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Franks L Wyenberg Charitable Trust

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.

$329k
Granted FY2025still arriving
34
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2025.

Health$622kHuman Services$485kEducation$213kReligion$160kHousing & Shelter$139kArts & Culture$105kYouth Development$105kAnimals$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $262k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTER FOR TRAUMA COUNSELING INC$20,000
CITY ON A HILL INC$20,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PALM BEACH COUNT$15,000
INTEGRATION SUPPORT NETWORK OUTREACH$15,000
LOTUS LEGAL CLINIC$15,000
JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC$15,000
META HOUSE INC$12,000
KATHYS HOUSE INC$10,000
BETTER STEWARDS$10,000
MILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSION$10,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA$10,000
FEED THE HUNGRY PANTRY OF PALM BEACH$10,000
FAMILY CENTRAL INC$10,000
SAINT THOMAS MORE HIGH SCHOOL INC$10,000
DISMAS MINISTRY$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–25, $363k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $10k → 9%PREGNANCY SOLUTIONS INC: $5k → 9%BRIDGE DISABILITY NETWORK INC: $10k → 13%HOMETOWN HEROES INC: $10k → 6%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA: $10k → 10%GILDA'S CLUB MADISON WISCONSIN INC: $15k → 10%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $10k → 9%JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 13%BRIDGE TO BRIGHTER: $10k → 10%JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 13%JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 13%JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 13%THE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 13%SHARP LITERACY INC: $10k → 17%ST CATHERINE RESIDENCE INC: $15k → 17%FAMILY CENTRAL INC: $10k → 13%ST CATHERINE RESIDENCE INC: $15k → 17%HOMELESS COALITION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $10k → 11%ST CATHERINE RESIDENCE INC: $10k → 17%BRIDGE DISABILITY NETWORK INC: $15k → 13%ST ANN CENTER FOR INTERGENERATIONAL CARE: $12k → 17%FLORIDA OUTREACH CENTER FOR THE BLIND IN: $6k → 11%GRANDMAS PLACE INC: $15k → 11%GRANDMAS PLACE INC: $15k → 11%GRANDMAS PLACE INC: $10k → 11%GRANDMAS PLACE INC: $10k → 11%GRANDMAS PLACE INC: $10k → 11%GRANDMAS PLACE INC: $10k → 11%GRANDMAS PLACE INC: $10k → 11%AFAR INC: $10k → 17%AFAR INC: $10k → 17%CENTER FOR FAMILY SERVICES OF PALM BEACH: $15k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ID
IL
WI
MA
NV
OH
PA
CA
CO
GA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.4M · 34 repeat orgs$802k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +33% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

34 repeat relationships — 15 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
56

Total granted

$1.4M
$635k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
0%

Still filing today

85%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $167k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureAnimalsYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PC
    PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $120k · revenue +76%
  • CF
    Center for Trauma Counseling Inc
    7× · 2019–2025 · $105k · revenue +67%
  • GP
    Grandmas Place Inc
    7× · 2019–2025 · $80k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $30k
  • MT
    MEMORY TREES CORPORATION
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +17% · 32% of their budget
  • RIVEREDGE NATURE CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue +30%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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2
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
3
Lighthouse for the Blind of the Palm Beaches Inc

Lighthouse for the blind of the palm beaches, inc's mission is to assist persons with visual impairments to develop their capabilities to the fullest and to utilize them in the pursuits of life which are the right and privilege of all.

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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
Broward Community and Family Health Centers Inc

The organization is a non-profit organization and is committed to providing accessible comprehensive high quality primary and preventive care services to all persons with dignity and respect. our focus is on preventive care and health…

Health
6
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
7
Portal Inc

To enhance opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) to participate fully in their community as valued neighbors, productive workers and respected citizens. portal, inc. assists more than 200 adults…

Employment
8
Homeward Bound Inc

Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

Human Services
9
Lighthouse Works Inc

Empowerment through employment for blind or visually impaired individuals.

Human Services
10
Burnett Medical Center Inc

The mission of burnett medical center is to provide compassionate, comprehensive, community healthcare that exceeds our customer's expectations. our mission, as well as our vision and values, serves as a guideline for daily decision making…

Health
11
Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services Inc

Inspired by jewish values, we protect the vulnerable, empower individuals and strengthen families. (continued on schedule o)

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12
Area Agency On Aging of Palm Beach Treasure Coast Inc

The area agency on aging of palm beach/treasure coast is a private, non-profit, regional agency whose mission is to advocate, plan and promote the independence, dignity, health and well-being of seniors and their caregivers in a manner…

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Easter Seals Florida Inc and the most unlike its peers is Tiki Kiti & Poni Rescue Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%4%<5yr16%5%5–10yr21%19%10–20yr16%27%20–35yr10%19%35–55yr12%26%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%2%<5yr16%5%5–10yr21%24%10–20yr16%27%20–35yr10%12%35–55yr12%30%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/88
the rest of the field
16%
7,474/47,504

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

80 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 80 of the 109 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
78/80
Grantees still filing
45/80
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

