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Who funds Law Forward Inc
EIN 84-2803392 · Madison, WI · NTEE I83
Law Forward Inc of Madison, WI (EIN 84-2803392) was named as a grant recipient by 43 funders in 83 grants paid totaling $8,955,865 in tax years 2020–2025, as reported on the funders' Forms 990-PF and 990 Schedule I. Each edge was resolved to this EIN at the match tier shown. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Grants received
$8,955,865
83 grants paid
Funders
43
distinct grantmakers
Tax years
2020–2025
as reported by funders
Approved for future payment
$100,000
not included in grants received
Funders
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Grants
The 84 most recent grants naming this organization.
| Tax year | Funder | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $160,750 | paid | HUMAN SERVICES | 202611199349300601 |
| 2025 | Wisconsin Education Association Council | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202600829349300505 |
| 2025 | Wisconsin Laborers' District Council | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $50,000 | paid | ISSUE ADVOCACY | 202620139349301767 |
| 2025 | Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc | Law Forward Madison, WI | B | $50,000 | paid | TO FUND APPROVED PUBLIC CHARITIES | 202513049349100701 |
| 2025 | Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $38,275 | paid | For grant recipient's exempt purposes | 202601389349301700 |
| 2025 | United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc | Law Forward Madison, WI | A | $25,031 | paid | DONOR DESIGNATIONS | 202631289349303088 |
| 2025 | Joint Labor Management and Work Preservation Fund | Law Forward Madison, WI | A | $25,000 | paid | Non-profit legal advocacy organization | 202640939349300214 |
| 2025 | Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $20,400 | paid | GENERAL DONATIONS | 202611189349301671 |
| 2025 | Bosley & Green Foundation | Law Forward Madison, WI | B | $12,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202641339349103814 |
| 2025 | Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $11,900 | paid | FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE | 202621329349306657 |
| 2025 | Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation | Law Forward Madison, WI | A | $11,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT | 202513179349310196 |
| 2025 | Read Foundation Inc F/K/a the Merrill Foundation Inc | Law Foward Madison, WI | C | $2,000 | paid | General Purpose | 202611189349101356 |
| 2024 | Together Wisconsin Inc | Law Forward Madison, WI | A | $300,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202533189349306728 |
| 2024 | Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $282,830 | paid | For grant recipient's exempt purposes | 202521349349310887 |
| 2024 | The Lubar Family Foundation Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | B | $250,000 | paid | Arts, Culture, and the Outdoors | 202533379349100718 |
| 2024 | Democracy Fund Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | B | $200,000 | paid | General support | 202503189349101720 |
| 2024 | New Venture Fund | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $200,000 | paid | CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY | 202513159349305596 |
| 2024 | Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $200,000 | paid | Education | 202543149349305759 |
| 2024 | Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | B | $91,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING | 202532699349100218 |
| 2024 | Protect Democracy Project | Law Forward Madison, WI | A | $50,000 | paid | TO SUPPORT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE IRS TAX CODE. | 202533159349302808 |
| 2024 | Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $50,000 | paid | General operating support | 202543179349307759 |
| 2024 | Wisconsin Education Association Council | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202530909349301308 |
| 2024 | Tides Foundation | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $50,000 | paid | EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT | 202523189349301347 |
| 2024 | Pro-Democracy Campaign C/O Verdolino & Lowey Pc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING | 202531359349315343 |
| 2024 | Wisconsin Laborers' District Council | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $50,000 | paid | ISSUE ADVOCACY | 202501159349301610 |
| 2024 | United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc | Law Forward Madison, WI | A | $25,019 | paid | DONOR DESIGNATIONS | 202520319349301817 |
| 2024 | The Meyer and Deanne Sharlin Foundation C/O Marc Feinberg | Law Forward Madison, WI | B | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202541269349101019 |
| 2024 | Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $11,000 | paid | FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE | 202511349349313096 |
| 2024 | The Wisconsin Initiative Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $11,000 | paid | SUPPORT FOR REDISTRICTING LITIGATION | 202541139349302054 |
| 2024 | Marin Community Foundation | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $10,000 | paid | PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202541349349313719 |
| 2024 | Tides Center | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $10,000 | paid | EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT | 202513189349304201 |
| 2024 | Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $10,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | 202503239349300435 |
| 2024 | Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $10,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | 202503239349300435 |
| 2024 | Bosley & Green Foundation | Law Forward Madison, WI | B | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202541329349102789 |
| 2024 | Hudson-Webber Foundation | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | B | $2,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202513119349102156 |
| 2024 | Read Foundation Inc F/K/a the Merrill Foundation Inc | Law Foward Madison, WI | C | $1,000 | paid | General Purpose | 202511189349101116 |
| 2024 | Marci and Martin Karplus Family Foundation | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | B | $750 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202532259349100013 |
| 2024 | Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $0 + $10,000 non-cash | paid | GENERAL DONATIONS | 202511069349300536 |
| 2023 | Telescope Fund | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202433169349305813 |
| 2023 | Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $500,000 | paid | GENERAL | 202433159349300308 |
| 2023 | Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $358,750 | paid | For grant recipient's exempt purposes | 202441369349301334 |
| 2023 | The Lubar Family Foundation Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | B | $250,000 | paid | Arts, Culture, and the Outdoors | 202413209349107046 |
