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Arnold & Lois Domer Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$625k
Granted FY2022
44
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$83k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Food & Nutrition$439kEducation$397kHealth$242kAnimals$191kRecreation & Sports$142kHuman Services$140kYouth Development$106kHousing & Shelter$97kOther$0
02FY2022 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k23 grants · $125k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $417k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $83k
$9,235
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UW-Eau Claire Domer Scholarships$83,116
Individual grant recipient$43,537
Chippewa Valley Free Clinic$39,580
Community Table$36,941
Feed My People Food Pantry$36,941
Eau Claire County Humane Associatio$29,025
Catholic CharitiesSojourner House$26,386
Individual grant recipient$21,109
Trinity Lutheran Food Pantry$21,109
St Francis Food Pantry$21,109
Sacred Heart ChildAdolescent Behavi$19,790
Ruth House Holiday Meals$15,832
Hope Gospel Mission Holday Meals$15,832
Family Resource Center$13,193
Bolton Refuge House$13,193
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 (FY17–22, $243k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Family Resource Center: $13k → 12%Bolton Refuge House: $13k → 12%Bolton Refuge House: $5k → 12%Family Resource Center: $5k → 12%Family Resource Center: $5k → 12%Family Resource Center: $5k → 12%Bolton Refuge House: $5k → 12%Bolton Refuge House: $5k → 12%Bolton Refuge House: $5k → 12%Bolton Refuge House: $5k → 12%Family Resource Center: $5k → 12%Community Table: $37k → 12%St Francis Food Pantry: $21k → 12%Community Table: $14k → 12%Community Table: $14k → 12%Community Table: $14k → 12%Community Table: $14k → 12%Community Table: $12k → 12%St Francis Food Pantry: $8k → 12%St Francis Food Pantry: $8k → 12%St Francis Food Pantry: $8k → 12%St Francis Food Pantry: $8k → 12%St Francis Food Pantry: $6k → 12%Anu Family Services: $3k → 12%Anu Family Services: $1k → 12%Anu Family Services: $1k → 12%Anu Family Services: $1k → 12%Anu Family Services: $1k → 12%Anu Family Services: $1k → 12%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 45 repeat orgs$68k to everyone else

45 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2022, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
2

Total granted

$1.8M
$18k

Still filing today

24%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesHealthAnimalsHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CV
    CHIPPEWA VALLEY HEALTH CLINIC INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $112k · revenue +127%
  • TC
    THE COMMUNITY TABLE INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $105k · revenue +122%
  • EC
    EAU CLAIRE COMMUNITY HUMANE ASSOCIATION INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $84k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • CS
    CVTC Scholarhips for 2017-18
    one grant, 2017 · $17k
  • LC
    Lutheran Counseling Family Services
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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
Caring House Inc

To promote a violence free atmosphere from domestic and sexual violence in which survivors can recognize their options to have the opportunity to continue living violence free and regain their sense of self-worth; to educate and raise…

Human Services
2
Family Refuge Center Inc

Provides community outreach, advocacy, and shelter for victims of domestic violence.

Human Services
3
Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley Inc

Advocate for and support families who are homeless in our community by providing temporary housing and support services, and by fostering independence.

Human Services
4
Family Crisis Center

Promote safety, self-sufficiency, hope and healing to those effected by abuse.

Health
5
Central Iowa Shelter & Services

The organization endeavors to provide safe emergency and transitional shelter and meals to homeless adults along with resource assistance to move clients beyond homelessness and toward independent living.

Housing & Shelter
6
Family Crisis Shelter Inc

To provide safe shelter, advocacy, counseling, referrals and support to all victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Civil Rights
7
Wisconsin Rapids Family Center Inc

Our mission is to empower those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault and address the root causes of abuse in the community through education and advocacy.

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8
Chippewa County Humane Association

The chippewa county humane association seeks to relieve the suffering of homeless companion animals by setting an example of excellence in animal care and placement, humane education, and community leadership.

Animals
9
Family Promise of Waukesha County Inc

Our mission is to help low-income families and families experiencing homelessness achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response.

Housing & Shelter
10
Family Sharing of Ozaukee County Inc

To alleviate hunger and promote self-sufficiency with dignity and compassion to low-income, elderly and disabled residents of Ozaukee County.

Food & Nutrition
11
Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County Inc

The organization's mission is to provide comprehensive services for family members experiencing family conflict and family violence, and to provide understanding and consultation for the community at large. the organization provides…

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12
The Family Crisis Intervention Center of Region V Inc

The center's mission is to advocate and support social change that will result in non-violent relationships, homes and communities through public education, direct services, a haven and programs related to the issues of domestic and sexual…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chippewa Valley Health Clinic Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bobshouse 4Dogs 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

12 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. 12 of the 49 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
11/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UW-Eau Claire Domer Scholarships: $240,616 · OtherUW-Eau Claire Domer ScholarshipsFeed My People Food Pantry: $127,941 · OtherFeed My People Food PantryCatholic CharitiesSojourner House: $66,386 · OtherCVTC Scholarhips for 2018-19: $66,000 · OtherTrinity Lutheran Food Pantry: $59,109 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $59,109 · OtherSacred Heart ChildAdolescent Behavi: $57,290 · OtherHope Gospel Mission Holday Meals: $43,832 · OtherRuth House Holiday Meals: $43,832 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $43,537 · Other+28 more: $496,109 · Other+28 moreTHE COMMUNITY TABLE INC: $104,941 · Human ServicesTHE COMMUNITY T…ST FRANCIS FOOD PANTRY INC: $59,109 · Human ServicesST FRANCIS FOOD…BOLTON REFUGE HOUSE INC: $38,193 · Human ServicesBOLTON REFUGE H…FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $33,193 · Human ServicesFAMILY RESOURCE…+1 more: $7,639 · Human ServicesCHIPPEWA VALLEY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $111,580 · HealthTHE WELLNESS SHACK INC: $7,639 · HealthEAU CLAIRE COMMUNITY HUMANE ASSOCIATION INC: $84,025 · AnimalsBobshouse 4Dogs Inc: $26,735 · AnimalsBENJAMIN'S HOUSE EMERGENCY SHELTER INC: $30,555 · Housing & ShelterGIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY INC: $12,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,303,761Human Services$243,075Health$119,219Animals$110,760Housing & Shelter$30,555Youth Development$12,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHIPPEWA VALLEY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $111,580 over 6y, 6.3% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY TABLE INC: $104,941 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetEAU CLAIRE COMMUNITY HUMANE ASSOCIATION INC: $84,025 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetST FRANCIS FOOD PANTRY INC: $59,109 over 6y, 8.6% of budgetBOLTON REFUGE HOUSE INC: $38,193 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $33,193 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREEN COUNTY INC: $30,555 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetBENJAMIN'S HOUSE EMERGENCY SHELTER INC: $30,555 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetBobshouse 4Dogs Inc: $26,735 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY INC: $12,000 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetANU FAMILY SERVICES INC: $7,639 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WELLNESS SHACK INC: $7,639 over 6y, 3.3% 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.

  • Who funds CHIPPEWA VALLEY HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY TABLE INC ↗
  • Who funds EAU CLAIRE COMMUNITY HUMANE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST FRANCIS FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOLTON REFUGE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREEN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds BENJAMIN'S HOUSE EMERGENCY SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Bobshouse 4Dogs Inc ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS ON THE RUN OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds ANU FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗

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.

Eau Claire Community FoundationWI24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eau Claire Community Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Pablo Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · Multhauf Foundation Ltd · Mayo Clinic Group Return · Baird Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Arnold & Lois Domer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arnold & Lois Domer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.

    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 49 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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