· Private foundation
Madison Historical Society
THE EDUCATION OF THE CITIZENS OF MADISON, NEW JERSEY ABOUT THE HISTORIC VALUE OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ITS PRESERVATION; THE COLLECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ARCHIVE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE; AND THE RECORDING OF HISTORICALLY RELEVANT MADISON PUBLIC EVENTS.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Madison Education Foundation | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
| Museum of Early Trades Crafts METC | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $300 |
| Madison Main Street Foundation | $250 |
| Madison Area YMCA | $250 |
| Pro Bono Partnership | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY26–26, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, against an area that typically sits at 4%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
3 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 3 of the 7 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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