How do I find funders for a medical research nonprofit in Wisconsin?

Start with the funders already giving to medical research in Wisconsin, currently The Board of Trustees of the Leland, Tosa Foundation, Tiny Blue Dot Inc. Then look at who funds the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Wisconsin from out of state.

How much grant money goes to medical research in Wisconsin?

$68M reached 33 medical research organizations in Wisconsin, from 101 funders. 1% 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 · Medical research

Who funds medical research in Wisconsin

Most of it comes from outside Wisconsin: only 1% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: The Morgridge Institute Foundation Inc alone draws 74% of every medical research grant dollar in Wisconsin.

$68M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

101 funders gave $68M to 33 medical research organizations in Wisconsin across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
1% of that came from funders also based in Wisconsin; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of medical research in Wisconsin is The Board of Trustees of the Leland, at $25M.
The medical research organization drawing the most is The Morgridge Institute Foundation Inc, at $50M.

Largest funders of medical research in Wisconsin

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

1The Board of Trustees of the Leland$25M 2Tosa Foundation$25M 3Tiny Blue Dot Inc$6M 4The Chicago Community Trust$2M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$2M 6Johns Hopkins University$2M 7Turnbull Family Foundation Inc$1M 8National Philanthropic Trust$1M 9Grantham Foundation for the Protection$500k 10International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary$447k

Medical research organizations in Wisconsin that draw the most

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

The Morgridge Institute Foundation Inc$50M Usona Institute Inc$10M

How to find medical research funders in Wisconsin

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Start with the funders already active in Wisconsin
The funders giving the most to medical research in Wisconsin are The Board of Trustees of the Leland, Tosa Foundation, Tiny Blue Dot Inc. A funder already writing medical research checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the medical research 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
99% of medical research money in Wisconsin comes from funders elsewhere, so national medical research funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Wisconsin.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a medical research nonprofit in Wisconsin?: Start with the funders already giving to medical research in Wisconsin, currently The Board of Trustees of the Leland, Tosa Foundation, Tiny Blue Dot Inc. Then look at who funds the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Wisconsin from out of state.
Who is the largest medical research funder in Wisconsin?: The Board of Trustees of the Leland gives the most to medical research organizations in Wisconsin, $25M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to medical research in Wisconsin?: $68M reached 33 medical research organizations in Wisconsin, from 101 funders. 1% 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.