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Trustage 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.

$3.6M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
74
Grants FY2024
78
Organizations funded FY2023
38%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$650,000
Organizations funded a year
78 to 227
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$15M
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 Trustage Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving66$3.6M26%
FY202378$5.0M38%
FY202284$4.9M45%
FY202198$7.7M53%
FY2020227$3.9Mn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$5.0MPhilanthropy$4.1MEducation$3.4MYouth Development$3.4MHousing & Shelter$2.1MCivil Rights$1.4MCommunity Improvement$1.4MArts & Culture$1.1MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 237 grantees
All grantees of Trustage Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Dane County Inc$3,135,77344%
Centro Hispano Inc$1,085,95055%
Urban League of Greater Madison Inc$1,001,500213%
Center for Black Excellence and Culture Inc$1,000,000127%
YWCA Madison Inc$767,50037%
Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc$652,85543%
Edgewood University Inc$486,00020%
Foundation for Black Women's Wellness Inc$450,00037%
Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity$438,71757%
1619 Freedom School$425,000328%
The Road Home Dane County Inc$410,60337%
Bayview Foundation Inc$400,00026%
Maydm Inc$390,000419%
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc$386,83842%
East Madison Community Center Inc$351,300516%
National Credit Union Foundation$340,00053%
Mentoring Positives Inc$335,000233%
Cedar Valley Friends of the Family Inc$316,12552%
Lussier Community Education Center Inc$298,000121%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Cedar Valley$296,00057%
Climb USA Inc$285,000241%
Families and Schools Together Inc$262,500314%
Habitat for Humanity of Dane County Inc$250,55023%
Rooted Wi Inc$250,000119%
Filene Research Institute Inc$250,00013%
Common Wealth Development Inc$245,02526%
Operation Fresh Start Inc$245,00033%
Leader Valley Foundation$240,950343%
Center for Community Stewardship$225,25043%
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Dane County Inc$210,00037%
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute Inc$200,000227%
Wise Women Gathering Place Inc$198,00027%
Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools Incorporated$192,100413%
Urban Triage Incorporated$181,00032%
End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin the Wi Coalition Against Domestic Violence$180,10024%
Justdane$176,250110%
Economic Justice Institute Inc$171,000195%
Ceos of Tomorrow Inc$170,000315%
Simpson Street Free Press Inc$168,000412%
Vera Court Neighborhood Center Inc$158,50043%
Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement$147,350221%
Porchlight Inc$136,20641%
Horizon High School of Madison Inc$132,00059%
Briarpatch Youth Services Inc$130,00023%
Waverly-Shell Rock Area United Way$125,000230%
University of Northern Iowa Foundation$117,0001n/a
Job Foundation$115,000411%
Newbridge Madison Inc$114,00032%
Foundation for Dane County Parks Inc$113,25026%
Amani Community Service$103,301316%
Wayforward Resources Inc$101,80632%
247 Blac$100,250248%
One City Schools Inc$100,00011%
Christian Community Development$100,00035%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$100,00010%
Champions4kids Inc$100,00028%
Outreach Inc$100,00018%
Rape Crisis Center Inc$95,00033%
Omega School Inc$95,000310%
Literacy Network Inc$90,00032%
The Larrabee Center Inc$85,05032%
The Rainbow Project Inc$80,00014%
The River Food Pantry Inc$77,74730%
Young Men's Christian Association of Dane County Inc$70,00020%
Startingblock Madison Inc$60,00016%
Consumer Federation of America$60,00013%
Transformations by Cedar Valley Angels$60,000216%
Social Action Inc$52,0003n/a
Eastmorland Community Center LTD$50,850165%
Madison Region Economic Partnership$50,00011%
MTZ Charitable Organization Inc$50,000118%
Milestone Democratic School Inc$50,000112%
Successlink Inc$50,00023%
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Inc$50,00012%
Family & Children's Council of Black Hawk County$40,000110%
All in Mentoring$39,000230%
Rapid City Club for Boys Inc$37,50030%
Madison Reading Project Inc$35,00022%
Root to Rise Inc$35,000110%
Working Against Violence Inc$30,00011%
Hospitality House of the Cedar Valley$30,0002n/a
Northeast Iowa Food Bank$26,96130%
Mission Central Metroplex Inc$25,45731%
United Way of Central Kansas Inc$25,00025%
Today Not Tomorrow Inc$25,0001n/a
Opportunities Inc$25,0001n/a
Gigis Playhouse$25,0002n/a
Neighborhood House Community Center Inc$25,00018%
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi$22,00610%
Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc$22,00021%
House of Hope$20,00014%
Financial Reality Foundation$20,000136%
Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions Inc$20,00010%
Madison Area CLT Corporation$20,00022%
Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund Inc$20,00032%
Clean Lakes Alliance Inc$20,00021%
Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center Inc$20,00012%
The Nehemiah Community Development Corporation$20,00011%
North Star Community Services Inc$16,50030%
Freedom Inc$15,20010%
Little John's Restaurant Inc$15,00010%
Project Home Inc$15,00020%
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc$15,00010%
Bikes for Kids Wisconsin Inc$15,000112%
