· Private foundation
Only in Wisconsin Giving Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k52 grants · $113k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $304k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GREEN COUNTY FAMILY YMCA | $50,000 |
| HUNGER TASK FORCE | $45,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN | $30,000 |
| NAMI WISCONSIN | $25,000 |
| PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA | $25,000 |
| FEED MY PEOPLE FOODBANK | $25,000 |
| PROJECT HOME | $25,000 |
| MONROE RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT | $24,375 |
| WI TROOPERS BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION | $17,500 |
| SCHOOL DISTRICT OF JUDA | $15,000 |
| GREEN COUNTY CHILDCARE NETWORK | $15,000 |
| MADISON AREA REHABILITATION CENTERS INC | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $11,990 |
| NEW GLARUS AREA EMS | $10,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MADISON | $10,000 |
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 (FY21–25, $215k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 28% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
52 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 37 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $146k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NGNew Glarus Cares Community Foundation Inc2× · 2024–2025 · $106k · revenue +46%
- PHPROJECT HOME INC4× · 2022–2025 · $100k · revenue +20%
- IAICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE INC3× · 2021–2023 · $60k · revenue +40%
Funded once
- WHWISCONSIN HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +144%
- NGNew Glarus High Schoolone grant, 2022 · $31k
- YWYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROCK COUNTY INCone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -28%
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.
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.
Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.
Pathways of wisconsin provides supported employment opportunities and empowerment through quality, person-centered programming for individuals of all abilities.
To improve the quality of life by providing resources and services within our communities.
The humane animal welfare society of waukesha county leads the community in animal welfare and assures sanctuary for animals in need.
Innovative services, inc. (isi) cares for those with disabilities, helping them lead fulfilling lives with maximum independence. innovative's vision is to be the most trusted care provider for people with disabilities in wisconsin.
Wisconsin progress recruits, trains, elects, and develops progressive candidates and leaders at the local and state legislative levels.
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…
Goodwill of south central wisconsin's mission is to help people in our community to live, work and thrive through housing, employment and supportive services. see schedule o for continuationsupported employment and job skills training are…
Our mission is to empower WI Habitat for Humanity affiliates to create one voice that advocates and influences affordable home ownership.
The wisconsin council of the blind and visually impaired's mission is to promote the dignity and empowerment of people in wisconsin who are blind and visually impaired by providing services, advocating legislation, and educating the…
We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.
Our mission at northwest cep is to create connections that will empower individuals and groups to drive workforce and community growth.
How this is measured
84 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. 84 of the 203 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
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
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 HUNGER TASK FORCE INC ↗
- Who funds Green County Family YMCA Inc ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI ↗
- Who funds New Glarus Cares Community Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds PROJECT HOME INC ↗
- Who funds NAMI WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds ICE AGE TRAIL ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds WISCONSIN HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MADISON INC ↗
- Who funds WISCONSIN LITERACY INC ↗
- Who funds Neighborhood House Community Center Inc ↗
- Who funds FEED MY PEOPLE INC ↗
- Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROCK COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds MONROE CLINIC AND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MADISON READING PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds Paralyzed Veterans of America - Wisconsin Chapter ↗
- Who funds Mercy Dental Missions Inc ↗
- Who funds MADISON AREA REHABILITATION CENTERS INC ↗
- Who funds GILDA'S CLUB MADISON WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds CANOPY CENTER 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Only in Wisconsin Giving Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Only in Wisconsin Giving Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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