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Gail F Kursel Family Fund at a glance

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Gail F Kursel Family Fund

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.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Animals$20kEducation$12kEnvironment$7kHealth$6kArts & Culture$5kHuman Services$5kPhilanthropy$4kCommunity Improvement$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$4,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$28k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAINT JOHN'S COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION$4,000
Individual grant recipient$1,300
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 (FY17–21, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $300 → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $300 → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $300 → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $300 → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $300 → 14%WOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER MILWAUKEE: $300 → 17%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN MILWAUKEE: $300 → 17%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN MILWAUKEE: $200 → 17%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN MILWAUKEE: $200 → 17%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN MILWAUKEE: $200 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WI
NY
OR
CT
CA
VA
NM
AR
DC
TX
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$52k · 31 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
9

Total granted

$52k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+20%

Still filing today

77%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
EnvironmentArts & CultureAnimalsHealthHuman ServicesEducationOther
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

  • PW
    PINEVIEW WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $16k · revenue +52%
  • MENOMONEE VALLEY PARTNERS INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $2k · revenue +28%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $2k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • PO
    PTA OF PS 8 - EMILY WARREN ROEBLING SCH PTA
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • RA
    Rainforest Action Networkgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $300 · revenue +28%
  • WF
    WOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $300 · revenue +51%
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
Milwaukee Women Inc

Milwaukee women inc is an organization of executives determined to change the quality and composition of corporate boards to maximize the performance of public and private companies with a focus on women and women of color.

Education
2
Urban Ecology Center Inc

We connect people in cities to nature and each other.

Environment
3
Natural Resources Foundation of

To protect wisconsin's lands, waters, and wildlife by providing funding, leading partnerships, and connecting all people with nature.

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4
Milwaukee Audubon Society Inc

Protect and restore Wisconsin's natural heritage and ecology through active leadership, education and stewardship

Environment
5
Milwaukee County War Memorial Inc

The war memorial center's mission is to honor the dead and serve the living. we commemorate the courageous men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of freedom while preserving and sharing the stories, experiences, and…

Arts & Culture
6
Milwaukee Water Commons Inc

Milwaukee water commons is helping catalyze milwaukee as a true model water city-a place where we all have a stake in the health of our waters and all share in their stewardship and benefits. we are advancing our community envisioned water…

Environment
7
Groundwork Milwaukee Inc

Bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement, and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships that empower people, businesses, and organizations to promote environmental, economic, and social…

Environment
8
Milwaukee Riverkeeper Inc

Our mission is to protect water quality and wildlife habitat in the river corridors and to advocate for sound land use in the Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic River Watersheds.

Environment
9
Milwaukee Bar Association Inc

The mission of the milwaukee bar association is to be an inclusive, equitable and diverse organization that serves the interests of the lawyers, judges and the people of milwaukee county by working to promote the professional interests of…

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10
Zoological Society of Milwaukee Cty

The mission of the zoological society is to take part in conserving wildlife and endangered species, to educate people about the importance of wildlife and the environment, and to support the milwaukee county zoo.

Animals
11
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
12
Water Council Inc

To align the regional fresh water research community and water-related industries to establish the milwaukee 7 region as the global capital for fresh water research and education, through the advancement of scientific collaboration on…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Milwaukee Public Museum Inc; the most unlike its peers is Holistic Manangement International. 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

31 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. 31 of the 42 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
21/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PTA OF PS 8 - EMILY WARREN ROEBLING SCH PTA: $10,000 · OtherPTA OF PS 8 - EMILY WARREN ROEBLING SCH PTASAINT JOHNS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · OtherSAINT JOHNS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION INCEPIDEMIC ANSWERSDOCUMENTING HOPE PROJECT: $2,300 · OtherEPIDEMIC ANSWERSDOCUMENTING HOPE PROJECTIndividual grant recipient: $1,300 · OtherMILWAUKEE PBS: $1,000 · OtherMENOMONEE VALLEY PARTNERS INC: $2,100 · OtherMENOMONEE VALLEY PARTNERS INCTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $1,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $1,600 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INCREPAIRERS OF THE BREACH INC: $1,000 · Other+10 more: $4,720 · Other+10 morePINEVIEW WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $16,000 · AnimalsPINEVIEW WILDLIFE REHABILITATIO…WISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,800 · AnimalsWISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETYAMAZING GRACE EQUINE SANCTUARY INC: $1,300 · AnimalsAMAZING GRACE EQUINE SANCTUARY …+1 more: $300 · AnimalsMequon Nature Preserve Inc: $2,300 · EnvironmentMequon Nat…RESTORING LANDS INC: $1,600 · EnvironmentRESTORING …FOREST HOME HISTORIC PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $1,200 · EnvironmentFOREST HOM…FRIENDS OF SCHLITZ AUDUBON NATURE CENTER INC: $1,200 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF…Rainforest Action Network: $300 · EnvironmentUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $1,800 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureARTISTS WORKING IN EDUCATION INC: $700 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $550 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $115 · Arts & CulturePLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC: $1,900 · HealthHORIZON HOME CARE & HOSPICE INC: $900 · HealthPENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $600 · HealthCURATIVE CARE NETWORK INC: $300 · HealthUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $1,700 · PhilanthropyHOLISTIC MANANGEMENT INTERNATIONAL: $1,500 · PhilanthropyAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,500 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Milwaukee Inc: $900 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $300 · Human Services
Other$29,020Animals$19,400Environment$6,600Arts & Culture$4,165Health$3,700Philanthropy$3,200Human Services$2,700

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 budgetPINEVIEW WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $16,000 over 6y, 9.8% of budgetSAINT JOHNS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMequon Nature Preserve Inc: $2,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMENOMONEE VALLEY PARTNERS INC: $2,100 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC: $1,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $1,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $1,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRESTORING LANDS INC: $1,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $1,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOLISTIC MANANGEMENT INTERNATIONAL: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMAZING GRACE EQUINE SANCTUARY INC: $1,300 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFOREST HOME HISTORIC PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $1,200 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF SCHLITZ AUDUBON NATURE CENTER INC: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $1,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetREPAIRERS OF THE BREACH INC: $1,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHORIZON HOME CARE & HOSPICE INC: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Milwaukee Inc: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetARTISTS WORKING IN EDUCATION INC: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetADULT LITERACY CENTER OF OZAUKEE COUNTY: $600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMILWAUKEE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCURATIVE CARE NETWORK INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE GIRAFFES NOW: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC: $115 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Greater Milwaukee Fou…Green Bay Packers Fou…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Baird Foundation IncUnited Way of Greater…Evan & Marion Helfaer…Richard and Ethel Her…Joseph and Vera Zilbe…Four-Four Foundation …Dorothy Inbusch Found…Dudley and Constance …Ge Aerospace Foundati…
Greater Milwaukee Foundation IncWI27.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Inc · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Four-Four Foundation Inc · Dorothy Inbusch Foundation Inc · Dudley and Constance Godfrey Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation

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 Gail F Kursel Family Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gail F Kursel Family Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
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    How do I get to Gail F Kursel Family Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Gail F Kursel Family Fund 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 42 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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