Wisconsin · Private foundation
Wright Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $311k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations Wright Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 4 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $50k | 32% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $42k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $57k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $35k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $50k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $38k | 80% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 Foundation | $220,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Edgewood High School | $35,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Edgewood Campus School Inc | $12,875 | 3 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Family Council | $12,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Vcy America Inc | $11,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| City Church Madison Inc | $3,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Bridge to Brighter Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| R Church | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Doxa Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $220,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Edgewood High School | $35,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Edgewood Campus School Inc | $12,875 | 3 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Family Council | $12,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Vcy America Inc | $11,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| City Church Madison Inc | $3,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Bridge to Brighter Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| R Church | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Doxa Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Road Home Dane County Inc | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Marquette Community Church | $1,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| World Vision International | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Liberty Counsel Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Narrow Road Ministries Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 1% |
| State of Grace Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The River Food Pantry Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Extended Hands Pantry Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kingdom Purpose International Inc | $750 | 2 | n/a |
| Shelter From the Storm Ministries Inc | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Voice of the Martyrs Inc | $550 | 3 | n/a |
| Camp Gray Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Care Net Pregnancy Center of Dane County Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $300 | 2 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $300 | 2 | n/a |
| Impact Christian Schools Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Answers in Genesis Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Zeteo Community Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Dane County K9 Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wright 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.
Open a dossier: Madison Community Foundation · United Way of Dane County Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Wright Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Wright Family Foundation Inc give?
- Wright Family Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $25,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Wright Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (78%), Religion (11%), Civil Rights (5%).
- Who are Wright Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Wisconsin Foundation ($220k), Edgewood High School ($36k), Edgewood Campus School Inc ($13k).
- Does Wright Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wright Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wright Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, United Way of Dane County Inc, Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc.
- Where is Wright Family Foundation Inc based?
- Wright Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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