· Private foundation
Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k15 grants · $40k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AREA COMMUNITY THEATRE INC | $10,000 |
| FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST | $5,000 |
| NEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR INC | $5,000 |
| TOMAH CONCERT ASSOCIATION | $4,000 |
| VETERANS ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC | $4,000 |
| TOMAH AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $3,000 |
| FAMILIES FIRST OF MONROE COUNTY | $3,000 |
| KINDNESS COMMUNITY INC | $3,000 |
| VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 1382 | $3,000 |
| MR ED'S COMMUNITY THANSGIVING DINNER | $2,000 |
| TOMAH AREA CANCER SUPPORT | $2,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN | $2,000 |
| OUR TOWN TOMAH COMMITTEE | $1,000 |
| NORTH AMERICAN SQUIRREL ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| CHASING DAYLIGHT ANIMAL SHELTER INC | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TMTomah Memorial Hospital5× · 2018–2022 · $50k · revenue +50%
- ACAREA COMMUNITY THEATER INC7× · 2019–2025 · $32k · revenue +61%
- VAVETERANS ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC6× · 2020–2025 · $22k · revenue +23%
Funded once
- HCHO CHUNK MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTERone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
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.
The mission of Tomah Health Community Foundation, Inc. is to support the community of Tomah and the healthcare providers that serve its residents.
The Housing Action Coalition brings together community resources to address the needs of Waukesha Countys most vulnerable people. The Coalition assists those in need of emergency housing, financial assistance, food and many other…
Baraboo area homeless shelter works to provide shelter and comprehensive case management services to persons experiencing homelessness in baraboo, wisconsin and the surrounding area.
To create decent, affordable housing for those in need
Humane society providing animal stray service and animal care including adoptions, redemptions, and surrenders for residents located in dodge county, wi and surrounding areas.
To provide animal control services for marathon county, provides for the care of stray and unwanted animals, and provides public education concerning the safety of animals and responsible pet ownership.
To promote the health and welfare of animals by providing homes, meals, and healthcare. to control the stray population and the spread of disease.
To promote the sport of ice hockey and educate participants while instilling the importance of sportsmanship and fair play.
To operate as an animal shelter by taking in stray or surrendered animals. We provide medical care and surgical care, including spaying and neutering of all animals if needed prior to adoption.
Providing elderly housing and assistance to eligible clients in northeast wisconsin.
The purpose of neighborhood housing services of southeast wisconsin, inc. is to renew pride, restore confidence,promote reinvestment, and revitalize the nhs neighborhoods through the efforts of local residents acting in concert with…
Provide for shelter, food, veterinary services and adoption of small animals. this shelter operates as a no kill shelter in north central iowa.
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 19 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Tomah Memorial Hospital ↗
- Who funds AREA COMMUNITY THEATER INC ↗
- Who funds VETERANS ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds TOMAH AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds CHASING DAYLIGHT ANIMAL SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR INC ↗
- Who funds KINDNESS COMMUNITY INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WEST CENTRAL WIS ↗
- Who funds FAMILIES FIRST OF MONROE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH AMERICAN SQUIRREL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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