Wisconsin · Private foundation
Powers-Wolfe Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $632k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 47
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 2%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $410,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 47 to 49
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 2% of the organizations Powers-Wolfe Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $632k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 47 | $658k | 2% |
| FY2022 | 49 | $661k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
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, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Wilderness Society | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Public Radio Association Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Women's Medical Fund Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Wisconsin Science Museum | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Driftless Area Land Conservancy Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Madison Public Library Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Powers-Wolfe Charitable Trust supplied at peak.
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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 · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Sandy Oaks Foundation Douglas W Caves · John J Frautschi Family Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Patagoniaorg · Baird Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Powers-Wolfe Charitable Trust
- How much does Powers-Wolfe Charitable Trust give?
- Powers-Wolfe Charitable Trust reported 15 grants totaling $631,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 49 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Powers-Wolfe Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (9%), Health (6%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Powers-Wolfe Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc ($60k), The Wilderness Society ($45k), Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated ($45k).
- Does Powers-Wolfe Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 2% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Powers-Wolfe Charitable 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 Powers-Wolfe Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc.
- Where is Powers-Wolfe Charitable Trust based?
- Powers-Wolfe Charitable Trust is based in WI.
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