Funding search · EIN 461063817 · Madison, WI
Gussel 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.
- 183
- grants reported
- $748,000
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $2,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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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8 grants matching “badger” · $12,500
- $2,500
Badger Prairie Needs Network · Verona, WI · 2025
General operations
- $1,000
Badger History Group · Prairie Du Sac, WI · 2025
General operations
- $2,500
Badger Prairie Needs Network · Verona, WI · 2024
General operations
- $1,000
Badger History Group · Prairie Du Sac, WI · 2024
General operations
- $2,500
Badger Prairie Needs Network · Verona, WI · 2023
General operations
- $1,000
Badger History Group · Prairie Du Sac, WI · 2023
General operations
- $1,000
Badger History Group · Prairie Du Sac, WI · 2022
General operations
- $1,000
Badger Honor Flight · Madison, WI · 2022
General operations
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Agrace Foundation4 grants · $55,000
- Junior Diabetes Research Fund3 grants · $53,000
- Tim Tebow Foundation3 grants · $32,000
- Breakthrough T1d2 grants · $30,000
- Kilbourn Fire Department5 grants · $28,000
- Girls On the Run Minnesota2 grants · $27,000
- K9s for Warriors4 grants · $25,000
- Beyond Blessed Pantry1 grant · $25,000
- Wisconsin Dells American Legion2 grants · $25,000
- Leukemia Research Foundation1 grant · $25,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 183 grants.
- $25,000
Agrace Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025
General operations
- $25,000
Beyond Blessed Pantry · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2025
General operations
- $25,000
Breakthrough T1d · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
General operations
- $25,000
Leukemia Research Foundation · Northfield, IL · 2025
General operations
- $25,000
Junior Diabetes Research Fund · Menasha, WI · 2024
General operations
- $16,000
Junior Diabetes Research Fund · Menasha, WI · 2023
General operations
- $15,000
Girls On the Run Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General operations
- $15,000
Tim Tebow Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
General operations
- $15,000
Wisconsin Dells American Legion · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2022
General operations
- $12,000
Agrace Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Care for all
- $12,000
Girls On the Run Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operations
- $12,000
Tim Tebow Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
General operations
- $12,000
Agrace Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
Care for all
- $12,000
Junior Diabetes Research Fund · Menasha, WI · 2022
General operations
- $11,000
K9s for Warriors · Ponta Verde, FL · 2025
General operations
- $11,000
Madison Reading Project · Fitchburg, WI · 2025
General operations
- $10,000
American Legion Post 187 · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2024
General operations
- $10,000
Wisconsin Dells American Legion · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2023
General operations
- $8,000
K9s for Warriors · Ponta Verde, FL · 2024
General operations
- $7,500
Wisconsin Dells Soccer Booster Club · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2025
General operations
- $7,000
Dells Area United Fund · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2025
General operations
- $7,000
Dells Area United Fund · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2024
General operations
- $7,000
Wi Dells Area United Fund · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2022
General operations
- $6,000
Dempsey Center · Lewiston, ME · 2025
General operations
- $6,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operations
- $6,000
Kilbourn Fire Department · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2025
General operations
- $6,000
Kilbourn Fire Department · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2024
General operations
- $6,000
Dells Area United Fund · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2023
General operations
- $6,000
Agrace Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
Program support
- $6,000
Kilbourn Fire Department · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2022
General operations
- $5,500
Kilbourn Fire Department · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
American Legion Post 187 · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2025
General operations
- $5,000
Breakthrough T1d · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
General operations
- $5,000
Briggsville American Legion · Briggsville, WI · 2025
General operations
- $5,000
Briggsville Volunteer Fire Departm · Briggsville, WI · 2025
General operations
- $5,000
Joan Hanson Foundation · Verona, WI · 2025
General operations
- $5,000
Oxford Fire Department · Oxford, WI · 2025
General operations
- $5,000
Resolve · McLean, VA · 2025
General operations
- $5,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2025
