Wisconsin · Public charity
Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Inc
The wisconsin trust account foundation works with civil legal aid organizations in wisconsin to increase access to justice. We oversee funds and invest in services and projects to help people resolve legal problems.
- $8.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $87,577
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $4,720,823
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $256k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 25 | $8.8M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $9.0M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $4.1M | 4% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $2.5M | 5% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $2.9M | 4% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $2.9M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $2.7M | 4% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $2.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc | $17,006,872 | 8 | 28% |
| Wisconsin Judicare Inc | $5,269,947 | 8 | 30% |
| Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee Inc | $2,603,266 | 8 | 10% |
| Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc | $1,372,750 | 8 | 5% |
| Abc for Health Inc | $1,172,079 | 8 | 39% |
| Kids Matter Inc | $980,610 | 8 | 21% |
| Centro Legal Por Derechos Humanos Inc | $786,447 | 8 | 28% |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Inc | $729,459 | 8 | 5% |
| Center Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse | $546,900 | 8 | 8% |
| Community Justice Incorporated | $486,054 | 8 | 15% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 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: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Wisconsin Balance of State Continuum of Care Inc · Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · Madison Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Inc
- How much does Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Inc give?
- Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Inc reported 25 grants totaling $8,796,804 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (98%), Human Services (1%), Community Improvement (0%).
- Who are Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc ($17M), Wisconsin Judicare Inc ($5.3M), Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee Inc ($2.6M).
- Does Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Green Bay Packers Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc.
- Where is Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Inc based?
- Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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