Wisconsin · Private foundation
Highlands 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.
- $610k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Highlands Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 10 | $610k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $10M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $773k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $7.0M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $1.3M | 40% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $564k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $17,985,000 | 5 | 2% |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $1,105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Edgewood High School | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Dane County Inc | $151,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Domestic Abuse Intervention Services Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Bethel Horizons Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethel Lutheran Church | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arizona Humane Society | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Madison Public Schools Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $17,985,000 | 5 | 2% |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $1,105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Edgewood High School | $200,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Dane County Inc | $151,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Domestic Abuse Intervention Services Inc | $110,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Bethel Horizons Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethel Lutheran Church | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arizona Humane Society | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Madison Public Schools Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Inc | $13,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of the Waisman Center | $10,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Thomas G Stamm Family Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Madison Children's Museum Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Madison Children's Museum Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Lakeland Discovery Center Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Veterans of Foreign War 7591 Auxiliary | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ocala Farm Ministry Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($808k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Highlands 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
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About Highlands Foundation Inc
- How much does Highlands Foundation Inc give?
- Highlands Foundation Inc reported 11 grants totaling $610,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Highlands Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (89%), Arts & Culture (6%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are Highlands Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: University of Wisconsin Foundation ($18M), John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ($1.1M), Edgewood High School ($200k).
- Does Highlands Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Highlands 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 Highlands Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc.
- Where is Highlands Foundation Inc based?
- Highlands Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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