Wisconsin · Private foundation
John W Thompson and Jane a Bartell Charitable Foun
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $135k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $17,275
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 27
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 52% of the organizations John W Thompson and Jane a Bartell Charitable Foun funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $343k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 35 | $135k | 26% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $368k | 52% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $61k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $158k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $3.1M | 39% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $85k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Historical Foundation Inc | $3,000,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum | $105,251 | 1 | 2% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Children's Theater of Madison Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc | $44,556 | 3 | 0% |
| Madison Public Schools Foundation Inc | $41,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Minnesota Independence College and Community | $20,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc | $16,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Inc | $13,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Midwest Environmental Advocates Inc | $13,500 | 5 | 1% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($463k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John W Thompson and Jane a Bartell Charitable Foun supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Madison Community Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Hooper Corp Foundation · DAVID G and NANCY B WALSH FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD
How this is measured
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About John W Thompson and Jane a Bartell Charitable Foun
- How much does John W Thompson and Jane a Bartell Charitable Foun give?
- John W Thompson and Jane a Bartell Charitable Foun reported 36 grants totaling $134,975 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 27 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does John W Thompson and Jane a Bartell Charitable Foun fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (91%), Education (2%), Philanthropy (2%).
- Who are John W Thompson and Jane a Bartell Charitable Foun's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Wisconsin Historical Foundation Inc ($3.0M), Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum ($105k), University of Wisconsin Foundation ($50k).
- Does John W Thompson and Jane a Bartell Charitable Foun fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John W Thompson and Jane a Bartell Charitable Foun 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 John W Thompson and Jane a Bartell Charitable Foun?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
- Where is John W Thompson and Jane a Bartell Charitable Foun based?
- John W Thompson and Jane a Bartell Charitable Foun is based in WI.
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