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Community Trust Norman a Schowalter at a glance

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Community Trust Norman a Schowalter

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$62k
Granted FY2017
21
Grants FY2017
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Community Trust Norman a Schowalter’s FY2018 grant dollars went to Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2018 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year Community Trust Norman a Schowalter named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $62k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Philanthropy$1.1MHealth$18kEducation$12kArts & Culture$10kYouth Development$6kHuman Services$5kFood & Nutrition$4kAnimals$2kOther$0
02FY2017 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k20 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THRESHOLD INCORPORATED$10,000
DR JAMES E ALBRECHT FREE CLINIC$7,500
Lakeland College$6,000
Washington County Campus Foundation$5,500
MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART$5,000
WEST BEND FULL SHELF FOOD PANTRY$4,000
UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY$3,000
VOLUNTEER CENTER OF WA CNTY$3,000
FRIENDS OF ABUSED FAMILIES$2,000
Girl Scouts Great Blue Heron Council$2,000
WASHINGTON CNTY HISTORICAL SOC$2,000
WEST BEND BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$2,000
BAY-LAKES COUNCIL BSA$2,000
BIG BROTHERSSISTERS OF WA CNTY$1,500
FAMILY CENTER OF WA CNTY$1,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%FRIENDS OF ABUSED FAMILIES: $2k → 6%KETTLE MORAINE YMCA: $1k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

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.

1
University of Wisconsin - River Falls Foundation Inc

An independent, not for profit wisconsin corporation, the uwrf foundation is organized solely for the benefit of the university of wisconsin-river falls. private giving to the foundation is essential in raising the level of excellence at…

Education
2
West Bend Community Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
3
Wisconsin Waterfowl Association Inc

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…

Environment
4
Washington Area Community Investment Fund Inc

The washington area community investment fund (wacif) is a nonprofit community loan fund focused on increasing equity and economic opportunity in the washington, dc area's underserved communities. wacif's mission is driven is driven by…

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5
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
6
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

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7
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
8
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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9
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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10
Door County Land Trust Inc

The door county land trust is a local, non-governmental non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve door county's exceptional lands and waters forever.

Environment
11
Central Washington University Foundation

In partnership with cwu and our donors, our mission is to transform the lives of current and future generations of students by developing and stewarding resources that provide access, opportunity, and hope.

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12
Missouri Western State University Foundation Inc

The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Washington County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Roots and Branches 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

12 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. 12 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC: $1,069,215 · PhilanthropyGREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $3,000 · PhilanthropyTHE THRESHOLD INCORPORATED: $10,000 · OtherDR JAMES E ALBRECHT FREE CLINIC INC: $7,500 · OtherWEST BEND FULL SHELF FOOD PANTRY: $4,000 · OtherVOLUNTEER CENTER OF WA CNTY: $3,000 · OtherBAY-LAKES COUNCIL BSA: $2,000 · OtherWASHINGTON CNTY HISTORICAL SOC: $2,000 · OtherWEST BEND BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $2,000 · OtherGirl Scouts Great Blue Heron Council: $2,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERSSISTERS OF WA CNTY: $1,500 · OtherFAMILY CENTER OF WA CNTY: $1,500 · Other+3 more: $3,000 · OtherLAKELAND UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · EducationWASHINGTON COUNTY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 · EducationMUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesKETTLE MORAINE YMCA INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesFroedtert West Bend Hospital Foundation Inc: $500 · HealthROOTS AND BRANCHES INC: $400 · Environment
Philanthropy$1,072,215Other$38,500Education$11,500Arts & Culture$5,000Human Services$3,000Health$500Environment$400

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE THRESHOLD INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDR JAMES E ALBRECHT FREE CLINIC INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCedar Community Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKETTLE MORAINE YMCA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFroedtert West Bend Hospital Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROOTS AND BRANCHES INC: $400 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
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.

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.

Oscar & Augusta Schle…West Bend Community F…Prescott Family Found…Elmore & Alyce Kraeme…Baird Foundation IncPhyllis & Walter Malz…Westbury Bank Charita…William Stark Jones F…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Melitta S and Joan M …Herbert H Kohl Charit…Green Bay Packers Fou…
Oscar & Augusta Schlegel FdnWI24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Oscar & Augusta Schlegel Fdn · West Bend Community Foundation Inc · Prescott Family Foundation Inc · Elmore & Alyce Kraemer Char Tr · Baird Foundation Inc · Phyllis & Walter Malzahn Charitable Trust · Westbury Bank Charitable Foundation · William Stark Jones Foundation Katherine W Lambert Co-Trustee · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Melitta S and Joan M Pick Charitable Trust · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Community Trust Norman a Schowalter funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Trust Norman a Schowalter. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    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 22 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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