· Private foundation
Freedom Plastics Foundation Inc
Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2017
- Under $10k9 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $47k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GIFT'S MENS SHELTER | $33,000 |
| YMCA OF NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY | $14,000 |
| BLACKHAWK TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| THE TIME IS NOW | $5,000 |
| PRIESTS FOR THE FUTURE | $4,000 |
| COMMUNITY ACTION INC | $4,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB - JANESVILLE | $3,000 |
| PARTNERSHIP FOR PARENTS CO UW-ROCK COUNTY FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| PREGNANCY HELPLINE | $3,000 |
| ECHO INC | $2,000 |
| START | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
5 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. 5 of the 11 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin Inc · Janesville Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Freedom Plastics Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Freedom Plastics Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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