Wisconsin · Private foundation
Pax Am Foundation Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $161k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $131,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations Pax Am Foundation Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 15 | $161k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $165k | 32% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $114k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $181k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $160k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $140k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $37k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $51k | 45% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thoreau College Inc | $662,876 | 6 | 41% |
| Pleasant Ridge School Inc | $8,390 | 5 | 0% |
| Ridge History Park Inc | $7,116 | 5 | n/a |
| Christian Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Codman Community Farms Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Threshold Care Circle Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wolakota Waldorf Society | $2,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Couleecap Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Beyond Pesticides | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Port Ministries | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thoreau College Inc | $662,876 | 6 | 41% |
| Pleasant Ridge School Inc | $8,390 | 5 | 0% |
| Ridge History Park Inc | $7,116 | 5 | n/a |
| Christian Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Codman Community Farms Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Threshold Care Circle Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wolakota Waldorf Society | $2,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Couleecap Inc | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Beyond Pesticides | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Port Ministries | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Valley Stewardship Network Inc | $1,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Organiceye Inc | $1,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Diocese of la Crosse | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Cornucopia Institute Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Land Stewardship Project | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| The Weston a Price Foundation | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of San Lucas | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Crawford Stewardship Project Ltd | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Innovative Schools Network Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media | $270 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Farm Defenders Incorporated | $250 | 1 | 1% |
| Driftless United Athletics Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Driftless Writing Center | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Public Radio Association Inc | $120 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($345k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Pax Am Foundation Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Pax Am Foundation Trust
- How much does Pax Am Foundation Trust give?
- Pax Am Foundation Trust reported 15 grants totaling $161,180 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Pax Am Foundation Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (65%), Youth Development (24%), Religion (6%).
- Who are Pax Am Foundation Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Thoreau College Inc ($663k), Pleasant Ridge School Inc ($8k), Ridge History Park Inc ($7k).
- Does Pax Am Foundation Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pax Am Foundation Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pax Am Foundation Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Network for Good.
- Where is Pax Am Foundation Trust based?
- Pax Am Foundation Trust is based in WI.
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