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Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc

Community shares of wisconsin (csw), together with its donors and approximately 70 member nonprofits, addresses social, economic, and environmental problems through grassroots activities, advocacy, research and public education.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
61
Itemized grants FY2024
60
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$1.0M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$15,104
Largest grant, FY2024
$89,364
Organizations funded a year
59 to 68
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$1.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEnvironmentPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureInternationalOther
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 arriving60$999k0%
FY202360$937k0%
FY202268$1.2M9%
FY202164$1.1M3%
FY202062$990k3%
FY201963$932k11%
FY201861$955k8%
FY201759$927kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$1.3MCivil Rights$1.1MEducation$855kHealth$827kHousing & Shelter$666kCrime & Legal$614kPublic Benefit$504kHuman Services$488kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 81 grantees
All grantees of Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools Incorporated$489,467820%
Rape Crisis Center Inc$280,41984%
American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation Inc$279,95684%
Freedom Inc$253,25481%
Friends of Wisconsin State Parks Inc$251,236813%
Kids Forward Inc$233,99482%
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Inc$226,21387%
Clean Wisconsin Inc$203,02783%
End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin the Wi Coalition Against Domestic Violence$195,02881%
Project Home Inc$182,04681%
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Inc$178,41286%
Back Porch Radio Broadcasting Inc$166,84983%
Wisconsin Literacy Inc$159,67363%
Wisconsin Wetlands Association Inc$156,44483%
Bayview Foundation Inc$154,06282%
Embolden Wi Inc$152,13084%
Wisconsin Conservation Voices Inc$151,34683%
Midwest Environmental Advocates Inc$149,80282%
Outreach Inc$148,91585%
The River Alliance of Wisconsin Inc$135,34363%
Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance Inc$132,40282%
Reap Food Group Inc$125,54483%
Tenant Resource Center Inc$124,45082%
Common Wealth Development Inc$120,54581%
Housing Initiatives Inc$119,54162%
Sierra Club Foundation$119,51380%
Chrysalis Inc$117,49981%
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc$117,03480%
Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visua$111,22082%
Women in Transition Inc$109,17883%
Wisconsin Early Childhood Association Inc$105,02080%
The Progressive Inc$102,05682%
Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc$99,97080%
Center for Media and Democracy Inc$99,50782%
Fairshare Csa Coalition$98,17783%
Wisconsin Women's Network$96,245832%
Fair Wisconsin Education Fund Inc$95,17988%
Gathering Waters Inc$91,16882%
Community Groundworks Inc$90,51981%
Abc for Health Inc$87,68182%
Sustain Dane Inc$86,76885%
Nuestro Mundo Inc$84,191836%
Unidos Against Domestic Violence Inc$76,78182%
Moses - Wisdom of Madison Inc$76,432616%
Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault Inc$74,60581%
Wheels for Winners Inc$71,942631%
Voces de la Frontera Inc$69,47461%
Urban Triage Incorporated$66,54540%
1000 Friends of Wisconsin$66,42884%
NARAL Pro-Choice Wi Foundation$63,3443n/a
Mentoring Positives Inc$63,25664%
Working Capital for Community Needs Inc$63,10081%
Wisconsin Family Ties Inc$61,69281%
Interfaith Coalition for Worker Justice$60,5118n/a
Create Wisconsin Inc$60,42188%
Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin Inc$57,46981%
Art and Soul Innovations$54,6957n/a
Physicians For Social Responsibility Wisconsin Inc$48,291528%
Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council Inc$47,93771%
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger Inc$44,942753%
Tides Network$44,72230%
Flywheel Skill Share Inc$39,31452%
Madison Area CLT Corporation$38,055613%
Hmong Institute Incorporated$34,2101n/a
Rock River Coalition Inc$28,74555%
Wisconsin Farmers Union Foundation$20,20535%
Wheels for Winnders$14,1132n/a
New Harvest Foundation Inc$14,047225%
Perfect Harmony Chorus Inc$13,332211%
Connextions$13,0692n/a
Rooted Wi Inc$13,01322%
NAACP Wisconsin State Conference$12,3431n/a
Natural Circles of Support Inc$11,4322n/a
Rebalanced Life Wellness Association Inc$11,15021%
Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice Inc$10,5642n/a
Razom Inc$9,00010%
Positive Women for Change Inc$8,0091n/a
Center for Family Policy & Practice$6,618118%
Omega School Inc$5,26311%
Grassroots Empowerment Project Inc$5,19211%
Parents and Children in Action$5,00815%

Where it is load-bearing

Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 71 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools Incorporated: $489,467 over 8y, 20% of budgetRape Crisis Center Inc: $280,419 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation Inc: $279,956 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetFreedom Inc: $253,254 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetFriends of Wisconsin State Parks Inc: $251,236 over 8y, 13% of budgetKids Forward Inc: $233,994 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetLeague of Women Voters of Wisconsin Inc: $226,213 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetClean Wisconsin Inc: $203,027 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetEnd Domestic Abuse Wisconsin the Wi Coalition Against Domestic Violence: $195,028 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetProject Home Inc: $182,046 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetWisconsin Democracy Campaign Inc: $178,412 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetBack Porch Radio Broadcasting Inc: $166,849 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetWisconsin Literacy Inc: $159,673 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetWisconsin Wetlands Association Inc: $156,444 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetBayview Foundation Inc: $154,062 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetEmbolden Wi Inc: $152,130 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetWisconsin Conservation Voices Inc: $151,346 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetMidwest Environmental Advocates Inc: $149,802 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetOutreach Inc: $148,915 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetThe River Alliance of Wisconsin Inc: $135,343 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetSouthern Wisconsin Bird Alliance Inc: $132,402 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetReap Food Group Inc: $125,544 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetTenant Resource Center Inc: $124,450 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCommon Wealth Development Inc: $120,545 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHousing Initiatives Inc: $119,541 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $119,513 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChrysalis Inc: $117,499 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetDisability Rights Wisconsin Inc: $117,034 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetWisconsin Council of the Blind and Visua: $111,220 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetWomen in Transition Inc: $109,178 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetWisconsin Early Childhood Association Inc: $105,020 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Progressive Inc: $102,056 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetLegal Action of Wisconsin Inc: $99,970 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Media and Democracy Inc: $99,507 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetFairshare Csa Coalition: $98,177 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetWisconsin Women's Network: $96,245 over 8y, 32% of budgetFair Wisconsin Education Fund Inc: $95,179 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetGathering Waters Inc: $91,168 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCommunity Groundworks Inc: $90,519 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetAbc for Health Inc: $87,681 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetSustain Dane Inc: $86,768 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetNuestro Mundo Inc: $84,191 over 8y, 36% of budgetUnidos Against Domestic Violence Inc: $76,781 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetMoses - Wisdom of Madison Inc: $76,432 over 6y, 16% of budgetWisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault Inc: $74,605 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetWheels for Winners Inc: $71,942 over 6y, 31% of budgetVoces de la Frontera Inc: $69,474 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetUrban Triage Incorporated: $66,545 over 4y, 0.4% 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 71.

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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.

Madison Gas and Electric Foundation IncWI77.2× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Ascendium Education Solutions 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 Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc

How much does Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc give?
Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc reported 61 itemized grants totaling $1,010,151, out of $1,054,506 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 59 and 68 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (16%), Civil Rights (14%), Education (11%).
Who are Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools Incorporated ($489k), Rape Crisis Center Inc ($280k), American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation Inc ($280k).
Does Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc, Madison Community Foundation, The Evjue Foundation Inc.
Where is Community Shares of Wisconsin Inc based?
Community Shares of Wisconsin 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 82 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 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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