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Courtier Foundation Inc at a glance

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Courtier Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$241k
Granted FY2022
27
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$27k
Largest
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01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$52kHealth$33kPhilanthropy$27kPublic Safety & Disaster$23kEnvironment$15kInternational$11kRecreation & Sports$10kHuman Services$9kOther$0
02FY2022 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 27 grants below total $205,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $240,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $35,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k17 grants · $72k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $134k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
United Way of Dane County$27,000
American Red Cross of Southwest Wisconsin$20,000
Aldo Leopold Nature Center Inc.$15,000
Madison College Foundation$12,000
Miracle League of Dane County$10,000
Foundation for Madison's Public Schools$10,000
Evansville High School Guidance Office$10,000
Madison Waldorf School$10,000
Access Community Health Care Centers$10,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation$10,000
Marquette University School of Dentistry$8,000
Africa 6000 International$7,500
Agrace HospiceCare Inc.$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County$5,000
Catholic Charities of Madison$5,000
02Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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2
Madison Community Foundation

Madison community foundation will engage greater madison in philanthropy to advance a more vibrant and equitable community.

Philanthropy
3
Madison Teachers Inc

Madison teachers incorporated (mti) is a labor union representing teachers, substitute teachers, educational assistants, clerical/technical employees, and school security assistants who are employed by the madison metropolitan school…

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4
Madison Professional Police Officers Association Inc

The madison professional police officers association represents law enforcement professionals who serve the city of madison, wisconsin, as either police officers, detectives, investigators, or sergeants.

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5
Downtown Madison Inc

Make downtown madison an economically strong, equitable, inclusive, and vibrant place to live, work, and visit.

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6
Wausau Child Care Inc

The mission of wausau child care inc. is to strengthen child development, families and the community by providing access to safe, high quality early learning for children.

Human Services
7
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Mcad provides a transformative education within a community of support for creative students of all backgrounds to work, collaborate, and lead with confidence in a dynamic, interconnected world.

Education
8
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc

The medical college of wisconsin (mcw) is a distinguished leader and innovator in the education and development of the next generation of physicians, (continued in schedule o)

Education
9
The University School of Milwaukee Corporation

University school of milwaukee cultivates excellence in learning, leadership, and citizenship for prekindergarten through 12th grade students. students are engaged, known, and valued within our passionate independent school community…

Education
10
Wingra School Inc

In service of learning, we practice responsive and progressive education, and strive for equity. in service of the whole person, we embrace unique gifts, experiences, and relationships. in service of social justice, we foster…

Education
11
Madison Development Corporation

Madison development corporation (mdc)'s mission is to help create jobs by providing gap financing to small businesses and to develop and finance quality, affordable workforce housing units in madison and the dane county area.

Community Improvement
12
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc

The milwaukee institute of art and design's mission is to ignite curious minds through art, design and service. we value courage to seek our own path, integrity to pursue our lives and work with meaning, kindness to thoughtfully engage…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Madison Youth Choirs Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Madison Waldorf School Ltd. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $27,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INCAmerican Red Cross of Southwest Wisconsin: $22,500 · OtherAmerican Red Cross of Southwest WisconsinMarquette University School of Dentistry: $13,000 · OtherMarquette University School of DentistryAccess Community Health Care Centers: $10,000 · OtherAccess Community Health Care CentersMiracle League of Dane County: $10,000 · OtherMiracle League of Dane CountyEvansville High School Guidance Office: $10,000 · OtherEvansville High School Guidance OfficeAfrica 6000 International: $7,500 · OtherAfrica 6000 InternationalBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC: $5,000 · OtherAgrace HospiceCare Inc: $5,000 · OtherMADISON YOUTH CHOIRS INC: $4,000 · Other+2 more: $4,500 · OtherMADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · EducationMADISON AREA TECHNICAL …THE MADISON WALDORF SCHOOL LTD: $10,000 · EducationTHE MADISON WALDORF SCH…UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN…MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationMADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS …ALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentTHE ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON: $5,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Dane County Inc: $4,000 · Human ServicesSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $4,000 · Food & NutritionTHE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC: $2,500 · Food & NutritionJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC: $3,500 · InternationalSPECIALTY CARE FREE CLINIC INC: $3,000 · HealthMADISON AREA MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$118,500Education$42,000Environment$15,000Human Services$14,000Food & Nutrition$6,500International$3,500Health$3,000Arts & Culture$3,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $27,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MADISON WALDORF SCHOOL LTD: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Dane County Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON YOUTH CHOIRS INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIALTY CARE FREE CLINIC INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMADISON AREA MUSIC ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetTHE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Madison Gas and Elect…Green Bay Packers Fou…Sub-Zero Group Founda…Madison Community Fou…Endres Manufacturing …United Way of Dane Co…The Evjue Foundation …The Oscar Rennebohm F…Alliant Energy Founda…Baird Foundation IncWiden Family Foundati…Veridian Foundation I…
Madison Gas and Electric Foundation IncWI26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Widen Family Foundation Inc · Veridian Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
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How do I get to Courtier Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Courtier Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $665k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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