Wisconsin · Private foundation
Rcu Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $230,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Rcu Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $825k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $1.3M | 93% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $825k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $540k | 92% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $871k | 94% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $586k | 83% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $476k | 88% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $439k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $642k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Foundation Inc | $400,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Children's Museum of Eau Claire Inc | $313,333 | 2 | 12% |
| Feed My People Inc | $240,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Operation Help Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Tree Trust | $150,000 | 1 | 2% |
| St Croix Valley Foodbank Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wisconsin Farmers Union Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Riverwood Nature Center Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 57% |
| Friends of D R Moon Public Library | $110,000 | 1 | 100% |
| Lakeshore Players Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 10% |
Show all 53 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Rcu Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 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: Xcel Energy Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · Annmarie Foundation Inc · Eau Claire Community Foundation · St Croix Valley Foundation · Pablo Foundation Inc · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · Westconsin Credit Union · Community Foundation of Chippewa Co · Hugh J Andersen Foundation
How this is measured
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About Rcu Foundation Inc
- How much does Rcu Foundation Inc give?
- Rcu Foundation Inc reported 14 grants totaling $1,287,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Rcu Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (24%), Recreation & Sports (16%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Rcu Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Foundation Inc ($400k), Children's Museum of Eau Claire Inc ($313k), Feed My People Inc ($240k).
- Does Rcu Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rcu Foundation Inc 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 Rcu Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Xcel Energy Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust, Green Bay Packers Foundation.
- Where is Rcu Foundation Inc based?
- Rcu Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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