Funding search · EIN 203941123 · Madison, WI

Highlands 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.

30
grants reported
$11.8M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Grant history

All 30 reported grants, largest first.

  • $10.0M

    University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $250,000

    John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $250,000

    John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $250,000

    John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $200,000

    Edgewood High School · Madison, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $100,000

    Domestic Abuse Intervention Services · Madison, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $100,000

    University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024

    Division of plastic surgery greatest need fund

  • $100,000

    Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (Dais) · Madison, WI · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $100,000

    Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (Dais) · Madison, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $100,000

    Overture Center for the Arts · Madison, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $75,000

    Bethel Horizons · Madison, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $50,000

    Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $50,000

    University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024

    Cdis building for the future fund

  • $25,000

    Bethel Horizons · Madison, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $25,000

    United Way of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $25,000

    United Way of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $25,000

    United Way of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $20,000

    The Arizona Humane Society · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $10,000

    Friends of the Waisman Center · Madison, WI · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $10,000

    Town of Manitowish Waters · Manitowish Waters, WI · 2023

    Pickleball project

  • $10,000

    Thomas G Stamm Family Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $5,000

    Madison Symphony Orchestra League · Madison, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $5,000

    Madison Symphony Orchestra League · Madison, WI · 2023

    Concert on the green

  • $5,000

    Madison Children'S Museum · Middleton, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $5,000

    Madison Public School Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $3,000

    Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $2,500

    Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2023

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $2,500

    Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2022

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $1,000

    Madison Museum of Contemporary Art · Madison, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable gift

  • $1,000

    North Lakeland Discovery Center · Manitowish Waters, WI · 2024

    Unrestricted charitable gift

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.