Wisconsin · Private foundation
The Isadore Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $3k
- Granted FY2019
- 12
- Grants FY2019
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
92% of The Isadore Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to American Endowment Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 11 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year The Isadore Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $3k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $150
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 50% of the organizations The Isadore Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 12 | $3k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $4k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
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, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Caboose Child Care Center Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc | $1,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Groundswell Conservancy Inc | $1,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Madison Public Schools Foundation Inc | $600 | 3 | 0% |
| Dane County Humane Society | $500 | 3 | 0% |
| Progressive Foundation Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| The Progressive Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Cape Cod Museum of Natural History | $250 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Caboose Child Care Center Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc | $1,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Groundswell Conservancy Inc | $1,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Madison Public Schools Foundation Inc | $600 | 3 | 0% |
| Dane County Humane Society | $500 | 3 | 0% |
| Progressive Foundation Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| The Progressive Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc | $300 | 2 | 0% |
| Cape Cod Museum of Natural History | $250 | 2 | 0% |
| Sessions at McPike Park Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Laboratory for Icon and Idiom Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Deer Park Buddhist Center Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Madison Children's Museum Inc | $125 | 1 | 0% |
| Nami Dane County Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Desert Mountain Band Boosters | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Orleans Conservation Trust | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Freedom Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The V Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Clean Wisconsin Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Maggie's Place Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Reap Food Group Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Isadore 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: Madison Community Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Firerose Foundation Inc · Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc · Veridian Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Isadore Foundation
- How much does The Isadore Foundation give?
- The Isadore Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $2,550 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does The Isadore Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (75%), Human Services (7%), Education (3%).
- Who are The Isadore Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Red Caboose Child Care Center Inc ($2k), Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc ($1k), Groundswell Conservancy Inc ($1k).
- Does The Isadore Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Isadore 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 Isadore Foundation?
- 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 The Isadore Foundation based?
- The Isadore Foundation is based in WI.
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