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Who funds health in Wisconsin

It is overwhelmingly local money: 81% comes from funders based in Wisconsin.

$3.6B
granted
1,449
organizations
81%
from in-state

The short version

Largest funders of health in Wisconsin

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

Health organizations in Wisconsin that draw the most

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

How to find health funders in Wisconsin

  1. 1
    Start with the funders already active in Wisconsin

    The funders giving the most to health in Wisconsin are Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, The Morgridge Institute for Research Inc. A funder already writing health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.

  2. 2
    See who funds organizations like yours

    Open the health 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. 3
    Add the out-of-state funders reaching in

    19% of health money in Wisconsin comes from funders elsewhere, so national health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Wisconsin.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in Wisconsin?
Start with the funders already giving to health in Wisconsin, currently Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, The Morgridge Institute for Research Inc. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Wisconsin from out of state.
Who is the largest health funder in Wisconsin?
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc gives the most to health organizations in Wisconsin, $448M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in Wisconsin?
$3.6B reached 1,449 health organizations in Wisconsin, from 2,904 funders. 81% 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

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.