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Frank G & Frieda K Brotz Family Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Frank G & Frieda K Brotz Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
88
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$3.5MEducation$3.5MArts & Culture$2.0MHuman Services$1.4MRecreation & Sports$944kYouth Development$861kReligion$844kFood & Nutrition$739kOther$0
02FY2025 · 88 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k27 grants · $73k
  • $10k–50k43 grants · $734k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WEILL CENTER FOUNDATION INC$300,000
Individual grant recipient$125,000
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION (HSHS)$125,000
CAMP EVERGREEN$100,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$100,000
ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE$100,000
LAKELAND UNIVERSITY$100,000
LAKESHORE REGIONAL CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC$100,000
LAKESHORE COLLEGE FORMERLY LAKESHORE TECHNICAL COLLEGE)$100,000
DEMENTIA INNOVATIONS INC$100,000
CHEESE CAPITAL WINTER PARK INC DBA NUTT HILL$100,000
MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC$50,000
DOGS2DOGTAGS INC$50,000
ROGERS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$50,000
A MILLION DREAMZ$50,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $796k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 25% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JORDAN'S GUARDIAN ANGELS: $2k → 12%ELEVATE INC: $50k → 6%ELEVATE INC: $50k → 6%ELEVATE INC: $1k → 6%A MILLION DREAMZ: $50k → 9%A MILLION DREAMZ: $50k → 9%A MILLION DREAMZ: $50k → 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $25k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $25k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $25k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $25k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $25k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $25k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $25k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $25k → 17%HEAR WISCONSIN: $500 → 17%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 9%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 9%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 9%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 9%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 9%LAKESHORE REGIONAL CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $100k → 9%SHEBOYGAN COUNTY YMCA: $25k → 9%SHEBOYGAN COUNTY YMCA: $25k → 9%SHEBOYGAN COUNTY YMCA: $12k → 9%GREAT MARRIAGES FOR SHEBOYGAN COUNTY: $10k → 9%GREAT MARRIAGES FOR SHEBOYGAN COUNTY: $10k → 9%SHEBOYGAN COUNTY YMCA: $10k → 9%GREAT MARRIAGES FOR SHEBOYGAN COUNTY: $10k → 9%GREAT MARRIAGES FOR SHEBOYGAN COUNTY: $10k → 9%GREAT MARRIAGES FOR SHEBOYGAN COUNTY: $10k → 9%GREAT MARRIAGES FOR SHEBOYGAN COUNTY: $10k → 9%GREAT MARRIAGES FOR SHEBOYGAN COUNTY: $10k → 9%SHEBOYGAN COUNTY YMCA: $10k → 9%SHEBOYGAN COUNTY YMCA: $10k → 9%GREAT MARRIAGES FOR SHEBOYGAN COUNTY: $10k → 9%GREAT MARRIAGES FOR SHEBOYGAN COUNTY: $10k → 9%SHEBOYGAN COUNTY YMCA: $10k → 9%SHEBOYGAN COUNTY YMCA: $10k → 9%SAFE HARBOR OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC: $10k → 9%HMONG MUTUAL ASSISTANCE ASSOC OF SHEBOYGAN INC: $500 → 9%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

IL
WI
MI
OH
RI
CA
MO
MD
AZ
TN
NC
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 112 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

112 repeat relationships: 62 still active in FY2025, 50 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

112
76

Total granted

$14M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+3%

Still filing today

54%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $564k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureReligionPublic BenefitOther
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

  • WC
    WEILL CENTER FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $640k · revenue +281%
  • LH
    LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF THE GREATER SHEBOYGAN AREA INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $470k · revenue +71%
  • SC
    Sheboygan County YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $442k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • SA
    SHEBOYGAN AREA LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $150k
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2017 · $130k
  • OC
    OOSTBURG CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $120k
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
Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerce Inc

Promote sheboygan county business development.

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2
Sheboygan Area Credit Union

Our mission is to provide efficient, progressive financial services and products to our owner-members in agreement with credit union philosophy

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3
Sheboygan Senior Community Inc

To provide and operate a retirement home, health care center, and related services in the greater sheboygan area for elderly and physically handicapped adults, which shall enhance, honor and preserve the dignity of the individual, and…

Health
4
Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce

To be a catalyst for economic and community progress within the great lakes bay region.

