Funding search · EIN 396038248 · Madison, WI

Madison Community Foundation

Name: Madison Community Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

1,049
grants reported: $36.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $11,982
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

8 grants matching “letter” · $249,010

$74,400
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts & Letters · Madison, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$6,272
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts & Letters · Madison, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$73,035
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts & Letters · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$6,242
Foundation for Dane County Parks · Madison, WI · 2023
Year appeal letters to dane county parks annual permit holders
$6,138
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts & Letters · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,500
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts & Letters · Madison, WI · 2023
Presentation and outreach equipment
$71,434
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,989
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Madison Youth Arts Center10 grants · $4.0M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund3 grants · $2.0M
Africa6000 International2 grants · $2.0M
Madison Public Library Foundation29 grants · $1.6M
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra10 grants · $1.3M
Sokaogon Chippewa Community6 grants · $1.2M
Madison College Foundation5 grants · $970,000
Madison Children'S Museum Foundation18 grants · $934,541
Madison Symphony Orchestra18 grants · $910,855
Madison Opera10 grants · $752,974

Giving over time

$13.1M

2022

$9.8M

2023

$13.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,049 grants.

$2.8M
Madison Youth Arts Center · Madison, WI · 2022
Capital costs
$2.0M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Guinn family fund #1332554
$1.0M
Africa6000 International · Erie, PA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$1.0M
Africa6000 International · Erie, PA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$687,250
City of Middleton · Middleton, WI · 2022
Shg capital campaign
$515,000
Madison Youth Arts Center · Madison, WI · 2023
Ongoing myarts operations
$500,000
Sokaogon Chippewa Community · Crandon, WI · 2024
Tribal health clinic expansion
$354,200
Sokaogon Chippewa Community · Crandon, WI · 2024
Land purchase (from remaining assets, land is adjacent to sokaogon chippewa reservation)
$350,000
Madison College Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$325,000
Madison College Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
Frautschi family pathway scholarship fund
$275,000
Madison College Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Frautschi family pathway scholarship fund
$250,000
Madison Public Library Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
In 1993, madison public library foundation (mplf) was created to bridge the gap between appropriated city of madison funding and the ever-rising costs of library resources and services to meet our community's needs. Nin… read allIn 1993, madison public library foundation (mplf) was created to bridge the gap between appropriated city of madison funding and the ever-rising costs of library resources and services to meet our community's needs. Nine facilities spread throughout the c less
$248,572
Madison Public Library Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$233,696
Madison Public Library Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$230,000
Madison Youth Arts Center · Madison, WI · 2023
To support myarts operations
$230,000
Madison Youth Arts Center · Madison, WI · 2022
Building construction
$220,756
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$219,871
Madison Public Library Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$215,963
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$211,373
Madison Symphony Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$210,578
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$209,845
Boys & Girls Club of Dane County · Fitchburg, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$207,088
Madison Symphony Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$202,206
Madison Symphony Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$201,456
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$200,000
Habitat for Humanity of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$200,000
The Rainbow Project · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$197,081
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$192,164
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$182,500
Sokaogon Chippewa Community · Crandon, WI · 2022
Land purchase of 20 acres directly adjacent to trust property
$180,000
Wisconsin Youth Company · Madison, WI · 2024
Out-of-school time advocacy position proposal
$154,434
Madison Opera · Madison, WI · 2024
Support operations
$153,030
United Way of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$151,092
Madison Opera · Madison, WI · 2023
For general operations
$150,000
Madison College · Madison, WI · 2024
Madison area technical college is a public community college serving all or part of 12 counties in south central wisconsin. They have seven campuses: three in madison and four serving rural communities. The college serv… read allMadison area technical college is a public community college serving all or part of 12 counties in south central wisconsin. They have seven campuses: three in madison and four serving rural communities. The college serves substantial numbers of historic less
$150,000
Urban League of Greater Madison · Madison, WI · 2023
Black business hub & accelerator program
$150,000
Bayview Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
Bayview rising: a campaign to elevate lives
$150,000
Madison Youth Arts Center · Madison, WI · 2022
Building construction and operations
$150,000
Ridgeway Church · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$148,566
Madison Public Library Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
To benefit the reindahl park library
$147,018
Madison Opera · Madison, WI · 2022
Operations
$127,000
Sokaogon Chippewa Community · Crandon, WI · 2024
Purchase land adjacent to reservation
$125,000
Hancock Center for Creative Arts Therapies · Madison, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$109,631
The Road Home Dane County · Madison, WI · 2024
Support services and rental subsidies for families
