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1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin Community Foundation Inc at a glance

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1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin Community Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$35k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$50kHousing & Shelter$34kCommunity Improvement$23kEducation$14kHealth$14kArts & Culture$14kEmployment$12kCrime & Legal$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$382k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAASE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS$5,000
SECURE FUTURES$5,000
ARTS LARGE$4,000
WISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK$4,000
CRISTO REY JESUIT$3,500
Individual grant recipient$3,000
SAFE AND SOUND INC$3,000
OZAUKEE FOOD ALLIANCE$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
JOURNEY 21 INC$1,500
THE WOMEN'S CENTER$1,000
BLOOM360 LEARNING COMMUNITY$1,000
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 (FY19–24, $46k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 51% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $5k → 5%THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $2k → 5%THE WOMEN'S CENTER: $1k → 5%THE WOMEN'S CENTER: $1k → 5%SHARP LITERACY: $3k → 17%HAASE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: $5k → 5%HAASE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS INC: $4k → 5%HAASE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: $2k → 5%HAASE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: $2k → 5%SENIORS ON THE GO: $1k → 5%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 17%SECUREFUTURES: $5k → 17%SECUREFUTURES: $5k → 17%SECURE FUTURES: $5k → 17%SECUREFUTURES: $3k → 17%SECUREFUTURES FONDATION: $1k → 17%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$111k · 14 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
22

Total granted

$111k
$67k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+1%

Still filing today

86%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterArts & CultureEducationCrime & LegalFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • ACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $23k · revenue +303%
  • SECUREFUTURES FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $19k · revenue +56%
  • HC
    Haase Community Connections Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $13k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • SM
    SECUREFUTURES - MONEY COACHING PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP
    one grant, 2019 · $8k
  • BV
    BEYOND VISION AKA WISCRAFT INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • TU
    TEAM UP WITH FAMILIESKATY'S KLOSET
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
Milwaukee Community Service Corps Inc

The milwaukee community service corps (mcsc) is a non-profit vocational training organization providing employment, education and life skills to training youth adults and unemployed and underemployed of milwaukee, wisconsin.

Employment
2
Innovative Services Inc

Innovative services, inc. (isi) cares for those with disabilities, helping them lead fulfilling lives with maximum independence. innovative's vision is to be the most trusted care provider for people with disabilities in wisconsin.

Human Services
3
Pathways of Wisconsin Inc

Pathways of wisconsin provides supported employment opportunities and empowerment through quality, person-centered programming for individuals of all abilities.

Human Services
4
Artworks for Milwaukee Inc

ArtWorks mission is preparing youth for tomorrow by providing transferable career skills through arts internships today. More than 1,450 high school students have completed ArtWorks internships since our inception.

Arts & Culture
5
Portal Inc

To enhance opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) to participate fully in their community as valued neighbors, productive workers and respected citizens. portal, inc. assists more than 200 adults…

Employment
6
Radio Milwaukee Inc

To reach a new generation of radio listeners on air, online and in the community with a compelling selection of music and public affairs programming. the corporation celebrates milwaukee music, arts, heritage, and culture by supporting and…

Arts & Culture
7
Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee Inc

To promote interests and effectiveness of the nonprofit sector through strengthening organizational capacity, expanding volunteerism and encouraging collaboration.

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8
Kishwaukee United Way

To improve lives by sharing community resources

Philanthropy
9
Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County Inc

The humane animal welfare society of waukesha county leads the community in animal welfare and assures sanctuary for animals in need.

Animals
10
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

—
11
One Wisconsin Now Inc

To advance progressive values, ideas and policies through research, policy, networking, advocacy and public education.

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12
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers Inc; the most unlike its peers is Senior on the Go 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

25 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. 25 of the 40 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SECUREFUTURES - MONEY COACHING PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP: $7,500 · OtherSECUREFUTURES - MONEY COACHING PROGRAM SPONSORS…CRISTO REY JESUIT: $7,000 · OtherCRISTO REY JESUITBEYOND VISION AKA WISCRAFT INC: $5,000 · OtherBEYOND VISION AKA WISCRAFT INCTEAM UP WITH FAMILIESKATY'S KLOSET: $5,000 · OtherTEAM UP WITH FAMILIESKATY'S KLOSETACTS HOUSING - HOMEOWNERSHIP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM: $5,000 · OtherACTS HOUSING - HOMEOWNERSHIP EMPOWERMENT PROGRA…URBAN ECONCOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF WI INC (UEDA): $5,000 · OtherURBAN ECONCOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF WI I…WISCONSIN WOMEN'S BUSINESS INITIATIVE CORPORATION: $5,000 · OtherWISCONSIN WOMEN'S BUSINESS INITIATIVE CORPORATI…WESTERN RACINE COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPICS: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherHOUSING RESOURCES INC - AFFORDABLE HOUSING: $3,000 · OtherOZAUKEE FOOD ALLIANCE: $3,000 · OtherMILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $5,000 · OtherMILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INCFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $4,500 · OtherFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC+10 more: $17,905 · Other+10 moreSECUREFUTURES FOUNDATION INC: $18,500 · Human ServicesSECUREFUTURES FOUNDATION IN…Haase Community Connections Inc: $13,000 · Human ServicesHaase Community Connections…THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $8,845 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INCSHARP LITERACY INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesSHARP LITERACY INCUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $22,500 · Housing & ShelterACTS COMMUNITY DE…HOUSING RESOURCES INC: $3,500 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING RESOURCES…Journey 21 Inc: $3,000 · Housing & ShelterJourney 21 IncARTS AT LARGE INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureLATINO ARTS INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE INC: $7,500 · EducationBLOOM360 LEARNING COMMUNITY INC: $2,000 · EducationMKE URBAN STABLES INC: $5,000 · Crime & LegalSafe & Sound Inc: $3,000 · Crime & LegalWISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INC: $6,300 · Public Benefit
Other$79,905Human Services$46,345Housing & Shelter$29,000Arts & Culture$11,500Education$9,500Crime & Legal$8,000Public Benefit$6,300

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $22,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSECUREFUTURES FOUNDATION INC: $18,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHaase Community Connections Inc: $13,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $8,845 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INC: $6,300 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetARTS AT LARGE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMKE URBAN STABLES INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN WOMEN'S BUSINESS INITIATIVE CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSING RESOURCES INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJourney 21 Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSafe & Sound Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARP LITERACY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLATINO ARTS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIXTEENTH STREET COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOM360 LEARNING COMMUNITY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSenior on the Go Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWAUKESHA FREE CLINIC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope Center Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Green Bay Packers Fou…Greater Milwaukee Fou…United Way of Greater…Ralph Evinrude Founda…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Baird Foundation IncWaukesha County Commu…Joseph and Vera Zilbe…Anon Charitable TrustYouth Foundation IncMilwaukee Jewish Fede…Peck Foundation Milwa…
Green Bay Packers FoundationWI39× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Waukesha County Community Foundation · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Youth Foundation Inc · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Peck Foundation Milwaukee Ltd

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 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin Community Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin Community Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin Community Foundation 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 40 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-PF 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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