Wisconsin · Public charity
The Evjue Foundation Inc
The evjue foundation is a public charity organized under chapter 181 of the wisconsin statutes to make contributions to religious, charitable, educational, civic and cultural organizations in support of activities which benefit or carry out the purposes of the madison community foundation and the university of wisconsin foundation. The…
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 70
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 77
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 42 to 80
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $30M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations The Evjue Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $253k 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 | 70 | $1.5M | 11% |
| FY2024 | 77 | $1.3M | 21% |
| FY2023 | 67 | $2.0M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 65 | $1.3M | 14% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $1.3M | 31% |
| FY2020 | 75 | $1.5M | 17% |
| FY2019 | 80 | $1.7M | 29% |
| FY2018 | 62 | $1.6M | 27% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Area Technical College Foundation Inc | $540,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Urban League of Greater Madison Inc | $540,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $502,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Dane County Department of Human Services | $475,000 | 8 | n/a |
| United Way of Dane County Inc | $440,000 | 9 | 0% |
| One City Schools Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Wisconsin Historical Foundation Inc | $375,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Centro Hispano Inc | $375,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Access Community Health Centers Inc | $350,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Vera Court Neighborhood Center Inc | $330,000 | 7 | 17% |
Show all 174 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
The Evjue Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 149 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.
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How this is measured
About The Evjue Foundation Inc
- How much does The Evjue Foundation Inc give?
- The Evjue Foundation Inc reported 70 itemized grants totaling $1,501,000, out of $2,262,379 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 80 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Evjue Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (21%), Education (16%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are The Evjue Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Madison Area Technical College Foundation Inc ($540k), Urban League of Greater Madison Inc ($540k), Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi ($503k).
- Does The Evjue Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Evjue Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, United Way of Dane County Inc.
- Where is The Evjue Foundation Inc based?
- The Evjue Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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