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Keefe Foundation Inc

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.

$98k
Granted FY2021
35
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Food & Nutrition$94kHuman Services$80kHealth$52kPhilanthropy$35kHousing & Shelter$32kEmployment$27kCrime & Legal$19kYouth Development$9kOther$0
02FY2021 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$437
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY ACTION$4,500
UNITED WAY WALWORTH COUNTY$4,500
ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF FAMILY VIOLENCE$4,500
TURNING POINT$4,500
BURLINGTON TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER$4,500
SPIRIT OF HOPE HOMELESS SHELTER$4,500
BIG FOOT FOOD PANTRY$4,000
WALWORTH COUNTY FOOD PANTRY$3,500
HAROLD JOHNSON FOOD PANTRY$3,500
ELKHORN FOOD PANTRY$3,500
LAKE GENEVA FOOD PANTRY$3,500
LOVE INC$2,500
SMILES$2,500
FAMILY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP$2,500
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$2,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $56k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TURNING POINT: $5k → 6%TWIN LAKES AREA FOOD PANTRY: $2k → 10%TURNING POINT: $3k → 6%TWIN LAKES AREA FOOD PANTRY: $2k → 10%TWIN LAKES AREA FOOD PANTRY: $1k → 10%TWIN LAKES AREA FOOD PANTRY: $500 → 10%TWIN LAKES AREA FOOD PANTRY: $500 → 10%SHARING CENTER INC: $4k → 10%SHARING CENTER INC: $3k → 10%SHARING CENTER INC: $3k → 10%SHARING CENTER INC: $3k → 10%SHARING CENTER INC: $3k → 10%LAKE GENEVA FOOD PANTRY: $4k → 10%LAKE GENEVA FOOD PANTRY: $3k → 10%SIDE BY SIDE: $3k → 10%SIDE BY SIDE: $3k → 10%SIDE BY SIDE: $3k → 10%SIDE BY SIDE: $3k → 10%LAKE GENEVA FOOD PANTRY: $3k → 10%LAKE GENEVA FOOD PANTRY: $3k → 10%SIDE BY SIDE: $3k → 10%LAKE GENEVA FOOD PANTRY: $3k → 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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$382k · 39 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

39 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2021, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
4

Total granted

$382k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+3%

Still filing today

46%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionPhilanthropyCrime & LegalEnvironmentOther
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

  • VS
    VIP SERVICES INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $23k · revenue +33%
  • OPEN ARMS FREE CLINIC INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $19k · revenue +177%
  • NB
    NEW BEGINNINGS APFV INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $19k · revenue +133%

Funded once

  • MC
    MISC CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
    one grant, 2019 · $8k
  • AURORA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +3%
  • MR
    MILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSION
    one grant, 2018 · $500
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
Waushara County Food Pantry Inc

We provide food, household and personal items as available to combat food scarcity and poverty in our community.

Food & Nutrition
2
Wauconda-Island Lake Food Pantry Inc

Distribute food to needy families and individuals.

Human Services
3
Northern Il Helping Hands Food Pantry Nfp

To provide at least 2 days of food to needy families and people.

Food & Nutrition
4
Long Prairie Emergency Food Pantry

Furnish needy famililes food

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5
Lakeshore Community Pantry

Food pantry and clothing closet

Food & Nutrition
6
Society of St Vincent de Paul of Waukesha County

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…

—
7
Society of St Vincent De Paul of Waukesha County Inc

Assisting those in need in our area

Human Services
8
Community Needs of Chillicothe Illinois Inc

Provide temporary assistance to needy individuals. Primary assistance with rent, utilities and food.

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9
Geneseo-Atkinson Food Pantry

The Christian mission of the Geneseo-Atkinson food Pantry is to provide food, clothing, and short-term emergency assistance for families and individuals residing in Geneseo (61254) or Atkinson (61235) zip code areas.

—
10
Antigo Area Community Food Pantry

Free food pantry. The Organization distributes free food to over 100 needy families per week, totaling almost 5000 visits per year. Over 70 individual volunteers receive, organize, and distribute over 200,000 pounds of food annually.

