Wisconsin · Private foundation
Elizabeth Woodruff Charitable Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $14k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2026
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $775
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $2,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $321k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 14% of the organizations Elizabeth Woodruff Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 14 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 14 | $16k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $11k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $5k | 23% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Episcopal Church | $9,400 | 9 | n/a |
| First Church of Christ Scientist | $5,676 | 8 | n/a |
| Eager Free Public Library | $5,652 | 5 | n/a |
| Rock County Historical Society Inc | $5,363 | 9 | 0% |
| Blackhawk Technical College Foundation Inc | $5,295 | 9 | 0% |
| Janesville Performing Arts Center Inc | $4,975 | 9 | 0% |
| Choral Union Ltd | $4,859 | 8 | n/a |
| Rotary Botanical Gardens Inc | $4,534 | 8 | 0% |
| Uw-Whitewater Foundation Inc | $1,770 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($45k), not named here.
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: Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Janesville Foundation Inc · Claremont S Jackman Foundation Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Hendricks Family Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Elizabeth Woodruff Charitable Trust with peer funders
About Elizabeth Woodruff Charitable Trust
- How much does Elizabeth Woodruff Charitable Trust give?
- Elizabeth Woodruff Charitable Trust reported 14 grants totaling $14,355 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Elizabeth Woodruff Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (31%), Religion (19%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are Elizabeth Woodruff Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Trinity Episcopal Church ($9k), First Church of Christ Scientist ($6k), Eager Free Public Library ($6k).
- Does Elizabeth Woodruff Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elizabeth Woodruff Charitable Trust 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 Elizabeth Woodruff Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin Inc, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, Janesville Foundation Inc.
- Where is Elizabeth Woodruff Charitable Trust based?
- Elizabeth Woodruff Charitable Trust is based in WI.
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