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Keller Family Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$374k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2024
10
Organizations funded FY2023
10%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 28
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$476k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Keller Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentReligionFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving34$367k38%
FY202310$61k10%
FY202213$61k38%
FY20218$40k0%
FY202010$36k30%
FY201911$33k100%
FY201828$29k11%
FY201726$25kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$320kHuman Services$61kYouth Development$49kRecreation & Sports$49kInternational$43kHealth$39kEnvironment$37kHousing & Shelter$18kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
IN
CA
VA
TN
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of Keller Family Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The World Orphan Fund Inc$35,00061%
Church Health Services Inc$34,00061%
Aldo Leopold Nature Center Inc$34,00060%
Rawhide Inc$34,00060%
People Against a Violent Environment In$32,00071%
Saint Ambrose Academy Inc$30,00050%
Horizon High School of Madison Inc$30,00051%
The Gathering Source Inc$12,00031%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Wisconsin Inc$10,00014%
Beaver Dam Hockey Association$10,00013%
Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc$8,00020%
Neighborhood House Community Center Inc$7,00031%
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$7,00030%
Lussier Community Education Center Inc$6,00020%
Porchlight Inc$6,00020%
Prager University Foundation$5,00010%
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School$4,0003n/a
Cable Natural History Museum Inc$4,00030%
Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc$4,00030%
EdChoice Inc$4,00030%
Madison Children's Museum Inc$3,68030%
Wisconsin Institute for Learning Disabilites Dyslexia Inc$3,00011%
Habitat for Humanity of Dane County Inc$3,00010%
Arts for All Wisconsin Inc$2,00020%
Exceptional Equestrians Company$2,00010%
Badger Institute Inc$2,00010%
Edgewood High School$2,0001n/a
To Every Nation$2,0002n/a
Young America's Foundation$2,00020%
Bayview Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Madison Reading Project Inc$2,00010%
Beaver Dam Scholarship Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Beaver Dam Unified School District$2,0002n/a
Rooted Wi Inc$2,00020%
The Heritage Foundation$2,00020%
Dodge County Concert Association Ltd$2,0001n/a
Norwegian American Genealogical Center$2,00010%
Ducks Unlimited Inc$1,00010%
Glacier's Edge Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$1,00010%
Wisconsin Family Council$1,00010%
The John K Maciver Institute for Public Policy Inc$1,00010%
Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center Inc$50010%
Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($293k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Keller Family Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe World Orphan Fund Inc: $35,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetChurch Health Services Inc: $34,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetAldo Leopold Nature Center Inc: $34,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetRawhide Inc: $34,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPeople Against a Violent Environment In: $32,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetSaint Ambrose Academy Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHorizon High School of Madison Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetThe Gathering Source Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Wisconsin Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetBeaver Dam Hockey Association: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMilwaukee Area Technical College Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood House Community Center Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetOpportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLussier Community Education Center Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPorchlight Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCable Natural History Museum Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetIrwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEdChoice Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMadison Children's Museum Inc: $3,680 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWisconsin Institute for Learning Disabilites Dyslexia Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Dane County Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArts for All Wisconsin Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetExceptional Equestrians Company: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBadger Institute Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBayview Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMadison Reading Project Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBeaver Dam Scholarship Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetRooted Wi Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorwegian American Genealogical Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlacier's Edge Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWisconsin Family Council: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe John K Maciver Institute for Public Policy Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSafe Harbor Child Advocacy Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

Madison Community FoundationWI37.7× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Community Foundation · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc · Veridian Foundation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust

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.

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Find your warmest path to Keller Family Charitable Trust 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.

About Keller Family Charitable Trust

How much does Keller Family Charitable Trust give?
Keller Family Charitable Trust reported 37 grants totaling $373,680 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Keller Family Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (48%), Human Services (9%), Youth Development (7%).
Who are Keller Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The World Orphan Fund Inc ($35k), Church Health Services Inc ($34k), Aldo Leopold Nature Center Inc ($34k).
Does Keller Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Keller Family Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Keller Family Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Madison Community Foundation, Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
Where is Keller Family Charitable Trust based?
Keller Family Charitable Trust is based in WI.

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 64 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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