Kentucky · Private foundation
The Madden Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $542k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $218,625
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Madden Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $542k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $393k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $163k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $348k | 85% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $16k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hill School | $406,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Commonwealth Causes Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Kentucky Horse Park Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Wake Forest University | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cambridge in America | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sayre School | $21,273 | 4 | 0% |
| Hospice of the Bluegrass Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Headley-Whitney Museum Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Lexington School Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Independence Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hill School | $406,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Commonwealth Causes Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Kentucky Horse Park Foundation Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Wake Forest University | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cambridge in America | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sayre School | $21,273 | 4 | 0% |
| Hospice of the Bluegrass Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Headley-Whitney Museum Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Lexington School Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Independence Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Highlands Museum & Discovery Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Georgia Military College Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jupiter Christian School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First United Methodist Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hobe Sound Community Chest Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($755k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Madden 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.
Open a dossier: Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · The HEP Foundation Business Trust L Edwin Paulson Jr Trustee · Misdee Wrigley and James Mather Miller Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Madden Foundation Inc
- How much does The Madden Foundation Inc give?
- The Madden Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $541,625 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Madden Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (69%), Human Services (12%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
- Who are The Madden Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Hill School ($407k), Commonwealth Causes Inc ($100k), Kentucky Horse Park Foundation Inc ($35k).
- Does The Madden Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Madden Foundation Inc 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 Madden Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc, The HEP Foundation Business Trust L Edwin Paulson Jr Trustee, Misdee Wrigley and James Mather Miller Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Madden Foundation Inc based?
- The Madden Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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