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Davidson & Harley Fund Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$95k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$157kYouth Development$100kEducation$84kArts & Culture$74kHuman Services$45kPublic Benefit$16kHousing & Shelter$14kScience & Tech$9k
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$5,000
STEM FORWARD$4,000
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM$4,000
ARC ADDICTION RESOURCE COUNCIL$4,000
KIDS FROM WISCONSIN$4,000
MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC$4,000
TEEN CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL INC$4,000
VETSNET WISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK$4,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER MILWAUKEE$4,000
NATIONAL MS SOCIETY WISCONSIN CHAPTER$4,000
WISCONSIN PARKINSON'S ASSOCIATION$3,500
THE PARENTING NETWORK$3,000
CURATIVE FOUNDATION (CURATIVE CARE INC)$3,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST WI$3,000
LIFESTRIDERS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER$3,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 69% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BREAKTHROUH TID-WISCONSIN: $5k → 6%CAMBRIDGE HISTORIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%STEM FORWARD: $4k → 17%BREAKTHROUH TID-WISCONSIN: $4k → 6%STEM FORWARD: $4k → 17%ARC ADDICTION RESOURCE COUNCIL: $4k → 5%JUVENILE DIABETES FOUNDATION SE WISCONSIN CHAPTER: $4k → 6%STEM FORWARD: $3k → 17%JUVENILE DIABETES FOUNDATION SE WISCONSIN CHAPTER: $3k → 6%TEEN CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL INC: $4k → 17%ARC ADDICTION RESOURCE COUNCIL: $4k → 5%TEEN CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL INC: $4k → 17%ARC ADDICTION RESOURCE COUNCIL: $3k → 5%LAKE AREA FREE CLINIC: $3k → 5%TEEN CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL INC: $3k → 17%YOUR CHOICE TO LIVE INC: $3k → 5%PROHEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $7k → 5%BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - POTAWATOMI AREA COUNCIL: $3k → 5%LIFESTRIDERS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $3k → 5%THE SALVATION ARMY: $3k → 5%LIFESTRIDERS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $3k → 5%THE PARENTING NETWORK: $3k → 17%JUVENILE DIABETES FOUNDATION SE WISCONSIN CHAPTER: $3k → 17%WISCONSIN PARKINSON'S ASSOCIATION: $4k → 5%CURATIVE FOUNDATION (CURATIVE CARE INC): $3k → 17%VERSITI BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $3k → 17%NATIONAL MS SOCIETY WISCONSIN CHAPTER: $4k → 5%YOUR CHOICE TO LIVE INC: $3k → 5%NATIONAL MS SOCIETY WISCONSIN CHAPTER: $3k → 5%NATIONAL MS SOCIETY WISCONSIN CHAPTER: $3k → 5%NATIONAL MS SOCIETY WISCONSIN CHAPTER: $3k → 5%UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND: $3k → 17%LAD LAKE INC: $3k → 5%LITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC: $3k → 17%LAD LAKE INC: $3k → 5%UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND: $3k → 17%VISION FORWARD WISCONSIN: $3k → 17%VISION FORWARD WISCONSIN: $3k → 17%VETSNET WISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK: $4k → 17%VETSNET WISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK: $4k → 17%KIDS FROM WISCONSIN: $4k → 17%VETSNET WISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK: $3k → 17%GIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST WI: $3k → 17%KIDS FROM WISCONSIN: $3k → 17%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER MILWAUKEE: $4k → 17%MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $4k → 17%MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM: $4k → 17%MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM: $4k → 17%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$497k · 37 repeat orgs$1k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
1

Total granted

$497k
$1k

Still filing today

59%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationCrime & LegalPublic BenefitOther
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

  • CH
    CAMBRIDGE HISTORIC SCHOOL FOUNDATIO
    9× · 2017–2025 · $26k · revenue +557% · 34% of their budget
  • MY
    MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $22k · revenue +115%
  • BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • CC
    CURATIVE CARE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
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
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.

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3
Wisconsin Youth Company Inc

Wisconsin youth company's mission is to engage youth in opportunities to encourage them to be their best selves.

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4
Wisconsin Progress Inc

Wisconsin progress recruits, trains, elects, and develops progressive candidates and leaders at the local and state legislative levels.

Civil Rights
5
My Choice Wisconsin Inc

We inspire people to experience life at its fullest by encouraging ownership of health, fostering independence, and serving the whole person; and do so with an unwavering commitment as stewards of medicaid funding.

Health
6
Pathways of Wisconsin Inc

Pathways of wisconsin provides supported employment opportunities and empowerment through quality, person-centered programming for individuals of all abilities.

Human Services
7
One Wisconsin Now Inc

To advance progressive values, ideas and policies through research, policy, networking, advocacy and public education.

