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Madison Community Foundation

MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION will engage greater madison in philanthropy to advance a more vibrant and equitable community.

$16M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
376
Itemized grants FY2024
186
Organizations funded FY2023
16%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$14M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$12,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,980,004
Organizations funded a year
186 to 254
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
18
Total assets, FY2024
$348M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 16% of the organizations Madison Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $567k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving209$12M21%
FY2023186$10M16%
FY2022187$13M21%
FY2021254$28M40%
FY2020231$25M32%
FY2019227$17Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$52MEducation$16MHealth$7.2MInternational$4.4MEnvironment$3.9MHousing & Shelter$3.8MPhilanthropy$3.7MHuman Services$3.4MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Madison Youth Arts Center Inc$34,152,351684%
Building Brave Inc$3,660,000393%
Worldserve International$3,155,000317%
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Inc$2,692,448625%
Madison Public Library Foundation Inc$2,407,999627%
The Road Home Dane County Inc$2,060,452639%
Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc$1,821,46368%
Sokaogon Chippewa Community$1,677,3155n/a
Hancock Center for Creative Arts Therapies Inc$1,591,752688%
Madison Children's Museum Foundation Inc$1,559,92367%
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All grantees of Madison Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Madison Youth Arts Center Inc$34,152,351684%
Building Brave Inc$3,660,000393%
Worldserve International$3,155,000317%
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Inc$2,692,448625%
Madison Public Library Foundation Inc$2,407,999627%
The Road Home Dane County Inc$2,060,452639%
Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc$1,821,46368%
Sokaogon Chippewa Community$1,677,3155n/a
Hancock Center for Creative Arts Therapies Inc$1,591,752688%
Madison Children's Museum Foundation Inc$1,559,92367%
Madison Opera Inc$1,479,345614%
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Inc$1,473,092616%
Madison Public Schools Foundation Inc$1,425,250627%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$1,420,29360%
Madison Area Technical College Foundation Inc$1,278,49869%
Children's Theater of Madison Inc$1,261,626620%
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc$991,96663%
City of Middleton$942,8746n/a
United Way of Dane County Inc$924,56961%
Overture Center Foundation Inc$903,01354%
The Rainbow Project Inc$780,000414%
Foundation for Black Women's Wellness Inc$748,769613%
Belleville Public Library$691,7726n/a
Forward Theater Company$682,40369%
Dane County Department of Human Services$674,8466n/a
Centro Hispano Inc$611,65063%
City Church Madison Inc$600,0001n/a
School District of Baraboo$600,0001n/a
Madison Ballet Inc$590,276614%
Dane County Humane Society$562,40662%
Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center Inc$538,146523%
Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc$532,88563%
Earthjustice$529,80040%
Aldo Leopold Nature Center Inc$525,17267%
Habitat for Humanity of Dane County Inc$522,65363%
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters$493,924610%
Domestic Abuse Intervention Services Inc$429,29162%
Combat Blindness International Inc$428,150615%
Community Immigration Law Center$427,974467%
Center for Black Excellence and Culture Inc$400,00036%
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church$364,5943n/a
Bayview Foundation Inc$341,40065%
Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc$338,91264%
Madison Metropolitan School District$328,1936n/a
Clean Wisconsin Inc$318,64363%
Literacy Network Inc$305,678610%
Madison Reading Project Inc$290,559615%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$282,21160%
Urban League of Greater Madison Inc$270,59653%
Catholic Relief Services$267,0004n/a
