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Ellenbecker Investment Group Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$40k
Granted FY2023
62
Grants FY2023
62
Organizations funded FY2023
39%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$500
Largest grant, FY2023
$3,000
Organizations funded a year
26 to 70
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
11
Total assets, FY2023
$580k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 39% of the organizations Ellenbecker Investment Group Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationInternationalArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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
FY202362$40k39%
FY202270$50k44%
FY202168$53k62%
FY202068$38k69%
FY201934$13k59%
FY201839$11k54%
FY201726$8kn/a
88% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Health$33kHuman Services$22kEducation$15kEnvironment$13kReligion$12kInternational$11kYouth Development$10kHousing & Shelter$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, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Center for Veterans Issues Inc$6,30040%
National Park Foundation$4,13040%
Nativity Jesuit Academy Inc$4,0002n/a
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$3,50040%
Waukesha County Christmas Clearing Council Inc$3,41060%
Rogers Memorial Hospital Inc$3,08230%
West African Mercy Ministries Inc$2,95550%
Milwaukee Rescue Mission$2,8364n/a
Life's Connection Inc$2,74040%
The Women's Center Inc$2,73530%
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All grantees of Ellenbecker Investment Group Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Center for Veterans Issues Inc$6,30040%
National Park Foundation$4,13040%
Nativity Jesuit Academy Inc$4,0002n/a
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$3,50040%
Waukesha County Christmas Clearing Council Inc$3,41060%
Rogers Memorial Hospital Inc$3,08230%
West African Mercy Ministries Inc$2,95550%
Milwaukee Rescue Mission$2,8364n/a
Life's Connection Inc$2,74040%
The Women's Center Inc$2,73530%
Fondy Food Center Inc$2,72550%
Secure Futures$2,5001n/a
Northbrook Church$2,5002n/a
Soles for Jesus$2,29040%
Pewaukee Lake Sailing School Inc$2,00011%
Fisher House Wisconsin Inc$2,00040%
Celiac Disease Foundation$2,00020%
Lake Country Charity Connection Inc$2,0002n/a
Wisconsin Hero Outdoors Inc$1,65030%
Hope Center Inc$1,5003n/a
A Doll Like Me INC$1,50021%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$1,50020%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$1,46760%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc$1,29530%
Golf Fore Africa Inc$1,15520%
Masters Touch Ministries$1,10012%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,05020%
Give Kids the World Inc$1,00020%
Compassion International Incorporated$1,0001n/a
Fishing for the Heart Inc$1,0002n/a
Hunger Task Force Inc$1,00010%
Marleh Lehmann Scholarship Foundation$1,00015%
Furever Friends Sanctuary Corp$1,0001n/a
Conservancy for Healing &$1,00010%
Black Lives Matter Foundation$1,00010%
Waukesha County Youth Hockey Association$1,00010%
Door County Land Trust Inc$1,00010%
Midwest Australian Shepherd Rescue Inc$1,00011%
Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc$1,00010%
Peace Lutheran Church$1,0001n/a
A Second U Foundation$1,00010%
Food for the Poor Inc$1,00010%
Kids Matter Inc$1,00010%
College Possible Inc$1,00010%
Variety - the Children's Charity of Wisconsin Inc$1,00010%
Discover Church Inc$1,0001n/a
Badger Honor Flight Inc$1,00010%
St John's Northwestern Academies$1,0001n/a
Islands of Brilliance Inc$82530%
Shepherds Foundation Inc$82530%
Nami Greater Milwaukee Inc$81520%
Next 18 Inc$80020%
Cross Way Church Inc$8001n/a
Stars and Stripes Honor Flight Inc$77940%
The Kipsongo Project Inc$75011%
Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum Inc$75030%
Wisconsin Humane Society$7323n/a
Securefutures Foundation Inc$72520%
United Community Center Inc$65020%
The Fetch Foundation Inc$60020%
Elmbrook Church$5502n/a
Bailing Out Benji$50010%
Bombshell Bullies Pit Bull Rescue Inc$5001n/a
Joyful Journeys Inc$50010%
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc$50010%
The Augustine Academy Inc$50010%
National Diaper Bank Network Inc$50010%
Operation Gratitude Inc$50010%
Fishing for Good Inc$5002n/a
Healing Patriots Corp$50011%
The Charles E Kubly Foundation Inc$50010%
Women for Macc Inc$50010%
Mental Health America of Wisconsin Inc$50020%
The Starfish Foundation$50021%
War Dogs - Milwaukee Inc$5002n/a
Christ Child Society$50010%
Kimberly Joy Ministries$5001n/a
Eras Senior Network Inc$50010%
Family Promise of Waukesha County Inc$50010%
Bell Tower Memorial Inc$5002n/a
Share Our Strength$50010%
Cursillo in Christianity of the Arc Hdiocese of Milwaukee$5001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$49210%
Pillows With Wings Inc$45311%
Milwaukee Homeless Veterans Initiative Inc$30010%
Adel B Korkor Md Foundation for Mental$25010%
Samaritan's Purse$25010%
Rooted in Mindfulness Corp$2501n/a
Post 91 Oconomowoc Veterans$2501n/a
Elmbrook New Berlin Senior Taxiinc$24510%
Sunbeam Kids Inc$2151n/a
Kinship Mke Inc$20510%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$20020%
Versiti Wisconsin Inc$20010%
Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin$20010%
The God's Child Project$18510%
Radio Milwaukee Inc$14010%
Rbc Ministries$11030%
Concordia University Inc$10010%
Living Hope International Inc$10010%
Carthage College$10020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10010%
Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation Inc$1001n/a
Vcy America Inc$802n/a
Food Pantry of Waukesha County Inc$8020%
Friends of Crex Inc$7510%
Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc$5010%
Nova Counseling Services Inc$5010%
