Wisconsin · Private foundation
Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $7.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 271
- Grants FY2024
- 81
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,201,550
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 81
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 30
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.9M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $364k 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 | 239 | $7.3M | 65% |
| FY2023 | 81 | $6.1M | 21% |
| FY2022 | 77 | $3.8M | 40% |
| FY2021 | 77 | $5.0M | 94% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $6.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 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-Stevens Point Foundation Inc | $4,482,821 | 5 | 27% |
| Maui United Way | $2,755,751 | 4 | 29% |
| United Way of Portage County Inc | $2,705,097 | 5 | 17% |
| Rawhide Inc | $1,570,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Stevens Point Curling Club Inc | $1,517,500 | 4 | 72% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacelli Catholic Schools Inc | $946,580 | 4 | n/a |
| Pga Tour First Tee Foundation Inc | $800,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $558,413 | 3 | 3% |
| National Merit Scholarship Corporation | $281,465 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 158 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 145 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 131 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: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Inc · Wisconsin Public Service Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Edward J Okray Foundation Inc · Dwight and Linda Davis Foundation · Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Paper City Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Woodtrust Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc
- How much does Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc give?
- Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc reported 271 grants totaling $7,304,649 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 81 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (49%), Philanthropy (25%), Recreation & Sports (8%).
- Who are Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Foundation Inc ($4.5M), Maui United Way ($2.8M), United Way of Portage County Inc ($2.7M).
- Does Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Green Bay Packers Foundation, Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin Inc, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
- Where is Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc based?
- Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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