University of Wisconsin System
MADISON, WI
$19.5MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Stipends and need-based grants for higher education
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Fund for Wisconsin Scholars Inc Grants
Private foundation · EIN 26-1412296 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
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This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: Fund for Wisconsin Scholars Inc
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | $19.6M |
| 2023 | 3 | $15.4M |
| 2022 | 3 | $13M |
Where Fund for Wisconsin Scholars Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Wisconsin$48M
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
University of Wisconsin System
MADISON, WI
$15.3MTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Stipends and need-based grants for higher education
University of Wisconsin System
MADISON, WI
$12.8MTax year 2022
Grant purpose
Stipends and need-based grants for higher education
328 Individual Grant Recipients Det
MADISON, WI
$164KTax year 2022
Grant purpose
Grant recipient graduation gifts ($500/each)
Individual Grant Recipients Detail
MADISON, WI
$123.5KTax year 2023
Grant purpose
Grant recipient graduation gifts ($500/each)
Showing 5 of the 9 largest grants (9 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Fund for Wisconsin Scholars Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (3 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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