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Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2024
55
Organizations funded FY2023
25%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,860,000
Organizations funded a year
42 to 55
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$3.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving36$2.8M33%
FY202355$867k25%
FY202252$1.2M29%
FY202146$246k15%
FY202043$232k47%
FY201942$187kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$2.3MPhilanthropy$1.7MFood & Nutrition$551kPublic Safety & Disaster$331kHealth$254kEducation$114kYouth Development$93kRecreation & Sports$68kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MA
IA
IN
OH
CA
CO
MO
MD
AZ
NC
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 80 grantees
All grantees of Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Young Men's Christian Association of Dane County Inc$1,860,350213%
Ed Nebbins Foundation Inc$1,000,000221%
United Way of Dane County Inc$641,50061%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$330,17040%
The River Food Pantry Inc$254,50042%
Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc$150,00060%
Agrace HospiceCare Inc$120,00050%
Badger Prairie Needs Network Inc$75,50021%
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi$55,00040%
Annika Foundation$50,00014%
Madison Public Schools Foundation Inc$50,00012%
Chef Ann Foundation$50,00010%
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Dane County Inc$45,00051%
Breakthrough T1d$40,00020%
Madison Area Food Pantry Gardens$31,00035%
Reap Food Group Inc$30,00062%
Bayview Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Wayforward Resources Inc$25,00010%
Sunshine Place Inc$25,00010%
District Council of Madison Inc Society of St Vincent de Paul$20,0003n/a
Matthew 25 Ministries Inc$20,00010%
The Salvation Army$20,0004n/a
East Madison Community Center Inc$20,00012%
Specialty Care Free Clinic Inc$16,50052%
Centro Hispano Inc$15,00030%
The Road Home Dane County Inc$14,50050%
Lussier Community Education Center Inc$13,50061%
Badger Boys State Incorporated$13,500410%
Easter Seals Wisconsin Inc$12,78250%
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc$12,50050%
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc$10,00010%
Arts for All Wisconsin Inc$10,00041%
One City Schools Inc$10,00010%
Apparo Academy Inc$10,00010%
Clean Lakes Alliance Inc$10,00060%
Urban Farming Education$10,00012%
Wisconsin Lions Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Beyond Type 1$10,00010%
Rawhide Inc$8,00040%
Madison Area Technical College Foundation Inc$7,50030%
Briarpatch Youth Services Inc$7,50030%
Aldo Leopold Nature Center Inc$6,00060%
The Playing Field Inc$5,00010%
265 Foundation Inc$5,00012%
Habitat for Humanity of Dane County Inc$5,00050%
Literacy Network Inc$5,00020%
Restoring Hope Transplant House$5,00011%
Porchlight Inc$4,00040%
Operation Fresh Start Inc$4,00040%
YWCA Madison Inc$4,00040%
Babies & Beyond of WI Inc$3,10021%
Care Net Pregnancy Center of Dane County Inc$3,00030%
The Kammer Family Foundation Inc$3,00066%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$2,50020%
Wisconsin Philanthropy Network Inc$2,50010%
Greater Madison Conservation Society Inc$2,5001n/a
Independent Living Inc$2,50010%
Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish$2,5001n/a
Glacier's Edge Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$2,50050%
Rsvp of Dane County Inc$2,50050%
Reach A Child Inc$2,34012%
Wisconsin 4-H Foundation Inc$2,00040%
Madison Youth Choirs Inc$2,00040%
Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation Inc$2,00041%
The Rainbow Project Inc$1,50020%
Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visua$1,50030%
Common Threads Family Resource Center$1,50010%
Lutheran Counseling and Family Services$1,00010%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$1,00010%
Special Olympics Wisconsin Inc$1,00010%
Gio's Garden Inc$1,00010%
Domestic Abuse Intervention Services Inc$1,00010%
Wisconsin Badger Camp Inc$1,00010%
Braille Library & Transcribing Services Inc$1,00021%
Clothing Across America$1,00010%
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation$1,00010%
Madison Children's Museum Inc$1,00010%
The Nehemiah Community Development Corporation$50010%
Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin Charitable Foundation Inc$50010%
Urban League of Greater Madison Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($320k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Dane County Inc: $1,860,350 over 2y, 13% of budgetEd Nebbins Foundation Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetUnited Way of Dane County Inc: $641,500 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $330,170 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe River Food Pantry Inc: $254,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetIrwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc: $150,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBadger Prairie Needs Network Inc: $75,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSecond Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAnnika Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetMadison Public Schools Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetChef Ann Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBig Brothers and Big Sisters of Dane County Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMadison Area Food Pantry Gardens: $31,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetReap Food Group Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetBayview Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWayforward Resources Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSunshine Place Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEast Madison Community Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSpecialty Care Free Clinic Inc: $16,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetCentro Hispano Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Road Home Dane County Inc: $14,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLussier Community Education Center Inc: $13,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBadger Boys State Incorporated: $13,500 over 4y, 10% of budgetEaster Seals Wisconsin Inc: $12,782 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArts for All Wisconsin Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetOne City Schools Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetApparo Academy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetClean Lakes Alliance Inc: $10,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUrban Farming Education: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetWisconsin Lions Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBeyond Type 1: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRawhide Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMadison Area Technical College Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBriarpatch Youth Services Inc: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAldo Leopold Nature Center Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Playing Field Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget265 Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Dane County Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Network Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRestoring Hope Transplant House: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPorchlight Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Fresh Start Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA Madison Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 76.

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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.

Madison Community FoundationWI88.3× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Community Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Trustage Foundation Inc · Veridian Foundation Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · Widen Family Foundation Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc

How much does Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc give?
Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc reported 36 grants totaling $2,818,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 55 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (41%), Philanthropy (30%), Food & Nutrition (10%).
Who are Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Young Men's Christian Association of Dane County Inc ($1.9M), Ed Nebbins Foundation Inc ($1.0M), United Way of Dane County Inc ($642k).
Does Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
Where is Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc based?
Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc is based in WI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 110 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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