· Private foundation
Jw Etzelmueller Trust Fund
Its FY2025 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, FY2022 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WEST CENTRAL | $5,000 |
| NEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR - FOOD PANTRY | $4,000 |
| TOMAH AREA COMMUNITY THEATER | $3,000 |
| THE CARING CLOSET | $3,000 |
| TOMAH SCHOOL DISTRICT | $2,000 |
| KINDNESS COMMUNITY INC | $2,000 |
| HANDISHOP INDUSTRIES INC | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
| NORTH AMERICAN SQUIRREL ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
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 (FY22–25, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
9 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BABOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF WEST CENTRAL3× · 2023–2025 · $20k
- CCCaring Closet Inc2× · 2024–2025 · $14k
- NFNEIGHBOR FOR NEIGHBOR - FOOD PANTRY2× · 2024–2025 · $6k
Funded once
- TLTOMAH LIONS CLUBone grant, 2022 · $7k
- WWWESTERN WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGEone grant, 2022 · $2k
- TCTREASURED CHESTS INCORPORATEDone grant, 2024 · $1k
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.
Provide temporary assistance to needy individuals. Primary assistance with rent, utilities and food.
Our mission is to help low-income families and families experiencing homelessness achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response.
The Housing Action Coalition brings together community resources to address the needs of Waukesha Countys most vulnerable people. The Coalition assists those in need of emergency housing, financial assistance, food and many other…
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…
Baraboo area homeless shelter works to provide shelter and comprehensive case management services to persons experiencing homelessness in baraboo, wisconsin and the surrounding area.
To promote the sport of ice hockey and educate participants while instilling the importance of sportsmanship and fair play.
Our mission is to help families experiencing homelessness and low-income families achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response.
Provide shelter, temporary housing and wraparound services to people experiencing homelessness and/or living in poverty.
Homeless Shelter
To provide financial support to those in the community with financial needs in the way of lodging and utilities. Also to help those facing financial difficulties to obtain the necessary prescriptions and basic medical needs.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 20 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 Caring Closet Inc ↗
- Who funds KINDNESS COMMUNITY INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILIES FIRST OF MONROE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds HANDISHOP INDUSTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds AREA COMMUNITY THEATER INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH AMERICAN SQUIRREL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Tomah Health Community Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds TOMAH ROTARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF THE GREAT RIVERS 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: Thomas B Earle Foundation · Frank G Andres Charitable Trust · The Covia Foundation · Bernadette M Otto Charitable Foundation · Stephen D and Betty J Gebhardt Family Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jw Etzelmueller Trust Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jw Etzelmueller Trust Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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