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Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
217
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.9MArts & Culture$1.7MEducation$1.4MEnvironment$1.2MHousing & Shelter$1.1MYouth Development$963kCommunity Improvement$706kHuman Services$677kOther$0
02FY2024 · 217 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k173 grants · $373k
  • $10k–50k35 grants · $599k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $617k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$2,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$45M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ENERGY SERVICE INC -$300,000
UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY$145,000
UNITED WAY FOUNDATION$100,000
ENERGY SERVICE INC$80,000
CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY$77,000
URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC$64,500
CENTER FOR BLACK CULTURE AND EXCELLENCE$50,000
OVERTURE CENTER FOR THE ARTS$50,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY$50,000
SALVATION ARMY$37,500
FOUNDATION FOR BLACK WOMEN'S WELLNESS$35,000
UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY$26,800
THE PLAYING FIELD$25,000
MADISON PUBLIC MARKET FOUNDATION INC$25,000
RIVER FOOD PANTRY$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $23k → 14%REBALANCE LIFE WELLNESS ASSOCIATION INC: $11k → 7%WISCONSIN HMONG ASSOCIATION: $8k → 10%WISCONSIN HMONG ASSOCIATION: $8k → 10%LUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER: $15k → 10%MENTORING POSITIVES INC: $8k → 10%RESTORING ROOTS INC: $15k → 10%SOLACE FRIENDS INC: $15k → 10%SOLACE FRIENDS INC: $25k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 10%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $17k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 10%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $10k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 10%YWCA MADISON: $20k → 10%YWCA MADISON: $17k → 10%YWCA MADISON: $15k → 10%YWCA MADISON: $12k → 10%YWCA MADISON: $11k → 10%DOYENNE GROUP: $10k → 10%KIDS FORWARD INC: $10k → 10%DOYENNE GROUP: $8k → 10%YWCA MADISON: $15k → 10%YMCA OF DANE COUNTY: $12k → 10%DOYENNE GROUP INC: $10k → 10%DOYENNE GROUP INC: $10k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY: $77k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY: $75k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY: $65k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY: $65k → 10%ONE CITY SCHOOLS INC: $50k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY: $25k → 10%THE ROAD HOME OF DANE COUNTY: $25k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY: $20k → 10%ONE CITY EARLY LEARNING CENTERS: $17k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY: $13k → 10%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $10k → 10%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $10k → 10%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $10k → 10%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $10k → 10%ONE CITY EARLY LEARNING CENTERS: $8k → 10%MADISON AREA FOOD PANTRY GARDENS INC: $25k → 10%MADISON AREA FOOD PANTRY GARDENS INC: $25k → 10%MADISON AREA FOOD PANTRY GARDENS INC: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
NY
CT
CA
UT
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 308 repeat orgs$940k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

308 repeat relationships: 173 still active in FY2024, 135 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

308
202

Total granted

$11M
$889k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+2%

Still filing today

65%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • ES
    ENERGY SERVICES INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $760k · revenue +73%
  • FB
    FORWARD BIOLABS INC
    3× · 2019–2021 · $500k · revenue +131% · 78% of their budget
  • CH
    CENTRO HISPANO INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $364k · revenue +238%

Funded once

  • AE
    ADLER-CLARK ELECTRIC COMMUNITY COMMITMENT FOUNDATION TRUSTgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $125k · revenue +63%
  • OC
    ONE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $53k · revenue +2%
  • GB
    GIVE BACK FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
2
Downtown Madison Inc

Make downtown madison an economically strong, equitable, inclusive, and vibrant place to live, work, and visit.

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3
Madison Professional Police Officers Association Inc

The madison professional police officers association represents law enforcement professionals who serve the city of madison, wisconsin, as either police officers, detectives, investigators, or sergeants.

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4
One Wisconsin Now Inc

To advance progressive values, ideas and policies through research, policy, networking, advocacy and public education.

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5
Midwest Dairy Association

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.

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6
Madison Community Cooperative

Madison community cooperative's mission is to improve the madison community by providing low-cost, not-for-profit cooperative housing for very low to moderate income people and to be inclusive of underrepresented and marginalized groups.

Education
7
United Way of Wisconsin Inc

United way of wisconsin is dedicated to supporting and enriching a strong statewide united way network that maximizes the capacity of local united ways to address human needs, improve lives and create lasting positive change across…

Philanthropy
8
Milwaukee Water Commons Inc

Milwaukee water commons is helping catalyze milwaukee as a true model water city-a place where we all have a stake in the health of our waters and all share in their stewardship and benefits. we are advancing our community envisioned water…

Environment
9
Midwest Environmental Advocates Inc

Midwest environmental advocates is a nonprofit law center that combines the power of law with the resolve of communities facing environmental injustice to secure and protect the rights of all people to healthy water, land, and air.

Crime & Legal
10
Radio Milwaukee Inc

To reach a new generation of radio listeners on air, online and in the community with a compelling selection of music and public affairs programming. the corporation celebrates milwaukee music, arts, heritage, and culture by supporting and…

Arts & Culture
11
Wisconsin Progress Inc

Wisconsin progress recruits, trains, elects, and develops progressive candidates and leaders at the local and state legislative levels.

