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Alexander Charitable Foundationinc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
89
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$389k
Largest
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Human Services$4.5MArts & Culture$584kReligion$498kEducation$306kHealth$246kCommunity Improvement$152kYouth Development$139kFood & Nutrition$127kOther$0
02FY2024 · 89 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k69 grants · $230k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $219k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $166k
  • $250k+1 grant · $389k
$5,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SO WOOD CO YMCA$388,500
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$116,000
ANNA MARIA ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER$50,000
NORTHERN SKY THEATER$25,000
ODC INC$20,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$17,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$16,400
COMPANION ANIMAL MEDICAL PROGRAM$15,000
FAMILY CENTER$12,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUB$12,000
EAST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL WOMENS TENNIS$11,250
FRIENDS OF RAPIDS MUSIC$10,000
BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHLAND$10,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$10,000
HOLY FAMILY MINISTRY$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $200k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ANNA MARIA ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER: $55k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $4k → 14%ANNA MARIA ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER: $50k → 10%MILESTONE INC: $5k → 15%ANNA MARIA ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 10%ANNA MARIA ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER: $15k → 10%ANNA MARIA ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 10%ANNA MARIA ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 10%ANNA MARIA ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 10%CHILDRENS HOME AID: $3k → 14%CHILDRENS HOME AID: $3k → 14%CHILDRENS HOME AID: $2k → 14%CHILDRENS HOME AID: $1k → 14%CHILDRENS HOME AID: $1k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME AND AID: $4k → 14%PALATINE TOWNSHIP NEEDY FAMILY FUND: $1k → 14%PALATINE TOWNSHIP NEEDY FAMILY FUND: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
IN
OH
CA
CO
AZ
AR
NC
DC
GA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.8M · 82 repeat orgs$403k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +30% since the first grant, against +29% for the ones you funded once.

82 repeat relationships — 61 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

82
50

Total granted

$6.8M
$293k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+29%

Still filing today

40%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthFood & NutritionHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AM
    ANNA MARIA ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER
    7× · 2018–2024 · $175k · revenue +177%
  • WH
    Wellness House
    6× · 2017–2022 · $57k · revenue +63%
  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    3× · 2017–2024 · $41k · revenue +140%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • NI
    NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANKgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $27k · revenue +29%
  • DC
    DOOR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +97%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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.

2
Door County Land Trust Inc

The door county land trust is a local, non-governmental non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve door county's exceptional lands and waters forever.

Environment
3
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

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

4
Northern Illinois Blood Bank Inc D/B/a Rock River Valley Blood Center

Rock river valley blood center, in partnership with our community, is dedicated to providing safe, high value blood products and services to people in need.

Health
5
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are underserved, underrepresented and disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
6
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
7
Nourishing Hope

Nourishing hope provides food, mental health support, and social services to help all our neighbors thrive.

8
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
9
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
10
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
11
Goodwill Industries of Northern Il and Wi Stateline Area Inc

The mission of goodwill is to create opportunities for individuals with barriers to enhance their lives. barriers include physical or mental disabilities, lack of education and job preparation, socio-economic disadvantages, and others.…

12
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Door County Ymca Inc and the most unlike its peers is Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsFood Banks and PantriesAddiction Recovery ServicesLocal History MuseumsEnvironmental Conservation …Animal Rescue and ShelterChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Policy Research and AdvocacySenior Support ServicesCommunity College Foundatio…Cancer Support ServicesYmca Youth DevelopmentCommunity Arts Centers
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 36 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number17%3%<5yr12%7%5–10yr20%10%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr16%35%35–55yr19%17%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value17%0%<5yr12%3%5–10yr20%3%10–20yr16%48%20–35yr16%21%35–55yr19%26%55yr+

The field is 17% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 1% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/77
the rest of the field
8%
3,021/36,449

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

71 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 71 of the 162 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
70/71
Grantees still filing
48/71
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SO WOOD CO YMCA — $4,133,900 · OtherSO WOOD CO YMCAUNITED METHODIST CHURCH — $479,500 · OtherUNITED METHODIST CHURCH+117 more — $1,512,630 · Other+117 moreNORTHERN SKY THEATER INC — $360,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc — $39,000 · Arts & CultureOLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC — $24,000 · Arts & CultureCREATE PORTAGE COUNTY INC — $21,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more — $41,000 · Arts & CultureANNA MARIA ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER — $175,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL — $14,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Milwaukee Inc — $7,500 · Human Services+3 more — $11,000 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT FOUNDATION INC — $67,000 · EducationDoor County YMCA INC — $40,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION — $21,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $15,000 · EducationGENE DOYLE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · Education+3 more — $6,000 · EducationWellness House — $57,000 · HealthDOOR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · HealthTHE JOSSELYN CENTER NFP — $6,250 · HealthNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIAS — $5,000 · HealthRehabilitation Institute of Chicago — $4,000 · Health+2 more — $3,000 · HealthGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY — $41,200 · Food & NutritionNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK — $27,200 · Food & NutritionBEYOND HUNGER — $5,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING OUR COMMUNITIES WITH UNITED SERVICES INC — $4,600 · Food & NutritionFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC — $4,000 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE — $3,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $2,000 · Food & NutritionINCOURAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $54,400 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC — $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more — $2,000 · Philanthropy
Other$6,126,030Arts & Culture$485,000Human Services$207,500Education$159,000Health$100,250Food & Nutrition$87,000Philanthropy$61,400

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNORTHERN SKY THEATER INC — $360,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetANNA MARIA ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER — $175,000 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT FOUNDATION INC — $67,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWellness House — $57,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetINCOURAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $54,400 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY — $41,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDoor County YMCA INC — $40,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc — $39,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Extension Inc — $35,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWISCONSIN RAPIDS FAMILY CENTER INC — $29,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetNORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK — $27,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC — $26,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDOOR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetOLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC — $24,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCREATE PORTAGE COUNTY INC — $21,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION — $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM — $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME & AID SOCIETY OF ILL — $14,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGENE DOYLE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL WISCONSIN CULTURAL CENTER INC — $8,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Milwaukee Inc — $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING DESERT THE — $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOSSELYN CENTER NFP — $6,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEYOND HUNGER — $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER FILM SOCIETY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIAS — $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA INC — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMILESTONE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST WITNESS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFEEDING OUR COMMUNITIES WITH UNITED SERVICES INC — $4,600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROYAL OAK CIVIC FOUNDATION — $4,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetWOMEN EMPLOYED — $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROTECT OUR WINTERS — $4,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN INC — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS FOR YOUTH INC — $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LGBTQ COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE D — $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWISCONSIN VETERAN'S VILLAGE ASSOCIATION INC — $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITING VOICES — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPALM SPRINGS FRIENDS OF PHILHARMONIC — $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds NORTHERN SKY THEATER INC
  • Who funds ANNA MARIA ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTER
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds Wellness House
  • Who funds INCOURAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
  • Who funds Door County YMCA INC
  • Who funds American Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc
  • Who funds The Extension Inc
  • Who funds WISCONSIN RAPIDS FAMILY CENTER INC
  • Who funds NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOD BANK
  • Who funds PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC
  • Who funds DOOR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC
  • Who funds CREATE PORTAGE COUNTY INC
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Green Bay Packers FoundationWI21.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Incourage Community Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · The Boldt Family Fund Inc · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Legacy Foundation of Central Wisc · Paper City Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Wisconsin Public Service Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Alexander Charitable Foundationinc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 2%
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
29report 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, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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How do I get to Alexander Charitable Foundationinc?

Find your warmest path to Alexander Charitable Foundationinc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 162 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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