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Ascension Ne Wisconsin Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable.

$183k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$126k
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 2025.

Health$915kFood & Nutrition$60kCrime & Legal$10k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $140,564, the rows itemized in this filing. The $183,314 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $42,750 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 · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $126k
$125,564
Median grant
1
States reached
$283M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC$125,564
OSHKOSH AREA UNITED WAY INC$15,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 19% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS CENTER-FOX CITIES INC: $10k → 6%NAMI FOX VALLEY INC: $10k → 7%OSHKOSH AREA UNITED WAY INC: $30k → 11%UNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC: $126k → 6%CATALPA HEALTH INC: $18k → 7%OSHKOSH AREA UNITED WAY INC: $30k → 11%UNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC: $95k → 6%OSHKOSH AREA UNITED WAY INC: $30k → 11%UNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC: $75k → 6%OSHKOSH AREA UNITED WAY INC: $15k → 11%UNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC: $75k → 6%UNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC: $35k → 6%NEW MENTAL HEALTH CONNECTION INC: $15k → 6%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.
$947k · 5 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
3

Total granted

$947k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-6%
+11%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $406k · revenue -4%
  • AS
    ASCENSION ST ELIZABETH FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $253k · revenue -79% · 49% of their budget
  • MH
    MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $153k · revenue -72%

Funded once

  • CH
    CATALPA HEALTH INC
    one grant, 2019 · $18k · revenue +20%
  • NF
    NAMI FOX VALLEY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +11%
  • SA
    SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS CENTER - FOX CITIES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue 0%
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
Ascension Medical Group-Fox Valley Wisconsin Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

Health
2
Ministry Health Care Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

—
3
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - Southeast Wisconsin Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

Health
4
St Mary's Foundation Inc

Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the healing presence of god.

—
5
Wisconsin Hospital Association Inc

The wisconsin hospital association, inc.'s (wha) mission is advocating for the ability of its members to provide high quality health care services to wisconsin communities.the association fulfills this mission through the following values:…

—
6
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - Foundation for St Francis and Franklin Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

—
7
Home Health United Inc

Promote optimal health and quality of life to those we serve through our exceptional, comprehensive care both at home and in the community.

Health
8
Ascension Ne Wisconsin Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

Health
9
Ascension All Saints Hospital Foundation Inc

Ascension all saints hospital foundation actively builds and sustains philanthropic support for the advancement of health care in our communities while advancing ascension's mission.

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10
Ascension Se Wisconsin Hospital Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

Health
11
Wa Foote Memorial Hospital

W.a. foote memorial hospital dba henry ford health jackson hospital ("hfhjh") is an affiliate of henry ford health system dba henry ford health ("hf health") serving communities in south central michigan for more than 100 years. as an…

Health
12
Mental Health Emergency Center Inc

Mhec provides emergency crisis care that is patient-centered, recovery-orientated and culturally informed.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy Health Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach Corporation. 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

9 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.

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

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/9
Grantees still filing
4/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASCENSION ST ELIZABETH FOUNDATION INC: $252,870 · OtherASCENSION ST ELIZABETH FOUNDATION INCMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $152,696 · OtherMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION INCOSHKOSH AREA UNITED WAY INC: $105,000 · OtherOSHKOSH AREA UNITED WAY INC+2 more: $20,000 · OtherUNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC: $405,564 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY FOX CITIES INCNEW MENTAL HEALTH CONNECTION INC: $31,000 · HealthCATALPA HEALTH INC: $18,288 · Health
Other$530,566Philanthropy$405,564Health$49,288

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 budgetUNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC: $405,564 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetASCENSION ST ELIZABETH FOUNDATION INC: $252,870 over 3y, 49% of budgetMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $152,696 over 4y, 16% of budgetOSHKOSH AREA UNITED WAY INC: $105,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetNEW MENTAL HEALTH CONNECTION INC: $31,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetCATALPA HEALTH INC: $18,288 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAMI FOX VALLEY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS CENTER - FOX CITIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% 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.

J J Keller Foundation…Oshkosh Area Communit…Basic Needs Giving Pa…The Clarence Wallace …US Ventureschmidt Fam…Community Foundation …Green Bay Packers Fou…Baird Foundation IncThe Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
J J Keller Foundation IncWI17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J J Keller Foundation Inc · Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation · Basic Needs Giving Partnership Inc · The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation · US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Ascension Ne Wisconsin Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ascension Ne Wisconsin Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2022
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%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
    2report 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, FY20–24
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Ascension Ne Wisconsin Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Ascension Ne Wisconsin 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 8 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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