Wisconsin · Private foundation
The Casper Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $738k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 33
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 79
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Itemized, FY2024
- $577k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 66 to 79
- FY2019 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 75% of the organizations The Casper Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 33 | $577k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 79 | $768k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 66 | $855k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDonell Area Catholic Schools | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chippewa Valley Cultural Association Inc | $92,500 | 3 | 8% |
| Northern Wisconsin State Fair Assoc | $83,333 | 1 | 4% |
| St Charles Congregation | $72,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hope Gospel Mission Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Edward & Hannah M. Rutledge Charities, Inc. | $40,000 | 1 | 2% |
| University of Wisconsin | $30,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chippewa Valley Family YMCA Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Family Support Center | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chippewa Falls Area Chamber of Commerce | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 56 grantees
Plus 88 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Casper Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Edward and Hannah M Rutledge Charities Inc · Pablo Foundation Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · Ba Mason Trust · Eau Claire Community Foundation · Mayo Clinic Group Return · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Community Foundation of Chippewa Co · Annmarie Foundation Inc · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc
How this is measured
About The Casper Foundation
- How much does The Casper Foundation give?
- The Casper Foundation reported 33 itemized grants totaling $577,083, out of $738,083 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 66 and 79 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2020.
- What does The Casper Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (19%), Philanthropy (5%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are The Casper Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: McDonell Area Catholic Schools ($200k), Chippewa Valley Cultural Association Inc ($93k), Northern Wisconsin State Fair Assoc ($83k).
- Does The Casper Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Casper Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Casper Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edward and Hannah M Rutledge Charities Inc, Pablo Foundation Inc, Xcel Energy Foundation.
- Where is The Casper Foundation based?
- The Casper Foundation is based in WI.
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