About University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation
Advancing health without compromise through service, scholarship, science and social responsibility.
Focus Areas
Healthcare deliveryClinical researchMedical educationCommunity benefit and population healthHealth equitySustainabilityHealth innovation
Who They Fund
medical schoolsuniversity research departmentsacademic faculty and researchersinstitutional administrative units
Funding Style
capacity building
About University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation
University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Inc’s largest recent grants are two consecutive eight-figure awards to the UW School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison for support functions of the medical school: $45,345,869 in 2024 and $45,063,805 in 2023. That pattern points to an institution that funds health-care education and the operating capacity behind it, not only discrete projects. The foundation also backs the University of Wisconsin Foundation for research support, with another pair of large awards of $10,892,330 in 2024 and $10,032,472 in 2023. Beyond those institutional commitments, the grant list includes smaller awards to hospitals, community organizations, and professional associations, suggesting a mix of academic, clinical, and community-oriented giving. The active program descriptions reinforce that mix: UW Health’s innovation hub supports health-care startups and companies developing treatments, devices, software, and other solutions, while community giving targets organizations addressing barriers to healthy lives, health equity, and access to care. The stated mission is advancing health through service, scholarship, science, and social responsibility.
What University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Funds
Academic infrastructure is a clear emphasis. The foundation gave $45,345,869 to the UW School of Medicine and Public Health for support functions of the medical school, alongside $10,892,330 to the University of Wisconsin Foundation for research support. Smaller awards also fit that pattern, including $33,000 and $32,000 to Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation for support functions of the organization. Community health and access are another thread. UW Health’s community giving program supports organizations working on social determinants of health, health equity, and barriers to healthy lives; recent awards include $40,700 to YWCA Madison and $10,000 to National Alliance on Mental Illness Dane County. Clinical and patient-facing support also appears through $22,100 to American Family Children’s Hospital and $6,000 to American Lung Association in Wisconsin. Innovation is represented in the Isthmus Project, which backs health-care startups and portfolio companies.
How University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation Gives
Typical awards are modest relative to the foundation’s overall scale, with a p25 of $7,000, a median grant of $9,000, and a p75 of $33,000. The recent record also shows a strong recurring pattern: some recipients appear in consecutive years, including Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, Healthy Classrooms Foundation Inc, and the two major University of Wisconsin institutional recipients. This is a programmatic funder tied to UW Health, with both community giving and an innovation-investing arm, and it also makes program-related investments. Unsolicited applications are not part of the described programs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$57.6M
Total Assets
$823.5M
Total Revenue
$1.6B
Total Expenses
$1.6B
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $7K and $33K, with a median of $9K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$9K
75th Percentile
$33K
Geographic Reach
Regional5 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Alan Kaplan MD
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