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Ascension Wisconsin Foundation 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.

$4.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$25MPublic Safety & Disaster$109kEducation$44kCrime & Legal$38kScience & Tech$28kReligion$20kYouth Development$6k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $4,104,469, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,297,154 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $192,685 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–50k3 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $473k
  • $250k+5 grants · $3.6M
$230,541
Median grant
2
States reached
$99M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA ST MARY'S HOSPITAL MILWAUKKE INC$1,252,126
COLUMBIA ST MARY'S INC$803,896
ASCENSION SE WISCONSIN HOSPITAL INC$712,129
ASCENSION NE WISCONSIN INC$415,084
ASCENSION ALL SAINTS HOSPITAL INC$413,592
ASCENSION MEDICAL GROUP - SE WISCONSIN INC$230,541
SACRED HEART REHABILITATION INSTITUTE INC$106,339
WHEATON FRANCISCAN HEALTHCARE - SE WISCONSIN INC$83,825
ASCENSION ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL INC$52,047
UW-MADISON GAR ACCOUNT OFFICE FOR RESEARCH & SPONSORED PROGRAMS$14,489
ASCENSION WISCONSIN PHARMACY INC$10,401
GRACE CHURCH$10,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY19–22, $560k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COMPASSUS LIVING FOUNDATION INC: $474k → 4%PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF WI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $34k → 10%PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF WISCONSIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $27k → 10%PROFFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF WISCONSIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 10%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.
$25M · 22 repeat orgs$918k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
8

Total granted

$25M
$918k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-8%
-1%

Still filing today

86%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • CS
    COLUMBIA ST MARY'S HOSPITAL MILWAUKEE INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $9.7M · revenue +57%
  • AM
    ASCENSION MEDICAL GROUP-SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +20%
  • AA
    ASCENSION ALL SAINTS HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $814k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • CL
    COMPASSUS LIVING FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $474k · revenue +10%
  • CC
    COLUMBIA CENTER INC
    one grant, 2017 · $200k
  • AS
    ASPIRUS STEVENS POINT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $97k · revenue -85%
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
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…

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2
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…

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3
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation 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…

Philanthropy
4
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita 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
5
St Mary's Health 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
6
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
7
Ascension Health Senior Care

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
8
Wheaton Franciscan - Elmbrook Memorial Foundation 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…

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9
Ascension Health

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
10
Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation 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
St Vincent's Medical Center

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
12
Wheaton Franciscan - St Joseph Foundation 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…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ascension St Francis Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wishope 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 30 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/25
Grantees still filing
10/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLUMBIA ST MARY'S HOSPITAL MILWAUKEE INC: $9,654,576 · HealthCOLUMBIA ST MARY'S HOSPITAL MILWAUKEE INCCOLUMBIA ST MARY'S INC: $3,487,187 · HealthCOLUMBIA ST MARY'S INCASCENSION MEDICAL GROUP-SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $2,036,238 · HealthASCENSION MEDICAL GROUP-SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INCASCENSION SE WISCONSIN HOSPITAL INC: $2,005,356 · HealthASCENSION SE WISCONSIN HOSPITAL INCSACRED HEART REHABILITATION INSTITUTE INC: $1,328,825 · HealthSACRED HEART REHABILITATION INSTITUTE INCASCENSION ALL SAINTS HOSPITAL INC: $814,425 · Health+8 more: $1,767,506 · Health+8 moreASCENSION ST ELIZABETH FOUNDATION INC: $1,064,850 · OtherASCENSION ST ELI…MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $910,748 · OtherMERCY HEALTH FOU…ASCENSION ALL SAINTS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $813,236 · OtherASCENSION ALL SA…COLUMBIA ST MARY'S HOSPITAL OZAUKEE INC: $547,845 · OtherCOLUMBIA ST MARY…COLUMBIA CENTER INC: $200,000 · Other+7 more: $274,445 · Other+7 moreCOMPASSUS LIVING FOUNDATION INC: $474,112 · Human ServicesPROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF WISCONSIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $108,996 · Human ServicesCOLUMBIA COLLEGE OF NURSING INC: $119,890 · EducationWISCONSIN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $37,539 · Crime & Legal
Health$21,094,113Other$3,811,124Human Services$583,108Education$119,890Crime & Legal$37,539

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOLUMBIA ST MARY'S HOSPITAL MILWAUKEE INC: $9,654,576 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCOLUMBIA ST MARY'S INC: $3,487,187 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetASCENSION MEDICAL GROUP-SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $2,036,238 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetASCENSION SE WISCONSIN HOSPITAL INC: $2,005,356 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSACRED HEART REHABILITATION INSTITUTE INC: $1,328,825 over 6y, 9.2% of budgetASCENSION ST ELIZABETH FOUNDATION INC: $1,064,850 over 3y, 31% of budgetMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $910,748 over 3y, 18% of budgetASCENSION ALL SAINTS HOSPITAL INC: $814,425 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASCENSION ALL SAINTS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $813,236 over 3y, 17% of budgetASCENSION NE WISCONSIN INC: $690,621 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBIA ST MARY'S HOSPITAL OZAUKEE INC: $547,845 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWHEATON FRANCISCAN HEALTHCARE - SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $378,396 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetASCENSION ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL INC: $261,987 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBIA CENTER INC: $200,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA COLLEGE OF NURSING INC: $119,890 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetWishope Inc: $112,255 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetASPIRUS STEVENS POINT HOSPITAL & CLINICS INC: $111,589 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARSHFIELD CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $111,574 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF WISCONSIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $108,996 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetASPIRUS STEVENS POINT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $96,843 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetASCENSION WISCONSIN PHARMACY INC: $82,810 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWISCONSIN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $37,539 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASPIRUS MEDICAL GROUP - NORTHERN WISCONSIN INC: $18,274 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOORING PROGRAMS INCORPORATED: $8,202 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Green Bay Packers Fou…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Green Bay Packers FoundationWI14.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 30 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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