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Craig C Culver Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$3.1MEducation$1.0MArts & Culture$550kCivil Rights$500kHealth$130kPhilanthropy$120kReligion$120kHuman Services$85kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $105k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.1M
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF SAUK PRAIRIE PARKS AND RECREATION INC$1,125,000
THRASHER OPERA HOUSE CORPORATION$50,000
ST JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH$25,000
EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC$25,000
GREEN LAKE ASSOCIATION INC$25,000
FIRST TEE - SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN$10,000
TELLURIAN INC$10,000
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC$10,000
ROCK COUNTY CANCER COALITION INC$5,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE TRI-COUNTY AREA$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - OSHKOSH$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 13% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $25k → 10%EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $20k → 10%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC: $10k → 17%EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $20k → 10%EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $5k → 10%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 8 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
15

Total granted

$3.4M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+29%

Still filing today

75%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Recreation & SportsHealthArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • FO
    Friends of Sauk Prairie Parks and Recreation Inc
    3× · 2020–2025 · $3.1M · revenue +475% · 55% of their budget
  • EM
    EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $70k · revenue +17%
  • GL
    GREEN LAKE ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2022–2025 · $35k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M · revenue +29%
  • WH
    WISCONSIN HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue +314%
  • UL
    URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue -43%
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.

04Its 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
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
2
Landmark Conservancy Inc

Landmark conservancy is a nationally accredited, nonprofit conservation organization serving 20 counties across northwest wisconsin. their mission is to conserve wisconsin's natural legacy for everyone...forever.

Environment
3
University of Iowa Facilities Corporation

The university of iowa facilities corporation acquires and holds property for the benefit and use of the university of iowa.

—
4
Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc

Engage our community in supporting milwaukee county parks to collectively steward a thriving park system.

Environment
5
Southern Lakes Credit Union

We will stirve to make a significant difference in improving the quality of life of our members and the communities we serve by providing affordable access to credit and financial services.

—
6
Wisconsin Medical Society Inc

To improve the health of the people of wisconsin by supporting and strengthening physicians' ability to practice high quality patient care in a changing environment.

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7
United Way of Wisconsin Inc

United way of wisconsin is dedicated to supporting and enriching a strong statewide united way network that maximizes the capacity of local united ways to address human needs, improve lives and create lasting positive change across…

Philanthropy
8
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
9
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
10
Madison Professional Police Officers Association Inc

The madison professional police officers association represents law enforcement professionals who serve the city of madison, wisconsin, as either police officers, detectives, investigators, or sergeants.

—
11
Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin Inc

Provide a unified voice, resources, and leadership to advance the pharmacy profession and improve the quality of medication use in wisconsin.

—
12
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.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is CHAMPIONS4KIDS Inc; the most unlike its peers is Green Lake Association 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

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 31 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
16/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Friends of Sauk Prairie Parks and Recreation Inc: $3,085,000 · Recreation & SportsFriends of Sauk Prairie Parks and Recreation Inc+2 more: $45,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE CORPORATION: $1,000,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY SCHO…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC: $500,000 · OtherURBAN LEAGUE OF …LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $65,000 · OtherLUTHERAN SOCIAL …ST JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $60,000 · OtherST JOHNS LUTHERA…SAUK PRAIRIE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION LTD: $51,000 · OtherSAUK PRAIRIE HEA…GREEN LAKE ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 · Other+12 more: $130,000 · Other+12 moreWISCONSIN HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureWISCONSIN …THRASHER OPERA HOUSE CORPORATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHRASHER O…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyLA CROSSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyEAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSAUK PRAIRIE HEALTHCARE INC: $59,000 · HealthTELLURIAN INC: $10,000 · HealthROCK COUNTY CANCER COALITION INC: $5,000 · Health
Recreation & Sports$3,130,000Education$1,010,000Other$841,000Arts & Culture$550,000Philanthropy$100,000Human Services$80,000Health$74,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFriends of Sauk Prairie Parks and Recreation Inc: $3,085,000 over 3y, 55% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE CORPORATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWISCONSIN HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC: $500,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetEAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $70,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetSAUK PRAIRIE HEALTHCARE INC: $59,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAUK PRAIRIE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION LTD: $51,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLA CROSSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGREEN LAKE ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCHAMPIONS4KIDS INC: $35,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF DEVILS LAKE STATE PARK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROCK COUNTY CANCER COALITION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFOND DU LAC AREA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Alliant Energy Founda…Madison Community Fou…Green Bay Packers Fou…Madison Gas and Elect…Baird Foundation IncOshkosh Area Communit…Thrivent Financial fo…The Chicago Community…Edward Jones Foundati…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…
Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI28.8× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · The Chicago Community Trust · Edward Jones Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Craig C Culver Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Craig C Culver Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Craig C Culver Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Craig C Culver Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 31 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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