Wisconsin · Public charity
Madison Rotary Foundation
The mission of the MADISON ROTARY FOUNDATION is to work with the rotary club of madison to support its charitable activities, serve as a responsible steward of its resources, and ensure compliance with all regulations.
- $834k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $214k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $70,887
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $19M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Madison Rotary Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $214k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $217k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $223k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $126k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $160k | 48% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $64k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $228k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $173k | 42% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Madison School-Community Recreation | $192,547 | 3 | 69% |
| Madison Metropolitan School District | $141,776 | 4 | n/a |
| Days For Girls International | $128,574 | 2 | 2% |
| One City Schools Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Dane County Inc | $68,485 | 2 | 2% |
| Urban League of Greater Madison Inc | $62,825 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $61,104 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Youth Company Inc | $56,303 | 4 | 1% |
| The Playing Field Inc | $55,019 | 2 | 1% |
| Porchlight Inc | $52,284 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 50 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Madison Rotary Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 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.
Open a dossier: Madison Community Foundation · The Evjue Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Madison Rotary Foundation
- How much does Madison Rotary Foundation give?
- Madison Rotary Foundation reported 6 itemized grants totaling $214,107, out of $833,701 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Madison Rotary Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (18%), Recreation & Sports (16%), Housing & Shelter (16%).
- Who are Madison Rotary Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Friends of Madison School-Community Recreation ($193k), Madison Metropolitan School District ($142k), Days For Girls International ($129k).
- Does Madison Rotary Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Madison Rotary Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, The Evjue Foundation Inc, United Way of Dane County Inc.
- Where is Madison Rotary Foundation based?
- Madison Rotary Foundation is based in WI.
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