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MADISON YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION INC

MADISON YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,020 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($19,070). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$57k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$44k
Net assets
$41k
2/5 repeat funders
01What it does

What Madison Youth Sailing Foundation Inc does

Mission

Madison youth sailing foundation is a sailing organization in madison, wisconsin. The organization offers sailing classes for youth ages 5-17 of all skill levels. The organization is focused on providing a fun, safe and educational program for youth interested in sailing.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Sailing classes, lessons and camps

    $59,239 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $59,239.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $12k.

Funder
'17
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
2
1
2
2

4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 MADISON YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION INC’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

MADISON YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

89% 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 MADISON YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION INC.

43%
largest funder
89%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

89% of MADISON YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION INC'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 $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Wisconsin, across 1 state.

TX

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $39k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MADISON YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION INC receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $44k to it.

Operating margin−4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,282 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like MADISON YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION INC

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

International Youth Sailing of Oshkosh Ltd86%Milwaukee Maritime Academy Inc83%Kenosha Community Sailing Center Inc83%Delavan Lake Sailing School82%Green Bay Sail & Paddle Inc81%Pine Lake Sailing School Inc79%Milwaukee Yacht Club78%Pewaukee Lake Sailing School Inc78%

Nationally

International Youth Sailing of Oshkosh Ltd86%South Shore Nautical Education85%Sandusky Jr Sailors Inc84%Grand Rapids Junior Sailing Association83%Port Madison Yacht Club Inc83%Milwaukee Maritime Academy Inc83%Maui Community Sailing Foundation83%Crystal Lake Sailing School Inc83%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds MADISON YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION INC?
MADISON YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,020 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($19,070). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does MADISON YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $44,020 in grants to MADISON YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MADISON YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION INC?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $19,070 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MADISON YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION INC 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 5 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