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Chernick Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$80k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2025
35
Organizations funded FY2024
37%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$12,500
Organizations funded a year
23 to 35
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$85k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 37% of the organizations Chernick Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsHealthYouth DevelopmentHuman 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving30$78k43%
FY202435$92k37%
FY202334$75k50%
FY202226$46k42%
FY202134$61k41%
FY202023$67k65%
FY201930$53k57%
FY201825$44k76%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$150kEducation$110kHuman Services$75kRecreation & Sports$45kPhilanthropy$38kYouth Development$37kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kArts & Culture$19kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
AZ
TN
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Bellin Health Foundation Inc$61,69561%
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Foundation Inc$44,00081%
Aspiro Inc$34,58970%
Cerebral Palsy Inc$20,95080%
Ne Wi Rugby Foundation Inc$20,00033%
Green Bay Preble Optimist Foundation Inc$11,90059%
Curative Connections Inc$11,00040%
Notre Dame de la Baie Academy Inc$10,9005n/a
Camp Daniel Inc$6,50031%
Bay-Lakes Council #635 Boy Scouts of America$6,00040%
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All grantees of Chernick Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Bellin Health Foundation Inc$61,69561%
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Foundation Inc$44,00081%
Aspiro Inc$34,58970%
Cerebral Palsy Inc$20,95080%
Ne Wi Rugby Foundation Inc$20,00033%
Green Bay Preble Optimist Foundation Inc$11,90059%
Curative Connections Inc$11,00040%
Notre Dame de la Baie Academy Inc$10,9005n/a
Camp Daniel Inc$6,50031%
Bay-Lakes Council #635 Boy Scouts of America$6,00040%
Center for Childhood Safety Inc$5,50031%
Rotary Foundation of Green Bay Inc$5,00034%
Fly With the Phoenix Collective Inc$5,0001n/a
Friends of Wisconsin Singers$5,0001n/a
Automobile Gallery Inc$5,00020%
Doctors in Recital Inc$3,50022%
Foxview Intermediate School PTO$3,0001n/a
Ashwaubenon Youth Baseball Inc$3,00012%
Beja Shriners$2,54031%
On Broadway Inc$2,5001n/a
Thrivent Member Network - Rocky Mountain$2,5001n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc$2,50011%
Achieve Brown County Inc$2,50011%
Green Bay Area Public School District$2,5001n/a
Confluence Council Inc$2,00010%
Miracle League of Green Bay$2,00041%
Zion Lutheran Church$1,9001n/a
Police Officers' Benevolent & Protective Assoc of the City of Green Bay Wi Inc$1,75012%
Hobart Volunteer Firefighter Association$1,50012%
Bellin College Inc$1,40010%
Green Bay Sail & Paddle Inc$1,30021%
Unity Limited Partnership$1,25020%
Optimist Club of Green Bay Inc$1,10023%
On Stage 4 Cancer Inc$1,00012%
The Pink Flamingo Classic Inc$1,00010%
Green Bay Rugby Football Club Inc$1,0001n/a
The Northeast Wisconsin Masonic Library and Museum Inc$1,00012%
Friends of Pals Youth and Fam Inc$1,0001n/a
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$1,0001n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,00010%
Silver Lake College of the Holy Family Inc$1,0001n/a
City of Sturgeon Bay$1,0001n/a
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$1,00010%
Brian Laviolette Scholarship Fund Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Rawhide Inc$83310%
Operation Song Inc$50010%
Lakeland University$50010%
Helphopelive Inc$50010%
Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes Inc$50010%
Jackie Nitschke Center Inc$50010%
We Empowher Inc$50011%
Notre Dame Catholic School of De Pere Inc$50010%
Howard Suamico School District$3002n/a
Bay Care Clinic Foundation Ltd$28410%
St Norbert College Inc$25010%
Brown County Sheriffs Benevolent Association$25010%
Kaukauna Area School District$2501n/a
Jacobs Well$2501n/a
Restoring Hope Ministries Inc$2501n/a
Family Services of Northeast Wi Inc$25010%
Denmark Vikings Basketball Club$2501n/a
Prince of Peace Catholic Church$2502n/a
Hopekids Inc$25010%
African Education Foundation$2001n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$20010%
Ricks Toybox Inc$2001n/a
Northeast Wisconsin Veterans Treatment Court Foundation Inc$2001n/a
Casa of Brown County Inc$10010%
Rise Up Athletics Inc$10010%
Wisconsin Badger State Sheriffs Association Inc$10010%
Gfwc Womans Club of de Pere$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 71 recipients with no EIN on record ($231k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Chernick Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Bellin Health Foundation Inc: $61,695 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin - Green Bay Foundation Inc: $44,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetAspiro Inc: $34,589 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCerebral Palsy Inc: $20,950 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNe Wi Rugby Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetGreen Bay Preble Optimist Foundation Inc: $11,900 over 5y, 8.9% of budgetCurative Connections Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Daniel Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBay-Lakes Council #635 Boy Scouts of America: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Childhood Safety Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetRotary Foundation of Green Bay Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetAutomobile Gallery Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDoctors in Recital Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetAshwaubenon Youth Baseball Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBeja Shriners: $2,540 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAchieve Brown County Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetConfluence Council Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMiracle League of Green Bay: $2,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetPolice Officers' Benevolent & Protective Assoc of the City of Green Bay Wi Inc: $1,750 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetHobart Volunteer Firefighter Association: $1,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetBellin College Inc: $1,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Bay Sail & Paddle Inc: $1,300 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUnity Limited Partnership: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOptimist Club of Green Bay Inc: $1,100 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetOn Stage 4 Cancer Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetThe Pink Flamingo Classic Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Northeast Wisconsin Masonic Library and Museum Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Independent Documentary Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrian Laviolette Scholarship Fund Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRawhide Inc: $833 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Song Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLakeland University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHelphopelive Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJackie Nitschke Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWe Empowher Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNotre Dame Catholic School of De Pere Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBay Care Clinic Foundation Ltd: $284 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Norbert College Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrown County Sheriffs Benevolent Association: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFamily Services of Northeast Wi Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHopekids Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCasa of Brown County Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRise Up Athletics Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWisconsin Badger State Sheriffs Association Inc: $100 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 48.

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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.

Greater Green Bay Community Foundation IncWI59.4× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · George Kress Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Wisconsin Public Service Foundation · John and Engrid Meng Inc · Schneider National Foundation Inc · Michael & Leanne Haddad Family Foundation Inc · Cornerstone Foundation of Northeastern Wisconsin Inc · US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · K C Stock Foundation Inc · Bellin Memorial Hospital Inc · Weyers Family Foundation Inc

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 Chernick Family Foundation Inc

How much does Chernick Family Foundation Inc give?
Chernick Family Foundation Inc reported 33 grants totaling $80,490 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Chernick Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (27%), Education (20%), Human Services (14%).
Who are Chernick Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Bellin Health Foundation Inc ($62k), University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Foundation Inc ($44k), Aspiro Inc ($35k).
Does Chernick Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Chernick Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Chernick Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc, George Kress Foundation Inc, Green Bay Packers Foundation.
Where is Chernick Family Foundation Inc based?
Chernick 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 143 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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