How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Wisconsin?

Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Wisconsin, currently Donors Trust Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Wisconsin Homeowners Alliance Inc. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Wisconsin from out of state.

Who is the largest public benefit funder in Wisconsin?

Donors Trust Inc gives the most to public benefit organizations in Wisconsin, $17M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to public benefit in Wisconsin?

$189M reached 229 public benefit organizations in Wisconsin, from 788 funders. 25% 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 · Public benefit

Who funds public benefit in Wisconsin

Most of it comes from outside Wisconsin: only 25% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$189M

granted

229

organizations

25%

from in-state

The short version

788 funders gave $189M to 229 public benefit organizations in Wisconsin across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
25% of that came from funders also based in Wisconsin; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of public benefit in Wisconsin is Donors Trust Inc, at $17M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is Lucy Burns Institute Inc, at $23M.

Largest funders of public benefit in Wisconsin

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

1Donors Trust Inc$17M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$15M 3Wisconsin Homeowners Alliance Inc$5M 4American Future Republic$5M 5Future Forward USA Action$5M 6The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc$4M 7Strategic Victory Fund$4M 8Together Wisconsin Acts Inc$4M 9Tides Foundation$3M 10Alliance for Youth Organizing$3M

Public benefit organizations in Wisconsin that draw the most

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

219 other public benefit organizations$103M

Lucy Burns Institute Inc$23M Organizing Empowerment Project Inc$11M Law Forward Inc$7M

How to find public benefit funders in Wisconsin

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Start with the funders already active in Wisconsin
The funders giving the most to public benefit in Wisconsin are Donors Trust Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Wisconsin Homeowners Alliance Inc. A funder already writing public benefit checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the public benefit 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
75% of public benefit money in Wisconsin comes from funders elsewhere, so national public benefit funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Wisconsin.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Wisconsin?: Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Wisconsin, currently Donors Trust Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Wisconsin Homeowners Alliance Inc. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Wisconsin from out of state.
Who is the largest public benefit funder in Wisconsin?: Donors Trust Inc gives the most to public benefit organizations in Wisconsin, $17M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in Wisconsin?: $189M reached 229 public benefit organizations in Wisconsin, from 788 funders. 25% 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.