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$261,10050%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$254,48010%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$254,48010%
Outreach Inc$253,09159%
Midwest Environmental Advocates Inc$249,083621%
Arts & Literature Laboratory Inc$247,408625%
Lussier Community Education Center Inc$240,49463%
Wisconsin Youth Company Inc$235,30033%
Agrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc$234,85160%
Center for Community Stewardship$233,50242%
Groundswell Conservancy Inc$227,54263%
Madison Children's Museum Inc$212,28317%
Omega School Inc$206,041512%
International Forgiveness Institute Inc$204,114658%
First Congregational Church of the Madison United Church of Christ$200,3505n/a
The Playing Field Inc$200,00033%
Access Ability Wisconsin Inc$200,000224%
YWCA of Madison Foundation Inc$199,865459%
Foundation for Dane County Parks Inc$199,434623%
Madison Youth Choirs Inc$194,79368%
Rooted Wi Inc$190,86966%
The Uwm Foundation Inc$187,90850%
Milwaukee Area Technical College$186,6741n/a
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi$183,61560%
Lake Mills United Methodist Church$182,5416n/a
Simpson Street Free Press Inc$175,250516%
Capital City Theatre$175,000427%
Four Seasons Theatre Company$175,000691%
Overture Development Corporation$173,0001n/a
Friends of the Evjue School Forest of Merrill Inc$171,747352%
Vera Court Neighborhood Center Inc$166,20054%
Arts for All Wisconsin Inc$164,430614%
Badger Prairie Needs Network Inc$160,59531%
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Inc$160,20067%
Maydm Inc$159,000414%
The Nehemiah Community Development Corporation$155,83844%
Village of Mazomanie$150,0002n/a
Ridgeway Church$150,0001n/a
Heartland Farm Sanctuary Inc$150,000212%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$146,90640%
Agrace HospiceCare Inc$145,19040%
Champions4kids Inc$142,54369%
Heifer Project International$138,25030%
The Progressive Inc$136,24336%
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation Inc$132,54759%
The River Food Pantry Inc$132,12340%
Zor Shrine$131,4125n/a
Visionspring Inc$131,00060%
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Foundation Inc$130,00063%
Gerald a Bartell Community Theater Foundation Inc$126,935635%
Friends of Aravind Inc Dba Aravind Eye Foundation Inc$126,50064%
Opera for the Young Inc$123,044632%
Restoring Hope Transplant House$120,000114%
Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc$119,44843%
American Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc$116,26761%
Deerfield Community Center Inc$116,057311%
Richland County Campus Foundation Ltd$112,000621%
Central Cross Country Skiing Inc$111,15056%
Gathering Waters Inc$111,00036%
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority$110,0005n/a
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Dane County Inc$109,59443%
Olbrich Botanical Society Inc$107,12561%
Edgewood University Inc$106,43360%
One City Schools Inc$105,91021%
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc$105,00040%
Wea Member Benefits Foundation Inc$104,7771n/a
Access Community Health Centers Inc$104,70060%
Wayforward Resources Inc$103,12321%
Verona Area Community Theater Inc$100,877619%
Madison Area CLT Corporation$100,000121%
Jewish Social Services of Madison Inc$97,11962%
Ice Age Trail Alliance Inc$95,85451%
Friends of Sanchez Scholars$95,8355n/a
East Madison Community Center Inc$95,62155%
Madison Circus Space Inc$95,500318%
Glacier's Edge Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$94,66442%
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc$94,21450%
Mentoring Positives Inc$94,000222%
Aldo Leopold Foundation Inc$93,06661%
Luther Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church of Madison Wi$91,2503n/a
Mann Educational Opportunity Fund Inc$90,6335n/a
Oxfam-America Inc$90,50020%
Operation Fresh Start Inc$87,95041%
Young Men's Christian Association of Dane County Inc$87,11060%
Madison Parks Foundation Inc$85,12436%
Opera Santa Barbara$85,00052%
Solace Friends Inc$85,000414%
Wisconsin Latino Economic Development Center Inc$83,0001n/a
Porchlight Inc$82,74650%
Kanopy Dance Theatre Inc$81,503310%
Newbridge Madison Inc$81,15041%
Food Pantry of Waukesha County Inc$78,55921%
Columbus School District$78,4886n/a
Urban Triage Incorporated$78,35032%
Society of St Vincent de Paul$77,1242n/a
