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Jo Ann and Richard Beightol Foundation I at a glance

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Jo Ann and Richard Beightol Foundation I

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$146k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
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.

Arts & Culture$388kReligion$60kAnimals$26kPhilanthropy$6kHealth$6kHuman Services$3kEducation$2kEnvironment$600Other$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $700
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$100,000
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM$25,000
UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
UNITED WAY$500
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES$100
TUNNELS TO TOWERS VETERANS$100
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%UNITED WAY OF GREATER HOUSTON: $1k → 16%THE WONDER GARDENS: $500 → 11%COMMUNITY AND FAMILY RESOURCES: $5k → 13%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $6k → 9%MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $50k → 17%WAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 5%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER: $25k → 17%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER: $20k → 17%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 9%MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $20k → 17%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 9%MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $15k → 17%MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $15k → 17%MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $15k → 17%MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $13k → 17%MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $10k → 17%MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $10k → 17%MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $10k → 17%MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $10k → 17%MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER: $5k → 17%UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND: $3k → 17%UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND: $2k → 17%UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND: $2k → 17%SKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATER CORP: $2k → 17%SAINT JOHN'S COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 17%SAINT JOHN'S COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 17%CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP APPEAL: $11k → 17%ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE: $10k → 17%CATHOLIC STEWARDSHIP APPEAL: $10k → 17%ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE: $10k → 17%ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE: $10k → 17%ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE: $10k → 17%ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE: $10k → 17%ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE: $10k → 17%HISTORIC HAYNET - MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM: $100k → 17%MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM: $25k → 17%MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM: $25k → 17%MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM: $25k → 17%MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM: $25k → 17%MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM: $25k → 17%MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM: $10k → 17%MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM: $1k → 17%UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $10k → 17%UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $8k → 17%UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $3k → 17%UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $3k → 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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$500k · 12 repeat orgs$112k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
11

Total granted

$500k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+53%

Still filing today

75%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureAnimalsHealthPhilanthropyEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $143k · revenue +91%
  • MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $137k · revenue +20%
  • INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $26k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • CF
    COMMUNITY & FAMILY RESOURCESgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +216%
  • SKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE CORP
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +8%
  • SU
    STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +53%
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
Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc

The museum of wisconsin art celebrates the value, diversity, and uniqueness of the visual arts and artists of wisconsin. this is achieved by collecting, conserving, documenting, exhibiting, and promoting aesthetic understanding of the…

Arts & Culture
3
Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County Inc

The humane animal welfare society of waukesha county leads the community in animal welfare and assures sanctuary for animals in need.

Animals
4
Wisconsin Waterfowl Association Inc

The purpose of the association shall be to restore and conserve wisconsin's waterfowl and wetland resources; to educate state waterfowlers during their progression from natural resource consumer to steward; and to promote governmental…

Environment
5
Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc

Engage our community in supporting milwaukee county parks to collectively steward a thriving park system.

Environment
6
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Inc

Strengthen communities by providing high-quality and innovative artistic experiences that entertain, inspire, and unite diverse audiences.

Arts & Culture
7
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
8
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
9
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Inc

Inspiring individuals and communities through exceptional music education, accessible to all.

Arts & Culture
10
Wisconsin Medical Society Inc

To improve the health of the people of wisconsin by supporting and strengthening physicians' ability to practice high quality patient care in a changing environment.

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11
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
12
Radio Milwaukee Inc

To reach a new generation of radio listeners on air, online and in the community with a compelling selection of music and public affairs programming. the corporation celebrates milwaukee music, arts, heritage, and culture by supporting and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Performing Arts Fund Inc; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. 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, 2017–2026.

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. 18 of the 28 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $143,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INCMILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC: $136,505 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INCMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INCUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $31,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC+2 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureIndividual grant recipient: $100,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCURSILLO IN CHRISTIANITY OF THE ARC HDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE: $60,000 · OtherCURSILLO IN CHRISTIANITY OF THE AR…Individual grant recipient: $21,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+9 more: $8,075 · OtherINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $26,000 · Animals+2 more: $310 · AnimalsCOMMUNITY & FAMILY RESOURCES: $5,000 · HealthLAKE AREA FREE CLINIC INC: $500 · HealthWAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Greater Houston: $1,000 · PhilanthropySTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationURBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC: $600 · EnvironmentCATHEDRAL CENTER INC: $500 · Religion
Arts & Culture$387,505Other$189,075Animals$26,310Health$5,500Philanthropy$2,000Education$1,000Environment$600Religion$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 budgetMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $143,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM INC: $136,505 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $75,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $31,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $26,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY & FAMILY RESOURCES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE CORP: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMAN'S CLUB OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $1,300 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Houston: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE AREA FREE CLINIC INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHEDRAL CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBONITA WONDER GARDENS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $110 over 2y, 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…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Baird Foundation IncMilwaukee Jewish Fede…United Way of Greater…Ge Aerospace Foundati…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Greater Milwaukee Foundation IncWI17.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Jo Ann and Richard Beightol Foundation I funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jo Ann and Richard Beightol Foundation I. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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 · 0–40%
    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 28 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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