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Bader Philanthropies Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$45M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
50
Itemized grants FY2024
44
Organizations funded FY2023
55%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$1.7M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$17,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$184,500
Organizations funded a year
41 to 47
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$28M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 55% of the organizations Bader Philanthropies Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $528k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving50$1.7M46%
FY202344$1.2M55%
FY202247$1.2M64%
FY202141$1.1Mn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$1.4MHuman Services$1.2MEducation$709kArts & Culture$565kReligion$347kFood & Nutrition$267kInternational$202kCommunity Improvement$127kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 84 grantees
All grantees of Bader Philanthropies Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Curative Connections Inc$322,00041%
Elmbrook New Berlin Senior Taxiinc$289,500449%
Danceworks Inc$205,00048%
Family Caregiver Alliance$130,00031%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$121,79020%
Eras Senior Network Inc$111,00034%
Betty Brinn Children's Museum Inc$100,00022%
Unity Limited Partnership$98,00010%
Faith in Action of Marathon County Inc$93,000353%
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc$85,00020%
Family Sharing of Ozaukee County Inc$80,00013%
Center for Community Stewardship$75,00031%
Ex Fabula Inc$70,000222%
Brain Center of Green Bay Inc$67,50036%
Centro Legal Por Derechos Humanos Inc$67,50027%
Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assist$67,50035%
Friends of the Kaukauna Public Libr$65,0001n/a
Bellin College Inc$65,00020%
Community Projects Committee Inc$60,00018%
Active Seniors' Options Inc$57,000215%
Beloit College$55,00010%
Amery Area Senior Citizens Inc$54,000413%
American Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro Inc$52,00012%
Carroll University Inc$50,00010%
Foundation for Rural Housing Inc$50,00014%
Beaming Inc$45,000311%
Folklore Village Farm Inc$41,500113%
Cots Inc$37,00021%
Community Clothes Closet$35,50041%
Social Current Inc$35,00010%
American Friends of Livnot ULehibanot$35,00014%
Age Well Arrowhead Inc$35,00017%
Edward Charles Foundation$30,00010%
Independence First Inc$30,00010%
Friends of the Oshkosh Seniors Center Inc$29,000129%
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum Inc$28,00031%
Access Ability Wisconsin Inc$27,00015%
Dogsinvests Inc$25,000121%
Dove Healthcare Community Foundation$25,00017%
Greater Galilee Community Development Corporation$25,00017%
Blair Area Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Dementia Friendly Community Initiative Inc$25,0001n/a
Black Arts Mke Inc$25,00014%
City on a Hill Inc$25,00011%
Foundations Health & Wholeness Inc$24,50010%
Interfaith Caregivers Inc$24,00018%
Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin Educational Foundation Inc$24,00021%
Imagine MKEInc$20,00012%
Causeway Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Inc$20,0001n/a
Artists Working in Education Inc$20,00013%
Congregation of St Johns Cathedral$20,0002n/a
Early Music Now Inc$20,00026%
Data You Can Use Inc$20,00016%
Agebetter Inc$20,00022%
Arts for All Wisconsin Inc$16,00022%
Civic Music Association of Milwaukee$15,00025%
Bader Hillel High Inc$15,0001n/a
Door Cancer Inc$15,00014%
Cia Siab Inc$15,00011%
Young Men's Christian Association of the Fox Cities$15,00010%
Ashland County Aging Unit$15,00013%
Bayview Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Evolve Community Inc.$15,0001n/a
Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison$15,00020%
Family Promise of Ozaukee County$15,00012%
Clement Manor Inc$12,50010%
Cardinal Stritch University Inc$10,00010%
Appleton Boychoir Inc$10,00015%
Aurora Health Care Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Interfaith Caregivers of Washington Coun$10,00012%
Artstart Inc$10,00022%
Dementia Innovations Inc$10,0001n/a
Blue Lotus Farm & Retreat Center Inc$10,00013%
Fisc Consumer Credit Counseling of Door County Inc$8,000110%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Inc$7,50010%
Eastside Senior Services Inc$7,50019%
Day by Day Shelter Inc$6,75011%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$6,50010%
Compassionate Home Health Care LLC$5,000116%
Fox Valley Memory Project Inc$4,00010%
Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy Inc$4,00012%
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc$3,32210%
Florentine Opera Company Inc$3,00010%
Consumer Technology Association Foundation$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Bader Philanthropies Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 76 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCurative Connections Inc: $322,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetElmbrook New Berlin Senior Taxiinc: $289,500 over 4y, 49% of budgetDanceworks Inc: $205,000 over 4y, 8.3% of budgetFamily Caregiver Alliance: $130,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $121,790 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEras Senior Network Inc: $111,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetBetty Brinn Children's Museum Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetUnity Limited Partnership: $98,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFaith in Action of Marathon County Inc: $93,000 over 3y, 53% of budgetFeeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc: $85,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Sharing of Ozaukee County Inc: $80,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCenter for Community Stewardship: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetEx Fabula Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetBrain Center of Green Bay Inc: $67,500 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetCentro Legal Por Derechos Humanos Inc: $67,500 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetEau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assist: $67,500 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetBellin College Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Projects Committee Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetActive Seniors' Options Inc: $57,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetBeloit College: $55,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmery Area Senior Citizens Inc: $54,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetAmerican Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro Inc: $52,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCarroll University Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Rural Housing Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetBeaming Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetFolklore Village Farm Inc: $41,500 over 1y, 13% of budgetCots Inc: $37,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCommunity Clothes Closet: $35,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSocial Current Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Friends of Livnot ULehibanot: $35,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetAge Well Arrowhead Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetEdward Charles Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndependence First Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Oshkosh Seniors Center Inc: $29,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetBergstrom-Mahler Museum Inc: $28,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetAccess Ability Wisconsin Inc: $27,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetDogsinvests Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetDove Healthcare Community Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetGreater Galilee Community Development Corporation: $25,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetBlack Arts Mke Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetCity on a Hill Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFoundations Health & Wholeness Inc: $24,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetInterfaith Caregivers Inc: $24,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetBicycle Federation of Wisconsin Educational Foundation Inc: $24,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetImagine MKEInc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetArtists Working in Education Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetEarly Music Now Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetData You Can Use Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 76.

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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 FoundationWI72.1× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Wispact Inc · Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · Dorothy Inbusch Foundation Inc · Youth Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable

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.

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About Bader Philanthropies Inc

How much does Bader Philanthropies Inc give?
Bader Philanthropies Inc reported 50 itemized grants totaling $1,654,750, out of $45,286,451 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 47 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Bader Philanthropies Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (1%), Human Services (1%), Education (0%).
Who are Bader Philanthropies Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Curative Connections Inc ($322k), Elmbrook New Berlin Senior Taxiinc ($290k), Danceworks Inc ($205k).
Does Bader Philanthropies Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bader Philanthropies Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bader Philanthropies Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Green Bay Packers Foundation, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc.
Where is Bader Philanthropies Inc based?
Bader Philanthropies Inc is based in WI.

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 118 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.

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