Wisconsin · Private foundation
David S Bourne Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $108k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations David S Bourne Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $108k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $61k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $38k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $43k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $53k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $42k | 13% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reap Food Group Inc | $95,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Rooted Wi Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Madison Bach Musicians | $50,000 | 8 | 4% |
| East Madison Community Center Inc | $38,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Music Con Brio Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Groundworks Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Biodynamic Association Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reap Food Group Inc | $95,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Rooted Wi Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Madison Bach Musicians | $50,000 | 8 | 4% |
| East Madison Community Center Inc | $38,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Music Con Brio Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Groundworks Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Biodynamic Association Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Handel Aria Competition Inc | $10,000 | 4 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($63k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David S Bourne 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 David S Bourne Foundation Inc
- How much does David S Bourne Foundation Inc give?
- David S Bourne Foundation Inc reported 10 grants totaling $108,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does David S Bourne Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (51%), Arts & Culture (19%), Environment (14%).
- Who are David S Bourne Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Reap Food Group Inc ($95k), Rooted Wi Inc ($60k), Madison Bach Musicians ($50k).
- Does David S Bourne Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David S Bourne 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 David S Bourne Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, Madison Community Foundation, United Way of Dane County Inc.
- Where is David S Bourne Foundation Inc based?
- David S Bourne Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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