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Grant Funders in Madison, WI

Bespoke Grants indexes 115 grant-making foundations headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin — together $1.02B in indexed annual giving. Their giving most often supports higher education, education, arts & culture and health care. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Madison nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

115
Foundations in Madison
$1.02B
Indexed annual giving
40
Listed below
WI
State

Foundations headquartered in Madison

Ranked by giving in available IRS summaries. Filings may cover different years; these totals are not a current-year funding pool. Each links to a public overview and up to three sample grants. Full grant history and research tools require All access at $19/month.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1University of Wisconsin Foundation$243.9M2024
2Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation$175.9M2025
3Ascendium Education Solutions Inc$100.3M2024
4United Student Aid Funds Inc$81.2M2018
5Give Back Foundation$62.4M2024
6Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging$33.2M2024
7Madison Community Foundation$25.0M2024
8The Searle Freedom Trust$22.2M2024
9United Way of Dane County Inc$16.2M2024
10One City Schools Inc$14.2M2022
11The Morgridge Institute Foundation Inc$13.0M2025
12One City Broadway Inc$11.7M2022
13Wisconsin Public Broadcasting Foundation Inc$11.4M2024
14Dane Buy Local Foundation Inc$10.7M2022
15American Family Insurance Dreams$10.0M2024
16Fund for Wisconsin Scholars Inc$9.6M2024
17Supporting Families Together$8.4M2024
18Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc$7.7M2024
19Prevail Foundry Inc$7.7M2024
20International Fellowship of Evangelical Students USA Inc$5.9M2022
21Forward Service Corporation$5.6M2024
22One City Schools Foundation Inc$5.3M2024
23Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing$5.0M2024
24Wisconsin Association of Independent$4.6M2025
25Community Coordinated Child Care Inc$4.5M2020
26Madison Children's Museum Foundation$3.9M2024
27Cuna Mutual Group Foundation Inc$3.9M2024
28Madison Environmental Resourcing Inc$3.8M2024
29Midwest-southeastern Equipment Dealers$3.7M2022
30Irwin a and Robert D Goodman$3.6M2025
31Northwest Education Loan Association$3.0M2018
32Madison Region Economic Partnership$3.0M2023
33Workforce Development Board$3.0M2020
34Alliant Energy Foundation Inc$2.9M2023
35Wisconsin Trust Account Foundation Inc$2.9M2024
36Steve Stricker American Family$2.8M2024
37Wisconsin Historical Foundation Inc$2.7M2025
38Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board Inc$2.7M2025
39The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Inc$2.6M2024
40Henry J Predolin Foundation Inc$2.5M2024

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Madison, WI address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Madison nonprofits; the one lifetime free funder search accounts for both.