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Doug & Carla Salmon Foundation Inc

Support the charitable interests of the salmon foundation board which include educational scholarships and nonprofit organizations that serve needy residents in the fox valley.

$360k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$72k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$998kPhilanthropy$153kHuman Services$141kArts & Culture$137kReligion$99kHousing & Shelter$92kHealth$85kEmployment$78kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 12 grants below total $305,932 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $359,561 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $53,629 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $161k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $139k
$14,232
Median grant
1
States reached
$982k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION$71,500
UW-OSHKOSH FOUNDATION$67,500
THE TROUT MUSEUM OF ART$45,050
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE FOX VALLEY$29,479
APPLETON HISTORICAL SOCIETY$14,739
CHRISTINE ANN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES INC$14,232
THOMPSON CENTER ON LOURDES INC$14,232
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UCC (APPLETON)$12,700
UNITED WAY FOX CITIES$11,000
CAP SERVICES$10,000
LEAVEN INC$10,000
FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE - APPLETON$5,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $287k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 21% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CAP SERVICES: $25k → 10%THOMPSON CENTER ON LOURDES INC: $14k → 6%CAP SERVICES: $20k → 10%CAP SERVICES INC: $20k → 7%CAP SERVICES INC: $15k → 7%CHRISTINE ANN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES INC: $14k → 11%LEAVEN INC: $35k → 6%CAP SERVICES INC: $10k → 7%CAP SERVICES: $10k → 7%CAP SERVICES: $10k → 7%LEAVEN INC: $12k → 6%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE FOX VALLEY: $29k → 7%LEAVEN INC: $10k → 6%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE FOX VALLEY: $15k → 7%LEAVEN INC: $10k → 6%LEAVEN INC: $10k → 6%LEAVEN INC: $10k → 6%LEAVEN INC: $10k → 6%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $8k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.5M · 15 repeat orgs$396k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +28% since the first grant, against +11% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
15

Total granted

$1.5M
$308k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+11%

Still filing today

80%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • FV
    FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $288k · revenue +28%
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $228k · revenue +39%
  • CS
    CAP SERVICES INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $110k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF APPLETON LIBRARY INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2023 · $49k · revenue -90%
  • LU
    LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +21%
  • GB
    GORDON BUBOLZ NATURE PRESERVE INC
    one grant, 2019 · $30k · revenue -8%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley

To provide effective and rewarding ways for donors to fulfill their philanthropic objectives by administering charitable funds that distribute grants and scholarships to benefit the citizens of kane and kendall counties of illinois…

Philanthropy
2
Fox Communities Credit Union

We partner with our members, communities, and fox family to build stronger financial futures.

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3
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
4
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.

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5
Westconsin Credit Union

The organization is a cooperative, nonprofit corporation, incorporated under wisconsin state law to encourage thrift among its members, create a source of credit at a fair and reasonable cost, and provide an opportunity for its members to…

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6
Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc

Fox cities chamber of commerce and industry, inc. is dedicated to developing, advancing, and promoting the economic, industrial, commerical, professional, cultural, and civic welfare of the fox cities area.

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7
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
8
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
9
Goodwill Industries of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Goodwill of south central wisconsin's mission is to help people in our community to live, work and thrive through housing, employment and supportive services. see schedule o for continuationsupported employment and job skills training are…

Employment
10
Community Real Estate and Personal Property Foundation Inc

Promote philanthropy by the acceptance and disposition of real estate and personal property for charitable purposes.

Philanthropy
11
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
12
Oshkosh Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc

To promote oshkosh and winnebago county a premier destination for corporate, sports, and leisure groups and individual visitors.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc and the most unlike its peers is Atlas Science Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr19%3%5–10yr20%6%10–20yr11%25%20–35yr14%41%35–55yr18%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr19%1%5–10yr20%2%10–20yr11%10%20–35yr14%42%35–55yr18%46%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 7% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/36
the rest of the field
7%
91/1,380

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
20/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $288,200 · OtherFOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION I…UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN — $130,250 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH — $98,824 · OtherFIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHFOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE — $52,000 · OtherFOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGEGORDON BUBOLZ NATURE PRESERVE INC — $30,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC — $30,000 · Other+6 more — $93,741 · Other+6 moreUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH FOUNDATION INC — $227,550 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKO…LAKELAND UNIVERSITY — $191,500 · EducationLAKELAND UNIVERSITYFRIENDS OF APPLETON LIBRARY INCORPORATED — $48,957 · EducationFRIENDS OF APPLETON LIBRARY I…LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN — $30,000 · EducationLAWRENCE UNIVERSITY OF WISCON…THE UWO FOX CITIES FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · EducationCAP SERVICES INC — $110,000 · Human ServicesCAP SERVICES INCLEAVEN INC — $97,000 · Human ServicesLEAVEN INCBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC — $44,479 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLU…THOMPSON CENTER ON LOURDES INC — $14,232 · Human ServicesCHRISTINE ANN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES INC — $14,232 · Human Services+1 more — $7,500 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC — $102,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …ThedaCare Family of Foundations Inc — $55,050 · PhilanthropyThedaCare F…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC — $50,950 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY F…TROUT MUSEUM OF ART INC — $45,050 · Arts & CultureOUTAGAMIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $30,000 · Arts & CultureFOX CITIES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER — $17,500 · Arts & CultureTHE BUILDING FOR KIDS INC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureATLAS SCIENCE CENTER INC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureAppleton Historical Society Inc — $14,739 · Arts & CultureGREATER FOX CITIES AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $42,083 · Housing & ShelterPILLARS INC — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterST JOSEPH FOOD PROGRAM INC — $23,719 · Food & NutritionFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC — $17,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$723,015Education$518,007Human Services$287,443Philanthropy$208,000Arts & Culture$137,289Housing & Shelter$52,083Food & Nutrition$41,219

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $288,200 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH FOUNDATION INC — $227,550 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetLAKELAND UNIVERSITY — $191,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCAP SERVICES INC — $110,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC — $102,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetLEAVEN INC — $97,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetThedaCare Family of Foundations Inc — $55,050 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC — $50,950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF APPLETON LIBRARY INCORPORATED — $48,957 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTROUT MUSEUM OF ART INC — $45,050 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC — $44,479 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER FOX CITIES AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $42,083 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLAWRENCE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGORDON BUBOLZ NATURE PRESERVE INC — $30,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOUTAGAMIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $30,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetST JOSEPH FOOD PROGRAM INC — $23,719 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC — $21,950 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetHECKRODT WETLAND RESERVE INC — $21,791 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER OF THE FOX VALLEY INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE UWO FOX CITIES FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetFOX CITIES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER — $17,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC — $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUILDING FOR KIDS INC — $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetATLAS SCIENCE CENTER INC — $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAppleton Historical Society Inc — $14,739 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHOMPSON CENTER ON LOURDES INC — $14,232 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHRISTINE ANN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES INC — $14,232 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAPPLETON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAPPLETON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET — $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …The Boldt Family Fund…J J Keller Foundation…US Ventureschmidt Fam…Theda and Tamblin Cla…Hartwig Family Founda…Green Bay Packers Fou…Oshkosh Area Communit…The Clarence Wallace …Oshkosh Corporation F…Thrivent Financial fo…Mielke Family Foundat…
Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region IncWI61.5× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · The Boldt Family Fund Inc · J J Keller Foundation Inc · US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc · Hartwig Family Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation · The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation · Oshkosh Corporation Foundation Inc · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Mielke Family Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Doug & Carla Salmon Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Doug & Carla Salmon Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Doug & Carla Salmon 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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