$106,807
The Road Home Dane County · Madison, WI · 2023
Support services and rental subsidies for families
$105,837
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art · Madison, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$103,828
The Road Home Dane County · Madison, WI · 2022
Support services and rental subsidies for families
$103,723
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$101,299
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$100,000
Access Ability Wisconsin · Mineral Point, WI · 2024
Purchase of wheelchairs and equipment
$100,000
Habitat for Humanity of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$100,000
Madison Area Community Land Trust · Madison, WI · 2024
Expanding permanently affordable homeownership opportunities in madison
$100,000
Madison Children'S Museum Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Momentum campaign
$100,000
The Center for Black Excellence and Culture · Madison, WI · 2024
Capital project
$100,000
Access Ability Wisconsin · Mineral Point, WI · 2023
Purchase wheelchairs and equipment
$100,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$100,000
The Center for Black Excellence and Culture · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$100,000
Village of Mazomanie · Mazomanie, WI · 2023
School house bluff increased accessibility & improvement / wi dnr match
$100,000
Centro Hispano · Madison, WI · 2022
Campaign centro
$100,000
The Center for Black Excellence and Culture · Madison, WI · 2022
The capital project
$98,906
Madison Public Library Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$96,479
The Foundation for Black Women'S Wellness · Madison, WI · 2024
Ffbww programs and operations
$92,500
Hancock Center for Dancemovement Therapy · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$92,209
Madison Public Library Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$91,994
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$91,714
Madison Children'S Museum Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$91,188
Madison Opera · Madison, WI · 2024
Support operations
$90,074
Madison Children'S Museum Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$89,979
Ctm · Madison, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$89,356
Madison Opera · Madison, WI · 2023
For general operations
$88,846
Madison Public Library Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$88,587
Friends of the Evjue School Forest of Merrill · Merrill, WI · 2023
2021-2023 spending plan amounts
$88,444
Ctm · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$88,408
Wea Member Benefits Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$88,157
Madison Children'S Museum Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$87,260
Madison Opera · Madison, WI · 2022
Operations
$86,449
Ctm · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$83,916
Madison Children'S Museum Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$83,451
Overture Center Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
Overture residents rent assistance
$82,412
Madison Children'S Museum Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$81,138
Ctm · Madison, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$80,653
Madison Children'S Museum Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$79,751
Ctm · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$77,948
Ctm · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$77,064
Dane County Library Service · Madison, WI · 2024
Humanities programming in public libraries
$75,377
Dane County Library Service · Madison, WI · 2023
Humanities programming in public libraries
$75,000
Badger Prairie Needs Network · Verona, WI · 2024
Since 1986, badger prairie needs network (bpnn) has been fighting poverty and ending hunger throughout dane county, offering a respectful and dignified experience for impoverished individuals. This 100% volunteer organi… read allSince 1986, badger prairie needs network (bpnn) has been fighting poverty and ending hunger throughout dane county, offering a respectful and dignified experience for impoverished individuals. This 100% volunteer organization serves as a crucial distrib less
$75,000
Catholic Relief Services · Harlan, IA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$75,000
Combat Blindness International · Madison, WI · 2024
Women's empowerment and workforce development programs: certified ophthalmic paramedics (cop) training program and the aadya initiative
$75,000
Felicia'S Donation Closet · Dane, WI · 2024
Capacity build projectfelicia's donation closet is a 100% volunteer non-profit organization that helps women prepare themselves for society after facing domestic abuse. Founder, felicia raye diny, is a survivor of domes… read allCapacity build projectfelicia's donation closet is a 100% volunteer non-profit organization that helps women prepare themselves for society after facing domestic abuse. Founder, felicia raye diny, is a survivor of domestic abuse herself. She began helpi less
$75,000
Mentoring Positives · Madison, WI · 2024
Darbo dream centermentoring positives (mp), justdane, and the african center for community development have met intensively for a year to envision and plan for the darbo dream center (ddc), a collaborative shared space … read allDarbo dream centermentoring positives (mp), justdane, and the african center for community development have met intensively for a year to envision and plan for the darbo dream center (ddc), a collaborative shared space centered in the culturally rich an less
$75,000
Rooted Wi · Madison, WI · 2023
Growing rooted's development capacity
$75,000
Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development · Madison, WI · 2022
Increasing access to black history for agencies with fixed budgets
$75,000
The Foundation for Black Women'S Wellness · Madison, WI · 2022
Full-time development position
$74,400
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts & Letters · Madison, WI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$73,654
Dane County Library Service · Madison, WI · 2022
Humanities programming in public libraries
$73,111
Forward Theater Company · Madison, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$73,035
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts & Letters · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes
$73,000
Combat Blindness International · Madison, WI · 2023
Certified ophthalmic paramedics (cop) training
$71,688
Hancock Center for Creative Arts Therapies · Madison, WI · 2023
General charitable purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.