Funding search · EIN 390678406 · Oregon, WI
William F Vilas Trust Estate
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 8
- grants reported
- $32.4M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $3.1M
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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 8 reported grants, largest first.
- $10.7M
Uw-Madison · Madison, WI · 2021
Scholarships, fellowships and professor salaries and allowances.
- $8.9M
Uw-Madison · Madison, WI · 2022
Scholarships, fellowships and professor salaries and allowances.
- $6.4M
Uw-Madison · Madison, WI · 2024
Scholarships, fellowships and professor salaries and allowances.
- $6.0M
Uw-Madison · Madison, WI · 2023
Scholarships, fellowships and professor salaries and allowances.
- $150,109
Uw-Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Scholarships, fellowships and professor salaries and allowances.
- $95,277
Uw-Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Scholarships, fellowships and professor salaries and allowances.
- $92,380
Uw-Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
Scholarships, fellowships and professor salaries and allowances.
- $49,792
Uw-Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Scholarships, fellowships and professor salaries and allowances.
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- Children'S Hospital of Wisconsin82 grants · $246.0M
- Ascendium Education Solutions667 grants · $296.7M
- Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing6,575 grants · $204.2M
Similar grant size
- Legal Services Corporation397 grants · $1.54B
- Robert W Woodruff Foundation116 grants · $733.7M
- Blue Meridian Partners288 grants · $1.17B
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