Briarpatch Youth Services Inc$76,00031%
DANEnet Inc$75,000210%
Felicia's Donation Closet Inc$75,000141%
Cambridge Community Activities Program Inc$75,00026%
Madison LakeWay Partners Inc$74,500226%
Wisconsin Wetlands Association Inc$74,29562%
Clean Lakes Alliance Inc$71,80033%
Rape Crisis Center Inc$71,11532%
100 Black Men of Madison Inc$70,37749%
Madison Northside Planning Council Inc$70,25024%
Bikes for Kids Wisconsin Inc$70,20028%
Urban Tree Alliance$70,0003n/a
Reap Food Group Inc$68,65037%
Village of Waunakee$68,2566n/a
Hillcrest Baptist Church of Dallas Texas$67,8226n/a
City of Fitchburg$66,7882n/a
Black Girl Magic Educational Services In$66,200324%
Girls on the Run of South Central Wisconsin Incorporated$65,000310%
Ceos of Tomorrow Inc$62,50055%
Children's Dyslexia Centers Inc$62,12330%
Justdane$60,75431%
Christ Presbyterian Church$60,6246n/a
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County$60,00050%
Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation$60,00031%
Los Padres Forestwatch Inc$60,00053%
Wisconsin Early Childhood Association Inc$60,00021%
Madison Montessori Society Inc$60,00029%
River Valley School District$58,6085n/a
Tnw Ensemble Theater Inc$58,500529%
Create Wisconsin Inc$57,929416%
Sector67 Inc$57,600226%
Agebetter Inc$56,54435%
Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish$55,7824n/a
Regents of the University of Michigan$55,0001n/a
Urban Community Arts Network Ltd$55,000216%
Friends of San Damiano Inc$55,000213%
Hmong Institute Incorporated$54,70042%
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute Inc$54,250328%
Eagle School of Madison Inc$53,15460%
Li Chiao-Ping Dance Inc$51,8503n/a
Friends of the Oregon Library Inc$51,6012n/a
McClelland Children's Foundation$51,51961%
Generations Humanitarian$50,596120%
Hhu Xtra Care Inc$50,00011%
Easter Seals Southeast Wisconsin Inc$50,00011%
Mobility Training and Independent Living Program Inc$50,00012%
Doyenne Group Inc$50,000118%
Work Opportunity in Rural Communities Inc$50,00013%
Martin Luther College$50,0001n/a
The Rhythmic Arts Project Inc$50,000239%
Camp Manito-Wish YMCA Inc$50,00011%
Big Oak Child Care Center Inc$50,00016%
100state Inc$50,000132%
Three Gaits Inc$50,000113%
Breast Cancer Recovery Foundation Inc$50,000116%
Maysa (Affiliated) Inc$50,00018%
The Memory Project Inc$50,000111%
Special Olympics Wisconsin Inc$50,00011%
Active Youth Wisconsin Inc$50,000115%
Dane Dances Inc$50,000145%
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System$50,0001n/a
Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Madison Chapter$50,000151%
Startingblock Madison Inc$50,00015%
Tellurian Inc$50,00010%
St John Lutheran Church$50,0001n/a
Badgerbots Robotics Corporation$50,000124%
Madison Area Food Pantry Gardens$50,000110%
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin Inc$50,00011%
Families and Schools Together Inc$50,00015%
Sunshine Place Inc$50,00016%
Public Banking Institute$50,000246%
Madison Festivals Inc$50,00016%
Badger Childhood Cancer Network Inc$50,000118%
Wisconsin School Music Association Inc$50,00014%
Alzheimer's & Dementia Alliance of Wi Inc$50,00015%
Dane County Fair Association Inc$50,000112%
University Avenue Daycare Inc dba University Avenue Discovery Center$50,00015%
The Wisconsin Union Association Inc$50,000132%
Sun Prairie Public Library Foundation$50,00012%
Marc Foundation of Dane County Inc$50,000137%
Common Wealth Development Inc$50,00011%
Little John's Restaurant Inc$50,00033%
Black Earth Children's Museum$50,000142%
Theater Bus Inc$50,000152%
City of Madison Police K-9 and Equine Partners Inc$50,000137%
Lakeview Moravian Church$47,4502n/a
First Unitarian Society of Madison$46,0002n/a
Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools Incorporated$46,00025%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Madison Inc$45,50031%
St Stephens Evangelical Lutheran Church Foundation Inc$45,0002n/a
St Olaf College$45,00030%
Greater Madison Conservation Society Inc$44,9602n/a
Westminster Presbyterian Church$44,7934n/a
Baraboo Range Preservation Association Inc$43,925611%
City of Monona$42,0543n/a
St Paul Liberty Lutheran Church$40,5842n/a
Institute for Public Accuracy$40,00042%
Center for Media and Democracy Inc$40,00032%
Cycropia Aerial Dance Inc co Linda DiRaimondo$40,000232%
