How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Wisconsin?

Start with the funders already giving to education in Wisconsin, currently Tosa Foundation, Ascendium Education Group Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Wisconsin from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Wisconsin?

Tosa Foundation gives the most to education organizations in Wisconsin, $86M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Wisconsin?

$985M reached 706 education organizations in Wisconsin, from 2,019 funders. 49% 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 · Education

Who funds education in Wisconsin

$985M reached 706 education organizations in Wisconsin, from 2,019 funders, with no single one dominating.

$985M

granted

706

organizations

49%

from in-state

The short version

2,019 funders gave $985M to 706 education organizations in Wisconsin across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
49% of that came from funders also based in Wisconsin; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Wisconsin is Tosa Foundation, at $86M.
The education organization drawing the most is University of Wisconsin Foundation, at $308M.

Largest funders of education in Wisconsin

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

1Tosa Foundation$86M 2Ascendium Education Group Inc$61M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$53M 4The Board of Trustees of the Leland$50M 5Ics Support Organization Inc$45M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$28M 7Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc$22M 8University of Wisconsin Medical$21M 9United Way of Greater Milwaukee &$19M 10Four-Four Foundation Inc$17M

Education organizations in Wisconsin that draw the most

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

696 other education organizations$335M

University of Wisconsin Foundation$308M Marquette University$83M Ascendium Education Solutions Inc$61M Indian Community School Inc$45M

How to find education funders in Wisconsin

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Start with the funders already active in Wisconsin
The funders giving the most to education in Wisconsin are Tosa Foundation, Ascendium Education Group Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
51% of education money in Wisconsin comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Wisconsin.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Wisconsin?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Wisconsin, currently Tosa Foundation, Ascendium Education Group Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Wisconsin from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Wisconsin?: Tosa Foundation gives the most to education organizations in Wisconsin, $86M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Wisconsin?: $985M reached 706 education organizations in Wisconsin, from 2,019 funders. 49% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

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

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.