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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 FY2024still arriving
74
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$650k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% 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
02FY2024 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k25 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $587k
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.4M
$25,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY$650,000
YOURCAUSE INC$509,557
THE FOUNDATION FOR BLACK WOMEN'S WELLNESS$250,000
YMCA MADISON$150,000
BAYVIEW FOUNDATION INC$150,000
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION$100,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF DANE COUNTY$100,000
IOWA HEARTLAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$100,000
247 BLAC$80,000
THE 1619 FREEDOM SCHOOL$75,000
CEOS OF TOMORROW$75,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY$75,000
OPERATION FRESH START$70,000
THE JESSE COSBY CENTER$70,000
GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE FOR SAFESCHOOLS$65,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $4.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MISSION CENTRAL METROPLEX: $10k → 11%THE UPLIFT FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%AMANI COMMUNITY SERVICES: $90k → 17%LARRABEE CENTER INC: $50k → 7%LARRABEE CENTER INC: $20k → 7%THE LARRABEE CENTER: $15k → 7%FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS: $63k → 10%FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS: $50k → 10%THE ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY: $176k → 10%THE ROAD HOME OF DANE COUNTY: $175k → 10%THE ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY: $60k → 10%SUCCESSLINK INC: $30k → 17%SOCIAL ACTION INC: $25k → 17%SUCCESSLINK INC: $20k → 17%SOCIAL ACTION INC: $15k → 17%LUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER INC: $298k → 10%YWCA MADISON: $485k → 10%YMCA MADISON: $150k → 10%YWCA MADISON: $108k → 10%YMCA OF DANE COUNTY INC: $50k → 10%YMCA MADISON: $25k → 10%YMCA OF DANE COUNTY INC: $20k → 10%MIDDLETON OUTREACH MINISTRY: $50k → 10%MIDDLETON OUTREACH MINISTRY: $25k → 10%MIDDLETON OUTREACH MINISTRY: $25k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $200k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $200k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $200k → 10%FAMILIES & SCHOOLS TOGETHER: $130k → 10%EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER: $126k → 10%EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER: $100k → 10%EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER: $100k → 10%FAMILIES & SCHOOLS TOGETHER: $70k → 10%NEWBRIDGE MADISON INC: $64k → 10%FAMILIES & SCHOOLS TOGETHER: $63k → 10%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $54k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $50k → 10%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $50k → 10%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $50k → 10%NEWBRIDGE MADISON INC: $30k → 10%EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 10%NEWBRIDGE MADISON: $20k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO INC: $500k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO: $500k → 10%ONE CITY SCHOOLS: $100k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO INC: $50k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO: $36k → 10%FREEDOM INC: $15k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
VT
WA
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
NC
SC
DC
HI
LA
MS
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20M · 102 repeat orgs$5.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

102 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2024, 53 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

102
245

Total granted

$20M
$4.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+16%

Still filing today

72%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $305k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CH
    CENTRO HISPANO INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +81%
  • UL
    URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $1.0M · revenue +81%
  • IA
    IRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $653k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR BLACK EXCELLENCE AND CULTURE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue -17% · 27% of their budget
  • LC
    LUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $298k · revenue -13%
  • RW
    ROOTED WI INC
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue -19%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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2
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
3
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
4
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are underserved, underrepresented and disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
5
Goodwill Industries of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Goodwill of south central wisconsin's mission is to help people in our community to live, work and thrive through housing, employment and supportive services. see schedule o for continuationsupported employment and job skills training are…

Employment
6
Mid-Iowa Community Action Inc

Mica helps families experencing poverty meet their needs, build on their strengths, and achieve their goals.

Community Improvement
7
The Open Door

The open door is a leading hunger-relief organization serving dakota county, minnesota, where food insecurity is a growing challenge. the open door is dedicated to ending local hunger by providing access to healthy, fresh, and nutritious…

Food & Nutrition
8
Second Harvest North Central Food Bank

Engaging the community to end hunger

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9
Oshkosh Area Community Pantry Inc

The oshkosh area community pantry strives to eliminate food insecurity.

