).
- Who are Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Tomah Memorial Hospital ($50k), Area Community Theater Inc ($32k), Tomah Concert Association ($29k).
- Does Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation 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 Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Frank G Andres Charitable Trust, Thomas B Earle Foundation, The Covia Foundation.
- Where is Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation based?
- Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation is based in WI.
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