Madison Public Library Foundation Inc$14,92511%
Direct Relief$10,61420%
Team Rubicon Inc$10,05020%
Embracing Explorations$10,000115%
Repairers of the Breach Inc$10,00021%
The American India Foundation$10,00010%
United States Fund for Unicef$10,00010%
Tpmg Corp$10,00014%
Association for Indias Development Inc$10,00010%
Madison Area Food Pantry Gardens$10,00012%
Unidos Against Domestic Violence Inc$10,00011%
Global Credit Union Foundation$10,00012%
Uplift Foundation Inc$10,00018%
Co-Care Inc$10,00011%
One Cedar Valley$10,0001n/a
Lifeserve Blood Center$10,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$10,00010%
Southeastern Credit Union Foundation$10,00011%
Waves Ahead Corp$10,00011%
Friends of Badger Rock Middle School$7,5001n/a
Americans for Independent Living$7,50011%
Badger Prairie Needs Network Inc$7,35010%
Wisconsin Institute for Learning Disabilites Dyslexia Inc$6,00011%
Domestic Abuse Intervention Services Inc$5,38310%
Illuminate Ministries$5,00013%
Black Hills Works Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Marching Against the Darkness Inc$5,00016%
Urbandevelopers$5,0001n/a
Youth Art Team$5,00012%
Wisconsin Literacy Inc$5,00010%
Urban League of Racine & Kenosha Inc$5,0001n/a
Feeding America$4,89610%
Preschool of the Arts Inc$3,34810%
Dane Buy Local Inc$3,00011%
Nuestro Mundo Inc$2,50017%
Community Lutheran School$2,2503n/a
Marine Credit Union Foundation$2,00011%
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance$1,69010%
Meals on Wheels America$1,63510%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$1,37510%
Oregon Area Food Pantry$1,25010%
Lighthouse Church Inc$1,1001n/a
Family Assistance Program$1,00010%
Cross Community Players Inc$1,00040%
World Central Kitchen Inc$89310%
Sugar River Senior Center$80030%
Dress for Success Dallas$75020%
Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin Inc$62510%
North Texas Food Bank$60010%
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano$51510%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50010%
Pointer Pantry$5001n/a
Friends of the State Street Family$50011%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$50010%
Restoration Outreach Programs$50010%
THE PRAIRIE ENTHUSIASTs INC$50020%
United Way of Southeast Louisiana$50010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$50010%
The Brick Ministries Inc$50010%
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Inc$4601n/a
Waunakee Neighborhood Connection$45010%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$40010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$40010%
Indianapolis Jewish Home Inc$37010%
Access of West Michigan$34010%
Independent Living Inc$30610%
Hawaii Foodbank Inc$30510%
Chester County Food Bank$30010%
Samaritan's Purse$30010%
Janesville Lions Foundation Inc$2501n/a
Fond Du Lac Soccer Association Inc$25010%
Sigmas of Charlotte Foundation$25011%
The Second Chance Fund Inc$25011%
Saint Mark United Methodist Church$2501n/a
Cross Plains Lions Club Foundation Inc$2501n/a
Angel's Wish Incorporated$25010%
Readlyn Volunteer Fire Fighter Assoc Inc$25010%
Afs-Usa Inc$25010%
National Ttt Society$25010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$25010%
Waverly Softball Association Inc$25010%
Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish$2501n/a
Aid Atlanta Inc$25010%
Move for Hunger Inc$25010%
Knights of Columbus Charities Inc$25010%
Americares Foundation Inc$22010%
Roadrunner Food Bank Inc$20610%
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$20410%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Madison Inc$20010%
Mile High United Way Inc$20010%
McFarland Community Food Pantry Inc$20010%
Indy Hunger Network Inc$20010%
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc$20010%
Open Hands Food Pantry$1501n/a
Mel Trotter Ministries$15010%
Second Harvest Heartland$12510%
Olathe Health Charitable Foundation$12010%
Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center Inc$10310%
Marquette-Lapham Parent Teacher Group Inc$1001n/a
Food Bank of the Rockies$10010%
Foodshare Inc$10010%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$10010%
Share Our Strength$10010%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc$10010%
Mississippi Food Network Inc$10010%
Northwell Health Foundation$10010%
Clark County Food Bank$10010%
Family Sharing of Ozaukee County Inc$10010%
Northwest Dane Senior Services Inc$10010%
Aging Forward$10010%
Meals on Wheels Orange County Nc$8710%
Deerfield Community Center Inc$8310%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$6010%
Table Ministries Inc$6010%
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$5210%
Slice Out Hunger Inc$5010%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$5010%
Bread of the Mighty Food Bank Inc$5010%
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc$5010%
Inter-Faith Council for Social Service Inc$5010%
Sauk Prairie Area Food Pantry Inc$5010%
Madison Northside Planning Council Inc$5010%
Green Cares Food Pantry Inc$501n/a
Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison$5010%
Harvesters - the Community Food Network$4510%
Porch Chapel Hill-Carrboro$4010%
Partnership With Native Americans$3510%
Forgotten Harvest Inc$3010%
Book Industry Charitable Foundation$2610%
St Louis Park Emergency Program Inc$2510%
Western Communities Action Network Inc$2510%
Donorschooseorg$2510%
