Ashley Charitable Foundation Ltd
Ashley Charitable Foundation is a private foundation founded by Ashley Furniture Industries and based in Arcadia, WI (EIN 39-1948289). It supports education, workforce development and community initiatives and is documented in corporate news and tax filings as an active grantmaking foundation with multi‑million dollar assets.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A small-to-midsize nonprofit focused on education, workforce development, youth robotics/first-robotics programs, community initiatives, or arts and culture—especially organizations with ties to Wisconsin or to Ashley Furniture’s programmatic interests.
Good Fit
- • Programs in K–12 education, workforce training, or robotics/First Robotics.
- • Community arts or local civic projects in Arcadia/Wisconsin or regions where the foundation has funded before.
- • Ability to submit a concise written request and accept a single annual submission.
- • Capacity to show local partnership or prior engagement with Ashley-backed initiatives.
Geography
Grants in the latest year went to organizations in eight states, but a clear majority of dollars remained concentrated in Wisconsin (roughly 58% in the latest year), indicating state-level focus with some multi-state reach.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded many distinct independent recipients across the observed years (56 distinct recipients in 2023 and 17 in 2024), showing a broadly distributed recipient set rather than a tiny closed circle.
New Applicants
The foundation provides public application instructions and a named letter submission route, and recent history shows many new grantees (very high new-recipient share in 2023 and substantial new-recipient share in 2024), so unfamiliar applicants have a realistic path to funding.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
