Wisconsin · Public charity
The Kids Fund Inc
With the help of the capital times, the kids fund serves to pool individual contributions from hundreds of dane county residents, and then carefully evaluate grant requests from non-profit organizations, distributing those gifts to serve the needs of kids and their families in dane county.
- $197k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $25k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Kids Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 4 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $46k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $35k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $16k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $41k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 Parks Foundation Inc | $33,350 | 5 | 1% |
| Neighborhood House Community Center Inc | $29,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Wisconsin Youth Company Inc | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Centro Hispano Inc | $15,552 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Community Stewardship | $14,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lussier Community Education Center Inc | $14,281 | 2 | 1% |
| Vera Court Neighborhood Center Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Kennedy Heights Neighborhood Association Inc | $12,450 | 2 | 1% |
| Family Service Madison Inc | $11,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Three Gaits Inc | $9,700 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Parks Foundation Inc | $33,350 | 5 | 1% |
| Neighborhood House Community Center Inc | $29,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Wisconsin Youth Company Inc | $17,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Centro Hispano Inc | $15,552 | 2 | 0% |
| Center for Community Stewardship | $14,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lussier Community Education Center Inc | $14,281 | 2 | 1% |
| Vera Court Neighborhood Center Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Kennedy Heights Neighborhood Association Inc | $12,450 | 2 | 1% |
| Family Service Madison Inc | $11,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Three Gaits Inc | $9,700 | 1 | 2% |
| Justdane | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Red Caboose Child Care Center Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kids Fund 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.
Open a dossier: Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Madison Rotary Foundation · The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Inc · Widen Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Kids Fund Inc
- How much does The Kids Fund Inc give?
- The Kids Fund Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $24,500, out of $196,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Kids Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (33%), Youth Development (25%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are The Kids Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Madison Parks Foundation Inc ($33k), Neighborhood House Community Center Inc ($30k), Wisconsin Youth Company Inc ($17k).
- Does The Kids Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Kids Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, The Evjue Foundation Inc, United Way of Dane County Inc.
- Where is The Kids Fund Inc based?
- The Kids Fund Inc is based in WI.
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