· Private foundation
Legacy Foundation of Central Wisc
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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k1 grant · $42k
- $50k–250k8 grants · $955k
- $250k+13 grants · $7.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JOHN E ALEXANDER YMCA COMMUNITY CE | $975,000 |
| DISCOVER ROME AREA FAMILY TRAILS | $938,992 |
| SOUTH WOOD CO HUMANE SOCIETY | $800,000 |
| RAPIDS AREA SOCCER INC | $566,000 |
| AGING & DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER | $525,935 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $500,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF SOUTH WOOD & ADAMS CO | $500,000 |
| VILLAGE OF PORT EDWARDS | $500,000 |
| CITY OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS | $360,000 |
| WOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT | $358,858 |
| HISTORIC POINT BASSE INC | $350,000 |
| WISCONSIN RAPIDS FAMILY CENTER INC | $250,000 |
| WOOD COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES DPT | $160,400 |
| WOOD COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES DPT | $160,000 |
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 (FY19–23, $710k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 6 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, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.0M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ARASPIRUS RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL & CLINICS INC6× · 2018–2024 · $4.5M · revenue +37%
- ODOPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTERS INC6× · 2017–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +14%
- AHASPIRUS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC3× · 2017–2019 · $900k · revenue +13%
Funded once
- MPMARY'S PLACE BOARDING HOUSE INCone grant, 2023 · $2.2M
- FHFAMILY HEALTH CENTERone grant, 2024 · $1.0M
- COCITY OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS - MCMILLANone grant, 2020 · $1.0M
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.
Obtain and manage land of ecological significance.
Service for disabled adults
Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.
Whpc acquires, preserves and develops low-income and affordable housing in wisconsin. the majority of the housing is subsidized through the u.s. department of housing and urban development, u.s.d.a. rural development, federal and state…
Wisconsin youth company's mission is to engage youth in opportunities to encourage them to be their best selves.
Underdog pet rescue is an all-breed companion animal rescue and vet clinic based out of dane county, wisconsin. our mission is to find permanent homes for animals in need and to enrich lives by strengthening the connection between animals…
An independent, not for profit wisconsin corporation, the uwrf foundation is organized solely for the benefit of the university of wisconsin-river falls. private giving to the foundation is essential in raising the level of excellence at…
The mission of central wisconsin community action council, inc. (cwcac) is to provide opportunities for services which help low-income individuals and families within our service area achieve self-sufficiency and independence.
The purpose of neighborhood housing services of southeast wisconsin, inc. is to renew pride, restore confidence,promote reinvestment, and revitalize the nhs neighborhoods through the efforts of local residents acting in concert with…
To promote the common good and general welfare of the people of wisconsin.
The wisconsin council of the blind and visually impaired's mission is to promote the dignity and empowerment of people in wisconsin who are blind and visually impaired by providing services, advocating legislation, and educating the…
To improve the quality of life by providing resources and services within our communities.
How this is measured
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 61 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 ASPIRUS RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL & CLINICS INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MARY'S PLACE BOARDING HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTERS INC ↗
- Who funds DISCOVER ROME AREA FAMILY TRAILS CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds ASPIRUS HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WISCONSIN RAPIDS FAMILY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds RAPIDS AREA SOCCER INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INC ↗
- Who funds HANNAH CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC POINT BASSE INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL WISCONSIN CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds JEREMIAH'S CROSSING INC ↗
- Who funds WISCONSIN RAPIDS YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds WHEELS OF INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
- Who funds CHAMPIONS4KIDS 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: Woodtrust Charitable Foundation Inc · Paper City Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Incourage Community Foundation Inc · Aspirus Riverview Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Bell Family Charitable Foundation I · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin Inc · United Way of South Wood & Adams Counties Inc · Jasperson Family Foundation Inc · Seramur Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Legacy Foundation of Central Wisc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Legacy Foundation of Central Wisc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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