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Benne-Fit Valley 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.

$44k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$29k
Largest
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.

Religion$267kHealth$88kEducation$29kRecreation & Sports$13kHuman Services$12kPhilanthropy$5kPublic Benefit$2kYouth Development$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $29k
$250
Median grant
7
States reached
$680k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EAST BENNETT VALLEY CHURCH$29,100
TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY$5,000
AMERICAN LEGION POST 0459$3,821
ELEVA STRUM HIGH SCHOOL$1,500
SALVATION ARMY$1,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC$1,000
HOPE GOSPEL MISSION INC$1,000
COWBOY CHURCH$400
COMMUNITY CHURCH LAKE$250
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$250
RAINBOW HOSPICE CARE INC$200
JUDICIAL WATCH$200
PRESQUE ISLE COMMUNITY LIBRARY$150
NORTH LAKELAND DISCOVERY CENTER$100
FEED MY PEOPLE$100
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MISSION PRE-BORN INC: $5k → 16%CHRISTMAS FOR KIDS - SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN: $200 → 13%AGAPE HOUSE: $400 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$374k · 19 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +84% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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21

Total granted

$374k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+84%
+39%

Still filing today

53%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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HealthEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyPublic 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

  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2024 · $10k · revenue +83%
  • TS
    TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +51%
  • HG
    HOPE GOSPEL MISSION INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $5k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • BC
    BEAT CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $12k · revenue +31%
  • MP
    Mission Pre-Born Incgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +960%
  • LL
    Liberty & Loyalty Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · 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
My Choice Wisconsin Inc

We inspire people to experience life at its fullest by encouraging ownership of health, fostering independence, and serving the whole person; and do so with an unwavering commitment as stewards of medicaid funding.

Health
2
Foundation of Saint Clare's Hospital of Weston 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
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

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4
Children's Medical Group Inc

To provide quality, accessible primary health care services to all children in our community, advocate for the well-being of all children, educate children, families, health care professionals and our community regarding the health of…

Health
5
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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6
Wisconsin Lutheran Home Ministries Inc

To share christ's love as we serve the spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional needs of people entrusted to our care and others whose lives we touch.

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7
Children's Service Society of Wisconsin

The mission of children's service society of wisconsin ("cssw") is to build, sustain, and enhance a nurturing environment for wisconsin children.

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8
Sauk Prairie Healthcare Inc

Extraordinary healthcare from the heart - one person at a time.vision: we will set the standard for community-based healthcare that improves the health and quality of life of the people we serve.

Health
9
Children's Specialty Group Inc

The mission of children's specialty group, inc. ("csg") is to provide the highest quality specialty health care services to infants, children and adolescents and to advance the effectiveness of health care through education and the…

Health
10
Aurora Health Care Inc Group Return

To promote health, prevent illness, provide state-of-the art diagnosis and treatment. aurora is committed to improving the quality of health care and health outcomes, and providing services that are affordable and accessible.

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11
Pro-Life Wisconsin Inc

Defend the right to life of all citizens of our state, whether born or preborn, young, old, disabled, or terminally ill. we affirm that the right to life exists at the moment of fertilization and extends until natural death.

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12
St Luke's Health Foundation of Sioux City Iowa

To enhance the quality of life for the people of the siouxland region by obtaining funds in support of the health-care mission of st. luke's health system.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Special Operations Warrior Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Liberty & Loyalty Foundation. 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

27 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. 27 of the 48 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
23/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EAST BENNETT VALLEY CHURCH: $261,663 · OtherEAST BENNETT VALLEY CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $65,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+29 more: $32,356 · Other+29 moreSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationTARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationBEAT CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,600 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN INC: $2,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $1,000 · HealthLiberty & Loyalty Foundation: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsTRINITY EQUESTRIAN CENTER KIDS KAMP INC: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsMission Pre-Born Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesAGAPE HOUSE INC: $400 · Human ServicesCHRISTMAS FOR KIDS SOUTHWEST WI INC: $200 · Human ServicesHOPE GOSPEL MISSION INC: $4,900 · PhilanthropyJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $2,300 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $100 · Public Benefit
Other$359,219Education$21,500Health$20,600Recreation & Sports$6,000Human Services$5,600Philanthropy$4,900Public Benefit$2,400

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBEAT CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLiberty & Loyalty Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHOPE GOSPEL MISSION INC: $4,900 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $2,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WISCONSIN FFA FOUNDATION INC: $2,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAINBOW HOSPICE CARE INC: $1,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAGAPE HOUSE INC: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH LAKELAND DISCOVERY CENTER INC: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVIP SERVICES INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREMPEALEAU COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHRISTMAS FOR KIDS SOUTHWEST WI INC: $200 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLAUDERDALE-LAGRANGE FIRE DEPT INC: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLeadership Institute: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY PEOPLE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Legion: $40 over 1y, 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 BEAT CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Mission Pre-Born Inc ↗
  • Who funds Liberty & Loyalty Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HOPE GOSPEL MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WISCONSIN FFA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TIME IS NOW TO HELP INC ↗
  • Who funds RAINBOW HOSPICE CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OPERATIONS WARRIOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY EQUESTRIAN CENTER KIDS KAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AGAPE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH LAKELAND DISCOVERY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds VIP SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds TREMPEALEAU COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗

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 FoundationWI15× affinity5 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 · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Benne-Fit Valley Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Benne-Fit Valley Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–10%
    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 48 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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