· Private foundation
Jennie H Olson Charitable Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $48k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $305k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DODGER FOOD LOCKER INC | $50,000 |
| SPECIALTY CARE FREE CLINIC | $35,000 |
| AGEBETTER INC | $35,000 |
| NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS | $30,000 |
| JOURNEY MENTAL HEALTH | $25,000 |
| APOSTOLATE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABIL | $25,000 |
| SKAALEN NURSING AND REHABILITATION | $20,000 |
| WI COUNCIL OF THE BLIND & VISUALLY | $18,000 |
| MADISON WEST HIGH SCHOOL | $16,000 |
| DODGEVILLE AREA SCHOLARSHIP FNDTN | $16,000 |
| MADISON READING PROJECT | $15,000 |
| CATHOLIC MULTICULTURAL CENTER | $15,000 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS DANE CTY | $15,000 |
| BETHEL HORIZONS FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| COMMUNITY COORDINATED CHILD CARE | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $335k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.
49 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AIAGEBETTER INC8× · 2018–2025 · $240k · revenue +70%
- SCSPECIALTY CARE FREE CLINIC INC7× · 2018–2025 · $200k · revenue +26%
- NHNEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS INC6× · 2020–2025 · $177k · revenue +49% · 28% of their budget
Funded once
- SJST JOSEPH CONGREGATION AND SCHOOLone grant, 2022 · $30k
- HOHOLY ORTHODOX MISSION INCone grant, 2018 · $25k
- WSWalbridge School Incone grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue -21%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.
Pathways of wisconsin provides supported employment opportunities and empowerment through quality, person-centered programming for individuals of all abilities.
Innovative services, inc. (isi) cares for those with disabilities, helping them lead fulfilling lives with maximum independence. innovative's vision is to be the most trusted care provider for people with disabilities in wisconsin.
Our focus is on making shortterm investments which will significantly improve the longterm wellbeing of our clients. we will measure our performance against these standards by continuously communicating with our clients, and will take…
Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.
Our vision is for wisconsin to be the model for excellence in equitable school counseling practice, exemplified by the advocacy, leadership, and expertise of the members of the wsca.
Goodwill of south central wisconsin's mission is to help people in our community to live, work and thrive through housing, employment and supportive services. see schedule o for continuationsupported employment and job skills training are…
To enhance opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) to participate fully in their community as valued neighbors, productive workers and respected citizens. portal, inc. assists more than 200 adults…
Make downtown madison an economically strong, equitable, inclusive, and vibrant place to live, work, and visit.
Reedsburg area medical center, always there, going beyond the expected to provide compassionate, quality, and efficient health care.
We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.
Together, we create a warm and welcoming community enriching the lives of those we support.
How this is measured
36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 80 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds AGEBETTER INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIALTY CARE FREE CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS INC ↗
- Who funds MAYSA (AFFILIATED) INC ↗
- Who funds DODGER FOOD LOCKER INC ↗
- Who funds DODGEVILLE AREA SCHOLARSHIP ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS FREE CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds HODAN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds MADISON OPERA INC ↗
- Who funds ALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MADISON INC ↗
- Who funds Blue Trunk Foundation ↗
- Who funds JOURNEY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MADISON READING PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds OVERTURE CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds OCCUPAWS GUIDE DOG ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds OAKWOOD FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Walbridge School Inc ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jennie H Olson Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jennie H Olson Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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