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5
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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6
Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc

Mission statement: to gather, grow, and give endowed charitable financial resources to build stronger, more vibrant communities now and into the future.value statement:we are committed to managing our clients' philanthropic endowments in…

Philanthropy
7
Sheboygan Christian School Association

In partnership with the christian community, sheboygan county christian school uses a biblical perspective to integrate academic excellence with christ-centered learning, preparing students' hearts and minds for service in god's world.

Education
8
Southern Lakes Credit Union

We will stirve to make a significant difference in improving the quality of life of our members and the communities we serve by providing affordable access to credit and financial services.

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9
Michigan Science Center

The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.

Education
10
Door County Land Trust Inc

The door county land trust is a local, non-governmental non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve door county's exceptional lands and waters forever.

Environment
11
Leelanau Conservancy

To conserve the land, water and scenic character of leelanau county, and to provide educational programs to develop an understanding and appreciation of leelanau county's natural heritage.

Environment
12
University of Wi - Sheboygan County Foundation Inc

None

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Safe Harbor of Sheboygan County Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Dynamic Catholic Institute. 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

97 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. 97 of the 204 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
32
Early backer (in before they grew)
90/97
Grantees still filing
65/97
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $860,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONLAKESHORE TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $400,000 · OtherSHEBOYGAN YOUTH SAILING CLUB INC: $390,000 · OtherLOVE INC: $303,500 · OtherCURSILLO IN CHRISTIANITY OF THE ARC HDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE: $300,000 · OtherTHE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON: $303,000 · Other+137 more: $5,795,280 · Other+137 moreLAKELAND UNIVERSITY: $715,000 · EducationLAKELAND UNIVERSIT…LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF THE GREATER SHEBOYGAN AREA INC: $470,000 · EducationLUTHERAN HIGH SCHO…BOOKWORM GARDENS INC: $329,000 · EducationBOOKWORM GARDENS I…LAKE COUNTRY ACADEMY INC: $275,000 · EducationLAKE COUNTRY ACADE…THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $250,000 · EducationTHE MEDICAL COLLEG…Marquette University: $125,000 · EducationMCPREPARATORY SCHOOL OF WISCONSIN INC: $95,000 · EducationMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $90,000 · Education+7 more: $193,000 · Education+7 moreWEILL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $640,000 · Arts & CultureWEILL CENT…JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ARTS CENTER INC: $450,000 · Arts & CultureJOHN MICHA…SHEBOYGAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $317,500 · Arts & CultureSHEBOYGAN …+7 more: $84,000 · Arts & Culture+7 moreSHARON S RICHARDSON COMMUNITY HOSPICE INC: $325,000 · HealthSHARON S …LAKESHORE COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE INC: $300,000 · HealthLAKESHORE…ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · HealthROGERS ME…1907 Club: $111,490 · Health1907 ClubDEMENTIA INNOVATIONS INC: $100,000 · HealthDEMENTIA …REINS INC: $82,150 · HealthREINS INCNEW HOPE PREGNANCY CENTER OF SHEBOYGAN INC: $60,000 · HealthMental Health America Lakeshore Inc: $50,000 · Health+8 more: $75,500 · Health+8 moreSheboygan County YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $442,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesA MILLION DREAMZ INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesELEVATE INC: $101,000 · Human ServicesLAKESHORE REGIONAL CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesGREAT MARRIAGES FOR SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesSAFE HARBOR OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC: $60,000 · Human Services+4 more: $33,000 · Human ServicesNOURISH FARMS INC: $310,000 · Food & NutritionSHEBOYGAN COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $140,000 · Food & NutritionDogs to Dog Tags Inc: $250,000 · Public BenefitSAMARITAN'S HAND INC: $112,500 · Public Benefit+1 more: $10,000 · Public Benefit
Other$8,351,780Education$2,542,000Arts & Culture$1,491,500Health$1,304,140Human Services$1,176,000Food & Nutrition$450,000Public Benefit$372,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetLAKELAND UNIVERSITY: $715,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWEILL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $640,000 over 7y, 10% of budgetLUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF THE GREATER SHEBOYGAN AREA INC: $470,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetJOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ARTS CENTER INC: $450,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetSheboygan County YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $442,000 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetSHEBOYGAN YOUTH SAILING CLUB INC: $390,000 over 9y, 37% of budgetBOOKWORM GARDENS INC: $329,000 over 9y, 7.6% of budgetSHARON S