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Albert J & Flora H Ellinger Foundation at a glance

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Albert J & Flora H Ellinger Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$94k
Granted FY2024still arriving
54
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$17kHuman Services$12kHealth$11kArts & Culture$10kEducation$9kYouth Development$6kHousing & Shelter$4kEnvironment$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 54 grants below total $78,950, the rows itemized in this filing. The $94,450 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $15,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k53 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY MKE & WAUK CTY$15,000
UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER$4,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS METRO MKE$3,750
MED COL WI INST OF NEUROSCIENCE$3,200
UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND$3,000
PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER$2,000
ST FRANCIS CHILDRENS CENTER$2,000
CHILDREN'S WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$2,000
THE FLORENTINE OPERA$2,000
ST MARCUS SCHOOL$2,000
SCHOOL CHOICE WISCONSIN$1,500
NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION$1,500
LITERACY SERVICES$1,500
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN$1,000
META HOUSE$1,000
02Its 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
Goodwill Industries of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Goodwill of south central wisconsin's mission is to help people in our community to live, work and thrive through housing, employment and supportive services. see schedule o for continuationsupported employment and job skills training are…

Employment
2
Cap Services Inc

Cap services, inc.'s mission is to transform people and communities to advance social and economic justice.

Human Services
3
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
4
Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc

The museum of wisconsin art celebrates the value, diversity, and uniqueness of the visual arts and artists of wisconsin. this is achieved by collecting, conserving, documenting, exhibiting, and promoting aesthetic understanding of the…

Arts & Culture
5
Wisconsin School Counselor Association Inc

Our vision is for wisconsin to be the model for excellence in equitable school counseling practice, exemplified by the advocacy, leadership, and expertise of the members of the wsca.

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6
Wisconsin Lutheran Home Ministries Inc

To share christ's love as we serve the spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional needs of people entrusted to our care and others whose lives we touch.

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7
Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visua

The wisconsin council of the blind and visually impaired's mission is to promote the dignity and empowerment of people in wisconsin who are blind and visually impaired by providing services, advocating legislation, and educating the…

Health
8
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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9
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
10
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

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

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11
Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation

Wwbic opens the doors of opportunity by providing any individuals who are interested in starting, strengthening, or expanding businesses with access to resources such as financial products and quality business and personal financial…

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Serenity Inns Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

30 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. 30 of the 54 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
11/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY MKE & WAUK CTY: $15,000 · OtherUNITED WAY MKE & WAUK CTYBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS METRO MKE: $3,750 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS METRO MKEMED COL WI INST OF NEUROSCIENCE: $3,200 · OtherMED COL WI INST OF NEUROSCIENCEST MARCUS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $2,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $2,000 · OtherST FRANCIS CHILDRENS CENTER: $2,000 · Other+27 more: $25,000 · Other+27 moreUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMU…THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S …DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN OF THE HEART-GREATER LACROSSE AREA INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesDOWN SYNDROM…MILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesMILWAUKEE CE…GATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WI INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesGATHERING OF…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMIL…SERENITY INNS INC: $500 · Human ServicesSERENITY INN…UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED PERF…FLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureFLORENTINE …BETTY BRINN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureBETTY BRINN…MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE A…WISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC INC: $500 · Arts & CultureWISCONSIN C…MILWAUKEE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL INC: $500 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE C…PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $2,000 · HealthPROHEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthCENTER FOR DEAF-BLIND PERSONS INC: $1,000 · HealthAUDIO & BRAILLE LITERACY ENHANCEMENT INC: $500 · HealthSCHOOL CHOICE WISCONSIN INC: $1,500 · EducationNEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · Recreation & SportsMILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterHEBRON HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY INC D/B/A HEBRON HOUSING SERVICES: $500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$52,950Human Services$9,000Arts & Culture$8,000Health$4,500Education$1,500Recreation & Sports$1,500Housing & Shelter$1,500

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 budgetUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSCHOOL CHOICE WISCONSIN INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBETTY BRINN CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVEREDGE NATURE CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWELLPOINT CARE NETWORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETA HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROHEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENEDICT CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR DEAF-BLIND PERSONS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGATHERING OF SOUTHEAST WI INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUDIO & BRAILLE LITERACY ENHANCEMENT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSERENITY INNS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEBRON HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY INC D/B/A HEBRON HOUSING SERVICES: $500 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…Evan & Marion Helfaer…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Herbert H Kohl Charit…United Way of Greater…Gardner FoundationRalph Evinrude Founda…Joseph and Vera Zilbe…Baird Foundation IncAnon Charitable TrustYouth Foundation IncCharles D Ortgiesen F…
Green Bay Packers FoundationWI46.6× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Gardner Foundation · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Youth Foundation Inc · Charles D Ortgiesen 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.

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 54 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $57k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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