Funding search · EIN 203941123 · Madison, WI
Highlands Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 30
- grants reported
- $11.8M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $25,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Grant history
All 30 reported grants, largest first.
- $10.0M
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $250,000
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $250,000
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $250,000
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $200,000
Edgewood High School · Madison, WI · 2022
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $100,000
Domestic Abuse Intervention Services · Madison, WI · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $100,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Division of plastic surgery greatest need fund
- $100,000
Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (Dais) · Madison, WI · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $100,000
Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (Dais) · Madison, WI · 2022
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $100,000
Overture Center for the Arts · Madison, WI · 2022
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $75,000
Bethel Horizons · Madison, WI · 2022
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $50,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $50,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Cdis building for the future fund
- $25,000
Bethel Horizons · Madison, WI · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $25,000
United Way of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $25,000
United Way of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $25,000
United Way of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2022
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $20,000
The Arizona Humane Society · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $10,000
Friends of the Waisman Center · Madison, WI · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $10,000
Town of Manitowish Waters · Manitowish Waters, WI · 2023
Pickleball project
- $10,000
Thomas G Stamm Family Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $5,000
Madison Symphony Orchestra League · Madison, WI · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $5,000
Madison Symphony Orchestra League · Madison, WI · 2023
Concert on the green
- $5,000
Madison Children'S Museum · Middleton, WI · 2022
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $5,000
Madison Public School Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $3,000
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $2,500
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $2,500
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2022
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $1,000
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art · Madison, WI · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
- $1,000
North Lakeland Discovery Center · Manitowish Waters, WI · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
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