Funding search · EIN 320581904 · Seattle, WA

The Roots and Wings Foundation

Name: The Roots and Wings Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

1,298
grants reported: $159.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $55,000
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.

What they fund

honorarium start communities kids minds strong prenatal through

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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.

Where the money goes

Unrestricted operating support for Dane County, Wisconsin nonprofits
Prenatal through age three programs at safety-net hospital systems
Wisconsin early childhood workforce, child care and early learning campuses
Community health centers and reproductive health access
Housing, homelessness, food security and legal aid in Madison
International medical relief and child survival, small share

Typical grant

Median grant is $55,000 and the middle half runs $10,000 to $150,000, so most of what they do is modest general operating money. The seven-figure checks go to Wisconsin early childhood infrastructure (Wisconsin Early Childhood Association, Dane County Parent Council, the Goodman South Early Learning Campus), and the $300,000 to $820,000 band is almost entirely public and safety-net hospital foundations doing prenatal-through-three work. With 1,298 grants to 481 recipients across three years, the same names come back roughly annually, and some recipients appear twice in a single year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“UNRESTRICTED GRANT”
“PRENATAL THROUGH AGE THREE”
“PRENATAL THROUGH AGE THREE & UNRESTRICTED”
“UNRESTRICTED FUNDS FOR”
“MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH POPULATION FROM PREGNANCY TO AGE FOUR”

Positioning adjacent work

Frame work as prenatal through age three, not maternal health or pediatrics; that exact phrase carries their national portfolio.
If housed at a public or safety-net hospital, route the ask through its foundation and size it $300,000 to $750,000.
Ask for general operating support. They fund unrestricted constantly and rarely name a narrow project.
Wisconsin ties, especially Dane County, raise your odds far more than research strength does.

Worth knowing: Despite the Seattle address, 834 of 1,298 grants go to Wisconsin, heavily Madison and Dane County, and that is where the largest unrestricted checks land. The national giving is a fairly defined cohort of public hospital and community health center foundations receiving prenatal-through-three support year after year, which reads as a curated set rather than open-door giving.

Top recipients

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

Wisconsin Early Childhood Assoc3 grants · $4.0M
Dane Co Parent Council6 grants · $3.6M
Rise Wisconsin9 grants · $2.8M
Univ of Wisconsin Foundation41 grants · $2.3M
Nyc Health Hospitals5 grants · $2.1M
Madison Area Technical College Fdn5 grants · $2.0M
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin3 grants · $2.0M
Wisconsin Alliance Infant Mental Health2 grants · $2.0M
Access Community Health Centers7 grants · $1.9M
Dane County Parent Council5 grants · $1.8M

Giving over time

$40.2M

2022

$52.7M

2023

$66.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,298 grants.

