· Private foundation
Joseph and Sharon Darcey 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $120k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $164k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $100,000 |
| WATERTOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $64,000 |
| ST JUDE ACADEMY | $40,000 |
| HAUS OF PEACE | $20,000 |
| CORNERSTONE OF GRACE | $20,000 |
| MCLANE COMPANY FOLDS OF HONOR | $10,000 |
| WATERTOWN HUMANE SOCIETY | $10,000 |
| MOUNT MERCY UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| YMCA OF WATERTOWN CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $10,000 |
| UW MADISON FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| FEEDING AMERICA | $5,000 |
| WATERTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| WATERTOWN EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| ST VINCENT DEPAUL | $5,000 |
| WATERTOWN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $88k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HOHaus of Peace5× · 2020–2024 · $53k · revenue +10%
- MFMOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC6× · 2019–2024 · $40k · revenue +3%
- WHWatertown Historical Society5× · 2019–2024 · $35k · revenue +947%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $45k
- WLWATERTOWN LIBRARYone grant, 2019 · $20k
- SBST BERNARDS CATHOLIC SCHOOLone grant, 2021 · $5k
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.
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.
addressing food insecurity within the Waterville, NY School District and beyond
We provide financial and spiritual aid to the underprivileged, including rent and utility assistance, food, clothing, household items so they can meet their financial obligations caused by unexpected circumstances. We served over 46 people…
We provide food, household and personal items as available to combat food scarcity and poverty in our community.
To supply food to the under privileged.
The mission of the Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce is to connect members with one another and provide resources that foster growth and sustainability.
The mission of the marshall waterloo food pantry in wisconsin is to ensure that everyone facing food insecurity in their community can access short-term food assistance while fostering hope and dignity. we believe no one should go hungry.
Assisting those in need in our area
Provide food,clothing,shelter,utilities,spiritual and compassionate assistance for needy families primarily in racine county
Serve the poor
To feed children in need in the area
The food pantry serving waukesha county provides food, hope, and dignity to county residents in need, and advocates to increase awareness of hunger through community partnerships.
Distribute food to needy families and individuals.
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 43 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ST JUDE ACADEMY INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds WATERTOWN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Haus of Peace ↗
- Who funds MOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC ↗
- Who funds Watertown Historical Society ↗
- Who funds Cornerstone of Grace ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Watertown Food Pantry ↗
- Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ↗
- Who funds WATERTOWN HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds ADORATION ABODE INC ↗
- Who funds Watertown Family Connections Inc ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Earl and Eugenia Quirk Foundation Inc · The William and Cathy Kwapil Foundation Inc · Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Joseph and Sharon Darcey Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph and Sharon Darcey Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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