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Eppstein Uhen Tennessen Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$117k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$163kFood & Nutrition$111kHealth$110kHuman Services$88kEmployment$83kEducation$70kHousing & Shelter$16kArts & Culture$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $101k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOURNEY HOUSE INC$22,700
OPERATION FRESH START INC$19,325
VALLEY KIDS FOUNDATION INC$16,500
THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$12,500
FOSTER THE VILLAGE INC$10,000
MAYDM INC$10,000
CENTRO HISPANO INC$10,000
SP MILWAUKEE PROPCOL LLC$6,000
NAIOP WISCONSIN CHAPTER INC$5,000
THE UWM FOUNDATION INC$5,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $103k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%VALLEY KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $17k → 7%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE FOX VALLEY: $5k → 7%FOSTER THE VILLAGE: $10k → 10%FOSTER THE VILLAGE INC: $10k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 10%UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $1k → 17%JOURNEY HOUSE INC: $23k → 17%CENTRO HISPANO INC: $10k → 10%JOURNEY HOUSE: $3k → 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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$369k · 15 repeat orgs$302k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
19

Total granted

$369k
$258k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+9%

Still filing today

80%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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 ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthEducationFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • CO
    Childrens Oncology Services Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $64k · revenue +47%
  • OF
    OPERATION FRESH START INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $50k · revenue +134%
  • FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $35k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $35k · revenue +13%
  • GM
    GROUNDWORKS MKE
    one grant, 2017 · $33k
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
    one grant, 2019 · $32k
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 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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2
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
3
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sioux Empire

To nurture, educate and enrich children and youth for life-long success.

Human Services
4
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago

Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite and empower the promise of youth. we nurture children, strengthen communities and believe that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life.

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5
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
6
Radio Milwaukee Inc

To reach a new generation of radio listeners on air, online and in the community with a compelling selection of music and public affairs programming. the corporation celebrates milwaukee music, arts, heritage, and culture by supporting and…

Arts & Culture
7
Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh Inc

To improve the lives of children and families.

Youth Development
8
Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago Inc

Goodwill industries of metropolitan chicago, inc. ("goodwill-chicago") is a nonstock, not-for-profit illinois corporation, whose sole member is goodwill industries of southeastern wisconsin, inc. ("goodwill"), a wisconsin nonstock,…

Human Services
9
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
10
Boys & Girls Club of the Wisconsin Rapids Area Inc

To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Youth Development
11
Bay View Community Center of Milwaukee Inc

We bring people together to build community as an inclusive, independent, community-supported nonprofit organization.

Human Services
12
Dane County Parent Council Inc

Dane county parent council changes the lives of underserved children and families through education and supportive services.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United 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

30 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. 30 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
19/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GROUNDWORKS MKE: $33,000 · OtherGROUNDWORKS MKEBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $32,030 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBMAYDM INC: $20,000 · OtherMAYDM INCFOOD FOR THOUGHT INITIATIVE: $20,000 · OtherFOOD FOR THOUGHT INITIATIVEFAIRVIEW SOUTH SCHOOL: $15,000 · OtherFAIRVIEW SOUTH SCHOOLURBAN PEAK: $15,000 · OtherURBAN PEAKSP MILWAUKEE PROPCOL LLC: $12,000 · OtherSHINING STARS FOUNDATION: $23,030 · OtherSHINING STARS FOUNDATIONBRIARPATCH YOUTH SERVICES INC: $15,000 · OtherBRIARPATCH YOUTH SERVICES INCARTISTS WORKING IN EDUCATION INC: $15,000 · OtherARTISTS WORKING IN EDUCATION INCRevitalize Milwaukee Inc: $10,000 · Other+7 more: $30,800 · Other+7 moreJOURNEY HOUSE INC: $25,200 · Human ServicesJOURNEY HOUSE INCIRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesIRWIN A AND ROBER…Foster the Village Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesFoster the Villag…VALLEY KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $16,500 · Human ServicesVALLEY KIDS FOUND…CENTRO HISPANO INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCENTRO HISPANO IN…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesChildrens Oncology Services Inc: $63,804 · HealthChildrens Onc…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $12,500 · HealthBLOOD CANCER …AUDIO & BRAILLE LITERACY ENHANCEMENT INC: $5,000 · HealthAUDIO & BRAIL…Food For Thought Denver: $25,000 · EducationFood For Tho…THE UWM FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationTHE UWM FOUN…THE LINCOLN ACADEMY INC: $25,000 · EducationTHE LINCOLN …BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND G…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY INC: $15,750 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND G…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BAY AND LAKES REGION INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIR…Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys & Gir…FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $35,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING AM…REAP FOOD GROUP INC: $25,500 · Food & NutritionREAP FOOD …OPERATION FRESH START INC: $49,970 · Employment
Other$240,860Human Services$102,700Health$81,304Education$75,000Youth Development$60,750Food & Nutrition$60,500Employment$49,970

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildrens Oncology Services Inc: $63,804 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetOPERATION FRESH START INC: $49,970 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREAP FOOD GROUP INC: $25,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetJOURNEY HOUSE INC: $25,200 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetIRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UWM FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LINCOLN ACADEMY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHINING STARS FOUNDATION: $23,030 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMAYDM INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFoster the Village Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetVALLEY KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $16,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY INC: $15,750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRIARPATCH YOUTH SERVICES INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetARTISTS WORKING IN EDUCATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRO HISPANO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAIOP - WISCONSIN CHAPTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BAY AND LAKES REGION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOLS THAT CAN MILWAUKEE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAUDIO & BRAILLE LITERACY ENHANCEMENT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetILLUMINUS FOUNDATION INC F/K/A MARQUARDT FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVARIETY - THE CHILDREN'S CHARITY OF WISCONSIN INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Green Bay Packers Fou…Otto Bremer TrustHerbert H Kohl Charit…Alliant Energy Founda…M3 Insurance Foundati…Baird Foundation IncThe Evjue Foundation …United Way of Dane Co…Madison Gas and Elect…Madison Community Fou…Greater Green Bay Com…DAVID G and NANCY B W…
Green Bay Packers FoundationWI30.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · M3 Insurance Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · DAVID G and NANCY B WALSH FAMILY FOUNDATION LTD

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 Eppstein Uhen Tennessen Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eppstein Uhen Tennessen Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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