META HOUSE INC — $62,000 · OtherMETA HOUSE INCSAINT THOMAS MORE HIGH SCHOOL INC — $45,000 · OtherPALM BEACH PUBLIC SCHOOL ORECHESTRAL STR — $45,000 · OtherHOUSE OF HOPE GREEN BAY INC — $35,500 · OtherCATHOLIC CHAR OF THE DIOCESE OF PALM BEA — $35,000 · OtherSAINT THOMAS MORE SCHOOL — $32,500 · OtherWISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INC — $60,000 · OtherWISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INCJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC — $35,000 · Other+46 more — $557,500 · Other+46 morePENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC — $120,000 · HealthPENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER…Center for Trauma Counseling Inc — $105,000 · HealthCenter for Trauma Counseli…Help Our Wounded Foundation — $65,500 · HealthHelp Our Wounded Foundatio…ALZHEIMER'S COMMUNITY CARE INC — $47,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S COMMUNITY CARE…EASTER SEALS FLORIDA INC — $45,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS FLORIDA INCVIVENT HEALTH INC — $30,000 · HealthVIVENT HEALTH INCMIND&MELODY INC — $22,000 · HealthCLINICS CAN HELP INC — $20,000 · HealthBROADSCOPE DISABILITY SERVICES INC — $20,000 · Health+6 more — $48,255 · Health+6 moreGrandmas Place Inc — $80,000 · Human ServicesGrandmas Place IncTHE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC — $65,000 · Human ServicesTHE JACOB S ZWEIG FOU…AID TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesAID TO VICTIMS OF DOM…ST CATHERINE RESIDENCE INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesST CATHERINE RESIDENC…BRIDGE DISABILITY NETWORK INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesBRIDGE DISABILITY NET…CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesAFAR INC DBA THE ABILITY CENTER — $20,000 · Human ServicesCenter for Family Services of Palm Beach County Inc — $15,000 · Human ServicesGILDA'S CLUB MADISON WISCONSIN INC — $15,000 · Human Services+10 more — $90,500 · Human Services+10 moreCITY ON A HILL INC — $90,000 · ReligionFamily Promise of Southeast Florida Inc — $25,000 · ReligionMILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureFIRST STAGE MILWAUKEE — $20,000 · Arts & CultureCox Science Center and Aquarium Inc — $15,300 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC — $5,000 · Arts & CultureLAWRENCE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN — $15,000 · EducationMINORITIES IN SHARK SCIENCES INC — $15,000 · EducationLA CAUSA INC — $13,200 · EducationTHE MILWAUKEE SCIENCE EDUCATION CONSORTIUM INC — $10,000 · EducationCANCER ALLIANCE OF HELP AND HOPE INC — $10,000 · EducationDISCOVERY WORLD LTD — $10,000 · EducationTHE FRIENDSHIP INITIATIVE INC — $5,000 · EducationOSHKOSH AREA HUMANE SOCIETY — $30,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF GREATER MIAMI-DADE FOR POCTA AAP — $10,000 · AnimalsVOICE FOR THE ANIMALS — $10,000 · AnimalsTiki Kiti & Poni Rescue Inc — $10,000 · AnimalsGenesis Assistance Dogs Inc — $5,000 · AnimalsPassion for Paws Inc — $5,000 · Animals
Other$907,500Health$523,255Human Services$420,500Religion$115,000Arts & Culture$90,300Education$78,200Animals$70,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC — $120,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCenter for Trauma Counseling Inc — $105,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetCITY ON A HILL INC — $90,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetGrandmas Place Inc — $80,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetHelp Our Wounded Foundation — $65,500 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetTHE JACOB S ZWEIG FOUNDATION INC — $65,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetMETA HOUSE INC — $62,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INC — $60,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetAID TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE INC — $50,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S COMMUNITY CARE INC — $47,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEASTER SEALS FLORIDA INC — $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST CATHERINE RESIDENCE INC — $40,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetHOUSE OF HOPE GREEN BAY INC — $35,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC — $35,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOSHKOSH AREA HUMANE SOCIETY — $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetVIVENT HEALTH INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Promise of Southeast Florida Inc — $25,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC — $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMEMORY TREES CORPORATION — $25,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetBRIDGE DISABILITY NETWORK INC — $25,000 over 2y, 52% of budgetMIND&MELODY INC — $22,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetFIRST STAGE MILWAUKEE — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLINICS CAN HELP INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRIVEREDGE NATURE CENTER INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBROADSCOPE DISABILITY SERVICES INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAFAR INC DBA THE ABILITY CENTER — $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCox Science Center and Aquarium Inc — $15,300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLAWRENCE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Family Services of Palm Beach County Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PBC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDISMAS MINISTRY INC — $15,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetWALWORTH COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetQUALITY LIFE CENTER OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB MADISON WISCONSIN INC — $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMINORITIES IN SHARK SCIENCES INC — $15,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLA CAUSA INC — $13,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INCORPORATED — $13,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST ANN CENTER FOR INTERGENERATIONAL CARE — $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MILWAUKEE SCIENCE EDUCATION CONSORTIUM INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY CENTRAL INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of the Palm Beaches & Treasure Coast Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHOMETOWN HEROES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF GREATER MIAMI-DADE FOR POCTA AAP — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Green Bay Packers Fou…United Way of Greater…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Youth Foundation IncEvan & Marion Helfaer…Waukesha County Commu…Community Foundation …The Batchelor Foundat…Gardner FoundationAnon Charitable TrustQuantum Foundation Inc
Green Bay Packers FoundationWI53.9× affinity28 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Youth Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Waukesha County Community Foundation · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Gardner Foundation · Anon Charitable Trust · Quantum Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Franks L Wyenberg Charitable Trust funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 190%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Grandmas Place Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Center for Trauma Counseling Inc — 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
19get no government money at all
28report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 109 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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