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Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd at a glance

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Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
62
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Education$4.1MHealth$850kReligion$815kHuman Services$556kPublic Safety & Disaster$523kInternational$471kPhilanthropy$252kHousing & Shelter$161kOther$0
02FY2024 · 62 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k39 grants · $132k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $327k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $360k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.3M
$5,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$1,300,000
LUTHERAN HOMES OF OCONOMOWOC INC$100,000
LUTHERAN HOME FOUNDATION$100,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$55,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$55,000
HAITI PARTNERS$50,000
ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$35,000
UNITED WAY OF MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY$30,000
BROOM TREE MINISTRIES$30,000
DOXOLOGY$30,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$25,000
LUTHERAN COUNSELING & FAMILY SERVICES OF WI$25,000
RED CROSS - SOUTH FL REGION$25,000
MILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSION$25,000
BLESSED SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH$20,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $331k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $15k → 13%SOUTHERN LAKES AREA LOVE INC: $1k → 10%MERCY CHEFS INC: $5k → 20%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $15k → 13%SOUTHERN LAKES AREA LOVE INC: $1k → 10%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $10k → 13%SOUTHERN LAKES AREA LOVE INC: $1k → 10%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $10k → 13%SOUTHERN LAKES AREA LOVE INC: $1k → 10%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $10k → 13%SOUTHERN LAKES AREA LOVE INC: $1k → 10%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $5k → 13%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $5k → 13%SOUTHERN LAKES AREA LOVE INC: $1k → 10%LUTHERAN HOMES OF OCONOMOWOC INC: $100k → 5%LUTHERAN COUNSELING & FAMILY SERVICES OF WI: $25k → 17%LUTHERAN COUNSELING & FAMILY SERVICES OF WI: $25k → 17%LUTHERAN COUNSELING & FAMILY SERVICES OF WI: $20k → 17%LUTHERAN COUNSELING & FAMILY SERVICES OF WI: $20k → 17%LUTHERAN COUNSELING & FAMILY SERVICES OF WI: $20k → 17%LUTHERAN COUNSELING & FAMILY SERVICES OF WI: $20k → 17%LUTHERAN COUNSELING & FAMILY SERVICES OF WI: $10k → 17%LUTHERAN COUNSELING & FAMILY SERVICES OF WI: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NC
SC
DC
TX
FL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.5M · 74 repeat orgs$345k to everyone else

74 repeat relationships: 52 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

74
15

Total granted

$7.5M
$120k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+44%

Still filing today

54%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k 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
HealthPublic BenefitHuman ServicesEducationInternationalCrime & LegalOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.7M · revenue +39%
  • BT
    BROOM TREE MINISTRIES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $195k · revenue +27% · 36% of their budget
  • LUTHERAN COUNSELING AND FAMILY SERVICES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $150k · revenue +93%

Funded once

  • AL
    AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +5%
  • LC
    LAKE COUNTRY LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • WM
    WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +19%
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
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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2
Wisconsin Lutheran Home Ministries Inc

To share christ's love as we serve the spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional needs of people entrusted to our care and others whose lives we touch.

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3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
4
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
5
Grand View University

Engages, equips and empowers learners to explore their vocations, fulfill their potential and serve the world.

Education
6
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
7
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
8
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
9
University Health Inc

Primary functions are the coordination and delivery of health care resources and services, health care education for the hospital service area, long range analysis of health care needs and development of programs, and arranging for…

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10
Corus International Inc

TO MANAGE AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND RELIEF FOCUSED FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, SUPPORT WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE…

Human Services
11
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
12
Western Healthconnect

Support significant improvements in health care delivery and outcomes within the context of nonprofit, charitable ownership.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Feed Our Rural Kids Inc. 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

56 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 56 of the 101 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/56
Grantees still filing
40/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $3,670,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION+4 more: $46,500 · EducationAMERICAN RED CROSS: $422,500 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSBLESSED SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH: $363,000 · OtherBLESSED SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCHMILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSION: $145,000 · OtherMILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSIONUNITED WAY OF MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY: $120,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WI MADISON: $119,338 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION OF WI: $100,000 · OtherDOXOLOGY INC: $170,000 · OtherDOXOLOGY INCLUTHERAN HOME FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Other+65 more: $1,030,980 · Other+65 moreROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $210,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $75,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · HealthAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · HealthBONE HEALTH AND OSTEOPOROSIS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Health+2 more: $10,000 · HealthHaiti Partners Inc: $360,000 · International+4 more: $33,500 · InternationalLUTHERAN COUNSELING AND FAMILY SERVICES: $150,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN HOMES OF OCONOMOWOC INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA: $70,000 · Human Services+2 more: $11,000 · Human ServicesBRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC: $120,240 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $120,000 · PhilanthropyCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $12,000 · PhilanthropyBROOM TREE MINISTRIES INC: $195,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $45,000 · Religion
Education$3,716,500Other$2,570,818Health$475,000International$393,500Human Services$331,000Philanthropy$252,240Religion$240,000

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

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 budgetBRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC: $120,240 over 6y, 0.3% 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 budgetWORLD VISION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 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 budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $7,000 over 7y, 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 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 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Haiti Partners Inc ↗
  • Who funds ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BROOM TREE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds DOXOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN COUNSELING AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds BRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN HOME FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN HOMES OF OCONOMOWOC INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Marquette University ↗
  • Who funds THE AOPA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Hope Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds MARGIE'S SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds BONE HEALTH AND OSTEOPOROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED AGAINST POVERTY INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN 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.

Greater Milwaukee Fou…Green Bay Packers Fou…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Evan & Marion Helfaer…United Way of Greater…Church Mutual Insuran…Baird Foundation IncWauwatosa Savings & L…STACKNER FAMILY FOUND…The Lynde and Harry B…Thrivent Charitable I…Otto Bremer Trust
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Duane & Dorothy Bluemke Foundation Ltd. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers Inc: 87% of income from government
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
  • The Children's Home Society of Florida: 6% of income from government
  • United Way of Indian River County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Vero Beach Theatre Guild Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.

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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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