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Charles Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$677k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2024
43
Organizations funded FY2023
23%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
12 to 43
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$11M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 23% of the organizations Charles Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationHousing & ShelterEmploymentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving42$571k5%
FY202343$658k23%
FY202232$245k9%
FY202134$653k38%
FY202027$637k48%
FY201914$68k79%
FY201812$46kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Environment$941kHealth$683kYouth Development$622kEducation$434kPublic Benefit$219kHuman Services$184kPhilanthropy$71kRecreation & Sports$60kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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MN
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MI
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CA
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TN
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Green Bay Preble Optimist Foundation Inc$256,500661%
Brown County Winew Zoo$200,0001n/a
Rawhide Inc$135,00050%
Boys & Girls Club Fox Valley Inc$100,00011%
Encompass Early Education & Care Inc$80,00031%
Stella Maris Foundation$60,000315%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc$46,00065%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Bay and Lakes Region Inc$45,00040%
St Louis Parish$30,0006n/a
Bay-Lakes Council #635 Boy Scouts of America$26,00050%
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All grantees of Charles Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Green Bay Preble Optimist Foundation Inc$256,500661%
Brown County Winew Zoo$200,0001n/a
Rawhide Inc$135,00050%
Boys & Girls Club Fox Valley Inc$100,00011%
Encompass Early Education & Care Inc$80,00031%
Stella Maris Foundation$60,000315%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc$46,00065%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Bay and Lakes Region Inc$45,00040%
St Louis Parish$30,0006n/a
Bay-Lakes Council #635 Boy Scouts of America$26,00050%
Pierce Downer Elementary PTA$25,000113%
Curative Connections Inc$25,00050%
Cerebral Palsy Inc$24,00050%
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin Inc$20,00040%
Casa of Brown County Inc$15,00061%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$12,50040%
Families-In-Transition Support Network$11,800115%
Notre Dame de la Baie Academy Inc$10,0001n/a
Freedom House Ministries Inc$10,00010%
Badger Boys State Incorporated$10,00041%
On the Mark Dyslexia Clinic Inc$10,00023%
Paul's Pantry Inc$10,00010%
Jackson Hole Therapeutic Riding$9,00060%
Downers Grove Junior Womens Club$8,1007n/a
Brown County Oral Health Partnership Inc$8,00040%
St John the Evangelist Homeless Shelter Inc$8,00040%
Missions of Honor Inc$6,00011%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$5,80040%
Howe Community Resource Center Inc$5,00040%
Brain Center of Green Bay Inc$5,00011%
Huntsman Cancer Foundation$4,00040%
Movember Foundation$3,50060%
Occupaws Guide Dog Association$2,00020%
Green Bay Sail & Paddle Inc$2,00021%
Exceptional Equestrians Company$2,00020%
Texas Casa Inc$1,50020%
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$1,06510%
Kendyns Kause$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Charles Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGreen Bay Preble Optimist Foundation Inc: $256,500 over 6y, 61% of budgetRawhide Inc: $135,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Club Fox Valley Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetEncompass Early Education & Care Inc: $80,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetStella Maris Foundation: $60,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc: $46,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of the Bay and Lakes Region Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBay-Lakes Council #635 Boy Scouts of America: $26,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPierce Downer Elementary PTA: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCurative Connections Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCerebral Palsy Inc: $24,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of Wisconsin Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCasa of Brown County Inc: $15,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFamilies-In-Transition Support Network: $11,800 over 1y, 15% of budgetFreedom House Ministries Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBadger Boys State Incorporated: $10,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetOn the Mark Dyslexia Clinic Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetPaul's Pantry Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJackson Hole Therapeutic Riding: $9,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBrown County Oral Health Partnership Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt John the Evangelist Homeless Shelter Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMissions of Honor Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMuscular Dystrophy Association Inc: $5,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHowe Community Resource Center Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBrain Center of Green Bay Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHuntsman Cancer Foundation: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMovember Foundation: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOccupaws Guide Dog Association: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGreen Bay Sail & Paddle Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetExceptional Equestrians Company: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Casa Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSleep in Heavenly Peace Inc: $1,065 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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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 FoundationWI43.6× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · George Kress Foundation Inc · John and Engrid Meng Inc · Little Rapids Corporation - Egan Family Foundation Inc · Weyers Family Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · De Pere Christian Outreach · Cornerstone Foundation of Northeastern Wisconsin Inc · US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · Elizabeth B and Philip J Hendrickson Foundation Ltd

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.

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About Charles Family Foundation Inc

How much does Charles Family Foundation Inc give?
Charles Family Foundation Inc reported 45 grants totaling $676,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Charles Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (28%), Health (20%), Youth Development (19%).
Who are Charles Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Green Bay Preble Optimist Foundation Inc ($257k), Brown County Winew Zoo ($200k), Rawhide Inc ($135k).
Does Charles Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Charles Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Charles Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Green Bay Packers Foundation, Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc, George Kress Foundation Inc.
Where is Charles Family Foundation Inc based?
Charles Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.

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 67 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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