Funding search · EIN 421614475 · Madison, WI

First Business Charitable Foundation

Name: First Business Charitable 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.

175
grants reported: $883,077
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,500
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.

What they fund

food pantry campaign kids school supplies community family

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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.

Top recipients

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

United Way of Dane County4 grants · $180,200
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County1 grant · $125,000
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh3 grants · $99,999
Madison College Foundation2 grants · $30,000
American Heart Association1 grant · $25,000
American Cancer Society4 grants · $21,950
Urban League of Greater1 grant · $20,000
The Grand Oshkosh4 grants · $20,000
Agrace Hospicecare2 grants · $20,000
Edgewood College3 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$201,753

2022

$212,125

2023

$130,049

2024

$339,150

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 175 grants.

$125,000
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County · Fitchburg, WI · 2025
Program support
$73,000
United Way of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2023
Program support
$38,000
United Way of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2025
Program support
$35,000
United Way of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2024
Program support
$34,200
United Way of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2022
Program support
$33,333
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh · Oshkosh, WI · 2024
Program support - pmt 3 of
$33,333
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh · Oshkosh, WI · 2023
Program support - pmt 2 of
$33,333
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh · Oshkosh, WI · 2022
Program support payment 1
$25,000
American Heart Association · Boone, IA · 2025
Program support
$20,000
Urban League of Greater · Madison, WI · 2022
General purpose
$15,000
Steve Stricker American Family Insurance · Madison, WI · 2025
Program support
$15,000
Madison College Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
Program support - pmt 3 of
$15,000
Madison College Foundation · De Forest, WI · 2022
General support- payment 2
$12,400
Boy Scouts of America · Sunrise, AZ · 2022
General support
$10,000
Envision Unlimited · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Madison Public Library Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Agrace Hospicecare · Fitchburg, WI · 2023
Care for all campaign-pmt 3
$10,000
Edgewood College · Madison, WI · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Securefutures Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Agrace Hospicecare · Fitchburg, WI · 2022
Care for all campaign-pmt 2
$10,000
Friends of Cabone Cancer Center · Fitchburg, WI · 2022
General support
$9,100
American Cancer Society · Pewaukee, WI · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Community Coordinated Child Care · Madison, WI · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Community Smiles Dental · Waukesha, WI · 2025
Program support - pmt 1 of
$5,000
Edgewood College · Madison, WI · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Lad Lake · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Reedsburg Area Medical Center Foundation · Reedsburg, WI · 2025
Program support - pmt 1 of
$5,000
Stoughton Hospital Foundation · Stoughton, WI · 2025
Program support - pmt 3 of
$5,000
The Grand Oshkosh · Oshkosh, WI · 2025
Program support- pmt 5 of 5
$5,000
Volunteer Center of East Central Wi · Menasha, WI · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Wisconsin Youth Symphony · Madison, WI · 2025
General support
$5,000
Edgewood College · Madison, WI · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Saint Laurence Foundation · Burbank, IL · 2024
Charitable purposes
$5,000
Stoughton Hospital Foundation · Stoughton, WI · 2024
Program support - pmt 2 of
$5,000
The Grand Oshkosh · Oshkosh, WI · 2024
Program support-pmt 4 of 5
$5,000
Wisconsin Youth Symphony · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
$5,000
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center · Appleton, WI · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Stoughton Hospital Foundation · Stoughton, WI · 2023
Program support
$5,000
The Grand Oshkosh · Oshkosh, WI · 2023
Program support-pmt 3 of 5
$5,000
Wisconsin Historical Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
Program support-pmt 5 of 5
$5,000
Fox City Performing Arts · Appleton, WI · 2022
General support
$5,000
The Grand Oshkosh · Oshkosh, WI · 2022
Program support-pmt 2 of 5
$5,000
Wisconsin History Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
Program support-pmt 4 of 5
$4,350
American Cancer Society · Pewaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$4,320
United Way Fox Cities · Menasha, WI · 2022
Program support
$4,250
American Cancer Society · Pewaukee, WI · 2024
Program support
$4,250
American Cancer Society · Pewaukee, WI · 2023
Program support
$3,000
Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support
$3,000
Bridging the Gap · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program support
$2,500
Abundant Life Christian School Fdn · Madsion, WI · 2025
Program support
$2,500
Aldo Leopold Nature Center · Monona, WI · 2025
Program support
$2,500
Cathedral Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program support
$2,500
Meta House · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Program support
$2,500
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Detroit, MI · 2025
Program support
$2,500
Wha Research & Education Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025
Program support
$2,500
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2025
Family series contribution
$2,500
Madison Area Rehab Centers · Madison, WI · 2024
Charitable purposes
$2,500
Madison Public Schools Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Community schools grant-
$2,500
Our Next Generation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Charitable purposes
$2,500
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2024
Family series contribution
$2,500
Ymca of the Chippewa Valley · Chippewa Falls, WI · 2024
Charitable purposes
$2,500
Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation · Waukesha, WI · 2023
General support
$2,500
Destination Madison Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
Program support
$2,500
Madison Public Library Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
Library capital campaign
$2,500
Madison Public Schools Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
Community schools grant-
$2,500
Neighborworks Green Bay · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Program support
$2,500
Next Door Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General support
$2,500
Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation · Waukesha, WI · 2022
General support
$2,500
Doyenne Group · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
$2,500
Madison Public Library Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
Library capital campaign
$2,500
Madison Public Schools Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
Community schools grant-pmt
$2,500
Milwaukee Film · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$2,500
New North · Green Bay, WI · 2022
General support
$2,500
Next Door Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$2,500
Start at Zero · Kansas City, WI · 2022
General support
$2,500
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2022
Family series contribution
$2,000
Community Action Coalition for · Madison, WI · 2025
Program support
$2,000
Evans Scholars Foundation · Glenview, IL · 2025
Program support
$2,000
Ozaukee Nonprofit Center · Grafton, WI · 2025
Program support
$2,000
Vogel Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025
School supplies for kids
$2,000
Vogel Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
School supplies for kids
$2,000
Vogel Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
School supplies for kids
$2,000
South Central Library System Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
General support
$2,000
Vogel Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
School supplies for kids
$1,925
Lussier Community Education Center · Madison, WI · 2023
Food pantry
$1,667
Appleton Educational Foundation · Appleton, WI · 2023
Program support - pmt 2 of
$1,666
Appleton Educational Foundation · Appleton, WI · 2024
Program support - pmt 3 of
$1,500
Easter Seals Southeast Wisconsin · Middleton, WI · 2025
Program support
$1,500
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Wi · Wauwatosa, WI · 2025
Program support
$1,500
Ronald McDonald House of Charities of · Madison, WI · 2025
Program support
$1,500
South Central Library System Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025
General support
$1,500
Agebetter · Madison, WI · 2024
Program support
$1,500
South Central Library System Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
General support
$1,500
South Central Library System Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
General support
$1,500
Islands of Brilliance · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support
$1,100
Badger Prairie Needs Network · Verona, WI · 2022
Food pantry
$1,000
Badger Prairie Needs Network · Verona, WI · 2025
Food pantry
$1,000
Blackhawk Evangelical Free Church · Middleton, WI · 2025
Program support
$1,000
Disability Rights Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2025
Program support
$1,000
District Council of Madison Inc Society · Madison, WI · 2025
Program support

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