RICHARDSON COMMUNITY HOSPICE INC: $325,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetSHEBOYGAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $317,500 over 9y, 14% of budgetNOURISH FARMS INC: $310,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON: $303,000 over 4y, 35% of budgetLAKESHORE COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE INC: $300,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLAKE COUNTRY ACADEMY INC: $275,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetCAMP EVERGREEN CORPORATION INC: $255,000 over 9y, 15% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC: $253,500 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetDogs to Dog Tags Inc: $250,000 over 6y, 23% of budgetTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $250,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSILVER LAKE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY FAMILY INC: $230,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSAILING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF SHEBOYGAN INC: $227,000 over 6y, 8.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $200,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC: $160,000 over 7y, 6.6% of budgetA MILLION DREAMZ INC: $150,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetSHEBOYGAN COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $140,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetMarquette University: $125,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S HAND INC: $112,500 over 6y, 13% of budget1907 Club: $111,490 over 4y, 87% of budgetRAWHIDE INC: $110,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetELEVATE INC: $101,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF SHEBOYGAN JAYCEES INC: $100,000 over 2y, 10.0% of budgetDEMENTIA INNOVATIONS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC: $95,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetMCPREPARATORY SCHOOL OF WISCONSIN INC: $95,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSHEBOYGAN COUNTY INTERFAITH ORGANIZATION INC: $90,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT MARRIAGES FOR SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC: $90,000 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetK2 ADVENTURES FOUNDATION: $85,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetREINS INC: $82,150 over 8y, 9.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY LAKESIDE INC: $81,000 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetEDGEWOOD UNIVERSITY INC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTERINC: $67,500 over 7y, 10% of budgetSAFE HARBOR OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetNEW HOPE PREGNANCY CENTER OF SHEBOYGAN INC: $60,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetPARTNERS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $55,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMANITOU COUNCIL INC D/B/A GIRL SCOUTS OF MANITOU COUNCIL: $53,540 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMental Health America Lakeshore Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetMARIAN UNIVERSITY INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMAKING SPIRITS BRIGHT INC: $45,000 over 9y, 6.3% 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 LAKELAND UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WEILL CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF THE GREATER SHEBOYGAN AREA INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Sheboygan County YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SHEBOYGAN YOUTH SAILING CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds BOOKWORM GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARON S RICHARDSON COMMUNITY HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds SHEBOYGAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds NOURISH FARMS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDS OF THE BROUGHTON ↗
  • Who funds LAKESHORE COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE COUNTRY ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP EVERGREEN CORPORATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Dogs to Dog Tags Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds SILVER LAKE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY FAMILY INC ↗
  • Who funds SAILING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF SHEBOYGAN INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds A MILLION DREAMZ INC ↗
  • Who funds SHEBOYGAN COUNTY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Marquette University ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S HAND INC ↗
  • Who funds 1907 Club ↗

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.

Lakeshore Community F…Green Bay Packers Fou…Fk Bemis Family Found…Kohler Foundation IncHayssen Family Founda…The Sartori Family Fo…Alliant Energy Founda…Garton Family Foundat…Wm Collins Kohler Fou…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Ruth St John & John D…
Lakeshore Community Foundation IncWI63.1× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Fk Bemis Family Foundation Inc · Kohler Foundation Inc · Hayssen Family Foundation Inc · The Sartori Family Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Garton Family Foundation · Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Ruth St John & John Dunham West 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 Frank G & Frieda K Brotz Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frank G & Frieda K Brotz Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 204 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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