Wisconsin · Private foundation
Joseph and Sharon Darcey Foundation
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.
- $325k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 20
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations Joseph and Sharon Darcey Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $119k 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 | 19 | $325k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $329k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $262k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $226k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $126k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $118k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Academy Incorporated | $95,000 | 2 | 56% |
| Haus of Peace | $53,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Mound Farm Holdings Inc | $40,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Watertown Historical Society | $35,000 | 5 | 24% |
| Cornerstone of Grace | $30,000 | 2 | 5% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Watertown Food Pantry | $17,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Watertown Humane Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Adoration Abode Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Academy Incorporated | $95,000 | 2 | 56% |
| Haus of Peace | $53,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Mound Farm Holdings Inc | $40,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Watertown Historical Society | $35,000 | 5 | 24% |
| Cornerstone of Grace | $30,000 | 2 | 5% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Watertown Food Pantry | $17,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Watertown Humane Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Adoration Abode Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Watertown Family Connections Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Feeding America | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Watertown Public Library | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Watertown Air Cadets Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rock River Community Clinic Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Watertown Main Street Program Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Joseph and Sharon Darcey Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 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.
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How this is measured
Compare Joseph and Sharon Darcey Foundation with peer funders
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About Joseph and Sharon Darcey Foundation
- How much does Joseph and Sharon Darcey Foundation give?
- Joseph and Sharon Darcey Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $324,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 20 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Joseph and Sharon Darcey Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (30%), Philanthropy (20%), Religion (13%).
- Who are Joseph and Sharon Darcey Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: St Jude Academy Incorporated ($95k), Haus of Peace ($53k), Mound Farm Holdings Inc ($40k).
- Does Joseph and Sharon Darcey Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joseph and Sharon Darcey Foundation 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 Joseph and Sharon Darcey Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Earl and Eugenia Quirk Foundation Inc, The William and Cathy Kwapil Foundation Inc, Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation Inc.
- Where is Joseph and Sharon Darcey Foundation based?
- Joseph and Sharon Darcey Foundation is based in WI.
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