South Dakota · Private foundation
Black Spring 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.
- $4.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $395,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Black Spring Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $350k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $4.2M | 92% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $817k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $98k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $74k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $63k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $60k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dementia Innovations Inc | $1,125,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Sheboygan Area School District | $762,128 | 5 | n/a |
| Bernie's Book Bank | $500,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Sailing Education Association of Sheboygan Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 52% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Sheboygan County Inc | $450,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sheboygan Public Education Foundation Inc | $410,000 | 2 | 91% |
| Sheboygan County Food Bank Inc | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Humane Society of Sheboygan County Inc | $395,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Securefutures Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Her Alliance | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dementia Innovations Inc | $1,125,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Sheboygan Area School District | $762,128 | 5 | n/a |
| Bernie's Book Bank | $500,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Sailing Education Association of Sheboygan Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 52% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Sheboygan County Inc | $450,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sheboygan Public Education Foundation Inc | $410,000 | 2 | 91% |
| Sheboygan County Food Bank Inc | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Humane Society of Sheboygan County Inc | $395,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Securefutures Foundation Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Her Alliance | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Weill Center Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Meals on Wheels of Sheboygan County Inc | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($220k), 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Frank G & Frieda K Brotz Family Foundation Inc · Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Catharine B Stayer Family Foundation Inc · Hayssen Family Foundation Inc · United Way of Sheboygan County Inc · The Sartori Family Foundation Inc · Kohler Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About Black Spring Foundation Inc
- How much does Black Spring Foundation Inc give?
- Black Spring Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $4,220,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Black Spring Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (22%), Health (21%), Youth Development (18%).
- Who are Black Spring Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Dementia Innovations Inc ($1.1M), Sheboygan Area School District ($762k), Bernie's Book Bank ($500k).
- Does Black Spring Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Black Spring 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 Black Spring Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Frank G & Frieda K Brotz Family Foundation Inc, Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
- Where is Black Spring Foundation Inc based?
- Black Spring Foundation Inc is based in SD.
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