Wisconsin · Private foundation
Cummings-Christensen Family 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.
- $702k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 46
- Grants FY2024
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $174,350
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 44
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Cummings-Christensen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 | 46 | $702k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 44 | $707k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $820k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 35 | $644k | 3% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $625k | 16% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $603k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $567k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 35 | $528k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Dane County Inc | $352,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Meriter Foundation Inc | $338,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Children's Theater of Madison Inc | $231,300 | 6 | 4% |
| Operation Fresh Start Inc | $130,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Smile Train Inc | $122,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $110,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $88,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $88,000 | 8 | 0% |
| One City Schools Inc | $84,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Sonoma County Vintners Foundation | $80,000 | 2 | 4% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cummings-Christensen Family 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 Community Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Craig-Scheckman Family Foundation · Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc · The Simmons Foundation · Trustage Foundation Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation · Gates Family Foundation · Hooper Corp Foundation · Nimick Forbesway Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Cummings-Christensen Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Cummings-Christensen Family Foundation
- How much does Cummings-Christensen Family Foundation give?
- Cummings-Christensen Family Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $701,950 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Cummings-Christensen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (31%), Philanthropy (30%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are Cummings-Christensen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: United Way of Dane County Inc ($352k), Meriter Foundation Inc ($338k), Children's Theater of Madison Inc ($231k).
- Does Cummings-Christensen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cummings-Christensen Family 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 Cummings-Christensen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, The Evjue Foundation Inc.
- Where is Cummings-Christensen Family Foundation based?
- Cummings-Christensen Family Foundation is based in WI.
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