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University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Inc

University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation (UWMF) supports the teaching, research and service missions of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health by promoting the delivery of excellent and innovative patient care by faculty and staff who serve local, regional, national and international populations.

$58M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
8
Grants FY2025
10
Organizations funded FY2024
30%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$24,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$45,320,494
Organizations funded a year
6 to 16
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$823M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 30% of the organizations University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Inc 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; $27k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

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HealthHuman ServicesOther
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
FY2025still arriving8$58M13%
FY202410$56M30%
FY202311$56M45%
FY202210$55M30%
FY20216$57M17%
FY20209$58M0%
FY201913$95M23%
FY201816$65M19%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$557MHealth$4.6MHuman Services$77kCommunity Improvement$65kEmployment$32kArts & Culture$5k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
PA
NJ
UT
CO
VA
MD
NM
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Wisconsin Madison$375,730,6399n/a
University of Wisconsin Foundation$170,194,959910%
Regional Division Inc$10,867,636415%
Access Community Health Centers Inc$3,788,78752%
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation$289,00091%
Friends of University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Inc$107,80037%
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority$101,5675n/a
YWCA Madison Inc$66,92551%
Wisconsin Technology Innovation Initiative Inc$50,0001100%
Healthy Classrooms Foundation Inc$46,5005n/a
Show all 37 grantees
All grantees of University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Wisconsin Madison$375,730,6399n/a
University of Wisconsin Foundation$170,194,959910%
Regional Division Inc$10,867,636415%
Access Community Health Centers Inc$3,788,78752%
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation$289,00091%
Friends of University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Inc$107,80037%
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority$101,5675n/a
YWCA Madison Inc$66,92551%
Wisconsin Technology Innovation Initiative Inc$50,0001100%
Healthy Classrooms Foundation Inc$46,5005n/a
Breakthrough T1d$32,95040%
Uw House Staff Association$32,0003n/a
American Heart Association Inc$25,00030%
The American Pediatric Society Inc$24,50031%
Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation Inc$22,50030%
Embolden Wi Inc$21,50041%
The Arnold Gold Foundation$21,00030%
City of Boston Pilot$21,0002n/a
NAMI National$20,00020%
American Liver Foundation$12,85020%
The Salvation Army$10,0401n/a
Nami Dane County Inc$10,00012%
Perinatal Research Society$10,000116%
Combat Blindness International Inc$10,00011%
Healthy Native Communities Partnership I$9,50012%
Focused Interruption Coaltion LLC$9,0001n/a
University of Wisconsin$8,0001n/a
Foundation for Black Women's Wellness Inc$7,57710%
The Rainbow Project Inc$6,50011%
American Lung Association$6,00010%
DBA Children of the Rainforest Cir cle of Hearts$6,0001n/a
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology$5,75010%
American Urological Association Education and Research Inc$5,15010%
Children's Theater of Madison Inc$5,13410%
Medical Students for Choice$5,00010%
Rape Crisis Center Inc$5,00010%
University of Utah$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $170,194,959 over 9y, 10.0% of budgetRegional Division Inc: $10,867,636 over 4y, 15% of budgetAccess Community Health Centers Inc: $3,788,787 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetOrthopaedic Research and Education Foundation: $289,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetFriends of University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Inc: $107,800 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetYWCA Madison Inc: $66,925 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetWisconsin Technology Innovation Initiative Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $32,950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Pediatric Society Inc: $24,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetWisconsin Women's Health Foundation Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEmbolden Wi Inc: $21,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetThe Arnold Gold Foundation: $21,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNAMI National: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $12,850 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNami Dane County Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPerinatal Research Society: $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetCombat Blindness International Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHealthy Native Communities Partnership I: $9,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFoundation for Black Women's Wellness Inc: $7,577 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Rainbow Project Inc: $6,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology: $5,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Urological Association Education and Research Inc: $5,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Theater of Madison Inc: $5,134 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMedical Students for Choice: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRape Crisis Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 27.

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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 FoundationWI25.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

How much does University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Inc give?
University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $57,679,046 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (99%), Health (1%), Human Services (0%).
Who are University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Wisconsin Madison ($376M), University of Wisconsin Foundation ($170M), Regional Division Inc ($11M).
Does University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
Where is University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Inc based?
University of Wisconsin Medical 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 37 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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