Degage Ministries$2110%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 127 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Trustage Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 12 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Dane County Inc: $3,135,773 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetCentro Hispano Inc: $1,085,950 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetUrban League of Greater Madison Inc: $1,001,500 over 2y, 13% of budgetCenter for Black Excellence and Culture Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetYWCA Madison Inc: $767,500 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetIrwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc: $652,855 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetEdgewood University Inc: $486,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFoundation for Black Women's Wellness Inc: $450,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetIowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity: $438,717 over 5y, 6.5% of budget1619 Freedom School: $425,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetThe Road Home Dane County Inc: $410,603 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetBayview Foundation Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetMaydm Inc: $390,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc: $386,838 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetEast Madison Community Center Inc: $351,300 over 5y, 16% of budgetNational Credit Union Foundation: $340,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetMentoring Positives Inc: $335,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetCedar Valley Friends of the Family Inc: $316,125 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetLussier Community Education Center Inc: $298,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of the Cedar Valley: $296,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetClimb USA Inc: $285,000 over 2y, 41% of budgetFamilies and Schools Together Inc: $262,500 over 3y, 14% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Dane County Inc: $250,550 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetRooted Wi Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetFilene Research Institute Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCommon Wealth Development Inc: $245,025 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetOperation Fresh Start Inc: $245,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetLeader Valley Foundation: $240,950 over 3y, 43% of budgetCenter for Community Stewardship: $225,250 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetBig Brothers and Big Sisters of Dane County Inc: $210,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetCharles Hamilton Houston Institute Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetWise Women Gathering Place Inc: $198,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetGay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools Incorporated: $192,100 over 4y, 13% of budgetUrban Triage Incorporated: $181,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetEnd Domestic Abuse Wisconsin the Wi Coalition Against Domestic Violence: $180,100 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetJustdane: $176,250 over 1y, 10% of budgetEconomic Justice Institute Inc: $171,000 over 1y, 95% of budgetCeos of Tomorrow Inc: $170,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetSimpson Street Free Press Inc: $168,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetVera Court Neighborhood Center Inc: $158,500 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetWomen's Institute for a Secure Retirement: $147,350 over 2y, 21% of budgetPorchlight Inc: $136,206 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHorizon High School of Madison Inc: $132,000 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetBriarpatch Youth Services Inc: $130,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetWaverly-Shell Rock Area United Way: $125,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetJob Foundation: $115,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetNewbridge Madison Inc: $114,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetFoundation for Dane County Parks Inc: $113,250 over 2y, 6.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Madison Community FoundationWI132.3× affinity72 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Community Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Madison Rotary Foundation · Veridian Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Trustage Foundation Inc

How much does Trustage Foundation Inc give?
Trustage Foundation Inc reported 74 grants totaling $3,558,457 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 78 and 227 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Trustage Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (20%), Philanthropy (16%), Education (13%).
Who are Trustage Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: United Way of Dane County Inc ($3.1M), Centro Hispano Inc ($1.1M), Urban League of Greater Madison Inc ($1.0M).
Does Trustage Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Trustage 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 Trustage Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, The Evjue Foundation Inc.
Where is Trustage Foundation Inc based?
Trustage Foundation Inc is based in WI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 370 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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