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Barbara and John Trimble Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Barbara and John Trimble Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$220k
Granted FY2025still arriving
43
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$123k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.2MReligion$104kHuman Services$92kHealth$54kInternational$46kCrime & Legal$25kHousing & Shelter$23kCommunity Improvement$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k41 grants · $83k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $123k
$1,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$123,000
United Methodist Church$14,500
Prevent Blindness$9,550
Semper Fi Fund$9,000
The Kellerman Foundation$9,000
Joyful Journeys$7,000
Milwaukee Tennis and Education Foun$5,950
Gatekeepers$4,000
ACTS Housing$3,000
Tunnel to Towers Foundation$3,000
Wisconsin Womens Business Initiativ$2,666
United Community Center$2,550
Teens Grow Greens$2,500
The Fund American Studies$2,500
Milwaukee Rescue Mission$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $52k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%Joyful Journeys: $7k → 6%Joyful Journeys: $7k → 6%Joyful Journeys: $7k → 6%Joyful Journeys Inc: $5k → 6%Joyful Journeys: $3k → 6%Jewish Family Services: $1k → 17%Jewish Family Services: $1k → 17%United Community Center: $3k → 17%United Community Center: $3k → 17%United Community Center: $3k → 17%United Community Center: $3k → 17%United Community Center: $2k → 17%United Community Center: $500 → 17%Jewish Family Services: $2k → 17%Jewish Family Services: $2k → 17%Jewish Family Services: $2k → 17%Jobs Works MKE: $2k → 17%Jobs Works MKE: $1k → 17%Jobs Works MKE: $500 → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
NJ
CA
CO
MD
AZ
NC
DC
LA
TX
FL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 43 repeat orgs$251k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
17

Total granted

$1.4M
$245k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+19%

Still filing today

49%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalHealthArts & CulturePublic BenefitOther
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

  • KF
    Kellermann Foundation
    5× · 2021–2025 · $39k · revenue +69%
  • SF
    SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND
    5× · 2020–2025 · $32k · revenue +56%
  • GC
    GATEKEEPERS CORPORATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $24k · revenue +766%

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MARCUS LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $229k
  • SF
    Semper Fi Americas Funds
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • ML
    Mt Lebanon Lutheran Church and School
    2× · 2024–2025 · $3k
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
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
2
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
5
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
6
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
7
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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8
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
9
Washington & Jefferson College

To graduate people of uncommon integrity, competence, and maturity, who are effective lifelong learners and responsible citizens, and who are prepared to contribute substantially to the world in which they live.

Education
10
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is The National World War Ii Museum 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

35 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. 35 of the 69 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
25/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $966,494 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST MARCUS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $229,250 · OtherST MARCUS LUTHERAN CHURCHUnited Methodist Church: $101,300 · OtherUnited Methodist Church+45 more: $178,734 · Other+45 moreJOYFUL JOURNEYS INC: $28,500 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $13,150 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesJOBSWORK MKE INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesKellermann Foundation: $39,000 · International+2 more: $420 · InternationalSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $32,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthGATEKEEPERS CORPORATION: $24,000 · Crime & LegalST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC: $4,000 · EducationUNITY OF HOPE SCHOOL SYSTEM INC: $3,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,500 · EducationCITY FORWARD COLLECTIVE INC: $1,500 · EducationEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Education+4 more: $1,450 · EducationACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $13,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,475,778Human Services$51,650International$39,420Health$33,000Crime & Legal$24,000Education$15,450Housing & Shelter$13,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKellermann Foundation: $39,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $32,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJOYFUL JOURNEYS INC: $28,500 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetPrevent Blindness Wisconsin: $26,380 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetGATEKEEPERS CORPORATION: $24,000 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $13,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $13,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWISCONSIN WOMEN'S BUSINESS INITIATIVE CORPORATION: $10,499 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTEENS GROW GREENS INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC: $5,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJOBSWORK MKE INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $3,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITY OF HOPE SCHOOL SYSTEM INC: $3,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCITY FORWARD COLLECTIVE INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL SPORTS & CULTURAL EXCHANGE INC: $900 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRISING FOR JUSTICE INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCEDARBURG COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $50 over 2y, 0.0% 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 Kellermann Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds JOYFUL JOURNEYS INC ↗
  • Who funds Prevent Blindness Wisconsin ↗
  • Who funds GATEKEEPERS CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN WOMEN'S BUSINESS INITIATIVE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds TEENS GROW GREENS INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES ↗
  • Who funds URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds JOBSWORK MKE INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds UNITY OF HOPE SCHOOL SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CITY FORWARD COLLECTIVE 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.

Greater Milwaukee Fou…United Way of Greater…Baird Foundation IncGreen Bay Packers Fou…Anon Charitable TrustRalph Evinrude Founda…Joseph and Vera Zilbe…Jerome J and Dorothy …Youth Foundation IncEvan & Marion Helfaer…The Lynde and Harry B…Bradley Impact Fund I…
Greater Milwaukee Foundation IncWI27.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Anon Charitable Trust · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Jerome J and Dorothy H Holz Family Foundation C/O Donald Tushaus · Youth Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc

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 Barbara and John Trimble Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barbara and John Trimble Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Gatekeepers Corporation: 13% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 69 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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