Central Midwest Ballet Inc$40,000114%
Kennedy Heights Neighborhood Association Inc$40,000210%
All-In Milwaukee Inc$40,00020%
Forward Learning Youth and Young Adults Inc$40,00015%
Madison Public Market Foundation Inc$40,00012%
Independent Media Institute$40,00032%
LIVING OUR VISIONS INC dba LOV Inc$39,88925%
Salvation Army Milwaukee County$38,6982n/a
Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin Educational Foundation Inc$38,56523%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America$38,5002n/a
Housing Resources Inc$36,75021%
YWCA Madison Inc$36,50020%
Economic Justice Institute Inc$35,81036%
Unidos Against Domestic Violence Inc$35,40013%
Monroe Street Arts Center$35,31414%
Independent Living Inc$35,20011%
Horizon High School of Madison Inc$35,000110%
Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation Inc$35,000128%
Reach A Child Inc$35,000128%
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church$35,0002n/a
Logan James Herr Foundation Inc$35,00029%
Nuestro Mundo Inc$35,000149%
University of California Santa Barbara$35,0002n/a
Women's Medical Fund Inc$35,00021%
Gigi's Playhouse Inc$35,00020%
Wisconsin Art Education Association$34,64569%
Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc$34,25020%
United States Catholic Conference$33,6504n/a
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary$33,0432n/a
Catalyst Project Inc$32,5003n/a
Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison$32,39730%
City of Verona$31,9424n/a
Wisconsin Historical Foundation Inc$31,59930%
Monona United Methodist Church$31,1103n/a
Token Creek Festival Inc$30,000134%
Madison Bach Musicians$30,00027%
Latino Academy of Workforce Development Inc$30,00021%
Consumer Watchdog$30,00030%
Prairie Music & Arts$30,000150%
Gilda's Club Madison Wisconsin Inc$30,00031%
Friends of the Performing Arts Center Inc$30,000197%
Madison Choral Project Inc$30,0001n/a
South Metropolitan Planning Council$30,0001n/a
Successful Aging Inc$29,969322%
End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin the Wi Coalition Against Domestic Violence$29,81030%
Wisconsin Public Radio Association Inc$29,20230%
Covenant Presbyterian Church$29,0712n/a
Zor Shriners$28,36214%
Scholl Community Impact Group Inc$27,540123%
City of Sun Prairrie$27,1284n/a
Village of Cross Plains$26,8354n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc$26,25020%
Benedictine Life Foundation of Wisconsin Inc$26,15022%
Working Capital for Community Needs Inc$26,12721%
Rubin for Kids Inc$25,85845%
Kids Forward Foundation Inc$25,750245%
Business Forum Foundation$25,723339%
Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy Inc$25,71933%
Burke Lutheran Church$25,7002n/a
365 Media Foundation Inc$25,20017%
Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence Inc$25,000124%
Spransy Foundation Inc$25,0002n/a
MTZ Charitable Organization Inc$25,00019%
Make Music Madison Inc$25,0001n/a
Extended Hands Pantry Inc$25,00013%
Music Academy of the West$25,00010%
The Santa Barbara Choral Society$25,00025%
Latinos Organizing for Understanding and Development Inc$24,8481n/a
Wisconsin Heights School District$24,7603n/a
Wisconsin Conference of the United Methodist Church$24,0004n/a
Roc Foundation Inc$23,50028%
Lena Foundation$23,36440%
Meriter Foundation Inc$22,90030%
Peacedale Global Arts Inc$22,500118%
Colonial Club Inc$22,00012%
St Thomas Aquinas Church$21,0012n/a
St Denis Parish$20,9002n/a
Community Groundworks Inc$20,00012%
Potsdam College Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Fairshare Csa Coalition$20,00013%
Friends of Wisconsin Singers$20,0001n/a
Schools for Haiti Inc$20,00012%
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Association$20,00020%
Downtown Madison Inc$20,00013%
Driftless Area Land Conservancy Inc$20,00012%
University of Chicago$20,00010%
United Against Hate Inc$20,0001n/a
Save The Children Federation Inc$20,00020%
Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan Inc$20,00010%
Madison Freewheel Bicycle Co$20,0001n/a
United Policyholders$20,00021%
Rise Wisconsin Inc$20,00010%
Shalom Holistic Health Services Inc$20,000127%
National Mustard Museum Inc$20,000122%
Middleton Community Orchestra$20,000181%
Assumption Greek Orthodox Church Inc$20,0002n/a
St Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church$20,0001n/a
