How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Wisconsin?

Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Wisconsin, currently Housing Action Coalition of Waukesha County Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Network for Good. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Wisconsin from out of state.

Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Wisconsin?

Housing Action Coalition of Waukesha County Inc gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Wisconsin, $824k across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Wisconsin?

$15M reached 280 disaster and safety organizations in Wisconsin, from 346 funders. 53% came from funders also based in Wisconsin.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Wisconsin · Disaster and safety

Who funds disaster and safety in Wisconsin

Disaster and safety funding in Wisconsin is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Safe Community Coalition of Madison and Dane County Inc leads, and the money reaches 280 groups. Funders are thin on the ground: 280 disaster and safety organizations share only 346 funders between them.

$15M

granted

280

organizations

53%

from in-state

The short version

346 funders gave $15M to 280 disaster and safety organizations in Wisconsin across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
53% of that came from funders also based in Wisconsin; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of disaster and safety in Wisconsin is Housing Action Coalition of Waukesha County Inc, at $824k.
The disaster and safety organization drawing the most is Safe Community Coalition of Madison and Dane County Inc, at $1M.

Largest funders of disaster and safety in Wisconsin

The funders giving the most to disaster and safety organizations in Wisconsin, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Housing Action Coalition of Waukesha County Inc$824k 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$685k 3Network for Good$677k 4Northeastern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center Inc$439k 5Wisconsin Community Action Program Association Incorporated$405k 6Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc$382k 7National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$351k 8Brodhead Area Foundation$330k 9United Way Worldwide$328k 10New Venture Fund$305k

Disaster and safety organizations in Wisconsin that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

270 other disaster and safety organizations$9M

Safe Community Coalition of Madison and Dane County Inc$1M Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin Charitable Foundation Inc$1M Geneva Lake Water Safety Committee Inc$974k Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin Inc$862k

How to find disaster and safety funders in Wisconsin

1
Start with the funders already active in Wisconsin
The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in Wisconsin are Housing Action Coalition of Waukesha County Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Network for Good. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
47% of disaster and safety money in Wisconsin comes from funders elsewhere, so national disaster and safety funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Wisconsin.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Wisconsin?: Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Wisconsin, currently Housing Action Coalition of Waukesha County Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Network for Good. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Wisconsin from out of state.
Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Wisconsin?: Housing Action Coalition of Waukesha County Inc gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Wisconsin, $824k across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Wisconsin?: $15M reached 280 disaster and safety organizations in Wisconsin, from 346 funders. 53% came from funders also based in Wisconsin.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.