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, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc, National Rural Water Association. 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, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to public benefit in Wisconsin?

$37M reached 73 public benefit organizations in Wisconsin, from 321 funders. 32% 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

Wisconsin's public benefit organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$37M

granted

organizations

32%

from in-state

The short version

321 funders gave $37M to 73 public benefit organizations in Wisconsin across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
32% 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 $7M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is Lucy Burns Institute Inc, at $10M.

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$7M 2The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc$2M 3National Rural Water Association$2M 4People's Action Institute$1M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1M 6Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated$1M 7Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc$1M 8The Independent Charitable Gift Fund$1M 9Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundation$842k 10Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc$816k

Public benefit organizations in Wisconsin that draw the most

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

63 other public benefit organizations$11M

Lucy Burns Institute Inc$10M Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education$3M Badger Institute Inc$2M Wisconsin Rural Water$2M A Better Wisconsin Together Institute$2M Community Partners Campus Inc$2M

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, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc, National Rural Water Association. 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
68% 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, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc, National Rural Water Association. 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, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in Wisconsin?: $37M reached 73 public benefit organizations in Wisconsin, from 321 funders. 32% 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.

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The regranting layer

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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.