· Private foundation
Culver's Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k34 grants · $163k
- $10k–50k46 grants · $640k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $294k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| VILLAGE OF PRAIRIE DU SAC | $250,000 |
| AMERICA'S CHARITIES | $244,300 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON | $50,000 |
| SAUK PRAIRIE SOLAR PANEL | $40,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN | $30,000 |
| PURDUE UNIVERSITY | $25,000 |
| FIRST TEE-SOUTH CENTRAL WI | $20,000 |
| BADGER CHILDHOOD CANCER NETWORK | $20,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE | $20,000 |
| GOOD NEIGHBOR CLINIC | $20,000 |
| WRA EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| KIDS RANCH | $20,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE | $20,000 |
| NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY | $20,000 |
| SPECIALTY CARE FREE CLINIC | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +21% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.
139 repeat relationships: 60 still active in FY2024, 79 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $460k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ACAMERICA'S CHARITIES2× · 2022–2024 · $294k · revenue +43%
- SPSAUK PRAIRIE AREA FOOD PANTRY INC6× · 2019–2024 · $85k · revenue +107%
- TKThe Kids Ranch Inc6× · 2019–2024 · $80k · revenue +58%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $524k
- GCGOODMAN COMMMUNITY CENTERone grant, 2019 · $20k
- UCUW-EAU CLAIREone grant, 2020 · $17k
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.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Xavier is a jesuit catholic university rooted in the liberal arts tradition. our mission is to educate each student intellectually, morally, and spiritually. we create learning opportunities through rigorous academic and professional…
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
Through innovative learning opportunities, individual student attention, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive educational access, simpson college cultivates a diverse community of learners to lead lives of meaning and purpose.
Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.
Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…
Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.
Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…
Walsh university is an independent, coeducational catholic, liberal arts and sciences institution dedicated to educating its students to become leaders in service to others through a values-based education with an international perspective…
How this is measured
125 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. 125 of the 369 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 AMERICA'S CHARITIES ↗
- Who funds SAUK PRAIRIE AREA FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds The Kids Ranch Inc ↗
- Who funds GOOD NEIGHBOR CLINIC ↗
- Who funds Badger Childhood Cancer Network Inc ↗
- Who funds WISCONSIN RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIALTY CARE FREE CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds Northwestern University ↗
- Who funds ST NORBERT COLLEGE INC ↗
- Who funds University of Michigan ↗
- Who funds IRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds Marquette University ↗
- Who funds CALVIN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds JUDSON UNIVERSITY A BAPTIST INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds MADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds THE RAINBOW PROJECT 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: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Council of Independent Colleges · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc · Folds of Honor Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Culver's Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Culver's Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- University of Miami: 5% of income from government
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: 3% of income from government
- Jacksonville University: 3% of income from government
- Florida College Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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