$2.0M
Wisconsin Early Childhood Assoc · Fitchburg, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$2.0M
Wisconsin Early Childhood Assoc · Fitchburg, WI · 2023
General operating support
$1.5M
Dane Co Parent Council · Madison, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1.5M
Dane Co Parent Council · Madison, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1.5M
Dane County Parent Council · Madison, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$1.0M
Access Community Health Centers · Madison, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1.0M
Madison Area Technical College Fdn · Madison, WI · 2024
Goodman south early learning campus
$1.0M
Madison Community Fdn · Madison, WI · 2024
Goodman nonprofit center
$1.0M
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1.0M
Wisconsin Alliance Infant Mental Health · Middleton, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$1.0M
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1.0M
Wisconsin Alliance Infant Mental Health · Middleton, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$1.0M
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$820,000
Nyc Health Hospitals · New York, NY · 2024
Prenatal through age three
$800,000
Rise Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$755,000
Hennepin Healthcare Fdn · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Prenatal through age three
$750,000
Univ of New Mexico Fdn · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Prenatal through age three
$750,000
Rise Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$750,000
Rise Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$730,000
Contra Costa Regional Health Fdn · Martinez, CA · 2024
Prenatal through age three
$730,000
Denver Health Fdn · Denver, CO · 2024
Prenatal through age three & unrestricted
$710,000
Univ of New Mexico Fdn · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Prenatal through age 3 & unrestricted
$690,000
Hennepin Healthcare Fdn · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$690,000
Hennepin Health Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$680,000
University of Mississippi Fdn · Oxford, MS · 2024
Prenatal through age three
$650,000
Reach Out & Read · Boston, MA · 2024
Reach out & read wisconsin
$650,000
Ywca Madison · Madison, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$645,000
University of Mississippi Fdn · Jackson, MS · 2023
Prenatal through age 3 & unrestricted
$620,000
Metrohealth Fdn · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Prenatal through age three & unrestricted
$620,000
Riverside Univ Health System Fdn · Moreno Valley, CA · 2024
Prenatal through age three
$610,000
Parkland Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
Prenatal through age three
$600,000
Sea-Mar Community Health Center · Seattle, WA · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$600,000
Reach Out & Read · Boston, MA · 2023
Unrestricted grant (wisconsin)
$600,000
Ywca Madison · Madison, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$600,000
Reach Out and Read · Madison, WI · 2022
Reach out and read wisconsin (unrestricted)
$590,000
Riverside Univ Health System Fdn · Moreno Valley, CA · 2023
Prenatal through age 3 & unrestricted
$565,000
Henry W Grady Health Fdn · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Prenatal through age three & unrestricted
$550,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted funds for int'l medical relief programs
$550,000
Sea-Mar Community Health Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$535,000
Valley Health Fdn · San Jose, CA · 2024
Prenatal through age three & unrestricted
$530,000
Contra Costa Regional Health Fdn · Martinez, CA · 2023
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$530,000
Contra Costa Regional Health Foundation · Martinez, CA · 2022
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$505,000
Henry W Grady Health Fdn · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$505,000
Valley Medical Center Fdn · San Jose, CA · 2023
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$505,000
Henry W Grady Health Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$505,000
Valley Medical Center Foundation · San Jose, CA · 2022
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$500,000
2nd Harvest Foodbank of S Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$500,000
Moorestown Friends School · Moorestown, NJ · 2024
A compass for our future campaign
$500,000
St John'S Lutheran Church · Madison, WI · 2024
More for madison
$500,000
Zero To Three · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$500,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General support of int'l medical relief programs
$500,000
Moorestown Friends School · Moorestown, NJ · 2023
Firerose fund: a compass for our future campaign
$500,000
Denver Health Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$500,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General support of international medical relief programs
$475,000
Fdn for University Hospital Nj · Newark, NJ · 2024
Prenatal through age three & unrestricted
$475,000
Hurley Foundation · Flint, MI · 2024
Prenatal through age three
$475,000
Metrohealth Fdn · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$475,000
Metrohealth Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$465,000
Denver Health & Hospitals Fdn · Denver, CO · 2023
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$465,000
Denver Health Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$450,000
Bayview Fdn · Madison, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$450,000
Valleywise Health Fdn · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Obgyn graduate medical education & support for programs serving prenatal through age three
$450,000
Fdn for University Hospital Nj · Newark, NJ · 2023
Prenatal through age 3 & unrestricted
$440,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Criminal justice reform & unrestricted
$440,000
Community Action Coalition of S Central Wi · Madison, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$440,000
Road Home Dane Co · Madison, WI · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$435,000
One Brooklyn Health System · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Prenatal through age three
$420,000
Brooklyn Hospital Fdn · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Prenatal through age three
$420,000
Brooklyn Hospital Fdn · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$420,000
Brooklyn Hospital Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$410,000
Eskenazi Health Fdn · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Prenatal through age three
$410,000
Harris Co Hospital District Fdn · Bellaire, TX · 2024
Prenatal through age three & unrestricted
$410,000
Health Care Fdn for Ventura County · Ventura, CA · 2024
Prenatal through age three
$410,000
University Health Fdn · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Prenatal through age three & unrestricted
$410,000
Nyc Health Hospitals · New York, NY · 2023
Prenatal through age 3 & unrestricted
$405,000
Access Community Health Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted grant
$400,000
Cambridge Health Alliance Fdn · Malden, MA · 2024
Prenatal through age three & unrestricted
$400,000
Madison Area Technical College Fdn · Madison, WI · 2024
Goodman south early learning campus
$400,000
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted funds for start early washington & national
$400,000
2nd Harvest Foodbank of S Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$400,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Community justice reform & unrestricted
$400,000
Community Action Coalition · Madison, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$400,000
Habitat for Humanity Dane Co · Madison, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$400,000
Road Home Dane Co · Madison, WI · 2023
Unrestricted grant
$400,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Criminal justice reform and unrestricted
$400,000
Sea Mar Community Health Center · Seattle, WA · 2022
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$400,000
The Road Home Dane County · Madison, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$400,000
Wisconsin Early Childhood Association · Fitchburg, WI · 2022
General operating support
$400,000
Ywca of Madison · Madison, WI · 2022
Unrestricted
$390,000
Harris Co Hospital District Fdn · Bellaire, TX · 2023
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$390,000
Health Care Fdn for Ventura County · Ventura, CA · 2023
Prenatal through age 3
$390,000
Hurley Foundation · Flint, MI · 2023
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$390,000
Nyc Health Hospitals · New York, NY · 2023
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$390,000
Parkland Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$390,000
University Health Fdn · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Prenatal through age 3
$390,000
Harris County Hospital District Foundation · West Bellaire, TX · 2022
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$390,000
Hurley Foundation · Flint, MI · 2022
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$390,000
Nyc Health Hospitals · New York, NY · 2022
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$390,000
Parkland Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds
$390,000
University of New Mexico Foundation Incorporated · Albuquerque, NM · 2022
Strong start for kids, strong communities, strong minds

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