Funding search · EIN 481255726 · Madison, WI

Silver Lining Foundation

Name: Silver Lining Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

84
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,957
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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4 grants matching “arrow” · $243,024

$83,000
Reach Dane - Red Arrow · Fitchburg, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$56,427
Reach Dane - Red Arrow · Fitchburg, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$80,122
Reach Dane - Red Arrow · Fitchburg, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution
$23,475
Reach Dane - Red Arrow · Fitchburg, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution

Top recipients

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

Reach Dane - Red Arrow4 grants · $243,024
Greater Madison Resource Center2 grants · $210,544
Today Not Tomorrow2 grants · $135,268
Northport Community Learning Center4 grants · $80,269
Startingblock Madison1 grant · $75,000
Collaborative 5232 grants · $64,700
Madison Metropolitan School District3 grants · $58,060
Lake Ripley Management District3 grants · $45,000
Rooted3 grants · $39,000
Reap3 grants · $27,500

Giving over time

$211,283

2022

$307,750

2023

$265,305

2024

$362,822

2025

Grant history

All 84 reported grants, largest first.

$115,888
Greater Madison Resource Center · Madison, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution
$94,656
Greater Madison Resource Center · Madison, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution
$83,000
Reach Dane - Red Arrow · Fitchburg, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$80,122
Reach Dane - Red Arrow · Fitchburg, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution
$75,000
Startingblock Madison · Madison, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$68,268
Today Not Tomorrow · Madison, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$67,000
Today Not Tomorrow · Madison, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$56,427
Reach Dane - Red Arrow · Fitchburg, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$43,349
Northport Community Learning Center · Madison, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution
$41,700
Collaborative 523 · Cambridge, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$25,764
Madison Metropolitan School District · Madison, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution
$23,475
Reach Dane - Red Arrow · Fitchburg, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution
$23,000
Collaborative 523 · Cambridge, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$20,000
Reap · Madison, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution
$20,000
Lake Ripley Management District · Cambridge, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution
$19,996
Madison Metropolitan School District · Madison, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$19,500
Rooted · Madison, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$19,000
Lake Ripley Management District · Cambridge, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$18,805
Northport Community Learning Center · Madison, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$15,000
Rooted · Madison, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$12,726
Wayforward · Middleton, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$12,500
Cambridge Arts Council · Cambridge, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$12,300
Madison Metropolitan School District · Madison, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution
$12,000
Art Hub · Cambridge, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution
$9,200
Aldo Leopold School Parent Faculty · Fitchburg, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$9,067
Northport Community Learning Center · Madison, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution
$9,048
Northport Community Learning Center · Madison, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$7,500
Three Gaits · Stoughton, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$6,708
Madison City Parks · Madison, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$6,000
Cambridge Arts Council · Cambridge, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$6,000
Lake Ripley Management District · Cambridge, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution
$5,973
Wayforward · Middleton, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution
$5,750
National Breast Cancer Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
General purpose contribution
$5,000
Cambridge Historic School Foundation · Cambridge, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$5,000
Reap · Madison, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$4,951
Madison City Parks · Madison, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution
$4,845
Madison City Parks · Madison, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution
$4,784
Orchestra X · Madison, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$4,776
Cambridge School District · Cambridge, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution
$4,500
Rooted · Madison, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution
$4,039
Cambridge Arts Council · Cambridge, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution
$4,000
Northeast Side Sherman Youth Basketball · Madison, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$3,914
Middleton Outreach Ministry · Middleton, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution
$3,000
Madison City Parks · Madison, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$3,000
Art Hub · Cambridge, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$2,694
Dane County Human Services · Madison, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$2,600
Lakeview Elementary Pto · Wind Lake, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$2,500
Breakthrough T1d · New York, NY · 2025
General purpose contribution
$2,500
Madison Northside Planning Council · Madison, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$2,500
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$2,500
Wisconsin Technology Council · Madison, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$2,500
Breakthrough T1d · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose contribution
$2,500
Make Music Alliance · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General purpose contribution
$2,500
Wisconsin Technology Council · Madison, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$2,500
Cultural Connections · Madison, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution
$2,500
Reap · Madison, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution
$2,000
Vegas City Opera · Las Vegas, NV · 2025
General purpose contribution
$1,971
Edgewood College · Madison, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$1,717
Orchestra X · Madison, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution
$1,677
Children'S Cancer Research Fund · Jacksonville, FL · 2022
General purpose contribution
$1,500
Connecting the Dots Foundation · Jackson, MS · 2022
General purpose contribution
$1,000
Cambridge Historic School Foundation · Cambridge, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$1,000
Cambridge Deerfeild Players Theater · Cambridge, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution
$1,000
Goodman Community Center · Madison, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution
$881
Dane County Human Services · Madison, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution
$800
Madison Community Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$750
Children'S Miracle Network · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
General purpose contribution
$709
Dane County Human Services · Madison, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution
$600
Goodman Community Center · Madison, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$600
Goodman Community Center · Madison, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution
$520
Goodman Community Center · Madison, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$515
Bleeding Disorders Alliance Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose contribution
$515
Bleeding Disorders Alliance Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose contribution
$515
Bleeding Disorders Alliance Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose contribution
$515
Hemophilia Alliance Foundation · Lansdale, PA · 2022
General purpose contribution
$500
Crosscounsel International Ministries · Madison, WI · 2025
General purpose contribution
$500
National Breast Cancer Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2025
General purpose contribution
$500
Crosscounsel International Ministries · Madison, WI · 2024
General purpose contribution
$500
Cambridge Fire Department · Cambridge, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution
$500
Cross Country International Ministries · Madison, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution
$500
Cambridge Fire Department · Cambridge, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution
$500
Cross Country International Ministries · Madison, WI · 2022
General purpose contribution
$300
Ymca of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2022
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$250
Cambridge School District · Cambridge, WI · 2023
General purpose contribution

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