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100 Men of Dane County Inc

We exist to support other organizations conducting charitable activities and providing relief to the poor, distressed and underprivileged.

$399k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$96k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$564kHuman Services$543kEducation$275kYouth Development$121kEmployment$96kRecreation & Sports$94kCrime & Legal$92kHealth$92kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $26k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $369k
$91,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$33k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WAYFORWARD RESOURCES$96,000
SAFE HARBOR CHILD ADVOCACY$92,000
THE CANOPY CENTER$91,000
THE PLAYING FIELD$90,000
MAYDM$15,000
FELICIA'S DONATION CLOSET$11,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $457k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%HANDS FOR HARVEST INC: $90k → 7%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $90k → 10%IRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $82k → 10%BLW CENTER: $88k → 10%FELICIA'S DONATION CLOSET: $11k → 10%WAYFORWARD RESOURCES: $96k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Dane County Parent Council Inc

Dane county parent council changes the lives of underserved children and families through education and supportive services.

Education
2
Literacy Network Inc

Literacy network helps adults in dane county build skills, reach goals, and connect communities.

Education
3
Bay View Community Center of Milwaukee Inc

We bring people together to build community as an inclusive, independent, community-supported nonprofit organization.

Human Services
4
My Sister's Place of Madison Inc

My sister's place, inc. is a non-profit agency that promotes domestic peace and safety through advocacy, support, and community education.

Health
5
Community Action Program for Madison County Inc

Community action partnership for madison county is an anti-poverty agency that improves the well-being and safety of children, families, and our community through a variety of programs and services.

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6
Milwaukee Center for Children and Youth Inc

To end suffering of abused children in milwaukee county through comprehensive advocacy, education, and supportive services that heal trauma, build resilience, nurture the ability to thrive, and create a path toward eradicating the epidemic…

Human Services
7
Sunshine Place Inc

To provide comprehensive services that support essential needs through community engagement and partnerships.

Human Services
8
Madison Development Corporation

Madison development corporation (mdc)'s mission is to help create jobs by providing gap financing to small businesses and to develop and finance quality, affordable workforce housing units in madison and the dane county area.

Community Improvement
9
Family Service Madison Inc

Our mission: providing human services to instill hope and promote wellness in our community.

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10
The Women's Center Inc

To provide safety, shelter and support to empower all impacted by domestic abuse, sexual violence, child abuse & trafficking.

Human Services
11
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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12
Madison Adoption Associates Ltd

To bring hope, love and connection by serving children, individuals, and families in the areas of adoption, foster care, and support services.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Playing Field Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mentoring Positives Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
11/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $96,000 · Human ServicesWAYFORWARD RESOURCES INCLOGAN JAMES HERR FOUNDATION INC: $91,000 · Human ServicesLOGAN JAMES HERR FOUNDATION INCHANDS FOR HARVEST INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesHANDS FOR HARVEST INCMentoring Positives Inc: $90,000 · Human ServicesMentoring Positives IncDOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES INC: $89,500 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES I…VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $88,000 · Human ServicesVERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INCIRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $82,000 · Human ServicesIRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY…+1 more: $11,000 · Human ServicesSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $100,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FO…THE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC: $97,000 · Food & NutritionTHE RIVER FOOD PA…EXTENDED HANDS PANTRY INC: $93,000 · Food & NutritionEXTENDED HANDS PA…CLIMB USA INC: $97,000 · Youth DevelopmentCLIMB USA I…MADISON READING PROJECT INC: $91,000 · Youth DevelopmentMADISON REA…JUMP IN FOUNDATION INC: $94,000 · EducationJUMP IN FOU…THE PLAYING FIELD INC: $90,000 · EducationTHE PLAYING…SAFE HARBOR CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $92,000 · Crime & LegalSAFE HARBOR…CANOPY CENTER INC: $91,000 · Crime & LegalCANOPY CENT…LITTLE JOHN'S RESTAURANT INC: $87,500 · OtherLITTLE JOHN'S REST…MAYDM INC: $15,000 · OtherMADISON PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $94,000 · OtherMADISON PARKS FOUN…RISE WISCONSIN INC: $91,500 · OtherRISE WISCONSIN INC+2 more: $14,000 · OtherOPERATION FRESH START INC: $96,000 · Employment
Human Services$637,500Food & Nutrition$290,000Youth Development$188,000Education$184,000Crime & Legal$183,000Other$302,000Employment$96,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCLIMB USA INC: $97,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetTHE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC: $97,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $96,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetOPERATION FRESH START INC: $96,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetMADISON PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $94,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetJUMP IN FOUNDATION INC: $94,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetEXTENDED HANDS PANTRY INC: $93,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetSAFE HARBOR CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $92,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetRISE WISCONSIN INC: $91,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCANOPY CENTER INC: $91,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetLOGAN JAMES HERR FOUNDATION INC: $91,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMADISON READING PROJECT INC: $91,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetHANDS FOR HARVEST INC: $90,000 over 1y, 64% of budgetTHE PLAYING FIELD INC: $90,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMentoring Positives Inc: $90,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetDOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES INC: $89,500 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetVERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $88,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetLITTLE JOHN'S RESTAURANT INC: $87,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetIRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $82,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMAYDM INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFELICIA'S DONATION CLOSET INC: $11,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC: $8,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Madison Gas and Electric Foundation IncWI42.7× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Madison Rotary Foundation · The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Inc · Madison Investments Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization 100 Men of Dane County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 100 Men of Dane County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    Find your warmest path to 100 Men of Dane County Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 24 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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