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Burmester Charitable Trust Xxxxx1007

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.

$85k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Human Services$246kYouth Development$98kArts & Culture$86kHousing & Shelter$60kReligion$30kHealth$29kFood & Nutrition$25kEnvironment$22kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LUTHERAN COUNSELING AND FAMILY SERVICES$10,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF JANESVILLE$10,000
MILWAUKEE HOMELESS VETERANS INITIATIVE$10,000
FREEDOM HOUSE MISSION MINISTRIES$10,000
HOUSE OF HOPE GREEN BAY INC$10,000
HOWE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER$9,030
THE WOMEN'S CENETR INC$8,000
ST ANN CENTER FOR INTERGENERATIONAL$8,000
FOSTER THE VILLAGE$5,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF METROPOLITAN$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–25, $116k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SHARING CENTER INC: $10k → 10%SHARING CENTER INC: $10k → 10%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA: $10k → 10%SHARING CENTER INC: $7k → 10%WOMEN AND CHILDRENS HORIZONS: $11k → 10%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA: $10k → 10%THE WOMEN'S CENETR INC: $8k → 5%LUTHERAN COUNSELING AND FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 17%LUTHERAN COUNSELING AND FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 17%FOSTER THE VILLAGE: $5k → 10%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $5k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER BELOIT INC: $10k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER BELOIT INC: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$413k · 15 repeat orgs$274k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +61% since the first grant, against +18% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
26

Total granted

$413k
$246k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+18%

Still filing today

80%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • JP
    JANESVILLE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $54k · revenue +114%
  • HC
    Hope Center Inc
    4× · 2020–2023 · $43k · revenue +87%
  • RI
    RAWHIDE INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $30k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • AS
    ASCEND SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +13%
  • EW
    EMBOLDEN WI INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +132%
  • OC
    OVERTURE CENTER FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $12k · revenue +52%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Wisconsin Rapids Family Center Inc

Our mission is to empower those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault and address the root causes of abuse in the community through education and advocacy.

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2
Racine County Opportunity Center

Our focus is on making shortterm investments which will significantly improve the longterm wellbeing of our clients. we will measure our performance against these standards by continuously communicating with our clients, and will take…

Human Services
3
Milwaukee Center for Children and Youth Inc

To end suffering of abused children in milwaukee county through comprehensive advocacy, education, and supportive services that heal trauma, build resilience, nurture the ability to thrive, and create a path toward eradicating the epidemic…

Human Services
4
Women's Resource Center of Racine Inc

The women's resource center (wrc), is a not for profit agency dedicated to providing crisis intervention services to women and children who are victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault, thus promoting positive changes in the community…

Human Services
5
Wisconsin Youth Company Inc

Wisconsin youth company's mission is to engage youth in opportunities to encourage them to be their best selves.

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6
Pathways of Wisconsin Inc

Pathways of wisconsin provides supported employment opportunities and empowerment through quality, person-centered programming for individuals of all abilities.

Human Services
7
Innovative Services Inc

Innovative services, inc. (isi) cares for those with disabilities, helping them lead fulfilling lives with maximum independence. innovative's vision is to be the most trusted care provider for people with disabilities in wisconsin.

Human Services
8
Family Promise of Waukesha County Inc

Our mission is to help low-income families and families experiencing homelessness achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response.

Housing & Shelter
9
Family Service Agency of Waukesha County Inc

Building stronger communities, strengthening families, and empowering individuals through compassionate, life changing programs and mental health services.

Human Services
10
Goodwill Industries of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Goodwill of south central wisconsin's mission is to help people in our community to live, work and thrive through housing, employment and supportive services. see schedule o for continuationsupported employment and job skills training are…

Employment
11
Child Advocacy Centers of Wisconsin

Establish and maintain child advocacy centers and teams in wisconsin.

