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Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
62
Grants FY2024
51
Organizations funded FY2023
10%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,300,000
Organizations funded a year
38 to 59
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$14M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthPublic BenefitInternationalYouth DevelopmentSocial ScienceReligionOther
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 arriving61$2.1M15%
FY202351$1.1M10%
FY202259$1.1M14%
FY202155$1.1M27%
FY202050$1.1M16%
FY201945$845k27%
FY201838$283k3%
FY201740$265kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$4.1MHealth$850kReligion$815kHuman Services$556kPublic Safety & Disaster$523kInternational$471kPhilanthropy$252kHousing & Shelter$161kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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MO
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Wisconsin Foundation$3,670,00080%
Blessed Savior Lutheran Church$363,0006n/a
Haiti Partners Inc$360,00087%
Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc$210,00081%
Broom Tree Ministries Inc$195,000836%
Doxology Inc$170,00068%
Lutheran Counseling and Family Services$150,00082%
Milwaukee Rescue Mission$145,0008n/a
United Way of Indian River County Inc$120,00061%
Lutheran Home Foundation Inc$100,00016%
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All grantees of Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Wisconsin Foundation$3,670,00080%
Blessed Savior Lutheran Church$363,0006n/a
Haiti Partners Inc$360,00087%
Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc$210,00081%
Broom Tree Ministries Inc$195,000836%
Doxology Inc$170,00068%
Lutheran Counseling and Family Services$150,00082%
Milwaukee Rescue Mission$145,0008n/a
United Way of Indian River County Inc$120,00061%
Lutheran Home Foundation Inc$100,00016%
Lutheran Homes of Oconomowoc Inc$100,00010%
Children's Hospital and Health System Inc$75,00020%
The Children's Home Society of Florida$70,00070%
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc$60,00020%
Easter Seals Inc$50,00040%
American Lung Association$50,00010%
Samaritan's Purse$45,00030%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$40,00080%
Marquette University$35,00020%
The Aopa Foundation Inc$35,00080%
Hope Center Inc$31,00080%
Margie's Smile Inc$30,000323%
Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation$30,00060%
United Against Poverty Inc$30,00060%
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc$26,50080%
Eras Senior Network Inc$18,00080%
Children's Outing Association$15,00060%
Young America's Foundation$15,00040%
The Heritage Foundation$14,00080%
Lutheran Womens Missionary League$13,0004n/a
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty$12,00070%
Capital Research Center$12,00040%
Badger Institute Inc$12,00040%
Judicial Watch Inc$10,00040%
Turning Point USA Inc$10,00040%
Water Missions International$10,00010%
The John K Maciver Institute for Public Policy Inc$9,00031%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of St Lucie Indian River and Okeechobee Counties I$8,50050%
Camp Haven Inc$8,00051%
Lutheran World Relief Inc$7,50010%
Southern Lakes Area Love Inc$6,00060%
Food for the Hungry Inc$6,00070%
Feed Our Rural Kids Inc$5,00041%
First Immanuel Lutheran Church$5,0001n/a
Friends of Carbone Cancer Center Inc$5,000117%
Corrie Ten Boom Fellowship$5,00010%
Mercy Chefs Inc$5,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$5,00010%
The 85 Fund$3,00010%
Badger Boys State Incorporated$3,00030%
Ozaukee Christian School Inc$2,50010%
Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers Inc$2,30060%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago$2,00020%
Hebron House of Hospitality Inc D/B/A Hebron Housing Services$2,00020%
Providence Academy$2,00010%
Agnes Table and Community Center Inc$2,00011%
Vero Beach Theatre Guild Inc$1,50030%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 53 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $3,670,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetHaiti Partners Inc: $360,000 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetRogers Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc: $210,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetBroom Tree Ministries Inc: $195,000 over 8y, 36% of budgetDoxology Inc: $170,000 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetLutheran Counseling and Family Services: $150,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetUnited Way of Indian River County Inc: $120,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetLutheran Home Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetLutheran Homes of Oconomowoc Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Hospital and Health System Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Home Society of Florida: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEaster Seals Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMarquette University: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Aopa Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHope Center Inc: $31,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetMargie's Smile Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetBone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation: $30,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Against Poverty Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc: $26,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEras Senior Network Inc: $18,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Outing Association: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $14,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty: $12,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCapital Research Center: $12,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBadger Institute Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWater Missions International: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe John K Maciver Institute for Public Policy Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of St Lucie Indian River and Okeechobee Counties I: $8,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCamp Haven Inc: $8,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetLutheran World Relief Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Lakes Area Love Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFood for the Hungry Inc: $6,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFeed Our Rural Kids Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetFriends of Carbone Cancer Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetCorrie Ten Boom Fellowship: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Chefs Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe 85 Fund: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBadger Boys State Incorporated: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOzaukee Christian School Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTreasure Coast Crime Stoppers Inc: $2,300 over 6y, 0.4% 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 53.

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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 IncWI22.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Church Mutual Insurance Company Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Wauwatosa Savings & Loan Foundation · STACKNER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC co KRISTIN A OCCHETTI · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Otto Bremer 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.

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About Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd

How much does Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd give?
Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd reported 62 grants totaling $2,119,125 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 59 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (51%), Health (11%), Religion (10%).
Who are Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Wisconsin Foundation ($3.7M), Blessed Savior Lutheran Church ($363k), Haiti Partners Inc ($360k).
Does Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Green Bay Packers Foundation, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc.
Where is Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd based?
Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd 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 101 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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