Wisconsin · Private foundation
Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat
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.
- $805k
- Granted FY2023
- 47
- Grants FY2023
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
71% of Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Madison Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat named its own grantees at scale: 31 organizations, $805k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 35 to 46
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 46 | $780k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 46 | $707k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 44 | $861k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $693k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 46 | $765k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 36 | $590k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 35 | $559k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc | $346,147 | 3 | 1% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $330,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc | $250,000 | 9 | 0% |
| United Way of Dane County Inc | $200,284 | 5 | 0% |
| Madison Area Technical College Foundation Inc | $170,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Literacy Network Inc | $166,565 | 8 | 4% |
| Center for Black Excellence and Culture Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The River Food Pantry Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Vera Court Neighborhood Center Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Wcij Inc | $110,000 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 46 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat 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.
Open a dossier: Madison Community Foundation · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Madison Rotary Foundation
How this is measured
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About Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat
- How much does Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat give?
- Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat reported 47 grants totaling $804,900 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 46 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (79%), Education (5%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc ($346k), University of Wisconsin Foundation ($331k), Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc ($250k).
- Does Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat 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 Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, The Evjue Foundation Inc, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc.
- Where is Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat based?
- Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat is based in WI.
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