Wisconsin · Nonprofit
TALIESIN PRESERVATION INC
TALIESIN PRESERVATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,455,805 to it, the largest being PLEASANT T ROWLAND FOUNDATION INC ($1,000,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $5.2M
What Taliesin Preservation Inc does
Mission
As stewards, talesin preservation, inc.'s dual mission is to preserve the cultural, built and natural enviornments that comprise the taliesin property and to conduct public educational and cultural programming that provides a greater understanding of frank lloyd wright's architecture and ideas
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Visitation program:this program responds to a growing public demand for a first-hand educational experience at the taliesin estate. Each year, over 25,000 guests visit the historic site. Several comprehensive tours are offered as well as programming to integrate the preservation focus on architecture, nature and culture. Enhanced public access opportunities allow visitors to experience the taliesin legacy of architecture and design, education, agriculture and the arts. To balance the visitor experience, a giftshop, cafe and exhibits on frank lloyd wright's life, work, and concepts are also offered.
$1,949,072 spent$2,533,961 earned by the program92% of program spendingPreservation program:this program provides resources for the ongoing preservation of the taliesin estate. This incudes financial contributions toward preservation work on the buildings and landscapes, as well as preservation committee support and professional wisconsin connections in order to ensure the integrity of the site for future generations.
$164,605 spentof which $163,381 as grants8% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,113,677.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $4.1M to $5.8M (+43%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 24% · 2021 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of TALIESIN PRESERVATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Carrie Rodamaker
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $12k → $35k.
8 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 TALIESIN PRESERVATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 funders by total. 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
TALIESIN PRESERVATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 68% · 2019 52% · 2020 43% · 2021 85% · 2022 45% · 2023 28% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
33% of TALIESIN PRESERVATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
92% of TALIESIN PRESERVATION INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $169k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Against its field
TALIESIN PRESERVATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 9 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like TALIESIN PRESERVATION 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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TALIESIN PRESERVATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TALIESIN PRESERVATION INC?
- TALIESIN PRESERVATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,455,805 to it, the largest being PLEASANT T ROWLAND FOUNDATION INC ($1,000,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TALIESIN PRESERVATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $1,455,805 in grants to TALIESIN PRESERVATION INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TALIESIN PRESERVATION INC?
- PLEASANT T ROWLAND FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TALIESIN PRESERVATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 31 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