| 2023 | New Venture Fund | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $250,000 | paid | CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY | 202433179349305393 |
| 2023 | The Joyce Foundation | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | C | $100,000 | paid | Democracy | 202433109349101803 |
| 2023 | The Wisconsin Initiative Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $100,000 | paid | LITIGATION SUPPORT | 202400939349301005 |
| 2023 | The Klarman Family Foundation | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | B | $100,000 | paid | Healthy Democracy: Unrestricted operating support for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 | 202443119349102064 |
| 2023 | Dorot Foundation | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | B | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING | 202420439349100912 |
| 2023 | Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | B | $80,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING | 202421439349100202 |
| 2023 | Wisconsin Education Association Council | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202421419349301752 |
| 2023 | United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc | Law Forward Madison, WI | A | $25,000 | paid | DONOR DESIGNATIONS | 202313269349300521 |
| 2023 | Threshold Foundation | Law Forward Madison, WI | A | $20,000 | paid | ELECTION SECURITY | 202442789349301409 |
| 2023 | Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $10,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED | 202431559349300013 |
| 2023 | Bosley & Green Foundation | Law Forward Madison, WI | B | $5,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATIONS | 202401309349101525 |
| 2023 | Marci and Martin Karplus Family Foundation | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | B | $750 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202422569349101102 |
| 2022 | Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $921,180 | paid | For grant recipient's exempt purposes | 202321309349304807 |
| 2022 | Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $921,180 | paid | For grant recipient's exempt purposes | 202430459349302913 |
| 2022 | Telescope Fund | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $400,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202313149349302361 |
| 2022 | New Venture Fund | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $395,000 | paid | CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY | 202323149349302362 |
| 2022 | America Votes | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $250,000 | paid | SOCIAL WELFARE | 202321319349304567 |
| 2022 | Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $177,000 | paid | For recipient's exempt purpose | 202331359349303108 |
| 2022 | The Klarman Family Foundation | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | B | $100,000 | approved, future | Healthy Democracy: Unrestricted operating support for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 | 202343129349102559 |
| 2022 | The Klarman Family Foundation | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | B | $100,000 | paid | Healthy Democracy: Unrestricted operating support for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 | 202343129349102559 |
| 2022 | Dorot Foundation | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | B | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING | 202340469349100724 |
| 2022 | Wisconsin Laborers' District Council | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $100,000 | paid | ISSUE ADVOCACY | 202341539349300409 |
| 2022 | Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | C | $80,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING | 202341319349103894 |
| 2022 | Marin Community Foundation | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $40,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 202321329349307422 |
| 2022 | The Wisconsin Initiative Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $30,000 | paid | : GENERAL SUPPORT FOR REDISTRICTING ACTIVITIES | 202311319349306951 |
| 2022 | Threshold Foundation | Law Forward Madison, WI | A | $26,000 | paid | ELECTION SECURITY | 202313199349330556 |
| 2022 | Edward & Ruth Wilkof Foundation | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | B | $7,500 | paid | GENERAL PROGRAMS | 202202009349100105 |
| 2022 | Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $7,000 | paid | GENERAL DONATIONS | 202331119349301003 |
| 2022 | Marci and Martin Karplus Family Foundation | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | B | $750 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202321579349101152 |
| 2021 | Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $109,800 | paid | For grant recipient's exempt purposes | 202221339349302787 |
| 2021 | Wisconsin Education Association Council | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202211819349301601 |
| 2021 | Wisconsin Infrastructure Investment Now Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $50,000 | paid | CONTRIBUTION TO ORG THAT ADVOCATES FOR SIMILAR ISSUES AS FILING ORGANIZATION | 202201049349301315 |
| 2021 | Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc | Law Forward Madison, WI | B | $20,000 | paid | TO FUND APPROVED PUBLIC CHARITIES | 202113199349105741 |
| 2021 | The Wisconsin Initiative Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $20,000 | paid | LITIGATION SUPPORT | 202201299349303880 |
| 2021 | Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $8,000 | paid | GENERAL DONATIONS | 202210779349301421 |
| 2021 | Max Fund Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | B | $1,000 | paid | OPERATING EXPENSES | 202210669349101216 |
| 2020 | United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America | Law Forward Madison, WI | A | $50,000 | paid | CONTRIBUTION | 202112879349301806 |
| 2020 | Wisconsin Laborers' District Council | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $50,000 | paid | ISSUE ADVOCACY | 202110229349300021 |
| 2020 | Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | C | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL OPERATING | 202143059349100844 |
| 2020 | Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $25,000 | paid | SUSTAINING SUPPORT | 202123169349305457 |
| 2020 | Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc | Law Forward Inc Madison, WI | A | $10,000 | paid | UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT | 202143219349301454 |
| 2020 | Daniel a Kohl Family Charitable Trust | Law Forward Madison, WI | B | $1,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 202143079349100629 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are inferred and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF and Form 990 Schedule I e-file XML filed by the funders shown; this organization's identity from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The rows as Parquet: manifest.
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