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Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat

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$21.6M
in grants paid: 158
grants: 62
recipients: 2022–2025
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$337,000
Madison Community Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$50,000
Center for Black Excellence and Cul · Madison, WI · 2025
To support center for black excellence and culture
$30,000
Rise · Madison, WI · 2025
To support organization
$20,000
Goodman Community Center · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$20,000
Wisconsin Watch · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Donation
$10,000
Cloud Forest School Foundation · Sewanee, TN · 2025
Donation
$10,000
Vera Court Neighborood Association · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$9,029
Madison Community Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$22
Madison Community Foundationi · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$16.3M
Madison Community Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$2.0M
Madison Community Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$100,000
Madison Public Library · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$61,350
United Way of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$50,000
The Playing Field · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$50,000
Center for Black Excellence and Cul · Madison, WI · 2024
To support center for black excellence and culture
$50,000
Aclu Foundation of Wi · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support american civil liberties union
$50,000
Overture Center · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$50,000
The River Food Pantry · Madison, WI · 2024
To support local food pantry
$50,000
Solace Friends · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$50,000
Uwf Econ Professorship · Madison, WI · 2024
To support organization
$50,000
Jdrf Tid Fund Llc · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$40,000
Uwf Odyssey Family · Madison, WI · 2024
To support organization
$40,000
Just Dane · Madison, WI · 2024
To support organization
$30,000
Pbs Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$30,000
Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2024
Support youth symphony
$30,000
Madison College Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$30,000
Rise · Madison, WI · 2024
To support organization
$25,000
Nature Conservancy · Madison, WI · 2024
To support orgnaization
$25,000
Madison Symphony Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2024
To support organization
$22,000
Wisconsins Greenfire · Rhinelander, WI · 2024
Donation
$20,000
Habitat for Humanity · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$20,000
Natural Resources Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$20,000
Porchlight · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$20,000
Literacy Network · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$20,000
Goodman Community Center · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$20,000
Uw Foundation School of Music · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$20,000
Urban League · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$20,000
Ippfwhr · Madison, WI · 2024
To support organization
$20,000
Bayview · Madison, WI · 2024
To support organization
$20,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Donation
$20,000
Wisconsin Watch · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Donation
$15,000
Opera for the Young · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$15,000
Guttmacher Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Donation
$12,500
Madison Opera · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Operation Fresh Start · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Ywca of Madison · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Madison Reading Project · Madison, WI · 2024
To support organization
$10,000
Briarpatch Youth Services · Fitchburg, WI · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Dais · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Cloud Forest School Foundation · Sewanee, TN · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Driftless Area Land Conservation · Dodgeville, WI · 2024
Donation
$10,000
The Road Home Dane County · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Children'S Theater of Madison · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Vera Court Neighborood · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Aldo Leopold Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Wave Education Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Foundation for Madison Public Schoo · Madison, WI · 2024
To support organization
$5,000
Wi Public Radio · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support wpr
$3,000
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$2,000
Groundswell Conservancy · Madison, WI · 2024
Donation
$2,000
National Parks Conservation · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation
$1,200
Wisconsin Historical Society · Madison, WI · 2024
Support history
$200
Access Fund · Boulder, CO · 2024
Donation
$100,000
Uwf Econ Professorship · Madison, WI · 2023
To support organization
$50,000
Jdrf Tid Fund Llc · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$50,000
The Playing Field · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$50,000
Madison Reading Project · Madison, WI · 2023
To support organization
$44,000
Aclu Foundation of Wi · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
To support american civil liberties union
$40,000
Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2023
Support youth symphony
$30,000
Madison College Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$25,000
Nature Conservancy · Madison, WI · 2023
To support orgnaization
$22,000
Wisconsins Greenfire · Rhinelander, WI · 2023
Donation
$20,000
Just Dane · Madison, WI · 2023
To support organization
$20,000
The River Food Pantry · Madison, WI · 2023
To support local food pantry
$20,000
Wisconsin Center for Investigative · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$20,000
Natural Resources Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$20,000
Madison Symphony Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2023
To support organization
$20,000
Children'S Theater of Madison · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$20,000
Bayview · Madison, WI · 2023
To support organization
$20,000
Pbs Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$20,000
Literacy Network · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$20,000
Ippfwhr · Madison, WI · 2023
To support organization
$10,100
United Way of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Goodman Community Center · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Porchlight · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Ywca of Madison · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Driftless Area Land Conservation · Dodgeville, WI · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Cloud Forest School Foundation · Sewanee, TN · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Dais · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Madison Opera · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Overture Center · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Habitat for Humanity · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Operation Fresh Start · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Madison Public Library · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Guttmacher Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Donation
$10,000
The Road Home Dane County · Madison, WI · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Donation
$10,000
Briarpatch Youth Services · Fitchburg, WI · 2023
Donation
$5,000
Newbridge · Madison, WI · 2023
To support newbridge
$5,000
Wave Education Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Donation

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.