General operations
- $5,000
Special Olympics-Wi · Madison, WI · 2025
General operations
- $5,000
Wisconsin Lions Foundation · Rosholt, WI · 2025
General operations
- $5,000
World Orphan Fund · Randolph, WI · 2025
General operations
- $5,000
Briggsville American Legion · Briggsville, WI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Briggsville Volunteer Fire Departm · Briggsville, WI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Jdrf · Menasha, WI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Little Eagle Arts Foundation · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Oxford Fire Department · Oxford, WI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Oxford Grade School Pto · Oxford, WI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Sauk County Boys & Girls Club · Tomah, WI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Wisconsin Dells Soccer Booster Club · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Alzheimers & Dementia Alliance · Madison, WI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Boys and Girls Club West Central Wi · Tomah, WI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Briggsville American Legion · Briggsville, WI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Briggsville Volunteer Fire Departm · Briggsville, WI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Girls On the Run International · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Jrdf · Menasha, WI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
K9s for Warriors · Ponta Verde, FL · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Little Eagle Arts Foundation · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Mentoring Positives · Madison, WI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Oxford Fire Department · Oxford, WI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Sauk County Historical Society · Baraboo, WI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Tim Tebow Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Alzheimers & Dementia Alliance · Madison, WI · 2022
General operations
- $5,000
Briggsville American Legion · Briggsville, WI · 2022
General operations
- $5,000
Briggsville Volunteer Fire Departm · Briggsville, WI · 2022
General operations
- $5,000
Oxford Fire Department · Oxford, WI · 2022
General operations
- $4,500
Kilbourn Fire Department · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2023
General operations
- $3,500
Lavalle Team Penning Assoc · La Valle, WI · 2025
General operations
- $3,000
Gianna Homes Sursum Corda · Minnetonka, MN · 2025
General operations
- $3,000
Mn Fraternal Order of Police · Duluth, MN · 2025
General operations
- $3,000
Endometriosis Association · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operations
- $3,000
Hope Against Infertility · Appleton, WI · 2024
General operations
- $3,000
Joan Hanson Foundation · Verona, WI · 2024
General operations
- $3,000
Prostate Cancer Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
General operations
- $3,000
Marquette Cty Fair · Westfield, WI · 2023
General operations
- $3,000
Boys and Girls Club West Central Wi · Tomah, WI · 2022
General operations
- $3,000
Little Eagle Arts Foundation · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2022
General operations
- $2,500
Badger Prairie Needs Network · Verona, WI · 2025
General operations
- $2,500
Foundation for Dane County Parks · Madison, WI · 2025
General operations
- $2,500
Girls On the Run of Southcentral Wi · Madison, WI · 2025
General operations
- $2,500
Outdoors Forever · Mauston, WI · 2025
General operations
- $2,500
Sugar Creek Elementary · Verona, WI · 2025
General operations
- $2,500
Badger Prairie Needs Network · Verona, WI · 2024
General operations
- $2,500
Friends of Wisconsin State Parks · Hartford, WI · 2024
General operations
- $2,500
Marquette Cty Ems · Montello, WI · 2024
General operations
- $2,500
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
General operations
- $2,500
World Orphan Fund · Randolph, WI · 2024
General operations
- $2,500
Badger Prairie Needs Network · Verona, WI · 2023
General operations
- $2,500
Endometriosis Association · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operations
- $2,500
Friends of Wisconsin State Parks · Hartford, WI · 2023
General operations
- $2,500
Hope Against Infertility · Appleton, WI · 2023
General operations
- $2,500
Joan Hanson Foundation · Verona, WI · 2023
General operations
- $2,500
Special Olympics · Madison, WI · 2023
General operations
- $2,000
Columbia County Humane Society · Portage, WI · 2025
General operations
- $2,000
Lake Delton Police Association · Lake Delton, WI · 2025
General operations
- $2,000
Marquette Cty Crime Stoppers · Montello, WI · 2025
General operations
- $2,000
Oxford Lions Club · Oxford, WI · 2025
General operation
- $2,000
Oxford Vfw Post 6003 · Oxford, WI · 2025
General operations
- $2,000
Pheasants Forever · Baraboo, WI · 2025
General operations
- $2,000
Wisconsin Dells School District · Wisconsin Dells, WI · 2025
General operations
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