Wisconsin · Private foundation
Chipstone 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.
- $429k
- Granted FY2023
- 16
- Grants FY2023
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $375,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Total assets, FY2023
- $76M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations Chipstone 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; $26k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 16 | $429k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $503k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $464k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $324k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $1,447,500 | 4 | 0% |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of the South | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Uwm Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Fox Point Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Penfield Children's Center Inc | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Indigo Arts Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fox Point Lutheran Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $1,447,500 | 4 | 0% |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of the South | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Uwm Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Fox Point Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Penfield Children's Center Inc | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Indigo Arts Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fox Point Lutheran Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Haystack Mountain School of Crafts | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Schlitz Audubon Nature Center Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Milwaukee County War Memorial Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hahn's Peak Area Historical Society | $1,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($165k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chipstone 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 Chipstone Foundation
- How much does Chipstone Foundation give?
- Chipstone Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $429,217 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Chipstone Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (70%), Arts & Culture (7%), Religion (1%).
- Who are Chipstone Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: University of Wisconsin Foundation ($1.4M), National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States ($20k), University of the South ($17k).
- Does Chipstone Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Chipstone 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 Chipstone Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, American Endowment Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Chipstone Foundation based?
- Chipstone Foundation is based in WI.
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