Mandt Community Centerinc$20,00017%
Orion Family Services Inc$20,00011%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Shelter From the Storm Ministries Inc$20,00024%
Monona Grove Education Foundation Inc$19,864229%
St Maria Goretti Catholic Church$19,5002n/a
Grace Episcopal Church of Madison$18,9892n/a
Earth Science Womens Network Inc$18,629329%
Oakwood Foundation Inc$18,60020%
Reach Out Lodi Inc$18,26024%
Bridge Lake Point Waunona Neighborhood Center$17,5001n/a
Sauk Prairie Area Historical Society Inc$17,418314%
Freedom Inc$17,18020%
American Friends Service Committee$17,0002n/a
Renew Wisconsin Inc$16,92030%
American Red Cross Badger Chapter$16,5462n/a
Sciart Services$16,0002n/a
Milwaukee School of Engineering$15,95030%
Monona Terrace Community Programs$15,9082n/a
Dugout Club Inc$15,6343n/a
Norwegian American Genealogical Center$15,50022%
Will's Way Foundation$15,500220%
Journey Mental Health Center Inc$15,40620%
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin - Badgerland Council Inc$15,15010%
Lake Edge Lutheran Church$15,1001n/a
Bluestem Jazz$15,0001n/a
Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center Inc$15,00021%
District Council of Madison Inc$15,00010%
Embolden Wi Inc$15,00011%
Sidekick Education$15,000112%
Lake Edge Ucc Endowment Fund Inc$15,0001n/a
Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions Inc$15,00020%
Montecito Trails Foundation$15,00017%
Madison Association of the Deaf Inc$15,0001n/a
Dane Arts Mural Arts Inc$15,00017%
Institute for Policy Studies$15,00020%
South Madison Coalition of the Elderly Inc$15,0001n/a
Wisconsin Academy for Graduate Service Dogs Inc$15,00018%
Melharmony Foundation$15,0002n/a
First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor$15,0001n/a
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church$15,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity Lakeside Inc$15,00012%
Maestro Productions Inc$15,0001n/a
Oregon Youth Center Inc$15,0001n/a
Central Cross Country Skiing Foundation Inc$14,13214%
Energy Services Inc$14,00020%
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc$13,86010%
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc$13,58920%
Presbyterian Student Center Foundation$12,80020%
Huntingtons Disease Society of America Inc$12,6022n/a
Acts Community Development Corporation$12,50010%
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$12,50020%
Blessed Sacrament Congregation$12,0001n/a
First United Methodist Church$12,0001n/a
Pax Christi USA$12,00021%
Black Men Coalition Foundation Corporation$11,53611%
Zoological Society of Milwaukee Cty$11,50020%
Madison Arts Commission$11,5001n/a
United Community Center Inc$11,50010%
St Luke's Episcopal Church$11,5001n/a
St Patrick Catholic Church$11,0001n/a
Playtime Productions Ltd$10,612116%
Catholic Diocese of Madisonfoundation Inc$10,5002n/a
Middleton High School$10,3661n/a
Friends of Silverwood Park$10,2692n/a
Indiana University Foundation$10,25010%
One City Schools Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Samaritan's Purse$10,00010%
Nourish Farms Inc$10,00011%
More Smiles Wisconsin$10,00011%
Shadow Wood Charitable Foundation Inc$10,00021%
Northwest Dane Senior Services Inc$10,00013%
Behavioral Education Assessment Services Inc$10,000126%
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Inc$10,00011%
Madison Trust For Historic Preservation Inc$10,000114%
First Congregational United Church of Christ$10,0001n/a
Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership$10,00010%
St Michael the Archangel Congregation Dane Cty Wi Inc$10,0002n/a
Mdrc$10,00010%
Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ$10,0001n/a
Madison Area Care for the Homeless (Mach) Onehealth Inc$10,00012%
St Augustine University Parish$10,0001n/a
Cochise Elementary School$10,0001n/a
Northwestern University$10,00010%
Community Advocates Inc$10,00010%
Just Food Group Inc$10,0001n/a
Disability Pride Madison$10,0001n/a
Deforest Half Century Club Inc$10,000110%
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts$10,00010%
Planned Parenthood California Central Coast$10,00010%
School District of Lodi$10,0001n/a
International Mountain Explorers Connection$10,00019%
Village of Oregon$10,0001n/a
Plymouth Church United Church of Christ$10,0001n/a
St Pauls United Church of Christ$10,0001n/a
