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FRIENDS OF THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON IN
FRIENDS OF THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON IN (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,331 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($12,550). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $82k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $816k
What Friends of the Geology Museum University of Wisconsin Madison In does
Mission
To support the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum including its collections, exhibits, educational programs, research efforts, and personnel.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provided financial assistance and supplies to the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum. The grant was for general museum operations while the supplies and other expenses benefited a range of projects (e.g., exhibit repairs, annual open house). Contributions to the museum's collections included a Wisconsin trilobite fossil and a set of orange thomsonite specimens from India.
$26,258 spentof which $25,000 as grants98% of program spendingDeepened connections between the organization's membership and the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum. This included the publication and mailing of a quarterly newsletter that featured museum updates and specimens. This support was also used to purchase supplies for an educational Behind the Scenes Night at the museum for members.
$564 spent2% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $26,822.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $694k to $816k (+18%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $116 → $198.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON IN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FRIENDS OF THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON IN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FRIENDS OF THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON IN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 57% · 2021 100% · 2022 77% · 2023 75% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
98% of FRIENDS OF THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON IN's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $275 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON IN
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON IN?
- FRIENDS OF THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON IN (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,331 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($12,550). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON IN have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $13,331 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON IN, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON IN?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $12,550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE GEOLOGY MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON IN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing