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Dudley Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$362k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2025
32
Organizations funded FY2024
44%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
20 to 32
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$10M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 44% of the organizations Dudley Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $126k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitHealthEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving32$362k28%
FY202432$312k44%
FY202332$417k72%
FY202230$336k67%
FY202120$303kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$527kEducation$336kHuman Services$222kYouth Development$122kHealth$92kReligion$63kHousing & Shelter$60kRecreation & Sports$57kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 55 grantees
All grantees of Dudley Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Northcentral Technical College Foundation Inc$210,900319%
Performing Arts Foundation Inc$193,00053%
Marathon County Historical Society$109,50032%
Boys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area Inc$100,00052%
Woodson YMCA Inc$100,00011%
Children's Imaginarium Inc$60,00033%
Community Partners Campus Inc$55,00022%
Neighbors Place Inc The$52,50051%
Bridge Street Mission Inc$52,5002n/a
Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc$50,00011%
DC Everest Education Foundation Inc$50,00022%
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin Inc$45,52530%
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Inc$37,43831%
Stable Hands Inc$20,00013%
Childcaring Inc$20,00050%
Adrc of Central Wi$17,2253n/a
A Walk in Their Shoes$15,5002n/a
The Wausau Conservatory of Music Inc$15,50031%
Opportunity Development Centers Inc$15,00020%
Wausau School Foundation Inc$12,50013%
Wisconsin Historical Foundation Inc$12,50010%
Libertas Network$12,50010%
Ice Age Trail Alliance Inc$12,50010%
Hmong American Center Inc$11,00030%
Rib Mountain Bowmen Inc$10,00015%
Patriot K9s of Wisconsininc$10,00012%
Wausau Festival of Arts Inc$8,50037%
Center for the Visual Arts$7,66014%
Ironbull Inc$6,0501n/a
Wausau Child Care Inc$6,00010%
Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes Inc$6,00020%
The Community Theatre of Wausau Inc$5,6231n/a
Christmas in July Charity$5,50027%
Keep Area Teens Safe Inc$5,00012%
Mosaic of North Central Wisconsin Inc$5,00015%
Good News Project Inc$5,00011%
Mosinee Community Athleticassocation$5,0001n/a
Wisconsin Dental Association Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Midstate Independent Living Choices Inc$4,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$4,00010%
Wausau Nordic Ski Club Inc$4,00013%
Indian Society of Central Wisconsin Inc$3,5002n/a
Centerstage Band and Show Choir Inc$3,00015%
Wausau Events Inc$2,50011%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northcentral Wisconsin Inc$2,50010%
Raptor Education Group Inc$2,50010%
Nami Wisconsin Inc$2,5001n/a
Marathon County Public Library Foundation Inc$2,50013%
South Beach Chamber Ensemble Inc$2,00041%
Badger Boys State Incorporated$1,80020%
Special Olympics Wisconsin Inc$1,00010%
Summit Players Theatre$1,00021%
Central Wisconsin Children's Theatre Inc$50011%
Wausau Pro Musica Inc$5001n/a
Kids From Wisconsin Ltd$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($321k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dudley Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorthcentral Technical College Foundation Inc: $210,900 over 3y, 19% of budgetPerforming Arts Foundation Inc: $193,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetMarathon County Historical Society: $109,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetWoodson YMCA Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetChildren's Imaginarium Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetCommunity Partners Campus Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetNeighbors Place Inc The: $52,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetRogers Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDC Everest Education Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetJunior Achievement of Wisconsin Inc: $45,525 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLeigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Inc: $37,438 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetStable Hands Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetChildcaring Inc: $20,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetThe Wausau Conservatory of Music Inc: $15,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetOpportunity Development Centers Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWausau School Foundation Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetWisconsin Historical Foundation Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLibertas Network: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIce Age Trail Alliance Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHmong American Center Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRib Mountain Bowmen Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetPatriot K9s of Wisconsininc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetWausau Festival of Arts Inc: $8,500 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetCenter for the Visual Arts: $7,660 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetWausau Child Care Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGirl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChristmas in July Charity: $5,500 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetKeep Area Teens Safe Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMosaic of North Central Wisconsin Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetGood News Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMidstate Independent Living Choices Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWausau Nordic Ski Club Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetCenterstage Band and Show Choir Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetWausau Events Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Northcentral Wisconsin Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRaptor Education Group Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMarathon County Public Library Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSouth Beach Chamber Ensemble Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBadger Boys State Incorporated: $1,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSpecial Olympics Wisconsin Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSummit Players Theatre: $1,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCentral Wisconsin Children's Theatre Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKids From Wisconsin Ltd: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 45.

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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.

Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin IncWI81.2× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Inc · Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundation · Judd S Alexander Foundation · Dwight and Linda Davis Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Incrediblebank Foundation Inc · Bell Family Charitable Foundation I · Church Mutual Insurance Company Foundation Inc · Lewitzke Foundation Inc · Abbybank Foundation Inc · Wisconsin Public Service Foundation · Paul & Ruth Schultz Fdn Agy

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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Find your warmest path to Dudley 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.

About Dudley Foundation Inc

How much does Dudley Foundation Inc give?
Dudley Foundation Inc reported 37 grants totaling $361,565 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 32 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Dudley Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Education (19%), Human Services (13%).
Who are Dudley Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Northcentral Technical College Foundation Inc ($211k), Performing Arts Foundation Inc ($193k), Marathon County Historical Society ($110k).
Does Dudley Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dudley Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Dudley Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Inc, Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundation, Judd S Alexander Foundation.
Where is Dudley Foundation Inc based?
Dudley Foundation Inc is based in WI.

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 87 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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