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Exacto Foundation Inc at a glance

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Exacto Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$119k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$209kEducation$132kArts & Culture$71kHuman Services$58kHealth$25kFood & Nutrition$25kCommunity Improvement$17kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $19k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$4,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRAFTON PARKS SOCIETY$100,000
OZAUKEE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY$5,000
FGCU FOUNDATION$5,000
GRAFTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$4,000
ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH$2,500
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH$1,000
AMERICAN LEGION- ROSE HARMS$500
GRAFTON LIONS CLUB FOUNDATION INC$500
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 (FY18–23, $53k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOMETOWN HEROS: $13k → 6%HOMETOWN HEROS: $10k → 6%HOMETOWN HEROS: $10k → 6%HOMETOWN HEROES: $5k → 6%HOMETOWN HEROES: $5k → 6%BALANCE INC: $3k → 6%HOMETOWN HEROES: $3k → 6%BALANCE: $3k → 6%BALANCE INC: $3k → 6%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

MN
IL
WI
MI
OR
IA
MO
GA
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$463k · 25 repeat orgs$102k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
52

Total granted

$463k
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

40%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • GO
    Gatherings On The Green Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $71k · revenue +14%
  • HH
    HOMETOWN HEROES INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $45k · revenue +114%
  • GA
    GRAFTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    5× · 2018–2025 · $17k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • GC
    GRAFTON COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +9%
  • GK
    GRAFTON K9 FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • Center for Veterans Issues Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +13%
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
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department

Funding for volunteer fire department

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2
Cedarburg Education Foundation Inc

The Cedarburg Education Foundation provides a means for schools individuals and businesses to work together to help students achieve their potential by providing financial support through private funding.

Education
3
Groveton High School Alumni Association Inc

Promote and facilitate alumni fellowship with mailings and events - scholarship awared annually to groveton high school graduates

Education
4
Grafton High School Athletic Booster Club Inc

To promote, publicize, and support all athletics at grafton high school

Recreation & Sports
5
Cedarburg Community Scholarship Fund Inc

To raise and distribute scholarship money to graduating high school seniors who reside within the Cedarburg School District - whether or not they attend Cedarburg High School.

Education
6
Grafton Community Library

A non for profit providing library services to Grafton NY and surrounding communities

Education
7
Groton Scholarship Fund Inc

To award scholarships to graduates of fitch high school

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8
Gratiot County Community Foundation

To receive and accept property that will be exclusively used for charitable purposes, primarily for the benefit of Gratiot County residents and institutions.

Philanthropy
9
Pewaukee Scholarship Fund Inc

Fundraising for and awarding education scholarships to high school seniors.

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10
Cedarburg Grafton Rotary Foundation

Fundraising for cedarburg grafton rotary

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11
Gillett Area Ambulance Service Inc

To provide ambulance services to the oconto county region.

Health
12
Gleason Public Library Endowment

Philanthropic support of the Gleason Public Library through the use of funds from gifts received and investment income.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grafton Education Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Woodview Parent Teacher Group. 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

25 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. 25 of the 80 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/25
Grantees still filing
10/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRAFTON PARKS SOCIETY: $200,000 · EnvironmentGRAFTON PARKS SOCIETYOZAUKEE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY: $27,000 · OtherOZAUKEE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIET…GRAFTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $17,000 · OtherGRAFTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCEGRAFTON COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $10,000 · OtherGRAFTON COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND…GRAFTON K9 FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherGRAFTON K9 FOUNDATION INCSERVICE CLUB OF MILWAUKEE INC: $10,000 · OtherSERVICE CLUB OF MILWAUKEE INCMACC FUND: $6,500 · Other+61 more: $93,720 · Other+61 moreGatherings On The Green Inc: $70,500 · Arts & CultureGatherings On …HOMETOWN HEROES INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesHOMETOWN H…Balance Inc: $8,000 · Human ServicesBalance In…MEQUON-THIENSVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationMEQUON-THI…GRAFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · EducationGRAFTON ED…FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationFLORIDA GU…ADULT LITERACY CENTER OF OZAUKEE COUNTY: $3,760 · EducationADULT LITE…Evangel University: $3,750 · EducationEvangel Un…+1 more: $1,250 · EducationCenter for Veterans Issues Inc: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterAURORA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF PORT: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Environment$200,000Other$174,220Arts & Culture$70,500Human Services$53,000Education$51,260Housing & Shelter$10,000Philanthropy$6,000

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 budgetGRAFTON PARKS SOCIETY: $200,000 over 2y, 71% of budgetGatherings On The Green Inc: $70,500 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetHOMETOWN HEROES INC: $45,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetMEQUON-THIENSVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetGRAFTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $17,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetGRAFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetGRAFTON COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetCenter for Veterans Issues Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSERVICE CLUB OF MILWAUKEE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetBalance Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODVIEW PARENT TEACHER GROUP: $5,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAURORA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADULT LITERACY CENTER OF OZAUKEE COUNTY: $3,760 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetEvangel University: $3,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGRAFTON GLADIATORS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetAmerican Legion Landt - Thiel Post 470: $1,300 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetLAKELAND UNIVERSITY: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAFTON FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $750 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetASSOCIATION OF THE GRAFTON FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $250 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetNATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION: $250 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 GRAFTON PARKS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Gatherings On The Green Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOMETOWN HEROES INC ↗
  • Who funds MEQUON-THIENSVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAFTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
  • Who funds GRAFTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAFTON COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Center for Veterans Issues Inc ↗
  • Who funds SERVICE CLUB OF MILWAUKEE INC ↗
  • Who funds Balance Inc ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOODVIEW PARENT TEACHER GROUP ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds AURORA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ADULT LITERACY CENTER OF OZAUKEE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Evangel University ↗
  • Who funds COPE SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds GRAFTON GLADIATORS INC ↗
  • Who funds SAUKVILLE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds American Legion Landt - Thiel Post 470 ↗

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.

Baird Foundation IncThe Charles E Kubly F…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Green Bay Packers Fou…Ge Aerospace Foundati…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Baird Foundation IncWI20.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · The Charles E Kubly Foundation Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%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
    1get no government money at all
    3report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Exacto Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Exacto 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 80 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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