Funding search · EIN 391172378 · Madison, WI
Community Shares of Wisconsin
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 191
- grants reported
- $3.1M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $14,667
- 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.
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools Incorporated2 grants · $161,869
- Aclu of Wisconsin Foundation3 grants · $96,631
- Friends of Wisconsin State Parks3 grants · $95,218
- Rape Crisis Center3 grants · $93,729
- League of Women Voters of Wi3 grants · $90,842
- Wi Literacy3 grants · $86,560
- Gsafe1 grant · $78,717
- Freedom3 grants · $78,547
- Bayview Foundation3 grants · $76,130
- River Alliance of Wisconsin3 grants · $68,476
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 191 grants.
- $89,364
Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools Incorporated · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $78,717
Gsafe · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $72,505
Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools Incorporated · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $34,832
Aclu of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
- $33,566
Rape Crisis Center · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $33,359
Kids Forward · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $33,051
Wi Literacy · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $32,779
Friends of Wisconsin State Parks · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $32,638
Aclu of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
- $32,609
Rape Crisis Center · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $32,427
Friends of Wisconsin State Parks · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $31,161
League of Women Voters of Wi · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $30,651
League of Women Voters of Wi · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $30,012
Friends of Wisconsin State Parks · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $29,536
Freedom · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $29,161
Aclu of Wisconsin Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General support
- $29,076
Bayview Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $29,030
League of Women Voters of Wi · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $28,097
Wi Literacy · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $27,554
Rape Crisis Center · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $26,960
Bayview Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $26,899
Wi Democracy Campaign · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $26,293
Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $25,509
End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $25,491
Wi Wetlands Association · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $25,412
Wi Literacy · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $25,243
Freedom · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $24,535
River Alliance of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $24,103
Outreach · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $23,768
Freedom · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $23,117
Tenant Resource Center · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $22,944
Wort 899 Fm Community Radio · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $22,933
Wi Wetlands Association · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $22,661
Clean Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $22,543
River Alliance of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $22,478
Clean Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $22,064
Chrysalis · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $21,771
Wi Conservation Voices · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $21,398
River Alliance of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $21,097
Midwest Environmental Advocates · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $20,655
Midwest Environmental Advocates · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $20,627
Wi Democracy Campaign · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $20,499
Wi Alliance for Women'S Health · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $20,437
Clean Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $20,143
Reap Food Group · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $20,138
Outreach · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $20,094
Bayview Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $20,008
Wi Wetlands Association · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $19,932
Kids Forward · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $19,268
Project Home · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $18,973
Wi Conservation Voices · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $18,816
Chrysalis · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $18,703
Project Home · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $18,582
Madison Audubon Society · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $18,251
Fairshare Csa Coalition · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $18,093
Sierra Club Foundation - John Muir Chapter · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $18,049
Back Porch Radio Broadcasting Inc Wort Radio · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $18,000
End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $17,973
Outreach · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $17,781
Fair Wisconsin Education Fund · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $17,773
Wi Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $17,767
Tenant Resource Center · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $17,729
Tenant Resource Center · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $17,697
End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $17,560
Back Porch Radio Broadcasting Inc Wort Radio · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $17,508
Wi Conservation Voices · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $17,424
Project Home · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $17,394
Urban Triage · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $17,360
Common Wealth Development · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $17,176
Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $17,048
Embolden Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $16,910
Disability Rights Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $16,906
Disability Rights Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $16,690
Wi Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $16,664
Wi Democracy Campaign · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $16,573
The Progressive · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $16,419
Wi Early Childhood Association · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $16,321
Chrysalis · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $16,269
Urban Triage · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $16,263
Moses - Wisdom of Madison · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $16,071
Legal Action of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $16,020
Sierra Club Foundation - Wisconsin Chapter · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $16,020
Common Wealth Development · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $15,985
Fairshare Csa Coalition · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $15,731
Midwest Environmental Advocates · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $15,709
Urban Triage · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $15,612
Embolden Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $15,397
Women in Transition · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $15,332
Wi Early Childhood Association · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $15,286
Proud Theater Co Art & Soul Innovation · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $15,161
Center for Media & Democracy · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $15,155
Fair Wisconsin Education Fund · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $15,148
Unidos Against Domestic Violence · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
- $15,104
Rooted Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $15,099
Sierra Club Foundation - Wisconsin Chapter · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $14,667
Wi Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $14,646
Moses - Wisdom of Madison · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $14,462
Women in Transition · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
- $14,447
Wi Early Childhood Association · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
- $14,417
Women in Transition · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
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