Wisconsin · Private foundation
Daniel W Erdman Foundation Inc
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.
- $708k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $22,127
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $525,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Daniel W Erdman Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k 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 | 10 | $683k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $146k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $249k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $253k | 53% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $123k | 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 FY2024, 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 | $566,000 | 5 | 0% |
| One City Schools Inc | $165,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Bayview Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Madison Area Food Pantry Gardens | $55,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Wisconsin Historical Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Madison Youth Arts Center Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Access Community Health Centers Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Center for Black Excellence and Culture Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $566,000 | 5 | 0% |
| One City Schools Inc | $165,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Bayview Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Madison Area Food Pantry Gardens | $55,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Wisconsin Historical Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Madison Youth Arts Center Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Access Community Health Centers Inc | $35,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Center for Black Excellence and Culture Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rural Behavioral Health Institute | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Red Caboose Child Care Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Madison Public Market Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Groundswell Conservancy Inc | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Madison Public Schools Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clean Lakes Alliance Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 1% |
| United Way of Dane County Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The School of Architecture | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Edgewood University Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($202k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Daniel W Erdman Foundation Inc 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
About Daniel W Erdman Foundation Inc
- How much does Daniel W Erdman Foundation Inc give?
- Daniel W Erdman Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $707,627 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Daniel W Erdman Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (51%), Arts & Culture (13%), Environment (10%).
- Who are Daniel W Erdman Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: University of Wisconsin Foundation ($566k), One City Schools Inc ($165k), Bayview Foundation Inc ($100k).
- Does Daniel W Erdman Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Daniel W Erdman Foundation Inc 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 Daniel W Erdman Foundation 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 Daniel W Erdman Foundation Inc based?
- Daniel W Erdman Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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