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John & Ruth Kloss Charitable Tr Uma at a glance

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John & Ruth Kloss Charitable Tr Uma

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$409k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$827kHuman Services$536kCommunity Improvement$350kArts & Culture$270kPhilanthropy$199kHealth$166kReligion$138kFood & Nutrition$121kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $255k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$8.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KENOSHA ACHIEVEMENT CENTER$50,000
KENOSHA COUNTY FOOD BANK$50,000
SUCCEED BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL$40,000
GATEWAY TECHNICAL COLLEGE$40,000
AMERICAN LEGION KENOSHA POST 21$35,000
OPEN WINGS ACADEMY$20,000
SHALOM CENTER$20,000
KENOSHA AREA FAMILY AND AGING SERVICES I$20,000
KENOSHA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES$20,000
KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE$20,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$10,000
CITY OF KENOSHA$10,000
WWBIC$10,000
SISTERS NETWORK SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN$5,500
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 (FY17–25, $508k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%KENOSHA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES: $20k → 10%TWIN LAKES AREA FOOD PANTRY INC: $4k → 10%SHARING CENTER: $15k → 10%SHARING CENTER: $10k → 10%SHARING CENTER INC: $25k → 10%SHARING CENTER INC: $20k → 10%SHARING CENTER INC: $15k → 10%SHARING CENTER INC: $11k → 10%WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HORIZON: $75k → 10%WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HORIZON: $50k → 10%KENOSHA ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $50k → 10%WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HORIZON: $50k → 10%KENOSHA ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $30k → 10%WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HORIZON: $25k → 10%WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HORIZON: $25k → 10%KENOSHA ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $18k → 10%BIRDS OF A FEATHER: $5k → 10%WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HORIZONS: $25k → 10%KENOSHA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $25k → 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.
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.
$2.5M · 38 repeat orgs$477k to everyone else

38 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
39

Total granted

$2.5M
$332k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+15%

Still filing today

45%
23%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $146k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • SC
    SHARING CENTER INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $96k · revenue +551%
  • KC
    KENOSHA COUNTY FOOD BANK
    3× · 2021–2025 · $95k · revenue +41% · 41% of their budget
  • UNITED WAY OF KENOSHA COUNTY INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $85k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • HC
    HOPE COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL & OTHER DRUG ABUSE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue -1%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF KENOSHA
    one grant, 2020 · $30k
  • KY
    KENOSHA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +39%
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
Kenosha Co Archaeological Society
Arts & Culture
2
Kenosha County Historical Society Inc Kenosha History Center

To collect and preserve artifacts, records, and information vital to understanding the history of the County's social, cultural, ethic and industrial heritage since its settlement.

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3
Kenosha Christmas Charities Inc

Kenosha christmas charities, inc. is committed to the mission of serving disadvantaged children of kenosha county by purchasing toys, food and clothing for distribution through a consortium of social agencies (holiday house) in the…

Human Services
4
Kenosha Community Health Center Inc

Kenosha community health center, inc.'s purpose is to provide primary care and referral health services to disadvantaged and underserved populations and promote and ensure that basic primary health services are accessible to uninsured and…

Health
5
Kenosha Area Business Alliance Foundation Inc

Kenosha area business alliance foundation, inc. develops education initiatives with local kenosha schools to increase graduation rates, improve the overall quality of education, and foster the best educational system in the state.

Community Improvement
6
Kenosha Common Markets Inc

Nurture local agriculture, craftsmen & artists

Arts & Culture
7
Kenosha Montessori School Inc

Kenosha montessori school strives to provide an atmosphere that encourages learning for life, a peaceful community, independence, curiosity, & creativy following the montessori method. kms serves the communities of southeast wisconsin and…

Education
8
Kenosha Community Media Inc

To provide a means for individuals, organizations andother program service accomplishments: provided training in video production and facilitated use of video production equipment to the general public through our facility in the southwest…

Arts & Culture
9
Western Kenosha County Senior Citizens Council Inc

Aid & services for senior citizens

Human Services
10
Boys and Girls Club of Kenosha Foundation

The foundation is organized for the charitable purpose of advancing the long-range goals, objectives, and priorities of the boys and girls club of kenosha, inc.

