Wisconsin · Private foundation
Bigley 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.
- $85k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations Bigley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 81% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k 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 | 7 | $85k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $97k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $59k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $114k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $49k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $35k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $62k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $25k | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc | $100,867 | 9 | 29% |
| The City of Two Rivers | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Viroqua Hockey Association Inc | $43,386 | 2 | 16% |
| Viroqua Area Foundation | $21,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Vernon County Historical Society | $18,000 | 2 | 15% |
| Viroqua Area Schools | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Driftless Humane Society Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Bethel Home and Services Foundation Inc | $6,800 | 7 | 0% |
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($226k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Vernon Memorial Healthcare Inc
How this is measured
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About Bigley Foundation
- How much does Bigley Foundation give?
- Bigley Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $85,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bigley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (23%), Public Benefit (18%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
- Who are Bigley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Vernon Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc ($101k), The City of Two Rivers ($100k), Viroqua Hockey Association Inc ($43k).
- Does Bigley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bigley 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 Bigley Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vernon Memorial Healthcare Inc.
- Where is Bigley Foundation based?
- Bigley Foundation is based in WI.
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