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Intl Union of Operating Engin Local 139 at a glance

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Intl Union of Operating Engin Local 139

To elevate the trade of operating engineers and improve the social, ecomonic and working conditions of its members.

$219k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$114k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$559kPublic Benefit$178kCommunity Improvement$175kEnvironment$95kArts & Culture$25kSocial Science$25kRecreation & Sports$21kCivil Rights$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $168,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $218,527 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $50,027 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $49k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $114k
$12,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOGS FOR HEROES INC$113,500
ILLINOIS ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE$15,000
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISONSIN$12,000
WISCONSIN TRANSPORTATION BUILDERS ASSOCIATION INC$12,000
ALLIANT ENERGY FOUNDATION$10,000
FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSINS DAIRYLAND$6,000
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 (FY24–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GREATER MILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE: $10k → 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.
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$936k · 11 repeat orgs$181k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
8

Total granted

$936k
$181k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+4%

Still filing today

91%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Community ImprovementHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • HF
    Hogs for Heroes Inc
    8× · 2018–2025 · $469k · revenue +43% · 34% of their budget
  • WI
    WISCONSIN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT NOW INC
    2× · 2019–2024 · $100k · revenue +279%
  • FR
    FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $65k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • GW
    GREATER WISCONSIN COMMITTEE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue -97%
  • WP
    WISCONSINEYE PUBLIC AFFAIRS NETWORK INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -31%
  • SC
    SWEENEY CLASSICgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $21k · revenue +123%
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
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
2
One Wisconsin Now Inc

To advance progressive values, ideas and policies through research, policy, networking, advocacy and public education.

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3
Wisconsin Progress Institute Inc

Wisconsin progress institute exists to empower wisconsin's locally elected leaders with the tools, training, and support they need to be effective, values-driven public servants.

Education
4
United Way of Wisconsin Inc

United way of wisconsin is dedicated to supporting and enriching a strong statewide united way network that maximizes the capacity of local united ways to address human needs, improve lives and create lasting positive change across…

Philanthropy
5
Wisconsin Principles Inc

Wisconsin principles (wp) is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization dedicated to preserving conservative values in the state of wisconsin. committed to fiscal conservatism, educational choice, and individual liberty, we strive to empower…

Civil Rights
6
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
7
Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation Inc

The wisconsin broadcasters association foundation contribution to broadcasting in wisconsin encompasses a strategic, long term vision for enhancing, promoting and supporting the broadcast industry by encouraging the preservation of…

Arts & Culture
8
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Inc

Founded in 1911, our mission is to make wisconsin the most competitive state in the nation to do business. we are wisconsin's business voice.

—
9
Midwest Energy Research Consortium Inc

Driving innovation for the energy, power, and controls sector by synchronizing market insights, technology innovation and talent & start-up development into a new innovation engine for economic development and growth.

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10
Wisconsin Laborers' District Council

To protect and improve the lives of its members through family supporting wages and benefits, as well as through programs and services designed to make its members the safest, most skilled and productive workers in the laborers industry.

—
11
League of Women Voters of Wisconsin Inc

The league of women voters of wisconsin (lwvwi) is a nonpartisan political organization. we encourage informed, active participation in government and work to increase understanding of major public policy issues. we influence public policy…

Civil Rights
12
Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Inc

To foster the vitality of rural wisconsin, primarily through the promotion of education, improvement of health care services, cultural experiences, and support of the rural economic base.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wisconsin Infrastructure Investment Now Inc; the most unlike its peers is Alliant Energy Foundation Inc. 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

18 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. 18 of the 19 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
8/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Hogs for Heroes Inc: $468,500 · HealthHogs for Heroes IncMARCH OF DIMES INC: $90,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INCDEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WI-SEGREGATED FUND: $60,000 · OtherDEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WI-…GREATER WISCONSIN COMMITTEE INC: $50,000 · OtherGREATER WISCONSIN COMMI…TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN INC: $31,300 · OtherTRANSPORTATION DEVELOPM…ALLIANT ENERGY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · OtherALLIANT ENERGY FOUNDATI…WISCONSIN TRANSPORTATION BUILDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $24,000 · OtherWISCONSIN TRANSPORTATIO…BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF METRO MILWAUKEE: $10,000 · OtherWISCONSIN STATE AFL-CIO: $10,000 · OtherOPERATING ENGINEERS NATIONAL CHARITY FUND: $10,000 · OtherMILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE: $10,000 · OtherWISCONSIN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT NOW INC: $100,000 · Community ImprovementWISCONSIN INFR…ILLINOIS ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $25,000 · Community ImprovementILLINOIS ECONO…EXPERIENCE GREATER GREEN BAY INC: $20,000 · Community ImprovementEXPERIENCE GRE…WISCONSINEYE PUBLIC AFFAIRS NETWORK INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureST PATRICKS DAY FOUNDATION NYC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureFAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND INC: $65,000 · EnvironmentSWEENEY CLASSIC: $21,200 · PhilanthropyWISCONSIN PROGRESS INC: $17,500 · Civil Rights
Health$558,500Other$235,300Community Improvement$145,000Arts & Culture$75,000Environment$65,000Philanthropy$21,200Civil Rights$17,500

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 budgetHogs for Heroes Inc: $468,500 over 8y, 34% of budgetWISCONSIN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT NOW INC: $100,000 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND INC: $65,000 over 7y, 15% of budgetWISCONSINEYE PUBLIC AFFAIRS NETWORK INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetTRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN INC: $31,300 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetALLIANT ENERGY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetILLINOIS ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetST PATRICKS DAY FOUNDATION NYC: $25,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetWISCONSIN TRANSPORTATION BUILDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $24,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSWEENEY CLASSIC: $21,200 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetEXPERIENCE GREATER GREEN BAY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWISCONSIN PROGRESS INC: $17,500 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF METRO MILWAUKEE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWISCONSIN STATE AFL-CIO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOPERATING ENGINEERS NATIONAL CHARITY FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

JOINT LABOR MANAGEMEN…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …
JOINT LABOR MANAGEMENT AND Work Preservation FundWI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: JOINT LABOR MANAGEMENT AND Work Preservation Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Intl Union of Operating Engin Local 139 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Intl Union of Operating Engin Local 139. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 19 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 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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