Wisconsin · Public charity
University of Wisconsin Foundation
To promote the welfare of and advance the objectives of the university of wisconsin-madison by encouraging the interest, engagement, and financial support of alumni, donors, and friends in the life of the university and with each other.
- $549M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $94,853,881
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $196,895,770
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.3B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations University of Wisconsin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $549M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $456M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $340M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $272M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $305M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $244M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $275M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $278M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $2,970,153,407 | 9 | n/a |
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About University of Wisconsin Foundation
- How much does University of Wisconsin Foundation give?
- University of Wisconsin Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $548,751,779 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does University of Wisconsin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
- Who are University of Wisconsin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Wisconsin Madison ($3.0B).
- Does University of Wisconsin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is University of Wisconsin Foundation based?
- University of Wisconsin Foundation is based in WI.
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