Wisconsin · Private foundation
Wittwer Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $120k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 22
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Wittwer Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $120k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $95k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $100k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $107k | 16% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $122k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic Abuse Intervention Services Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Edgewood University Inc | $57,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The River Food Pantry Inc | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Wayforward Resources Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dane County Humane Society | $32,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Agrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Just One International Inc | $21,600 | 4 | 6% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $19,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic Abuse Intervention Services Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Edgewood University Inc | $57,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The River Food Pantry Inc | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Wayforward Resources Inc | $35,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Dane County Humane Society | $32,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Agrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Just One International Inc | $21,600 | 4 | 6% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $19,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Operation Smile Inc | $19,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Heart to Heart Experiences Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish | $10,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Culver's Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Paws With A Cause | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Madison Public Schools Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Reach Out and Read Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Paws for a Cause | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| National Park Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($217k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wittwer Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Wittwer Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Wittwer Family Foundation Inc give?
- Wittwer Family Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $120,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Wittwer Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (44%), Education (14%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
- Who are Wittwer Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Domestic Abuse Intervention Services Inc ($60k), Edgewood University Inc ($58k), Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison ($50k).
- Does Wittwer Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wittwer Family 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 Wittwer Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, Green Bay Packers Foundation, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
- Where is Wittwer Family Foundation Inc based?
- Wittwer Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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