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Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$630k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2024
30
Organizations funded FY2023
43%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$107,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 32
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$19M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesHealthOther
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 arriving31$630k23%
FY202330$549k43%
FY202229$475k38%
FY202123$350k26%
FY202032$350k75%
FY201913$216k92%
FY20183$4kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$1.1MPhilanthropy$707kRecreation & Sports$272kHuman Services$225kArts & Culture$217kHealth$44kCommunity Improvement$10kEmployment$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 62 grantees
All grantees of Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc$673,48960%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$382,70350%
The Immokalee Foundation Inc$202,50051%
Meta House Inc$200,00021%
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee Inc$150,00020%
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$30,00020%
The Uwm Foundation Inc$20,50030%
United Performing Arts Fund Inc$16,00010%
American Junior Golf Association Inc$15,00030%
United Way of Door County Inc$15,00020%
Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc$12,00020%
Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Inc$10,50030%
Life Navigators Inc$10,50020%
Wisconsin State Golf Association Foundation Inc$10,30052%
Southwest Florida Ceo$10,00028%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10,00010%
Securefutures Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc$10,00020%
Naples Take a Soldier Fishing Inc$9,50056%
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc$8,50030%
Serenity Inns Inc$8,50040%
St Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc$8,00020%
Badgers United Inc$7,50011%
Tall Pines Conservancy$6,00050%
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc$5,00010%
West Bend Friends of Parks and Recreation Inc$5,0001n/a
Friends of Peninsula State Park Inc$5,00012%
Academy of Basic Education Inc$5,00020%
Friends of the Ruth Culver Community Library Inc$5,0005n/a
Chenequa Foundation$5,00054%
Network of Enlightened Women Inc$5,00010%
Northern Door Childrens Center Inc$4,75050%
Hire Heroes USA Inc$4,50030%
Greater Delafield Community Fund Inc$3,50042%
Caddie & Leadership Academy of Se Wi Inc$3,00022%
Prevent Blindness Wisconsin$3,00020%
Milwaukee Public Museum Inc$3,00020%
Peninsula School of Art Inc$2,50030%
Milwaukee County War Memorial Inc$2,50010%
Congaree Foundation$2,50010%
Betty Brinn Children's Museum Inc$2,50010%
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc$2,50010%
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc$2,50010%
Write on Door County Inc$2,00020%
Door County Land Trust Inc$2,00020%
Jobswork Mke Inc$2,00010%
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts Inc$2,00020%
Ussga Memorial Fund Inc$1,80050%
Wbcs Inc$1,00011%
Naples Christian Academy$1,0001n/a
Association for a More Just Society -Us$1,00010%
Grand Avenue Club Inc$1,00010%
Pga Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc$1,00010%
First Stage Milwaukee$1,00010%
All Hands Boatworks Inc$1,00020%
Marquette University$50010%
Restoring Hope Ministries Inc$5001n/a
Milwaukee Rescue Mission$5001n/a
Women and Girls Fund of Waukesha County Inc$50010%
Milwaukee Art Museum Inc$40020%
United States Golf Association$30010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($645k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc: $673,489 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $382,703 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Immokalee Foundation Inc: $202,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetMeta House Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHistoric Haymarket Milwaukee Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Medical College of Wisconsin Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Uwm Foundation Inc: $20,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Performing Arts Fund Inc: $16,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Door County Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMilwaukee Ballet Company Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMidwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLife Navigators Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWisconsin State Golf Association Foundation Inc: $10,300 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetSouthwest Florida Ceo: $10,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSecurefutures Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMuseum of Wisconsin Art Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNaples Take a Soldier Fishing Inc: $9,500 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetMilwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Inc: $8,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSerenity Inns Inc: $8,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSt Augustine Preparatory Academy Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBadgers United Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTall Pines Conservancy: $6,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFeeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Peninsula State Park Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAcademy of Basic Education Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChenequa Foundation: $5,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetNetwork of Enlightened Women Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNorthern Door Childrens Center Inc: $4,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHire Heroes USA Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Delafield Community Fund Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCaddie & Leadership Academy of Se Wi Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetPrevent Blindness Wisconsin: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMilwaukee Public Museum Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPeninsula School of Art Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMilwaukee County War Memorial Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCongaree Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBetty Brinn Children's Museum Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMilwaukee Repertory Theater Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWrite on Door County Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDoor County Land Trust Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJobswork Mke Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUssga Memorial Fund Inc: $1,800 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWbcs Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAssociation for a More Just Society -Us: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 57.

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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.

Greater Milwaukee Foundation IncWI46.5× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Anon Charitable Trust · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Waukesha County Community Foundation · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation 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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How do I get to Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation Inc?

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About Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation Inc

How much does Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation Inc give?
Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation Inc reported 36 grants totaling $629,800 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (41%), Philanthropy (27%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
Who are Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc ($673k), University of Wisconsin Foundation ($383k), The Immokalee Foundation Inc ($203k).
Does Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc, Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation.
Where is Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation Inc based?
Curt and Sue Culver Family Foundation 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 78 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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