Adult Congenital Heart Association$5010%
Kenosha Area Family and Aging Services Inc$5010%
222 Corps Ministries Inc$5010%
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc$5010%
Discovery World Ltd$5010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$5010%
American Lung Association$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 96 recipients with no EIN on record ($99k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ellenbecker Investment Group Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCenter for Veterans Issues Inc: $6,300 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $4,130 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWaukesha County Christmas Clearing Council Inc: $3,410 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetRogers Memorial Hospital Inc: $3,082 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWest African Mercy Ministries Inc: $2,955 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLife's Connection Inc: $2,740 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Women's Center Inc: $2,735 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFondy Food Center Inc: $2,725 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSoles for Jesus: $2,290 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPewaukee Lake Sailing School Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFisher House Wisconsin Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCeliac Disease Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWisconsin Hero Outdoors Inc: $1,650 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetA Doll Like Me INC: $1,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $1,467 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc: $1,295 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGolf Fore Africa Inc: $1,155 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMasters Touch Ministries: $1,100 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGive Kids the World Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHunger Task Force Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarleh Lehmann Scholarship Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetConservancy for Healing &: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBlack Lives Matter Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWaukesha County Youth Hockey Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDoor County Land Trust Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMidwest Australian Shepherd Rescue Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSojourner Family Peace Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Second U Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKids Matter Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCollege Possible Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVariety - the Children's Charity of Wisconsin Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBadger Honor Flight Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIslands of Brilliance Inc: $825 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetShepherds Foundation Inc: $825 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNami Greater Milwaukee Inc: $815 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNext 18 Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetStars and Stripes Honor Flight Inc: $779 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kipsongo Project Inc: $750 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWaukesha County Historical Society & Museum Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSecurefutures Foundation Inc: $725 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Community Center Inc: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fetch Foundation Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBailing Out Benji: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJoyful Journeys Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 89.

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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 IncWI51.3× affinity27 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 · Waukesha County Community Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Generac Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Emil Ewald Family Foundation Inc · Youth Foundation Inc · Harley-Davidson 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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About Ellenbecker Investment Group Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does Ellenbecker Investment Group Charitable Foundation Inc give?
Ellenbecker Investment Group Charitable Foundation Inc reported 62 grants totaling $39,725 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 70 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Ellenbecker Investment Group Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (15%), Human Services (10%), Education (7%).
Who are Ellenbecker Investment Group Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Center for Veterans Issues Inc ($6k), National Park Foundation ($4k), Nativity Jesuit Academy Inc ($4k).
Does Ellenbecker Investment Group Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ellenbecker Investment Group Charitable 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 Ellenbecker Investment Group Charitable 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, Waukesha County Community Foundation.
Where is Ellenbecker Investment Group Charitable Foundation Inc based?
Ellenbecker Investment Group Charitable 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 214 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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