Wisconsin · Public charity
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
To support scientific research within the uw-madison community by providing financial support, actively managing assets, and moving innovations to the marketplace for a financial return and global impact.
- $156M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $101M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $95,377,427
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $95,377,427
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 2
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.4B
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Wisconsin Alumni Research 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 | 2 | $101M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $92M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $92M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $95M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $176M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $96M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $87M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $338M | 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 | $804,696,666 | 9 | n/a |
| The Morgridge Institute for Research Inc | $356,152,615 | 9 | 76% |
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About Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- How much does Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation give?
- Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation reported 2 itemized grants totaling $100,577,427, out of $156,397,427 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 2 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (69%), Health (31%).
- Who are Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Wisconsin Madison ($805M), The Morgridge Institute for Research Inc ($356M).
- Does Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation based?
- Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is based in WI.
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