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8
Wisconsin School Counselor Association Inc

Our vision is for wisconsin to be the model for excellence in equitable school counseling practice, exemplified by the advocacy, leadership, and expertise of the members of the wsca.

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9
Innovative Services Inc

Innovative services, inc. (isi) cares for those with disabilities, helping them lead fulfilling lives with maximum independence. innovative's vision is to be the most trusted care provider for people with disabilities in wisconsin.

Human Services
10
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

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

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11
Employ Milwaukee Inc

The mission of employ milwaukee, inc. is to build a strong workforce development system by planning, coordinating, collaborating and monitoring workforce initiatives with businesses, partners and community stakeholders at the local,…

Employment
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is City Forward Collective Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cambridge Historic School Foundatio. 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, 2017–2025.

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. 23 of the 38 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
16/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $22,000 · OtherMILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INCSTEM FORWARD INC: $19,000 · OtherSTEM FORWARD INCDAVIDSON YELL AND TELL FOUNDATION INC: $18,500 · OtherDAVIDSON YELL AND TELL FOUNDATION INCJUVENILE DIABETES FOUNDATION SE WISCONSIN CHAPTER: $18,000 · OtherJUVENILE DIABETES FOUNDATION SE WISCONSIN CHAPTERNATIONAL MS SOCIETY WISCONSIN CHAPTER: $18,000 · OtherNATIONAL MS SOCIETY WISCONSIN CHAPTERTEEN CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL INC: $16,000 · OtherTEEN CHALLENGE INTERNATIONAL INCLAD LAKE INC: $16,000 · OtherLAD LAKE INCWISCONSIN PARKINSON ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 · OtherWISCONSIN PARKINSON ASSOCIATION INCLIFESTRIDERS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $15,000 · OtherLIFESTRIDERS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTERMILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSION: $14,000 · OtherMILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSIONIndividual grant recipient: $14,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE SALVATION ARMY: $13,000 · OtherARC ADDICTION RESOURCE COUNCIL: $11,000 · OtherVERSITI BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $9,000 · Other+8 more: $30,000 · Other+8 moreCAMBRIDGE HISTORIC SCHOOL FOUNDATIO: $26,000 · Arts & CultureCAMBRIDGE HISTORI…KIDS FROM WISCONSIN LTD: $19,000 · Arts & CultureKIDS FROM WISCONS…MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC: $19,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE PUBLIC …UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $14,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED PERFORMING…PROHEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $18,500 · HealthPROHEALTH C…PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $17,000 · HealthPENFIELD CH…LAKE AREA FREE CLINIC INC: $12,000 · HealthLAKE AREA F…CURATIVE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · HealthCURATIVE FO…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $21,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND G…BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA POTAWATOMI AREA COUNCIL-OPERATING: $13,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS…GIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INC: $13,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUT…LITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC: $19,000 · EducationCITY FORWARD COLLECTIVE INC: $12,000 · EducationWISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INC: $18,000 · Public BenefitTHE PARENTING NETWORK INC: $13,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$258,500Arts & Culture$78,000Health$52,500Youth Development$47,000Education$31,000Public Benefit$18,000Crime & Legal$13,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCAMBRIDGE HISTORIC SCHOOL FOUNDATIO: $26,000 over 9y, 34% of budgetMILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $22,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $21,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC: $19,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetKIDS FROM WISCONSIN LTD: $19,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetSTEM FORWARD INC: $19,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetMILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC: $19,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPROHEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $18,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetWISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INC: $18,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetPENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $17,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLAD LAKE INC: $16,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN PARKINSON ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $14,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA POTAWATOMI AREA COUNCIL-OPERATING: $13,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PARENTING NETWORK INC: $13,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INC: $13,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCITY FORWARD COLLECTIVE INC: $12,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLAKE AREA FREE CLINIC INC: $12,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetYOUR CHOICE TO LIVE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCURATIVE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCARING PLACE INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTeen Challenge of Wisconsin Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOALITION FOR CHILDREN YOUTH & FAMILIES INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds CAMBRIDGE HISTORIC SCHOOL FOUNDATIO ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS FROM WISCONSIN LTD ↗
  • Who funds STEM FORWARD INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds PROHEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LAD LAKE INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN PARKINSON ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA POTAWATOMI AREA COUNCIL-OPERATING ↗
  • Who funds THE PARENTING NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY FORWARD COLLECTIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE AREA FREE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUR CHOICE TO LIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds CURATIVE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CARING PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds Teen Challenge of Wisconsin Inc ↗
  • Who funds COALITION FOR CHILDREN YOUTH & FAMILIES 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.

Herbert H Kohl Charities IncWI33.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Waukesha County Community Foundation · Youth Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Oconomowoc Area Foundation Inc · Gardner Foundation · STACKNER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC co KRISTIN A OCCHETTI

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 Davidson & Harley Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Davidson & Harley Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Davidson & Harley Fund 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 38 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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