Philanthropy
11
Habitat for Humanity of Kenosha Inc

To witness and implement the gospel of jesus christ in kenosha county, wisconsin, and throughout the united states and the world by working with economically disadvantaged people to help them create a better human habitat in which to live…

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12
Kenosha County Humane Society

Our mission is to house care for and find loving homes for animals orphaned abused and neglected in Kenosha County. Our purpose is to improve the care and treatment of animals in our community. We work to find homes for thousands of…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Kenosha County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Shalom Center. 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

33 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. 33 of the 87 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/33
Grantees still filing
22/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GATEWAY TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $416,500 · OtherGATEWAY TECHNICAL COLLEGEOPEN WINGS ACADEMY: $125,000 · OtherOPEN WINGS ACADEMYSHALOM CENTER: $100,000 · OtherSHALOM CENTERLAKEVIEW TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY: $65,000 · OtherCITY OF KENOSHA: $60,000 · OtherKENOSHA AREA FAMILY AND AGING SERVICES INC: $60,000 · Other+64 more: $897,500 · Other+64 moreWOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HORIZONS INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN AND CHILDREN'…KENOSHA ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC: $97,500 · Human ServicesKENOSHA ACHIEVEMENT…SHARING CENTER INC: $96,000 · Human ServicesSHARING CENTER INCKENOSHA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesKENOSHA HUMAN DEVEL…+3 more: $19,000 · Human ServicesKENOSHA INNOVATION NEIGHBORHOOD INC: $290,000 · Community ImprovementKENOSHA IN…KENOSHA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $89,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF KENOSHA COUNTY INC: $85,000 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · EducationCARTHAGE COLLEGE: $55,000 · EducationKENOSHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationKENOSHA LITERACY COUNCIL: $15,000 · EducationKENOSHA COUNTY FOOD BANK: $95,000 · Food & NutritionKenosha Symphony Association Inc: $35,000 · Arts & CultureLEMON STREET GALLERY: $30,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,724,000Human Services$507,500Community Improvement$290,000Philanthropy$174,000Education$170,000Food & Nutrition$95,000Arts & Culture$65,000

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 budgetKENOSHA INNOVATION NEIGHBORHOOD INC: $290,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetWOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HORIZONS INC: $250,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetKENOSHA ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC: $97,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSHARING CENTER INC: $96,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetKENOSHA COUNTY FOOD BANK: $95,000 over 3y, 41% of budgetKENOSHA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $89,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KENOSHA COUNTY INC: $85,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetKENOSHA AREA FAMILY AND AGING SERVICES INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCARTHAGE COLLEGE: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKenosha Creative Space Inc: $51,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetKENOSHA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKenosha Symphony Association Inc: $35,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetLEMON STREET GALLERY: $30,000 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetHOPE COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL & OTHER DRUG ABUSE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetKENOSHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetKINDRED KITTIES LTD: $21,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF KENOSHA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKENOSHA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKENOSHA LITERACY COUNCIL: $15,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRINGLE NATURE CENTER INC: $7,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetBIRDS OF A FEATHER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetSENO KRLT CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKENOSHA COUNTY SCOUT LEADERS RESCUE SQUAD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetTWIN LAKES AREA FOOD PANTRY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 13% 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.

  • Who funds KENOSHA INNOVATION NEIGHBORHOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S HORIZONS INC ↗
  • Who funds KENOSHA ACHIEVEMENT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds KENOSHA COUNTY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds KENOSHA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF KENOSHA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KENOSHA AREA FAMILY AND AGING SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds CARTHAGE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Kenosha Creative Space Inc ↗
  • Who funds KENOSHA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds Kenosha Symphony Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEMON STREET GALLERY ↗
  • Who funds HOPE COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL & OTHER DRUG ABUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds KENOSHA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Kenosha Community Sailing Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds KINDRED KITTIES LTD ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF KENOSHA INC ↗
  • Who funds KENOSHA AREA BUSINESS ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Shalom Center ↗
  • Who funds KENOSHA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds KENOSHA LITERACY COUNCIL ↗

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.

Kenosha Community Fou…AbbVie FoundationUnited Way of Kenosha…1335 FoundationMary Frost Ashley Cha…Green Bay Packers Fou…Trustmark FoundationOtto Bremer TrustHerbert H Kohl Charit…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Baird Foundation IncEducators Credit Union
Kenosha Community FoundationWI32.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kenosha Community Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · United Way of Kenosha County Inc · 1335 Foundation · Mary Frost Ashley Charitable Trust · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Trustmark Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Educators Credit Union

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 John & Ruth Kloss Charitable Tr Uma funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John & Ruth Kloss Charitable Tr Uma. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 87 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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