Funding search · EIN 460513483 · Waunakee, WI

Backus Family Foundation

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

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

149
grants reported: $60,233
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $250
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

scholarship alan alliance bratberg carecenter children health hospitals

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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.

1 grant matching “bratberg” · $1,000

$1,000
Gale Etrick Trempeleau School District · Galesville, WI · 2024
Alan bratberg scholarship fund

Top recipients

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

Nanostead Foundation Dba Marshall Relief Alliance1 grant · $10,000
Faith Congregational Church2 grants · $2,000
International Crane Foundation3 grants · $1,530
Blackhawk Church3 grants · $1,525
Gunderson Medical Foundation2 grants · $1,518
Stoughton Hospital Foundation3 grants · $1,500
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption3 grants · $1,278
Evan Scholars Foundation1 grant · $1,260
Lee Health Foundation3 grants · $1,250
Three Pillars Senior Living Communities2 grants · $1,030

Giving over time

$21,860

2022

$11,247

2023

$27,126

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 149 grants.

$10,000
Nanostead Foundation Dba Marshall Relief Alliance · Marshall, NC · 2024
Marshall relief alliance
$1,260
Evan Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2022
General support
$1,018
Gunderson Medical Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2023
General support
$1,000
Faith Congregational Church · Wilton, WI · 2024
General support
$1,000
Gale Etrick Trempeleau School District · Galesville, WI · 2024
Alan bratberg scholarship fund
$1,000
Midwest Horse Welfare Foundation · Pittsville, WI · 2024
General support
$1,000
Wilton Hillside Cemetery · Wilton, WI · 2024
General support
$1,000
Faith Congregational Church · Wilton, WI · 2022
General support
$1,000
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau Educational Foundation · Galesville, WI · 2022
General support
$1,000
Village of Wilton · Wilton, WI · 2022
General support
$750
Mingus Mountain Estate Resident Center · Prescott Valley, AZ · 2022
General support
$633
Children'S Cancer Research · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support
$525
Blackhawk Church · Middleton, WI · 2023
General support
$521
Mercy Chefs · Portsmouth, VA · 2024
General support
$518
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Children's miracle network hospitals fund
$515
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2024
General support
$515
Three Pillars Senior Living Communities · Dousman, WI · 2024
Resident support fund health carecenter
$515
Wisconsin Masonic Center Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
$515
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2023
General support
$515
Three Pillars Senior Living Communities · Dousman, WI · 2023
General support
$514
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption · Dublin, OH · 2024
General support
$514
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption · Dublin, OH · 2023
General support
$500
Apostolic Praise Tabernacle · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
General support
$500
Blackhawk Church · Middleton, WI · 2024
General support
$500
Help the Least of These · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
Projects in nairobo, kenya
$500
Stoughton Hospital Foundation · Stoughton, WI · 2024
General support
$500
United Pentecostal Church of Stoughton · Stoughton, WI · 2024
General support
$500
Wayne High School Marching Band · Wayne, MI · 2024
Scholarship
$500
Help the Least of These My Brethren · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
General support
$500
Lee Health Foundation · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
General support
$500
Stoughton Hospital Foundation · Stoughton, WI · 2023
General support
$500
Apostolic Praise Tabernacle · Hoschton, GA · 2022
General support
$500
Blackhawk Church · Middleton, WI · 2022
General support
$500
Gunderson Medical Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2022
General support
$500
Help the Least of These My Brethren · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General support
$500
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2022
General support
$500
Lee Health Foundation · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General support
$500
Madison Public Schools Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
$500
Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$500
St Ann Parish · Stoughton, WI · 2022
General support
$500
Starlight Children'S Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2022
General support
$500
Stoughton Hospital Foundation · Stoughton, WI · 2022
General support
$500
United Pentecostal Church of Stoughton · Stoughton, WI · 2022
General support
$500
Wayne-Westland Community School District · Wayne, MI · 2022
General support
$500
Wisconsin Masonic Foundation · Dousmann, WI · 2022
General support
$500
Wisconsin Masonic Home · Dousman, WI · 2022
General support
$400
Alter-Ations · Coon Valley, WI · 2024
General support
$300
St Ann'S Parish · Stoughton, WI · 2024
General support
$300
St Barnabas Episcopal Church · Richland Center, WI · 2024
General support
$300
Trempealeau County Humane Society · Blair, WI · 2024
General support
$300
United Way of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
$300
Gulf Coast Humane Society · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General support
$300
Homes for Our Troops · Taunton, MA · 2022
General support
$300
Special Olympics of Virginia · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022
General support
$300
Thomas More Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$250
Arizona Hemophilia Association Inc (Dba Arizona Bleeding Disorders) · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General support
$250
Bronson Health Foundation · Kalamazoo, MI · 2024
General support
$250
Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches · Live Oak, FL · 2024
General support
$250
Mingus Mountain Vfw Post 10227 · Prescott Valley, AZ · 2024
General support
$250
Parkinson'S Association of San Diego · Solana Beach, CA · 2024
General support
$250
Arizona Bleeding Disorders · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General support
$250
Humane Society of Huron Valley · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
General support
$250
Midwest Horse Welfare Agency · Pittsville, WI · 2023
General support
$250
Parkinson'S Association of San Diego · Solana Beach, CA · 2023
General support
$250
St Ann Parish · Stoughton, WI · 2023
General support
$250
Team Blueline · Peachtree City, GA · 2023
General support
$250
Children'S Dyslexia Center · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
$250
Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General support
$250
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption · Dublin, OH · 2022
General support
$250
Florida State Golf Association · Tampa, FL · 2022
General support
$250
Folds of Honor · Owasso, OK · 2022
General support
$250
Lee Health Foundation · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General support
$250
Midwest Horse Welfare Agency · Pittsville, WI · 2022
General support
$250
Saint Johns Nw Military Academy · Delafield, WI · 2022
General support
$250
Trempealeau Humane Society · Blair, WI · 2022
General support
$214
St Matthew'S House · Naples, FL · 2024
General support
$214
Riley Children'S Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General support
$214
St Matthew'S House · Naples, FL · 2023
General support
$210
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2024
General support
$210
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2024
General support
$210
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2023
General support
$210
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society · Hollywood, FL · 2023
General support
$210
World Wildlife Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$208
Guide Dogs for the Blind · San Rafael, CA · 2024
General support
$208
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$208
Guide Dogs for the Blind · San Rafael, CA · 2023
General support
$207
Gary Sinese Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support
$207
Toys for Tots Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General support
$206
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
$206
Home for the Troops · Taunton, MA · 2024
General support
$206
Madison Parks Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
$206
Olbrich Botanical Society · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
$206
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson'S Research · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General support
$206
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
General support
$206
Angel'S Wish · Verona, WI · 2023
General support
$206
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
$206
Folds of Honor · Owasso, OK · 2023
General support
$206
Madison Parks Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
$205
Homes for Our Troops · Taunton, MA · 2023
General support
$200
Angel'S Wish Incorporated · Verona, WI · 2024
General support

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