Wisconsin · Private foundation
The Crowther Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $110k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $17,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Crowther Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $110k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $101k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $90k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $77k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $66k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $60k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $72k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $80k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Berks County Inc | $100,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Ensworth School | $77,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | $36,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sexual Assault Center | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nashville Rescue Mission | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Carehouse of Oakland County Inc | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Safe Families for Children Alliance | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Exodus Road Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Berks County Inc | $100,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Ensworth School | $77,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | $36,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sexual Assault Center | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nashville Rescue Mission | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Carehouse of Oakland County Inc | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Safe Families for Children Alliance | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Exodus Road Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Tennessee Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Daybreak Arts | $13,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Nashville Humane Association Aka Nashville Humane Society | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Hollands Haul | $5,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Holiday Heroes Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($311k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Crowther Foundation supplied at peak.
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: Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Frist Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About The Crowther Foundation
- How much does The Crowther Foundation give?
- The Crowther Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $110,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Crowther Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (34%), Health (18%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are The Crowther Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of Berks County Inc ($100k), The Ensworth School ($78k), Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing ($36k).
- Does The Crowther Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Crowther Foundation 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 The Crowther Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hca Healthcare Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, The Frist Foundation.
- Where is The Crowther Foundation based?
- The Crowther Foundation is based in WI.
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