Wisconsin · Private foundation
Caritas Foundation
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.
- $250k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Caritas Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 3 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $806k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $694k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $459k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $467k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $420k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| One City Schools Inc | $750,000 | 5 | 6% |
| District Council of Madison Inc Society of St Vincent de Paul | $432,400 | 6 | n/a |
| Access Community Health Centers Inc | $350,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Mary's Foundation Inc | $267,500 | 3 | 6% |
| Edgewood University Inc | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Playing Field Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 6% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $149,805 | 4 | 0% |
| Charis Classical Academy Incorporated | $124,080 | 3 | 13% |
| Operation Fresh Start Inc | $116,240 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| One City Schools Inc | $750,000 | 5 | 6% |
| District Council of Madison Inc Society of St Vincent de Paul | $432,400 | 6 | n/a |
| Access Community Health Centers Inc | $350,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Mary's Foundation Inc | $267,500 | 3 | 6% |
| Edgewood University Inc | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Playing Field Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 6% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $149,805 | 4 | 0% |
| Charis Classical Academy Incorporated | $124,080 | 3 | 13% |
| Operation Fresh Start Inc | $116,240 | 2 | 1% |
| Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Dane County Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Madison Area Food Pantry Gardens | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Maydm Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Literacy Network Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Three Gaits Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 4% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Gray Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Madison Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Caritas 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.
Open a dossier: Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Madison Rotary Foundation · The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Caritas Foundation
- How much does Caritas Foundation give?
- Caritas Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $250,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Caritas Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (50%), Health (21%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Caritas Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: One City Schools Inc ($750k), District Council of Madison Inc Society of St Vincent de Paul ($432k), Access Community Health Centers Inc ($350k).
- Does Caritas Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Caritas 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 Caritas Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, Madison Community Foundation, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
- Where is Caritas Foundation based?
- Caritas Foundation is based in WI.
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