Wisconsin · Private foundation
The Elmwood Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $749k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,666
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $330,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 20
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The Elmwood Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k 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 | 12 | $749k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $874k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $933k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $918k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $863k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viterbo University | $1,450,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater la Cross | $1,045,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Family and Children's Center Inc | $180,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Great Rivers United Way Inc | $160,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Chasing Daylight Animal Shelter Inc | $105,000 | 4 | 7% |
| La Crosse Public Education Foundation Inc | $85,950 | 2 | 16% |
| La Crosse Promise Inc | $83,332 | 3 | 18% |
| La Crosse Symphony Orchestra Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 2% |
| College Possible Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United Fund for the Arts and Humanities | $63,000 | 5 | 8% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viterbo University | $1,450,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater la Cross | $1,045,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Family and Children's Center Inc | $180,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Great Rivers United Way Inc | $160,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Chasing Daylight Animal Shelter Inc | $105,000 | 4 | 7% |
| La Crosse Public Education Foundation Inc | $85,950 | 2 | 16% |
| La Crosse Promise Inc | $83,332 | 3 | 18% |
| La Crosse Symphony Orchestra Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 2% |
| College Possible Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United Fund for the Arts and Humanities | $63,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Women's Fund of Greater la Crosse Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Hunger Task Force Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Katie Flowers Endowment Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Museum of la Crosse Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Cable Natural History Museum Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Landmark Conservancy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Onalaska Enhancement Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($825k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Elmwood Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Elmwood Foundation Inc
- How much does The Elmwood Foundation Inc give?
- The Elmwood Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $749,166 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 20 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Elmwood Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Youth Development (30%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are The Elmwood Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Viterbo University ($1.4M), Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater la Cross ($1.0M), Family and Children's Center Inc ($180k).
- Does The Elmwood Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Elmwood Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Elmwood Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include La Crosse Community Foundation, Lyche Family Foundation Inc, Mayo Clinic Group Return.
- Where is The Elmwood Foundation Inc based?
- The Elmwood Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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