Wisconsin · Public charity
Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc
Community shares of wisconsin (csw), together with its donors and approximately 70 member nonprofits, addresses social, economic, and environmental problems through grassroots activities, advocacy, research and public education.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 61
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 60
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,104
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $89,364
- Organizations funded a year
- 59 to 68
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 60 | $999k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 60 | $937k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 68 | $1.2M | 9% |
| FY2021 | 64 | $1.1M | 3% |
| FY2020 | 62 | $990k | 3% |
| FY2019 | 63 | $932k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 61 | $955k | 8% |
| FY2017 | 59 | $927k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools Incorporated | $489,467 | 8 | 20% |
| Rape Crisis Center Inc | $280,419 | 8 | 4% |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation Inc | $279,956 | 8 | 4% |
| Freedom Inc | $253,254 | 8 | 1% |
| Friends of Wisconsin State Parks Inc | $251,236 | 8 | 13% |
| Kids Forward Inc | $233,994 | 8 | 2% |
| League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Inc | $226,213 | 8 | 7% |
| Clean Wisconsin Inc | $203,027 | 8 | 3% |
| End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin the Wi Coalition Against Domestic Violence | $195,028 | 8 | 1% |
| Project Home Inc | $182,046 | 8 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 71 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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
About Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc
- How much does Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc give?
- Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc reported 61 itemized grants totaling $1,010,151, out of $1,054,506 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 59 and 68 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (16%), Civil Rights (14%), Education (11%).
- Who are Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools Incorporated ($489k), Rape Crisis Center Inc ($280k), American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation Inc ($280k).
- Does Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, Madison Community Foundation, The Evjue Foundation Inc.
- Where is Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc based?
- Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc is based in WI.
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