Saav Program Inc$10,0001n/a
Worker Justice Wisconsin$10,00014%
Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation$10,00010%
First Church in Cambridge Congregational Ucc$10,0001n/a
City of Stoughton$10,0001n/a
Post College Connections Inc$10,000110%
Madison Youth Sailing Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Florida Oceanographic Society Inc$10,00010%
Mad Rollin Dolls Inc$10,000136%
Compassion & Choices$10,00020%
Sugar River Senior Center$10,00013%
A Pay It Forward Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc$10,00011%
American Rivers Inc$10,00020%
Wisconsin Philanthropy Network Inc$10,00011%
The Urban Institute$10,00010%
Options in Community Living Inc$9,55010%
Temple Beth El$9,5001n/a
Back Porch Radio Broadcasting Inc$8,80011%
Avow Foundation Inc$8,73610%
Edgewood High School$8,5901n/a
Dane County K9 Inc$8,5231n/a
Arbor Good Neighbor House Inc$8,500131%
Huntington's Disease Society of America Inc$8,24910%
Sojourner Foundation$8,00010%
Eastern Mennonite University$8,00010%
Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc$8,00010%
Bethel Lutheran Church$8,0001n/a
Richland School District Foundation Inc$8,000118%
Tenney Nursery and Parent Center Inc$7,6501n/a
Madison Country Day School Inc$7,62110%
The Friends of the Middleton Public Library$7,50018%
Allied Wellness Center Inc$7,500111%
Madison Rotary Foundation$7,14011%
Nami Dane County Inc$6,50011%
Marshall Community Library$6,5001n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$6,50010%
Bikequity Inc$6,5001n/a
Eastmorland Community Center LTD$6,50019%
The Bodgery Inc$6,30011%
Bread for the World Institute$6,25010%
Movin Out Inc$6,05310%
Madison Jazz Society Inc$6,0001n/a
United Methodist Church & Its Affiliated Organizations$6,0001n/a
Lodi & Lake Wisconsin Foundation$6,0001n/a
Lotus Legal Clinic Inc$6,00011%
Columbus Club House$6,00016%
Madison Savoyards Ltd$5,51118%
Gio's Garden Inc$5,50011%
St Dunstan's Episcopal Church$5,5001n/a
Kino Border Initiative Inc$5,50010%
Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance Inc$5,30010%
Village of Deforest - Deforest Police Department$5,2581n/a
Big City Mountaineers$5,25011%
Scholarship America Inc$5,1311n/a
Forward Performing Arts Inc$5,1001n/a
Cultural Connections Inc$5,000125%
Mabee$5,0001n/a
University of Wisconsin - la Crosse Alumni & Friends Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Great Lakes Hemophilia Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Catskill Mountainkeeper Inc$5,0001n/a
Salvation Army$5,0001n/a
Radiological Society of North America Inc$5,00010%
Casa Hispana Inc$5,0001n/a
Catholic Charities of Buffalo$5,00010%
Mellowhood Foundation Inc$5,00012%
Community Support Network Inc$5,00010%
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mas$5,00010%
Sinsinawa Dominicans Inc$5,0001n/a
Santa Barbara County Action Network$5,00015%
Center for Economic and Policy Research$5,00010%
Eagle River Recreation Assoc Inc$5,00011%
Cursillo in Christianity of the Arc Hdiocese of Milwaukee$3,0001n/a
Madison Senior Center Foundation Inc$2,97414%
The Trustees of the Smith College$2,50010%
University of Wisconsin$2,3771n/a
Sunrise Neighborhood Assistance Program - Snap$50011%
First United Methodist Church$2001n/a

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($174k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Madison Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 47 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMadison Youth Arts Center Inc: $34,152,351 over 6y, 84% of budgetBuilding Brave Inc: $3,660,000 over 3y, 93% of budgetWorldserve International: $3,155,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetWisconsin Chamber Orchestra Inc: $2,692,448 over 6y, 25% of budgetMadison Public Library Foundation Inc: $2,407,999 over 6y, 27% of budgetThe Road Home Dane County Inc: $2,060,452 over 6y, 39% of budgetMadison Symphony Orchestra Inc: $1,821,463 over 6y, 7.6% of budgetHancock Center for Creative Arts Therapies Inc: $1,591,752 over 6y, 88% of budgetMadison Children's Museum Foundation Inc: $1,559,923 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetMadison Opera Inc: $1,479,345 over 6y, 14% of budgetMadison Museum of Contemporary Art Inc: $1,473,092 over 6y, 16% of budgetMadison Public Schools Foundation