Civil Rights
12
Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing & Productivity

The wcmp will grow and nurture the mep's impact in the state of wisconsin by engaging and aligning the best possible resources to help small and medium-sized manufacturers reach their potential.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc; the most unlike its peers is Adler-Clark Electric Community Commitment Foundation Trust. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

298 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. 298 of the 545 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.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
94
Early backer (in before they grew)
287/298
Grantees still filing
203/298
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $862,800 · OtherUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INCMADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $412,000 · OtherMADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATIONKEEP WISCONSIN WARMCOOL FUND: $400,000 · OtherKEEP WISCONSIN WARMCOOL FUNDOVERTURE CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $300,000 · OtherURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC: $268,470 · OtherUNITED WAY: $252,375 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY INC: $321,675 · Other+121 more: $3,884,329 · Other+121 moreCENTRO HISPANO INC: $363,672 · Human ServicesCENTRO HISP…IRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $117,000 · Human ServicesIRWIN A AND…YWCA MADISON INC: $96,000 · Human ServicesYWCA MADISO…ONE CITY SCHOOLS INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesONE CITY SC…Madison Area Food Pantry Gardens: $60,000 · Human ServicesTHE ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY INC: $58,000 · Human ServicesVERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $51,000 · Human ServicesSolace Friends Inc: $40,000 · Human Services+14 more: $269,316 · Human Services+14 moreWISCONSIN HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC: $155,000 · Arts & CultureWISCONSIN …CENTER FOR BLACK EXCELLENCE AND CULTURE INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR…MADISON YOUTH ARTS CENTER INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureMADISON YO…MADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $87,000 · Arts & CultureMADISON CH…FORWARD THEATER COMPANY: $72,500 · Arts & CultureFORWARD TH…MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureMADISON SY…WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $62,000 · Arts & CultureWISCONSIN …MADISON OPERA INC: $44,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc: $40,000 · Arts & CultureSIMPSON STREET FREE PRESS INC: $36,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ AT FIVE INC: $35,000 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $148,000 · Arts & Culture+12 moreENERGY SERVICES INC: $760,000 · Housing & ShelterPORCHLIGHT INC: $48,500 · Housing & Shelter+2 more: $27,000 · Housing & ShelterMADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $219,700 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $115,000 · EducationMADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $106,501 · EducationGREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 · EducationONE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $52,500 · EducationTHE PLAYING FIELD INC: $50,000 · Education100 BLACK MEN OF MADISON INC: $46,448 · EducationMADISON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · Education+4 more: $39,600 · EducationALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC: $167,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN LAKES ALLIANCE INC: $159,267 · EnvironmentCLEAN WISCONSIN INC: $52,500 · Environment1000 FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN: $45,000 · EnvironmentGATHERING WATERS INC: $43,000 · EnvironmentOLBRICH BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $35,000 · EnvironmentTHE RIVER ALLIANCE OF WISCONSIN INC: $28,500 · EnvironmentNORTH CENTRAL CONSERVANCY TRUST INC: $24,426 · Environment+2 more: $14,000 · EnvironmentFORWARD BIOLABS INC: $500,000 · Science & Tech
Other$6,701,649Human Services$1,129,988Arts & Culture$1,049,500Housing & Shelter$835,500Education$754,749Environment$568,693Science & Tech$500,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $862,800 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetENERGY SERVICES INC: $760,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetFORWARD BIOLABS INC: $500,000 over 3y, 78% of budgetCENTRO HISPANO INC: $363,672 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY INC: $321,675 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC: $268,470 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetMADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $219,700 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR BLACK WOMEN'S WELLNESS INC: $185,000 over 7y, 6.8% of budgetALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC: $167,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetCLEAN LAKES ALLIANCE INC: $159,267 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetWISCONSIN HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC: $155,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCENTER FOR BLACK EXCELLENCE AND CULTURE INC: $150,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetMADISON YOUTH ARTS CENTER INC: $150,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $141,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC: $135,834 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetIRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $117,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $115,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $106,501 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetBAYVIEW FOUNDATION INC: $102,150 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMADISON PUBLIC MARKET FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetYWCA MADISON INC: $96,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $87,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetRISE WISCONSIN INC: $82,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $80,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC: $80,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP: $79,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetONE CITY SCHOOLS INC: $75,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetDOWNTOWN MADISON PARTNERS INC: $73,600 over 6y, 100% of budgetFORWARD THEATER COMPANY: $72,500 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetMADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $62,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budget365 Media Foundation Inc: $61,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetMadison Area Food Pantry Gardens: $60,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetRed Caboose Child Care Center Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY INC: $58,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC: $57,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetTHE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC: $55,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMAYDM INC: $54,650 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetCLEAN WISCONSIN INC: $52,500 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetONE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $52,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetVERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $51,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INC: $50,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetTHE PLAYING FIELD INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSECTOR67 INC: $50,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetPORCHLIGHT INC: $48,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF MADISON INC: $46,448 over 8y, 4.5% of budget1000 FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN: $45,000 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetMADISON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budget
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 UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds ENERGY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds FORWARD BIOLABS INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO HISPANO INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC ↗
  • Who funds MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR BLACK WOMEN'S WELLNESS INC ↗
  • Who funds ALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CLEAN LAKES ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR BLACK EXCELLENCE AND CULTURE INC ↗
  • Who funds MADISON YOUTH ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ADLER-CLARK ELECTRIC COMMUNITY COMMITMENT FOUNDATION TRUST ↗
  • Who funds IRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BAYVIEW FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MADISON PUBLIC MARKET FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA MADISON INC ↗
  • Who funds MADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds RISE WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP ↗
  • Who funds ONE CITY SCHOOLS INC ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN MADISON PARTNERS INC ↗
  • Who funds FORWARD THEATER COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 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.

Madison Community Fou…The Evjue Foundation …Endres Manufacturing …United Way of Dane Co…Trustage Foundation I…Alliant Energy Founda…Veridian Foundation I…Green Bay Packers Fou…The Roots and Wings F…The Oscar Rennebohm F…Sub-Zero Group Founda…Pleasant T Rowland Fo…
Madison Community FoundationWI242.4× affinity151 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Community Foundation · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Veridian Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · The Oscar Rennebohm 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    84report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 545 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-PF 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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