· Public charity
Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee Inc
Support member organizations in the milwaukee area through cooperative fundraising and community outreach.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2019
- Under $10k4 grants · $24k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $80k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY | $49,877 |
| HUMANE ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY | $16,544 |
| MILWAUKEE HOMELESS VETERANS INITIATIVE | $13,347 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WISCONSIN INC | $7,576 |
| URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER | $6,476 |
| RADIO MILWAUKEE INC | $5,315 |
| ACLU OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION | $5,045 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 86% of its 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2019, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
WISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY3× · 2017–2019 · $169k · revenue +61%
HUMANE ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC3× · 2017–2019 · $45k · revenue +183%- MHMILWAUKEE HOMELESS VETERANS INITIATIVE INC3× · 2017–2019 · $41k · revenue +116%
Funded once
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +30%
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.
We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.
To create decent, affordable housing for those in need
Seeking to put god's love into action. habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.
The purpose of the association shall be to restore and conserve wisconsin's waterfowl and wetland resources; to educate state waterfowlers during their progression from natural resource consumer to steward; and to promote governmental…
Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. milwaukee habitat for humanity adheres to a…
Humane treatement of animals
Engage our community in supporting milwaukee county parks to collectively steward a thriving park system.
The war memorial center's mission is to honor the dead and serve the living. we commemorate the courageous men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of freedom while preserving and sharing the stories, experiences, and…
Revitalize Milwaukee transforms communities by providing free, critical home repairs and comprehensive services to low-income, veterans, seniors, and people with disabilities. Over the last 21 years we have grown to be the largest provider…
Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.
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…
Provide affordable housing, support, and community to veterans throughout their lifespan.
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.
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 WISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HUMANE ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE HOMELESS VETERANS INITIATIVE INC ↗
- Who funds URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds REPAIRERS OF THE BREACH INC ↗
- Who funds Habitat for Humanity of Wisconsin Inc ↗
- Who funds HOPE HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds RADIO MILWAUKEE INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION 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.
Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Youth Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Shares of Greater Milwaukee Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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