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Wisconsin · Public charity

Forward Community Investments Inc

We invest in people, projects, and organizations that create lasting impact, addressing community needs in innovative and effective ways. By leveraging a network of partnerships and creative financing, we ensure individuals and neighborhoods across wisconsin have access to the resources they need to prosper.

$55k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
2
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$40,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 20
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
1
Total assets, FY2023
$35M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Forward Community Investments Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 ServicesCommunity ImprovementHealthHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentArts & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20232$55k100%
FY202220$785k90%
FY20211$8k100%
FY20201$28k100%
FY20191$20k100%
FY20186$135k83%
FY20173$211kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$400kEducation$350kCommunity Improvement$226kHuman Services$102kHousing & Shelter$90kYouth Development$45kFood & Nutrition$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$8k

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
One City Schools Inc$335,17725%
Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation$119,71012%
Center for Community Stewardship$57,50021%
Cap Services Inc$54,00010%
First American Capital Corporation Inc$54,00024%
Centro Hispano Inc$45,00012%
Layton Boulevard West Neighbors Inc Dba via CDC$40,00012%
Woodland Financial Partners$27,50018%
Community Action Inc of Rock & Walworth Counties$25,00010%
Metcalfe Park Community Bridges Inc$25,00013%
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All grantees of Forward Community Investments Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
One City Schools Inc$335,17725%
Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation$119,71012%
Center for Community Stewardship$57,50021%
Cap Services Inc$54,00010%
First American Capital Corporation Inc$54,00024%
Centro Hispano Inc$45,00012%
Layton Boulevard West Neighbors Inc Dba via CDC$40,00012%
Woodland Financial Partners$27,50018%
Community Action Inc of Rock & Walworth Counties$25,00010%
Metcalfe Park Community Bridges Inc$25,00013%
Fennimore Medical Pdc Inc$25,0001n/a
Bridges United Inc$25,0001n/a
Partners for Community Development Inc$25,00010%
People of Progression Inc$25,00016%
Allied Wellness Center Inc$25,000113%
Grant Regional Health Center Inc$25,00010%
Nia Imani Family Inc$25,00013%
Stepping Stones of Dunn County Inc$25,00011%
Northwest Side Community Development Corporation$25,00011%
Healing Our Hearts Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Future Urban Leaders$25,00018%
Embrace Services Inc$25,00012%
Friends of Women in Recovery Inc$25,00014%
Taylor County Supportive Housing$25,00019%
Mercy Dental Missions Inc$25,00013%
Wave Educational Fund Inc$25,00013%
Tandem Restaurant LLC$20,0001n/a
Madison Reading Project Inc$15,00011%
Kids Forward Inc$9,70011%
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program Inc$8,00010%
Mentoring Positives Inc$5,2301n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Forward Community Investments Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOne City Schools Inc: $335,177 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetWisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation: $119,710 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCenter for Community Stewardship: $57,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCap Services Inc: $54,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFirst American Capital Corporation Inc: $54,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetCentro Hispano Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetLayton Boulevard West Neighbors Inc Dba via CDC: $40,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWoodland Financial Partners: $27,500 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetCommunity Action Inc of Rock & Walworth Counties: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMetcalfe Park Community Bridges Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetPartners for Community Development Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPeople of Progression Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetAllied Wellness Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetGrant Regional Health Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNia Imani Family Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetStepping Stones of Dunn County Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNorthwest Side Community Development Corporation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFuture Urban Leaders: $25,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetEmbrace Services Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFriends of Women in Recovery Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetTaylor County Supportive Housing: $25,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetMercy Dental Missions Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetWave Educational Fund Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetMadison Reading Project Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetKids Forward Inc: $9,700 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSouthwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 26.

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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.

Otto Bremer TrustHerbert H Kohl Charit…Alliant Energy Founda…Greater Green Bay Com…The Roots and Wings F…Madison Gas and Elect…Green Bay Packers Fou…The Evjue Foundation …Madison Community Fou…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Wheda Foundation IncAbc Foundation Charit…
Otto Bremer TrustMN27.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Wheda Foundation Inc · Abc Foundation Charitable 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.

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About Forward Community Investments Inc

How much does Forward Community Investments Inc give?
Forward Community Investments Inc reported 2 grants totaling $55,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Forward Community Investments Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (28%), Community Improvement (18%).
Who are Forward Community Investments Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: One City Schools Inc ($335k), Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation ($120k), Center for Community Stewardship ($58k).
Does Forward Community Investments Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Forward Community Investments Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
Where is Forward Community Investments Inc based?
Forward Community Investments 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 31 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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