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Husco Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$22MReligion$1.3MInternational$790kRecreation & Sports$196kHuman Services$127kYouth Development$117kHealth$41kArts & Culture$32kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 24 grants below total $2,938,450, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,189,700 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $251,250 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $170k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $395k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.4M
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$76M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY$2,025,000
MISSIONARY VENTURES INTERNATIONAL I$325,000
ALL-IN MILWAUKEE INC$245,000
SPORTS CATALYST INC$100,000
TOP OF THE HILL GIRLS SECONDARY SCH$50,000
LINC MINISTRIES INT'L INC$35,000
UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC$25,000
NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC$20,000
GIRLS ON THE RUN OF SOUTHEAST WISCO$20,000
SHARON LYNNE WILSON CENTER FOR THE$10,000
PARTNERS WORLDWIDE$10,000
GRACE CENTER FOUNDATION$10,000
SISTERS OF ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI$10,000
MILWAUKEE COLLEGE PREP$10,000
GEORGIA TECH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $106k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CORNERSTONE OF GRACE: $5k → 8%SIERRA DELTA INC: $5k → 9%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $50k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $25k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $16k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $5k → 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

MN
IL
WI
MI
MA
IN
PA
CA
KS
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.5M · 30 repeat orgs$14M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
22

Total granted

$8.5M
$14M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+25%

Still filing today

67%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesArts & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +342%
  • WM
    World Missions Today
    4× · 2020–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +120% · 39% of their budget
  • ALL-IN MILWAUKEE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $838k · revenue +129%

Funded once

  • AE
    ACHIEVING EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN
    one grant, 2017 · $11M
  • LC
    LION CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $3.0M · revenue -97% · 37% of their budget
  • ST
    SCHOOLS THAT CAN MILWAUKEE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $150k
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
Marietta College

Marietta college (mc) provides a strong foundation for a lifetime of leadership, critical thinking, and problem solving. we achieve this mission by offering undergraduates a contemporary liberal arts education and graduate students an…

Education
3
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
4
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
5
The University School of Milwaukee Corporation

University school of milwaukee cultivates excellence in learning, leadership, and citizenship for prekindergarten through 12th grade students. students are engaged, known, and valued within our passionate independent school community…

Education
6
Milwaukee Excellence Inc

The mission of the organization is to provide a high quality education for all students with choices after graduation that will provide financial stability, inspire personal freedom to builda legacy.

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7
Kipp Chicago Schools

The team at kipp chicago schools is guided by a simple, yet powerful mission: to create a network of excellent schools in chicago that teach our students the character and academic skills necessary to succeed in college and beyond, and to…

Education
8
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
9
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc

The milwaukee institute of art and design's mission is to ignite curious minds through art, design and service. we value courage to seek our own path, integrity to pursue our lives and work with meaning, kindness to thoughtfully engage…

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10
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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11
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
12
The Uwm Foundation Inc

The mission of the uwm foundation, inc. is to support the educational, literary, and scientific endeavors of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee by receiving, managing, and distributing gifts to benefit the university's students,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is City Forward Collective Inc; the most unlike its peers is Top of the Hill Girls Junior and Senior School. 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

41 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. 41 of the 61 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
31/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ACHIEVING EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN: $11,043,519 · OtherACHIEVING EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILW WAUKESHA: $1,000,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILW WAUKESHAMISSIONARY VENTURES INTERNATIONAL INC: $770,000 · OtherMISSIONARY VENTURES INTERNATIONAL INC+35 more: $667,650 · OtherST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC: $3,254,250 · EducationST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INCLION CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $3,000,000 · EducationLION CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INCALL-IN MILWAUKEE INC: $837,500 · EducationALL-IN MILWAUKEE INCTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $320,953 · Education+7 more: $211,100 · EducationWorld Missions Today: $1,135,000 · ReligionST MARCUS FOUNDATION INC: $167,500 · ReligionSports Catalyst Inc: $175,000 · Recreation & SportsTOP OF THE HILL GIRLS JUNIOR AND SENIOR SCHOOL: $75,000 · InternationalFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $11,250 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC: $10,000 · InternationalPARTNERS WORLDWIDE: $10,000 · InternationalGRACE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · InternationalUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $95,500 · Human ServicesCornerstone of Grace: $5,000 · Human ServicesSIERRA DELTA INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesNICA NADADORES INC: $35,000 · Youth Development
Other$13,481,169Education$7,623,803Religion$1,302,500Recreation & Sports$175,000International$116,250Human Services$105,500Youth Development$35,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC: $3,254,250 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetLION CHRISTIAN ACADEMY INC: $3,000,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetWorld Missions Today: $1,135,000 over 4y, 39% of budgetALL-IN MILWAUKEE INC: $837,500 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $320,953 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSports Catalyst Inc: $175,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetST MARCUS FOUNDATION INC: $167,500 over 4y, 41% of budgetSCHOOLS THAT CAN MILWAUKEE INC: $150,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetWISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC: $125,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $95,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMCPREPARATORY SCHOOL OF WISCONSIN INC: $95,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTOP OF THE HILL GIRLS JUNIOR AND SENIOR SCHOOL: $75,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetGEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNICA NADADORES INC: $35,000 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetSCHOOL CHOICE WISCONSIN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $11,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA CASA DE ESPERANZA INC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWISH FOR OUR HEROES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS WORLDWIDE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRACE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMarquette University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE IMMOKALEE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCornerstone of Grace: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEXT ACT THEATRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSIERRA DELTA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONALD DRIVER FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMIT EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAURORA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITY FORWARD COLLECTIVE INC: $100 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.

Bradley Impact Fund I…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Baird Foundation IncCharter Manufacturing…United Way of Greater…Arzbaecher Family Fou…Ralph Evinrude Founda…Green Bay Packers Fou…Telly Foundation LtdWilliam and Sandra Ha…Seeds of Faith Inc
Bradley Impact Fund IncWI21.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Charter Manufacturing Company Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Arzbaecher Family Foundation · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Telly Foundation Ltd · William and Sandra Haack Family Foundation Inc · Seeds of Faith 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 Husco Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Husco Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Naples Community Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 61 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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