Inc: $1,425,250 over 6y, 27% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $1,420,293 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMadison Area Technical College Foundation Inc: $1,278,498 over 6y, 8.6% of budgetChildren's Theater of Madison Inc: $1,261,626 over 6y, 20% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc: $991,966 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetUnited Way of Dane County Inc: $924,569 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetOverture Center Foundation Inc: $903,013 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetThe Rainbow Project Inc: $780,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetFoundation for Black Women's Wellness Inc: $748,769 over 6y, 13% of budgetForward Theater Company: $682,403 over 6y, 8.5% of budgetCentro Hispano Inc: $611,650 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetMadison Ballet Inc: $590,276 over 6y, 14% of budgetDane County Humane Society: $562,406 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetWil-Mar Neighborhood Center Inc: $538,146 over 5y, 23% of budgetIrwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc: $532,885 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetEarthjustice: $529,800 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAldo Leopold Nature Center Inc: $525,172 over 6y, 7.1% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Dane County Inc: $522,653 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetWisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters: $493,924 over 6y, 10% of budgetDomestic Abuse Intervention Services Inc: $429,291 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetCombat Blindness International Inc: $428,150 over 6y, 15% of budgetCommunity Immigration Law Center: $427,974 over 4y, 67% of budgetCenter for Black Excellence and Culture Inc: $400,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetBayview Foundation Inc: $341,400 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetCommunity Shares of Wisconsin Inc: $338,912 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetClean Wisconsin Inc: $318,643 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetLiteracy Network Inc: $305,678 over 6y, 10% of budgetMadison Reading Project Inc: $290,559 over 6y, 15% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International Inc: $282,211 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUrban League of Greater Madison Inc: $270,596 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $261,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $254,480 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $254,480 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOutreach Inc: $253,091 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetMidwest Environmental Advocates Inc: $249,083 over 6y, 21% of budgetArts & Literature Laboratory Inc: $247,408 over 6y, 25% of budgetLussier Community Education Center Inc: $240,494 over 6y, 3.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Madison Gas and Electric Foundation IncWI242.4× affinity151 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Veridian Foundation Inc · Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc · Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Madison Community Foundation

How much does Madison Community Foundation give?
Madison Community Foundation reported 376 itemized grants totaling $13,648,918, out of $15,553,217 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 186 and 254 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Madison Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (48%), Education (15%), Health (7%).
Who are Madison Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Madison Youth Arts Center Inc ($34M), Building Brave Inc ($3.7M), Worldserve International ($3.2M).
Does Madison Community Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Madison Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, The Evjue Foundation Inc, United Way of Dane County Inc.
Where is Madison Community Foundation based?
Madison Community Foundation is based in WI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 522 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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