Funding search · EIN 391868295 · Brookfield, WI

Pleasant T Rowland Foundation

Name: Pleasant T Rowland 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.

272
grants reported: $23.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,225
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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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.

Fountain Valley School11 grants · $3.3M
Uw Foundation3 grants · $2.9M
One City Learning Centers1 grant · $2.3M
One City Early Learning Centers10 grants · $2.0M
Wyso1 grant · $1.2M
The Playing Field2 grants · $1.0M
The Reading League2 grants · $809,247
Capital City Theatre5 grants · $737,500
Madison Children'S Museum2 grants · $716,667
University of Wisconsin Foundation3 grants · $550,500

Giving over time

$3.5M

2022

$3.4M

2023

$7.3M

2024

$9.2M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 272 grants.

$2.3M
One City Learning Centers · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$2.0M
Uw Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
Support
$1.2M
Wyso · Madison, WI · 2022
Support
$1.1M
Fountain Valley School · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Support
$1.0M
Fountain Valley School · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Donation
$989,392
Uw Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
Support
$805,400
The Reading League · Syracuse, NY · 2024
Support
$666,667
Madison Children'S Museum · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$507,647
Wlacc · Skaneateles, NY · 2023
Support
$500,000
Madison College · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$500,000
Taliesin Preservation · Spring Green, WI · 2025
Donation
$500,000
The Playing Field · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$500,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$500,000
Centro Hispano · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$500,000
Taliesin Preservaton · Spring Green, WI · 2024
Support
$500,000
The Playing Field · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$500,000
University of Wisconsin - Odyssey Project · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$458,022
Fountain Valley School · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Support
$364,136
Fountain Valley School · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Donation
$350,792
One City Early Learning Centers · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$323,137
One City Early Learning Centers · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$300,000
Capital City Theatre · Middleton, WI · 2024
Support
$299,216
One City Schools · Madison, WI · 2022
Support
$280,000
One City Early Learning Centers · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$250,000
Aldo Leopold Nature Center · Monona, WI · 2025
Donation
$250,000
Arts & Literature Laboratory · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$250,000
Madison Public Library Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$250,000
River Food Pantry · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$200,000
Root To Rise · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$196,149
One City Early Learning Centers · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$195,819
One City Early Learning Centers · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$195,387
One City Early Learning Centers · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$176,186
Fountain Valley School · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Donation
$162,500
Capital City Theatre · Middleton, WI · 2025
Donation
$152,894
One City Early Learning Centers · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$150,000
Capital City Theatre · Middleton, WI · 2025
Donation
$125,000
Madison Public Market Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$125,000
Madison Public Market · Madison, WI · 2023
Support
$101,346
One City Early Learning Centers · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$100,000
Friends of Boca Grande Community Center · Boca Grande, FL · 2025
Donation
$100,000
Families & Schools Together · Stoughton, WI · 2023
Support
$100,000
Wells College · Aurora, NY · 2023
Support
$100,000
Wisconsin Historical Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
Support
$92,429
One City Early Learning Centers · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$88,539
One City Early Learning Centers · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$75,000
Capital City Theatre · Middleton, WI · 2023
Support
$68,467
Fountain Valley School · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Donation
$65,500
Friends of Patrick Tavern · Aurora, NY · 2025
Donation
$57,078
Fountain Valley School · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Donation
$50,000
Agrace Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$50,000
Capital City Theatre · Middleton, WI · 2025
Donation
$50,000
Children'S Theater of Madison · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$50,000
Literacy Network · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$50,000
Madison Opera · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$50,000
Madison Parks Foundation (Formerly Camp Randall Rowing Club · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$50,000
Madison Symphony Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$50,000
Madison Youth Choirs · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$50,000
Wisconsin Latino Chamber of Commerce · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$50,000
Wisconsin Youth Symphony · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$50,000
Agrace Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$50,000
Madison Parks Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$50,000
Madison Youth Choir · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$50,000
Wisconsin Yourth Symphony · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$50,000
Madison Children'S Museum · Madison, WI · 2023
Support
$50,000
Madison Opera · Madison, WI · 2023
Support
$50,000
Madison Symphony Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2023
Support
$50,000
Madison Youth Choirs · Madison, WI · 2023
Support
$50,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
Support
$50,000
Wells College · Aurora, NY · 2023
Support
$50,000
Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras · Madison, WI · 2023
Support
$45,000
United Way of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$45,000
United Way of Dane County · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$45,000
United Way · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Support
$37,500
Madison Downtown Partners · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$37,127
Fountain Valley School · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Donation
$35,000
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$35,000
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$35,000
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art · Madison, WI · 2023
Support
$31,000
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$30,000
Madison Public Library Foundation · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$30,000
Simpson Street Free Press · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$30,000
Madison Ballet · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$30,000
Wi Institute for Learning Disabilities · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$30,000
Madison Ballet · Madison, WI · 2023
Support
$30,000
Simpson Street Free Press · Monona, WI · 2023
Support
$25,000
Aldo Leopold Nature Center · Monona, WI · 2025
Donation
$25,000
American Players Theater · Spring Green, WI · 2025
Donation
$25,000
Chazen Museum of Art (Formerly Elvejhem) · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$25,000
Olbrich Botanical Society · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$25,000
Pbs Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$25,000
Aldo Leopold Nature Center · Monona, WI · 2024
Support
$25,000
American Players Theater · Sprng Green, WI · 2024
Support
$25,000
Chazen Museum of Art · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$25,000
Children'S Theater of Madison · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$25,000
Olbrich Botanical Society · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$25,000
Pbs Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$25,000
Simpson Street Free Press · Madison, WI · 2024
Support
$25,000
Aldo Leopold Nature Center · Monona, WI · 2023
Support
$25,000
American Players Theater · Spring Green, WI · 2023
Support
$25,000
Children'S Theater of Madison · Madison, WI · 2023
Support

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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.