Wisconsin · Private foundation
Veridian 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.
- $170k
- Granted FY2023
- 71
- Grants FY2023
- 65
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 65%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 65
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $34k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 65% of the organizations Veridian Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 65 | $166k | 65% |
| FY2022 | 48 | $156k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $1.2M | 69% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $198k | 58% |
| FY2019 | 54 | $99k | 89% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $32k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison | $143,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Porchlight Inc | $140,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Domestic Abuse Intervention Services Inc | $140,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $132,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Badger Prairie Needs Network Inc | $102,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Waunakee Neighborhood Connection | $60,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Waunakee Ecumenical Board Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 18% |
| The River Food Pantry Inc | $48,900 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 98 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($173k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Veridian Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 85 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc · The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Veridian Foundation Inc
- How much does Veridian Foundation Inc give?
- Veridian Foundation Inc reported 71 grants totaling $169,550 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 65 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Veridian Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (22%), Human Services (22%), Youth Development (18%).
- Who are Veridian Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc ($300k), Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison ($144k), Porchlight Inc ($140k).
- Does Veridian Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Veridian 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 Veridian Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, Madison Community Foundation, The Evjue Foundation Inc.
- Where is Veridian Foundation Inc based?
- Veridian Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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