Wisconsin · Private foundation
Engelke Family 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.
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 49
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,753,425
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 49
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $107M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Engelke Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $203k 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 | 21 | $3.5M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 49 | $2.4M | 29% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $3.5M | 42% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $2.0M | 16% |
| FY2020 | 44 | $1.7M | 91% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $16k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $687k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $993k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Carter Center Inc | $8,935,433 | 7 | 2% |
| Gallaudet University | $650,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $160,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | $156,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Helen Keller International | $95,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Thoreau Elementary PTO Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 99% |
| The River Food Pantry Inc | $60,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Helen Keller Services | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rubin for Kids Inc | $51,000 | 7 | 9% |
| Hearing Loss Association of America | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 42 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Engelke Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Engelke Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Engelke Family Foundation Inc give?
- Engelke Family Foundation Inc reported 21 grants totaling $3,476,308 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 49 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Engelke Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (63%), Health (12%), Science & Tech (11%).
- Who are Engelke Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Carter Center Inc ($8.9M), Gallaudet University ($650k), United States Fund for Unicef ($160k).
- Does Engelke Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Engelke Family 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 Engelke Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, Madison Community Foundation.
- Where is Engelke Family Foundation Inc based?
- Engelke Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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