Human Services
12
Variety - the Children's Charity of Wisconsin Inc

Enriching the lives of children with physical or developmental special needs and their families.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Greater Beloit Inc and the most unlike its peers is Hannah Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr12%3%5–10yr19%17%10–20yr17%30%20–35yr16%30%35–55yr18%20%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr12%1%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr17%39%20–35yr16%28%35–55yr18%22%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/32
the rest of the field
10%
1,502/15,014

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
24/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ST ANN CENTER FOR INTERGENERATIONAL — $48,000 · OtherST ANN CENTER FOR INTERGENERATIONALHope Center Inc — $42,500 · OtherHope Center IncRAWHIDE INC — $30,000 · OtherRAWHIDE INCNORTHWOODS HUMANE SOCIETY — $20,000 · OtherNORTHWOODS HUMANE SOCIETYHOUSE OF HOPE GREEN BAY INC — $20,000 · OtherHOUSE OF HOPE GREEN BAY INCCOOPERATING CONGREGATIONS OF WAUKESHA — $20,000 · OtherCOOPERATING CONGREGATIONS OF WAUKESHAMILWAUKEE HOMELESS VETERANS INITIATIVE INC — $20,000 · OtherMILWAUKEE HOMELESS VETERANS INITIATIVE INC+17 more — $151,000 · Other+17 moreSHARING CENTER INC — $27,000 · Human ServicesSHARING CENTER INCGREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesGREATER GREEN BAY Y…FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER BELOIT INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF G…LUTHERAN COUNSELING AND FAMILY SERVICES — $20,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN COUNSELING…WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HORIZONS INC — $11,372 · Human ServicesWOMEN AND CHILDREN'…THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC — $8,000 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S CENTER …YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROCK COUNTY INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesFoster the Village Inc — $5,000 · Human ServicesJANESVILLE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC — $54,259 · Arts & CultureJANESVILLE P…OVERTURE CENTER FOUNDATION INC — $12,000 · Arts & CultureOVERTURE CEN…FIRST STAGE MILWAUKEE — $10,000 · Arts & CultureFIRST STAGE …BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF JANESVILLE INC — $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF OSHKOSH INC — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE RUN OF SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN INC — $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentASCEND SERVICES INC — $20,000 · HealthEMBOLDEN WI INC — $15,000 · HealthRAPE CRISIS CENTER INC — $4,107 · HealthALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC — $22,000 · EnvironmentVICTORY GARDEN INITIATIVE INC — $10,000 · EnvironmentHOWE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC — $19,030 · Community ImprovementRIVERWORKS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $10,000 · Community Improvement
Other$351,500Human Services$116,372Arts & Culture$76,259Youth Development$43,000Health$39,107Environment$32,000Community Improvement$29,030

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJANESVILLE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC — $54,259 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetHope Center Inc — $42,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetRAWHIDE INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF JANESVILLE INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSHARING CENTER INC — $27,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC — $22,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetASCEND SERVICES INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHOUSE OF HOPE GREEN BAY INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMILWAUKEE HOMELESS VETERANS INITIATIVE INC — $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetGREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER BELOIT INC — $20,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetLUTHERAN COUNSELING AND FAMILY SERVICES — $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHOWE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC — $19,030 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetEMBOLDEN WI INC — $15,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetOVERTURE CENTER FOUNDATION INC — $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HORIZONS INC — $11,372 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWISCONSIN EQUAL JUSTICE FUND INC — $11,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetVICTORY GARDEN INITIATIVE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetRIVERWORKS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF RACINE COUNTY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNUTRITION AND HEALTH ASSOCIATES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetYMCA OF NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF OSHKOSH INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST STAGE MILWAUKEE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ROCK COUNTY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASA OF THE FOX CITIES INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRAPE CRISIS CENTER INC — $4,107 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Green Bay Packers Fou…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Otto Bremer TrustGreater Green Bay Com…Baird Foundation IncGreater Milwaukee Fou…Alliant Energy Founda…Youth Foundation IncEvan & Marion Helfaer…Community Foundation …US Ventureschmidt Fam…United Way of Greater…
Green Bay Packers FoundationWI53.6× affinity25 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 · Otto Bremer Trust · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Youth Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin Inc · US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Burmester Charitable Trust Xxxxx1007 funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    20report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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