Wisconsin · Public charity
Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc
To support educational, cultural and community broadcasting services of pbs wisconsin. Includes but not limited to the following purposes: 1. To support the educational, cultural and community broadcasting services of pbs wisconsin, a public broadcasting service operated jointly by the wisconsin educational communications board and the…
- $13M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $13M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,517,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,613,955
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $37M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $285k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $13M | 25% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $11M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $10.0M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $9.1M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $7.4M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $7.0M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $6.0M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $5.3M | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin | $50,871,019 | 8 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Public Broadcasting Foundation Inc | $17,142,207 | 8 | 23% |
| WI Educational Communications Board | $300,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($719k), not named here.
About Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc
- How much does Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc give?
- Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $12,864,955, out of $13,230,911 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (100%), Education (0%).
- Who are Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Wisconsin ($51M), Wisconsin Public Broadcasting Foundation Inc ($17M), WI Educational Communications Board ($300k).
- Does Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc based?
- Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc is based in WI.
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