Food & Nutrition
10
Food Bank of Iowa

The organization receives, warehouses, and distributes salvageable food items to non-profit tax exempt member agencies to feed the ill, needy, and infants.

Food & Nutrition
11
Feeding South Dakota

To eliminate hunger in south dakota.

Food & Nutrition
12
NourishMKE Inc

We're a network of community food centers that specializes in food, love, and community. Hunger is a real problem, and access to food should be a fundamental right. No one should be made to feel they're not deserving of nourishment when…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cross Community Players Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

231 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 231 of the 370 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

12
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
48
Early backer (in before they grew)
226/231
Grantees still filing
151/231
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $3,135,773 · OtherUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INCURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC: $1,001,500 · OtherURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INCYOURCAUSE INC: $915,353 · OtherYOURCAUSE INC+128 more: $8,675,871 · Other+128 moreCENTRO HISPANO INC: $1,085,950 · Human ServicesCENTRO HISPANO INCYWCA MADISON INC: $767,500 · Human ServicesYWCA MADISON INCIRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $652,855 · Human ServicesIRWIN A AND ROBERT D GO…THE ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY INC: $410,603 · Human ServicesTHE ROAD HOME DANE COUN…EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $351,300 · Human ServicesEAST MADISON COMMUNITY …Mentoring Positives Inc: $335,000 · Human ServicesMentoring Positives IncLUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER INC: $298,000 · Human ServicesLUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCA…Families and Schools Together Inc: $262,500 · Human Services+17 more: $1,073,947 · Human Services+17 moreEDGEWOOD UNIVERSITY INC: $486,000 · EducationGAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE FOR SAFE SCHOOLS INCORPORATED: $192,100 · EducationCEOS OF TOMORROW INC: $170,000 · EducationWOMEN'S INSTITUTE FOR A SECURE RETIREMENT: $147,350 · EducationHORIZON HIGH SCHOOL OF MADISON INC: $132,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA FOUNDATION: $117,000 · EducationJOB FOUNDATION: $115,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationLITERACY NETWORK INC: $90,000 · EducationCornerstone Credit Union Foundation: $81,500 · Education+4 more: $59,273 · EducationCENTER FOR BLACK EXCELLENCE AND CULTURE INC: $1,000,000 · Arts & Culture1619 FREEDOM SCHOOL: $425,000 · Arts & CultureSIMPSON STREET FREE PRESS INC: $168,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $70,000 · Arts & CultureBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY INC: $386,838 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CEDAR VALLEY: $296,000 · Youth DevelopmentCLIMB USA INC: $285,000 · Youth DevelopmentALL IN MENTORING: $39,000 · Youth DevelopmentRAPID CITY CLUB FOR BOYS INC: $37,500 · Youth Development+3 more: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMON WEALTH DEVELOPMENT INC: $245,025 · Community ImprovementLEADER VALLEY FOUNDATION: $240,950 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP: $225,250 · Community Improvement247 BLAC: $100,250 · Community ImprovementSTARTINGBLOCK MADISON INC: $60,000 · Community ImprovementEastmorland Community Center LTD: $50,850 · Community ImprovementMADISON REGION ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP: $50,000 · Community Improvement+3 more: $48,000 · Community ImprovementFOUNDATION FOR BLACK WOMEN'S WELLNESS INC: $450,000 · HealthWISE WOMEN GATHERING PLACE INC: $198,000 · HealthRAPE CRISIS CENTER INC: $95,000 · Health+2 more: $30,000 · Health
Other$13,728,497Human Services$5,237,655Education$1,690,223Arts & Culture$1,663,000Youth Development$1,119,338Community Improvement$1,020,325Health$773,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 Fou…Madison Gas and Elect…The Evjue Foundation …United Way of Dane Co…Endres Manufacturing …Alliant Energy Founda…Ascendium Education S…The Roots and Wings F…The Oscar Rennebohm F…Green Bay Packers Fou…Madison Rotary Founda…Veridian Foundation I…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Trustage Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Trustage Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
86report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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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