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Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable.

$4.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$25MPublic Safety & Disaster$109kEducation$44kCrime & Legal$38kScience & Tech$28kReligion$20kYouth Development$6k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 12 grants below total $4,104,469 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $4,297,154 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $192,685 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $473k
  • $250k+5 grants · $3.6M
$230,541
Median grant
2
States reached
$99M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA ST MARY'S HOSPITAL MILWAUKKE INC$1,252,126
COLUMBIA ST MARY'S INC$803,896
ASCENSION SE WISCONSIN HOSPITAL INC$712,129
ASCENSION NE WISCONSIN INC$415,084
ASCENSION ALL SAINTS HOSPITAL INC$413,592
ASCENSION MEDICAL GROUP - SE WISCONSIN INC$230,541
SACRED HEART REHABILITATION INSTITUTE INC$106,339
WHEATON FRANCISCAN HEALTHCARE - SE WISCONSIN INC$83,825
ASCENSION ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL INC$52,047
UW-MADISON GAR ACCOUNT OFFICE FOR RESEARCH & SPONSORED PROGRAMS$14,489
ASCENSION WISCONSIN PHARMACY INC$10,401
GRACE CHURCH$10,000
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 (FY19–22, $560k) land where the poverty rate runs at 5%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COMPASSUS LIVING FOUNDATION INC: $474k → 4%PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF WI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $34k → 10%PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF WISCONSIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $27k → 10%PROFFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF WISCONSIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$25M · 22 repeat orgs$918k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships — 12 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
8

Total granted

$25M
$918k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-8%
-1%

Still filing today

86%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationCrime & LegalOther

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

  • CS
    COLUMBIA ST MARY'S HOSPITAL MILWAUKEE INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $9.7M · revenue +57%
  • AM
    ASCENSION MEDICAL GROUP-SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +20%
  • AA
    ASCENSION ALL SAINTS HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $814k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • CL
    COMPASSUS LIVING FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $474k · revenue +10%
  • CC
    COLUMBIA CENTER INC
    one grant, 2017 · $200k
  • AS
    ASPIRUS STEVENS POINT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $97k · revenue -85%

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
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - Foundation for St Francis and Franklin Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

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2
Ministry Health Care Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

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3
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

Philanthropy
4
Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

Health
5
St Mary's Health Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

Health
6
Ascension Health Senior Care

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

Health
7
Ascension Medical Group-Fox Valley Wisconsin Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

Health
8
Ascension Health

Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually centered, holistic care,…

Health
9
Wheaton Franciscan - Elmbrook Memorial Foundation Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

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10
St Vincent's Medical Center

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

Health
11
Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

Health
12
Wheaton Franciscan - St Joseph Foundation Inc

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ascension St Francis Hospital Inc and the most unlike its peers is Wishope Inc. 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

25 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. 25 of the 30 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/25
Grantees still filing
9/25
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COLUMBIA ST MARY'S HOSPITAL MILWAUKEE INC — $9,654,576 · HealthCOLUMBIA ST MARY'S HOSPITAL MILWAUKEE INCCOLUMBIA ST MARY'S INC — $3,487,187 · HealthCOLUMBIA ST MARY'S INCASCENSION MEDICAL GROUP-SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC — $2,036,238 · HealthASCENSION MEDICAL GROUP-SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INCASCENSION SE WISCONSIN HOSPITAL INC — $2,005,356 · HealthASCENSION SE WISCONSIN HOSPITAL INCSACRED HEART REHABILITATION INSTITUTE INC — $1,328,825 · HealthSACRED HEART REHABILITATION INSTITUTE INCASCENSION ALL SAINTS HOSPITAL INC — $814,425 · Health+8 more — $1,767,506 · Health+8 moreASCENSION ST ELIZABETH FOUNDATION INC — $1,064,850 · OtherASCENSION ST ELI…MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $910,748 · OtherMERCY HEALTH FOU…ASCENSION ALL SAINTS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $813,236 · OtherASCENSION ALL SA…COLUMBIA ST MARY'S HOSPITAL OZAUKEE INC — $547,845 · OtherCOLUMBIA ST MARY…COLUMBIA CENTER INC — $200,000 · Other+7 more — $274,445 · Other+7 moreCOMPASSUS LIVING FOUNDATION INC — $474,112 · Human ServicesPROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF WISCONSIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — $108,996 · Human ServicesCOLUMBIA COLLEGE OF NURSING INC — $119,890 · EducationWISCONSIN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $37,539 · Crime & Legal
Health$21,094,113Other$3,811,124Human Services$583,108Education$119,890Crime & Legal$37,539

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOLUMBIA ST MARY'S HOSPITAL MILWAUKEE INC — $9,654,576 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetCOLUMBIA ST MARY'S INC — $3,487,187 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetASCENSION MEDICAL GROUP-SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC — $2,036,238 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetASCENSION SE WISCONSIN HOSPITAL INC — $2,005,356 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSACRED HEART REHABILITATION INSTITUTE INC — $1,328,825 over 6y, 9.2% of budgetASCENSION ST ELIZABETH FOUNDATION INC — $1,064,850 over 3y, 31% of budgetMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $910,748 over 3y, 18% of budgetASCENSION ALL SAINTS HOSPITAL INC — $814,425 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASCENSION ALL SAINTS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $813,236 over 3y, 17% of budgetASCENSION NE WISCONSIN INC — $690,621 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBIA ST MARY'S HOSPITAL OZAUKEE INC — $547,845 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWHEATON FRANCISCAN HEALTHCARE - SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC — $378,396 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetASCENSION ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL INC — $261,987 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBIA CENTER INC — $200,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA COLLEGE OF NURSING INC — $119,890 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetWishope Inc — $112,255 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetASPIRUS STEVENS POINT HOSPITAL & CLINICS INC — $111,589 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARSHFIELD CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC — $111,574 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS OF WISCONSIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — $108,996 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetASPIRUS STEVENS POINT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC — $96,843 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetASCENSION WISCONSIN PHARMACY INC — $82,810 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWISCONSIN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $37,539 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASPIRUS MEDICAL GROUP - NORTHERN WISCONSIN INC — $18,274 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOORING PROGRAMS INCORPORATED — $8,202 over 1y, 0.1% 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…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Green Bay Packers FoundationWI14.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc 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.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 30 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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