Food & Nutrition
11
Bloomingdale Township Food Pantry Inc

Provide Food Assistance to Needy Families and Individuals

Food & Nutrition
12
Society of St Vincent De Paul of Waukesha County Inc St Charles

Serve the poor

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Burlington Transitional Living; the most unlike its peers is Epilepsy Families Southeast Wi 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

21 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. 21 of the 46 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
19/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY WALWORTH COUNTY: $26,500 · OtherUNITED WAY WALWORTH COUNTYVIP SERVICES INC: $22,500 · OtherVIP SERVICES INCSMILES: $16,500 · OtherSMILESBIG FOOT FOOD PANTRY: $14,750 · OtherBIG FOOT FOOD PANTRYHAROLD JOHNSON FOOD PANTRY: $14,250 · OtherHAROLD JOHNSON FOOD PANTRYLOVE INC: $13,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $12,500 · OtherTWIN OAKS HOMELESS SHELTER: $12,000 · OtherGENEVA LAKES FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $10,500 · OtherWALWORTH COUNTY ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN: $9,500 · OtherST MARY'S MEMORIAL FOOD PANTRY: $9,250 · OtherWCAC-TREE HOUSE: $8,650 · Other+20 more: $84,664 · Other+20 moreSHARING CENTER INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesSHARING CENTER …SIDE BY SIDE INC: $14,500 · Human ServicesSIDE BY SIDE IN…LAKE GENEVA FOOD PANTRY: $14,250 · Human ServicesLAKE GENEVA FOO…Turning Point Inc: $7,000 · Human ServicesTurning Point I…TWIN LAKES AREA FOOD PANTRY INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesTWIN LAKES AREA…WALWORTH COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC: $15,750 · Food & NutritionELKHORN FOOD PANTRY INC: $14,250 · Food & NutritionOPEN ARMS FREE CLINIC INC: $18,500 · HealthFamily Health Partnership Clinic: $5,500 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthNEW BEGINNINGS APFV INC: $18,500 · Crime & LegalGAVERS COMMUNITY CANCER FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyAURORA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyBURLINGTON TRANSITIONAL LIVING: $7,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$255,064Human Services$56,250Food & Nutrition$30,000Health$24,500Crime & Legal$18,500Philanthropy$7,500Housing & Shelter$7,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVIP SERVICES INC: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN ARMS FREE CLINIC INC: $18,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNEW BEGINNINGS APFV INC: $18,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetWALWORTH COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC: $15,750 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSHARING CENTER INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSIDE BY SIDE INC: $14,500 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetELKHORN FOOD PANTRY INC: $14,250 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetGENEVA LAKES FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBURLINGTON TRANSITIONAL LIVING: $7,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTurning Point Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREEN COUNTY INC: $6,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetFamily Health Partnership Clinic: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTWIN LAKES AREA FOOD PANTRY INC: $5,500 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetGENEVA LAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGAVERS COMMUNITY CANCER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetSTUDIO 84 INC: $4,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetAURORA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF JANESVILLE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEPILEPSY FAMILIES SOUTHEAST WI INC: $500 over 1y, 0.8% 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 VIP SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN ARMS FREE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW BEGINNINGS APFV INC ↗
  • Who funds WALWORTH COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SIDE BY SIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds ELKHORN FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE GENEVA FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds GENEVA LAKES FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BURLINGTON TRANSITIONAL LIVING ↗
  • Who funds Turning Point Inc ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREEN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Family Health Partnership Clinic ↗
  • Who funds TWIN LAKES AREA FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds GENEVA LAKE CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds GAVERS COMMUNITY CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STUDIO 84 INC ↗
  • Who funds AURORA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF JANESVILLE 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.

Kunes Family Foundati…United Way of Walwort…Kikkoman Foods Founda…Green Bay Packers Fou…Community Foundation …Ulla & Bertil Brunk F…The Kara FoundationOtto Bremer TrustTom & Donna Neshek Fa…Sbk Stearns Family Fo…The Simms Family Foun…Shodeen Family Founda…
Kunes Family FoundationWI30.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kunes Family Foundation · United Way of Walworth County · Kikkoman Foods Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin Inc · Ulla & Bertil Brunk Foundation Inc · The Kara Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Tom & Donna Neshek Family Foundation · Sbk Stearns Family Foundation · The Simms Family Foundation · Shodeen Family Foundation

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 Keefe Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Keefe Foundation Inc. 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%3%5%8%10%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 · 0–10%
    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 46 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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