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Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc at a glance

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Berbeewalsh 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.

$420k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

58% of Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $420k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

13
’18
13
’19
11
’20
6
’21
7
’22
6
’23
12
’24
5
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Animals$1.2MPhilanthropy$626kHealth$438kEducation$419kArts & Culture$355kYouth Development$125kCrime & Legal$50kCommunity Improvement$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $123k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $292k
$11,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION$150,000
MADISON CAT PROJECT INC$142,161
MADISON OPERA INC$30,000
OSKHOSH AREA HUMANE SOCIETY$17,000
AGRACE FOUNDATION INC$15,000
UNDERDOG PET RESCUE OF WISCONSIN INC$11,000
NORTH WINDS RESCUE$10,000
TRI 4 SCHOOLS (DBA ACTIVE YOUTH WISCONSIN)$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$10,000
DANE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$10,000
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE COMUNITY CENTER$10,000
GATEWAY TO THE DRIFTLESS INC$5,000
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 (FY18–18, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF WISCONSIN-CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $5k → 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

IL
WI
MA
OH
DC
HI
MS
TX
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 16 repeat orgs$535k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call). Read against FY2024, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
11

Total granted

$2.2M
$223k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+62%

Still filing today

81%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $116k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • MC
    MADISON CAT PROJECT INC
    5× · 2018–2025 · $609k · revenue +105% · 26% of their budget
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $225k · revenue +21%
  • MO
    MADISON OPERA INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $205k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • SH
    SHOREWOOD HILLS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $150k
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +49%
  • AH
    Agrace HospiceCare Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +71%
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
Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County Inc

The humane animal welfare society of waukesha county leads the community in animal welfare and assures sanctuary for animals in need.

Animals
2
Wisconsin Humane Society

The mission of the Wisconsin Humane Society is to make a difference for animals and the people who love them.

Animals
3
Missaukee Humane Society

Humane treatement of animals

Animals
4
Dodge County Humane Society Inc

Humane society providing animal stray service and animal care including adoptions, redemptions, and surrenders for residents located in dodge county, wi and surrounding areas.

Animals
5
United Way of Wisconsin Inc

United way of wisconsin is dedicated to supporting and enriching a strong statewide united way network that maximizes the capacity of local united ways to address human needs, improve lives and create lasting positive change across…

Philanthropy
6
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Foundation Inc

The uw-green bay foundation furthers the mission of uw-green bay, a public university, by developing and increasing opportunities for students primarily in the areas other than those in which the state of wisconsin ordinarily makes…

Education
7
Fetch Wisconsin Rescue Inc

Fetch wisconsin rescue is dedicated to the rescue & rehabilitation of unwanted, neglected, and abused dogs found in shelters across the midwest, as well as dogs surrendered by local owners unable to care for them.

Animals
8
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
9
Angel's Wish Incorporated

Angel's wish is dedicated to reducing animal overpopulation, rehoming companion animals, and raising awareness of animal welfare issues in south central wisconsin.

Animals
10
Reedsburg Area Medical Center

Reedsburg area medical center, always there, going beyond the expected to provide compassionate, quality, and efficient health care.

Health
11
Wisconsin Medical Society Inc

To improve the health of the people of wisconsin by supporting and strengthening physicians' ability to practice high quality patient care in a changing environment.

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12
Uw-Madison Supporting Organization Inc

Uw-madison supporting organization, inc. is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes and for the beneift of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of the university…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dane County Humane Society; the most unlike its peers is North Winds Rescue. 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

33 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. 33 of the 41 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
17/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DANE COUNTY FRIENDS OF FERALS INC (DBA MADISON CAT PROJECT): $370,089 · OtherDANE COUNTY FRIENDS OF FERALS INC (DBA…ACCESS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $150,000 · OtherACCESS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INCSHOREWOOD HILLS FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · OtherSHOREWOOD HILLS FOUNDATION INCTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · OtherTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherGARY COMER YOUTH CENTER INC: $50,000 · OtherCITY OF MADISON POLICE K-9 AND EQUINE PARTNERS INC: $50,000 · Other+13 more: $129,483 · Other+13 moreMADISON CAT PROJECT INC: $609,443 · AnimalsMADISON CAT PROJECT INCDANE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $65,780 · AnimalsDANE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETYOSHKOSH AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $61,000 · AnimalsOSHKOSH AREA HUMANE SOCIETY+5 more: $51,000 · Animals+5 moreMADISON OPERA INC: $205,000 · Arts & CultureMADISON OPER…WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $150,000 · Arts & CultureWHITE HOUSE …THE MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH INC: $135,000 · HealthTHE MORGR…Agrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc: $80,000 · HealthAgrace Ho…RAPE CRISIS CENTER INC: $24,250 · HealthRAPE CRIS…FRIENDS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITAL AND CLINICS INC: $24,000 · HealthFRIENDS O…SPECIALTY CARE FREE CLINIC INC: $10,000 · HealthFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $230,643 · Community Improvement+1 more: $5,000 · Community ImprovementMADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $230,642 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $224,686 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Education
Other$1,099,572Animals$787,223Arts & Culture$355,000Health$273,250Community Improvement$235,643Philanthropy$235,642Education$234,686

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 budgetMADISON CAT PROJECT INC: $609,443 over 5y, 26% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $230,643 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $224,686 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON OPERA INC: $205,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetACCESS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 6y, 21% of budgetWHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH INC: $135,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetDANE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $65,780 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOSHKOSH AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $61,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCITY OF MADISON POLICE K-9 AND EQUINE PARTNERS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetGARY COMER YOUTH CENTER INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRAPE CRISIS CENTER INC: $24,250 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITAL AND CLINICS INC: $24,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetUNDERDOG PET RESCUE OF WISCONSIN INC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetActive Youth Wisconsin Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetSPECIALTY CARE FREE CLINIC INC: $10,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNeighborhood House Community Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTunica Humane Society: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - LA CROSSE ALUMNI & FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC: $6,283 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLOCAL 311 CHARITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetOPERATION DREAM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF WISCONSIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPERRYSBURG SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 4.0% 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.

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.

Madison Gas and Elect…Alliant Energy Founda…Green Bay Packers Fou…Baird Foundation IncMadison Community Fou…Endres Manufacturing …Veridian Foundation I…The Evjue Foundation …Herbert H Kohl Charit…The American Society …Greater Green Bay Com…Hooper Corp Foundation
Madison Gas and Electric Foundation IncWI30× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Veridian Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Hooper Corp 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 Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Berbeewalsh Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Berbeewalsh Foundation 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 41 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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