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It's Possible Foundation Inc

THE FOUNDATION MAKES GRANTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING A WIDE ARRAY OF SERVICES RELATING TO THE ARTS, EDUCATION, ANIMAL WELFARE, PHYSICAL FITNESS AND CHILDREN.

$120k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$175kHousing & Shelter$118kHealth$69kReligion$40kAnimals$32kYouth Development$25kEducation$22kFood & Nutrition$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $110k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DIABETES YOUTH FOUNDATION OF INDIANA$25,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER AREA$20,000
SS PETER AND PAUL CATHEDRAL INDIANAPOLIS INC$15,000
ASSOCIATION FOR THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS WITH HANDICAPS INC (ARCH)$10,000
GREEN CARES FOOD PANTRY$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREEN COUNTY$10,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC$10,000
CHEMICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION$10,000
GREEN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$5,000
JDRF INTERNATIONAL$2,000
TUACAHN CENTER FOR THE ARTS$1,000
SIGNATURE PRODUCTIONS$1,000
LITERACY COUNCIL OF GREEN COUNTY LTD$1,000
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 (FY19–19, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $10k → 10%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
MA
NV
IN
CA
UT
VA
MD
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 31% of It's Possible Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 77% of the giving stays in WI; by stated purpose, 46%.

It's Possible Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$293k · 12 repeat orgs$95k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
26

Total granted

$293k
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+54%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthAnimalsHousing & ShelterPublic Safety & DisasterFood & NutritionOther
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
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER AREA INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $68k · revenue +12%
  • GC
    GREEN CARES FOOD PANTRY INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +7%
  • GC
    Green County Humane Society
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • WA
    WISCONSIN ACADEMY FOR GRADUATE SERVICE DOGS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +44%
  • VC
    VERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +26%
  • TT
    TOMAHAWK TOGETHER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Rock River Repertory Theatre

Inspire artists, audiences, and our greater southern wisconsin community to celabrate the art of theatre.

Arts & Culture
2
Wabeno Area Players
Arts & Culture
3
Wisconsin Rapids Community Theatre Inc

Produce theater performances for community

Arts & Culture
4
Dane County Humane Society

Our mission is to foster compassionate human and animal connections; forge safe, healthy, and thriving communities for animals; provide care and transitional sheltering to animals; provide leadership and guidance to the animal sheltering…

Animals
5
Wisconsin Humane Society

The mission of the Wisconsin Humane Society is to make a difference for animals and the people who love them.

Animals
6
Waukesia Civic Theatre Inc

Waukesha civic theatre provide quality live theatre performances and education that enrich, challenge and entertain both participants and audience members

Arts & Culture
7
Madison Public Theatre

Community theatre.

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8
Underdog Pet Rescue of Wisconsin Inc

Underdog pet rescue is an all-breed companion animal rescue and vet clinic based out of dane county, wisconsin. our mission is to find permanent homes for animals in need and to enrich lives by strengthening the connection between animals…

Animals
9
Dodge County Humane Society Inc

Humane society providing animal stray service and animal care including adoptions, redemptions, and surrenders for residents located in dodge county, wi and surrounding areas.

Animals
10
Milwaukee Public Theatre Inc

Making the arts accessible to all

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11
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc

The organization ignites positive change in the cultural, social and economic vitality of its community by creating world-class theater experiences that entertain, provoke and inspire meaningful dialogue among an audience representative of…

Arts & Culture
12
Weidner Center Presents Inc

Weidner center presents, inc. primary purpose is to aid in providing educational, cultural and artistic programming for the weidner center for the performing arts which is located on the university of wisconsin - green bay campus

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cal Center Presents. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 41 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER AREA INC: $68,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER AREA INCSS PETER AND PAUL CATHEDRAL INDIANAPOLIS INC: $39,000 · OtherSS PETER AND PAUL CATHEDRAL INDIANAPOLIS INCBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN: $25,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSINChemical Educational Foundation: $20,000 · OtherChemical Educational FoundationWISCONSIN ACADEMY FOR GRADUATE SERVICE DOGS INC: $15,000 · OtherWISCONSIN ACADEMY FOR GRADUATE SERVICE DOGS INCASSOCIATION FOR THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS WITH HANDICAPS INC (ARCH): $10,000 · OtherCITY OF EVANSVILLE: $10,000 · OtherTOMAHAWK TOGETHER INC: $10,000 · Other+22 more: $43,092 · Other+22 moreMADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $174,286 · PhilanthropyMADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONDIABETES YOUTH FOUNDATION OF INDIANA: $50,000 · HealthDIABETES Y…BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $2,000 · Health+2 more: $2,000 · HealthHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREEN COUNTY INC: $48,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT F…GREEN CARES FOOD PANTRY INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionGreen County Humane Society: $10,000 · AnimalsMADISON CAT PROJECT INC: $5,000 · AnimalsVEGAS ROOTS RESCUE: $1,000 · AnimalsVERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human Services
Other$240,092Philanthropy$174,286Health$54,000Housing & Shelter$48,000Food & Nutrition$20,000Animals$16,000Human Services$10,000

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 budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER AREA INC: $68,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetDIABETES YOUTH FOUNDATION OF INDIANA: $50,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREEN COUNTY INC: $48,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetChemical Educational Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGREEN CARES FOOD PANTRY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetWISCONSIN ACADEMY FOR GRADUATE SERVICE DOGS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetGreen County Humane Society: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetVERA COURT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTOMAHAWK TOGETHER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetMADISON CAT PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSignature Productions: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTUACAHN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVEGAS ROOTS RESCUE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVERONA AREA COMMUNITY THEATER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRED ROCK SEARCH AND RESCUE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetULMAN FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUN PRAIRIE CIVIC THEATRE CORP: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBENEDICTINE LIFE FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Alliant Energy Founda…Madison Community Fou…American Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI22.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 It's Possible Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from It's Possible Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%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
    1get no government money at all
    4report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to It's Possible Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to It's Possible Foundation Inc 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 41 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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