Wisconsin · Private foundation
The Wisconsin Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $247k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $231,195
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations The Wisconsin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 | 5 | $247k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $35k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $51k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $1k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $1k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Reforming Government Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Foundation for Government Accountability Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Young America's Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Peninsula State Park Inc | $5,001 | 1 | n/a |
| East Madison Community Center Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fond Blanc Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Asset Builders of America Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Glacier's Edge Council Inc Boy Scouts of America | $900 | 1 | 0% |
| Badger Boys State Incorporated | $800 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Reforming Government Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Foundation for Government Accountability Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Young America's Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Peninsula State Park Inc | $5,001 | 1 | n/a |
| East Madison Community Center Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fond Blanc Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Asset Builders of America Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Glacier's Edge Council Inc Boy Scouts of America | $900 | 1 | 0% |
| Badger Boys State Incorporated | $800 | 1 | n/a |
| Door County Land Trust Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($263k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Wisconsin 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: Dwight and Linda Davis Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Wisconsin Foundation
- How much does The Wisconsin Foundation give?
- The Wisconsin Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $247,195 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Wisconsin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (69%), Public Benefit (13%), Environment (8%).
- Who are The Wisconsin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Institute for Reforming Government Inc ($25k), Foundation for Government Accountability Inc ($20k), University of Wisconsin Foundation ($11k).
- Does The Wisconsin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Wisconsin Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Wisconsin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dwight and Linda Davis Foundation, Baird Foundation Inc, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Wisconsin Foundation based?
- The Wisconsin Foundation is based in WI.
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