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Joseph F & Catherine M Bennett Family Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$8k
Granted FY2022
6
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Religion$124kEducation$95kHealth$63kHuman Services$9kArts & Culture$8kCivil Rights$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$3kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0
02FY2022 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$2,000
UNITED FOR WAUKESHA COMMUNITY$2,000
EISENHOWER CENTER$1,000
ST PAULS CATHOLIC CHURCH$1,000
GRAND TETON PARK FOUNDATION$1,000
AURORA HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$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 (FY17–18, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 6%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE: $1k → 17%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
WI
NY
WY
SD
IN
MD
DC
TX
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$224k · 23 repeat orgs$109k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2022, 22 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
46

Total granted

$224k
$102k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+16%

Still filing today

43%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationCivil RightsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • ABCD INC
    3× · 2017–2021 · $5k · revenue +149%
  • CL
    CATH LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS & CIVIL RIGHTS
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +72%
  • FH
    FISHER HOUSE WISCONSIN INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • KH
    Kathy's House Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -42%
  • MU
    Marquette University
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +16%
  • MU
    MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY BLUE & GOLD FU
    one grant, 2018 · $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.

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 Lutheran Home Ministries Inc

To share christ's love as we serve the spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional needs of people entrusted to our care and others whose lives we touch.

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2
Center for Healthcare Careers of Southeast Wisconsin Inc

The mission of the center for healthcare careers of southeast wisconsin, inc. (chcsew) is to unite all appropriate stakeholders in a viable, flexible structure to locate, educate and support a workforce from service to professional levels…

Health
3
Milwaukee Catholic Home Inc

Rooted in our catholic tradition and commitment to christian love and community, milwaukee catholic home, inc. (mch) provides continuing care services for older adults.

Human Services
4
The Lutheran Home Inc

The lutheran home, inc. is dedicated to serving older adults and enriching the lives of those we touch by providing compassionate and loving care.

Health
5
Harwood Place Inc

Harwood place, inc. is dedicated to serving older adults and enriching the lives of those we touch by providing compassionate and loving care.

Housing & Shelter
6
Wisconsin Hospital Association Inc

The wisconsin hospital association, inc.'s (wha) mission is advocating for the ability of its members to provide high quality health care services to wisconsin communities.the association fulfills this mission through the following values:…

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7
Prohealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital Inc

Continuously improving the health of our community.

Health
8
Sauk Prairie Healthcare Inc

Extraordinary healthcare from the heart - one person at a time.vision: we will set the standard for community-based healthcare that improves the health and quality of life of the people we serve.

Health
9
Community Memorial Hospital of Menomonee Falls Inc

To advance the health of our communities through excellence and discovery, inspiring each person to live their unique, best life.

Health
10
Catholic Residential Services Inc Dba Benedictine Living Communities of Wi

We are a catholic, faith-based organization entrusted with advancing the life-enhancing senior care ministry of the benedictine sisters of duluth, minnesota. we witness to god's love by creating inclusive communities, supporting those we…

Human Services
11
Regional Hospice Services Inc

Provide hospice care to terminally ill patients in northern wisconsin and michigan's upper peninsula.

Health
12
Aurora Family Service Inc

Aurora family service partners with families to enhance their capability to anticipate, identify and manage challenges they face in their everyday lives through the integration of health, mental health, and social services providing…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House Wisconsin Inc; the most unlike its peers is Marquette University. 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

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 74 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
16/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES SEMINARY: $102,000 · OtherSAINT FRANCIS DE SALES SEMINARYMARQUETTE UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $72,003 · OtherMARQUETTE UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL+55 more: $89,670 · Other+55 moreKathy's House Inc: $25,000 · HealthKathy's House …ABCD INC: $5,000 · HealthABCD INCEISENHOWER CENTER INC: $4,000 · HealthEISENHOWER CEN…COLUMBIA ST MARY'S INC: $3,000 · HealthCOLUMBIA ST MA…FISHER HOUSE WISCONSIN INC: $2,000 · HealthPENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $2,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthMarquette University: $8,000 · EducationBaylor College of Medicine: $2,000 · EducationMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureKEWASKUM REMEMBERS 9-11 INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesOZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCATH LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS & CIVIL RIGHTS: $3,000 · Civil RightsSTARS AND STRIPES HONOR FLIGHT INC: $2,000 · Public Benefit
Other$263,673Health$42,000Education$10,000Arts & Culture$7,500Human Services$4,000Civil Rights$3,000Public Benefit$2,000

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 budgetKathy's House Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMarquette University: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABCD INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEISENHOWER CENTER INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBIA ST MARY'S INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATH LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS & CIVIL RIGHTS: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFISHER HOUSE WISCONSIN INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN PARKINSON ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTARS AND STRIPES HONOR FLIGHT INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMILWAUKEE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEWASKUM REMEMBERS 9-11 INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAURORA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFESTRIDERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEaster Seals Southeast Wisconsin Inc: $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.

  • Who funds Kathy's House Inc ↗
  • Who funds Marquette University ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds ABCD INC ↗
  • Who funds EISENHOWER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA ST MARY'S INC ↗
  • Who funds CATH LEAGUE FOR RELIGIOUS & CIVIL RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds Baylor College of Medicine ↗
  • Who funds Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN PARKINSON ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds STARS AND STRIPES HONOR FLIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC ↗
  • Who funds KEWASKUM REMEMBERS 9-11 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.

Greater Milwaukee Foundation IncWI34.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Brewers Community Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation Inc · Sommerhauser 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 F & Catherine M Bennett Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph F & Catherine M Bennett Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 Joseph F & Catherine M Bennett Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Joseph F & Catherine M Bennett 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 74 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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