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Joseph and Jamie Steuer Family Foundation at a glance

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Joseph and Jamie Steuer Family Foundation

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.

$239k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
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, FY2022 to 2024.

Human Services$265kHousing & Shelter$106kEducation$102kHealth$45kArts & Culture$23kReligion$3kEnvironment$3kFood & Nutrition$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN$50,000
LITERACY NETWORK$50,000
SOLID GROUND$30,000
SUNSHINE PLACE$25,000
ARC COMMUNITY SERVICES$25,000
SHELTER FROM THE STORM MINISTRIES$25,000
EXPLORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF SUN PRAIRIE$20,000
YMCA OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY$1,000
WOMENS MEDICAL FUND INC$1,000
SAFESPACE$1,000
RALLY FOUNDATION$1,000
SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN$1,000
NATURAL RESOURCE FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN$1,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES - 5 DOOR RECOVERY$1,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED INC$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $221k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SOLID GROUND: $30k → 14%THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $50k → 10%YMCA OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $1k → 12%SAFESPACE: $1k → 12%COMFORT CASES INC: $5k → 8%SOLID GROUND: $1k → 14%THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $50k → 10%SUNSHINE PLACE: $50k → 10%YMCA OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $1k → 12%THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $1k → 10%YMCA OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $1k → 12%SUNSHINE PLACE: $25k → 10%THE COMMUNITY TABLE: $1k → 12%THE COMMUNITY TABLE: $1k → 12%SUNSHINE PLACE: $1k → 10%SUNSHINE PLACE: $1k → 10%DAIS - DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES: $1k → 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

MN
WI
MI
NY
CA
CO
MD
TN
DC
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$531k · 14 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
10

Total granted

$531k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+1%

Still filing today

86%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $101k · revenue +90%
  • LN
    LITERACY NETWORK INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +47%
  • SP
    SUNSHINE PLACE INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $77k · revenue +297%

Funded once

  • P
    POWERS
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • CC
    COMFORT CASES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -9%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -31%
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
Ywca Pierce County

Transforming lives through safety, healing and empowerment.

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2
Community Care Health Plan Inc

Community care health plan's mission is to develop and demonstrate innovative, flexible, community-based approaches to care for at-risk adults, in order to optimize their quality of life and optimize the allocation of community resources.

Health
3
Safehouse Denver Inc

Safehouse denver assists adult, children, and youth in reclaiming their right to a life free from domestic violence. the agency provides a broad spectrum of culturally competent, trauma-informed services, including but not limited to,…

Human Services
4
Men As Peacemakers

Map is a local, statewide, and national resource for communities looking to develop and implement proven, innovative, community-centered strategies that address gender-based violence. using map's "we are all connected" (waac) prevention…

Civil Rights
5
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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6
Cathedral Center Inc

Cathedral center's mission is to provide a safe environment for women and families, while working to end homelessness one life at a time. the cathedral center serves unaccompanied women and families with children who are homeless or…

Religion
7
Cornerhouse

The mission of cornerhouse is to partner with families, communities, and systems - entrusted with the safety of children, youth and vulnerable adults - to reduce trauma and end abuse.

Crime & Legal
8
Compass Family Services

Compass family services helps homeless families and those at imminent risk to achieve housing stability, economic self-sufficiency, and well-being.

Human Services
9
Sage Advocacy Center

Educate, advocate, and empower to end violence.

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10
Mary's Shelter

Believing in the value of every life, mary's path empowers vulnerable teen mothers in foster care and their babies to create lives of dignity, hope and self-sufficiency.

Human Services
11
Childs Place

The mission of Childs Place is to listen to children in a safe developmentally sensitive and legally sound manner; to unite professionals in a coordinated response to child abuse; to guide children and families toward healing through…

Human Services
12
The Women's Center Inc

To provide safety, shelter and support to empower all impacted by domestic abuse, sexual violence, child abuse & trafficking.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Domestic Abuse Intervention Services 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

24 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. 24 of the 32 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $101,000 · Human ServicesTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INCSUNSHINE PLACE INC: $77,000 · Human ServicesSUNSHINE PLACE INCSolid Ground: $31,000 · Human ServicesSolid Ground+5 more: $12,000 · Human Services+5 moreLITERACY NETWORK INC: $100,000 · EducationLITERACY NETWORK INC+1 more: $1,000 · EducationARC COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $75,000 · OtherARC COMMUNITY SERVI…POWERS: $10,000 · OtherPOWERS+10 more: $12,000 · Other+10 moreSHELTER FROM THE STORM MINISTRIES INC: $75,000 · Housing & ShelterSHELTER FROM TH…RALLY FOUNDATION INC: $36,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyEXPLORE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SUN PRAIRIE INC: $21,000 · Arts & CultureRONDO CENTER OF DIVERSE EXPRESSION: $2,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $1,000 · Arts & CultureWOMEN'S MEDICAL FUND INC: $4,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC: $2,000 · HealthMIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthCOLORADO PERINATAL CARE QUALITY COLLABORATIVE: $1,000 · Health
Human Services$221,000Education$101,000Other$97,000Housing & Shelter$75,000Philanthropy$37,000Arts & Culture$24,000Health$8,000

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 budgetTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $101,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLITERACY NETWORK INC: $100,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSUNSHINE PLACE INC: $77,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSHELTER FROM THE STORM MINISTRIES INC: $75,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetARC COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRALLY FOUNDATION INC: $36,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSolid Ground: $31,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEXPLORE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF SUN PRAIRIE INC: $21,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetCOMFORT CASES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S MEDICAL FUND INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONDO CENTER OF DIVERSE EXPRESSION: $2,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY TABLE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFESPACE INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISHColorado: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAYLAND ACADEMY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO PERINATAL CARE QUALITY COLLABORATIVE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $1,000 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.

The Roots and Wings F…Otto Bremer TrustThe Evjue Foundation …United Way of Dane Co…Madison Community Fou…Green Bay Packers Fou…Xcel Energy FoundationAlliant Energy Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …Baird Foundation IncAmerican Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…
The Roots and Wings Foundation IncWA17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · The Evjue Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Baird Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Joseph and Jamie Steuer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph and Jamie Steuer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Comfort Cases Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
11report 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.
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How do I get to Joseph and Jamie Steuer Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Joseph and Jamie Steuer Family Foundation 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 32 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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