Wisconsin · Private foundation
The Pyle Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $196k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Pyle Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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 | 9 | $195k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $190k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $139k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $145k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $105k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $150k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $113k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $125k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Children's Museum Inc | $312,000 | 8 | 3% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $196,500 | 6 | 0% |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $165,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc | $141,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Overture Center Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Dane County Inc | $56,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Morgridge Institute for Research Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Madison Youth Arts Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| La Salle University | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Children's Museum Inc | $312,000 | 8 | 3% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $196,500 | 6 | 0% |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $165,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc | $141,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Overture Center Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of Dane County Inc | $56,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The Morgridge Institute for Research Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Madison Youth Arts Center Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| La Salle University | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lasalle College High School | $11,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Junior Achievement of Wisconsin Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Aldo Leopold Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Clean Lakes Alliance Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Smile Train Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Madison Opera Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $4,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Upper Valley Haven | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Coachella Valley | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Meriter Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($116k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Pyle Foundation 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 Community Foundation · John J Frautschi Family Foundation Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Webcrafters-Frautschi Foundation Inc · Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc · Steinhauer Charitable Foundation · Dan & Patti Rashke (Tasc) Family Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Terry Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Pyle Foundation
- How much does The Pyle Foundation give?
- The Pyle Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $196,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Pyle Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (65%), Education (21%), Health (7%).
- Who are The Pyle Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Madison Children's Museum Inc ($312k), University of Wisconsin Foundation ($197k), John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ($165k).
- Does The Pyle Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Pyle Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Pyle Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, John J Frautschi Family Foundation Inc, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Pyle Foundation based?
- The Pyle Foundation is based in WI.
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