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Ffbw Community Foundation

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.

$43k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$83kHousing & Shelter$60kEducation$33kCommunity Improvement$28kPhilanthropy$25kYouth Development$18kInternational$10kHealth$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$370k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WISCONSIN WOMEN'S BUSINESS INIATIVE CORPORATION$5,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC$5,000
ROOTED AND RISING$5,000
SECUREFUTURES$5,000
ASSET BUILDERS OF AMERICA$5,000
OPERATION FINALLY HOME$5,000
ACTS HOUSING$2,500
URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN INC$2,500
LA CASA DE ESPERANZA INC CENTER FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY$2,500
THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC$2,500
EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC$1,500
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $5k → 17%ROOTED AND RISING: $5k → 17%ROOTED AND RISING - WASHINGTON PARK: $5k → 17%BAY VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 17%THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $3k → 5%THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $3k → 5%THE WOMEN'S CENTER: $2k → 5%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 17%THE WOMEN'S CENTER: $2k → 5%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 17%INDEPENDENCE FIRST: $3k → 17%THE WOMEN'S CENTER: $1k → 5%UNITED COMMUNTIY CENTER: $3k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 17%SECUREFUTURES: $5k → 17%SECUREFUTURES: $3k → 17%SECUREFUTURES: $3k → 17%SECUREFUTURES: $3k → 17%SECUREFUTURES: $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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$237k · 20 repeat orgs$44k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
15

Total granted

$237k
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+5%

Still filing today

65%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterEducationHealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • OF
    OPERATION FINALLY HOME
    8× · 2018–2025 · $40k · revenue +11%
  • UC
    UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $18k · revenue +40%
  • UM
    UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +37%
  • LS
    LUTHERN SOCIAL SERVICES
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • S
    SEUREFUTURES
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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
Community Care Health Plan Inc

Community care health plan's mission is to develop and demonstrate innovative, flexible, community-based approaches to care for at-risk adults, in order to optimize their quality of life and optimize the allocation of community resources.

Health
2
West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency Inc

The mission of west central wisconsin community action agency, inc. is to take action against poverty by developing the social and economic assets of low-income families and their communities and by working to create a more just and…

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3
The Affordable Housing Corporation of Lake County

To provide decent, safe and sanitary housing that is affordable to low and moderate-income persons and to stabilize and strengthen communities by improving the local housing stock. the corporation shall administer programs that revitalize…

Human Services
4
Innovative Services Inc

Innovative services, inc. (isi) cares for those with disabilities, helping them lead fulfilling lives with maximum independence. innovative's vision is to be the most trusted care provider for people with disabilities in wisconsin.

Human Services
5
Habitat for Humanity of Waukesha County Inc

Seeking to put god's love into action. habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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6
African Development Center

Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota

Human Services
7
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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8
Habitat for Humanity of Wisconsin Inc

Our mission is to empower WI Habitat for Humanity affiliates to create one voice that advocates and influences affordable home ownership.

Housing & Shelter
9
Workforce Connections Inc

Wci empowers individuals through employment and training services, helping people of all backgrounds including low-skilled and unskilled adults enter the workforce. we provide economically disadvantaged individuals and those facing…

Employment
10
Community Action Commission

Commmunity action commission's mission is to build on the strengths and resources available, provide solutions, for complex issues, and empower individuals, families, and communities to move out of poverty.

Human Services
11
Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc

Legal action exists to provide creative, effective, and high-quality legal representation in order to achieve justice for low-income people and others to whom it would otherwise be denied. we advocate for empowerment and systemic change to…

Crime & Legal
12
Harwood Place Inc

Harwood place, inc. is dedicated to serving older adults and enriching the lives of those we touch by providing compassionate and loving care.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bay View Community Center of Milwaukee Inc; the most unlike its peers is Habitat for Humanity Northwoods 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

21 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. 21 of the 36 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: $17,500 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENTUNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $10,000 · OtherUNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S SERVICEWISCONSIN WOMEN'S BUSINESS INIATIVE CORPORATION: $7,500 · OtherWISCONSIN WOMEN'S BUSINESS INIATIVE CORPO…TEACH FOR AMERICA: $7,500 · OtherTEACH FOR AMERICAWI WOMEN'S BUSINESS INIATIVE CORP: $5,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INC: $5,000 · OtherLUTHERN SOCIAL SERVICES: $5,000 · OtherSEUREFUTURES: $5,000 · OtherUNITED FOR WAUKESHA COMMUNITY FUND: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $6,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INCEMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC: $6,000 · OtherEMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC+10 more: $18,500 · Other+10 moreUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER I…UNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesUNITED METHODIST CHILDREN…SECUREFUTURES FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesSECUREFUTURES FOUNDATION …THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INCINDEPENDENCE FIRST INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesBAY VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesOPERATION FINALLY HOME: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterOPERATION FINALLY HOM…ACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterACTS COMMUNITY DEVELO…Housing Action Coalition of Waukesha County Inc: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterCARROLL UNIVERSITY INC: $15,000 · EducationCARROLL UN…ASSET BUILDERS OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 · EducationASSET BUIL…LA CASA DE ESPERANZA FOUNDATIONINC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC: $10,000 · InternationalURBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN INC: $7,500 · Community Improvement
Other$103,000Human Services$62,500Housing & Shelter$52,500Education$25,000Philanthropy$20,000International$10,000Community Improvement$7,500

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 budgetOPERATION FINALLY HOME: $40,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLA CASA DE ESPERANZA FOUNDATIONINC: $20,000 over 4y, 86% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED METHODIST CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSECUREFUTURES FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCARROLL UNIVERSITY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASSET BUILDERS OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetEMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetINDEPENDENCE FIRST INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARING PLACE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHousing Action Coalition of Waukesha County Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBAY VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLA CASA DE ESPERANZA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Liver Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAUKESHA FREE CLINIC 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.

United Way of Greater…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Green Bay Packers Fou…Waukesha County Commu…Greater Green Bay Com…Anon Charitable TrustAbc Foundation Charit…Joseph and Vera Zilbe…Otto Bremer Trust1895 Bancorp of Wisco…Ralph Evinrude Founda…
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County IncWI28× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Waukesha County Community Foundation · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Abc Foundation Charitable Trust · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin Community Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ffbw Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ffbw Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%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
    12report 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 Ffbw Community Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ffbw Community Foundation 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 36 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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