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Lewitzke Foundation Inc

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.

$284k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
27
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
61%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$7,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$47,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 28
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$1.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 61% of the organizations Lewitzke Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureInternationalReligionPublic 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving26$281k15%
FY202423$427k61%
FY202325$413k28%
FY202228$770k14%
FY202125$220k16%
FY202026$167k38%
FY201928$139k21%
FY201827$116k44%
82% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$714kHuman Services$212kReligion$209kArts & Culture$161kHealth$99kYouth Development$98kHousing & Shelter$86kInternational$45kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of Lewitzke Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
DC Everest Education Foundation Inc$598,750336%
Children's Imaginarium Inc$100,00045%
Learn Build Fly Inc$83,500520%
Woodson YMCA Inc$78,77490%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc$57,600610%
Community Partners Campus Inc$50,00011%
Christian League for the Handicapped Dba Inspiration Ministries$47,50031%
Samaritan's Purse$35,00030%
Neighbors Place Inc The$30,17251%
Bridge Street Mission Inc$18,5002n/a
Brooklyn Park Athletic Association$17,00013%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$16,00080%
Performing Arts Foundation Inc$15,50020%
Focus on the Family$15,0001n/a
Mission Aviation Fellowship$15,0001n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northcentral Wisconsin Inc$12,50021%
Stable Hands Inc$12,00021%
The Aopa Foundation Inc$11,00030%
Africa Inland Mission International Incorporated$10,0001n/a
American Bible Society$10,00020%
Operation Smile Inc$10,00010%
Ascend Nonprofit Solutions$10,00010%
Diocese of la Crosse$8,0006n/a
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$8,00020%
Boys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area Inc$7,50020%
Good News Project Inc$7,00041%
Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison$5,75060%
The Salvation Army Services Inc$5,50020%
Keep Area Teens Safe Inc$5,0001n/a
Christian Life Communications Inc$5,00020%
St Marys Church$4,5002n/a
Cw Soccer Inc$4,00011%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$4,0001n/a
Wausau Child Care Inc$3,50020%
Recreational Aviation Foundation$3,00030%
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin Inc$3,00020%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$3,00030%
The Commemorative Air Force$2,00020%
Myteam Triumph Wisconsin Inc$1,00010%
The Women's Community Inc$2801n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Lewitzke Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDC Everest Education Foundation Inc: $598,750 over 3y, 36% of budgetChildren's Imaginarium Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetLearn Build Fly Inc: $83,500 over 5y, 20% of budgetWoodson YMCA Inc: $78,774 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc: $57,600 over 6y, 10% of budgetCommunity Partners Campus Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetChristian League for the Handicapped Dba Inspiration Ministries: $47,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNeighbors Place Inc The: $30,172 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBrooklyn Park Athletic Association: $17,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPerforming Arts Foundation Inc: $15,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Northcentral Wisconsin Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetStable Hands Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThe Aopa Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Bible Society: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAscend Nonprofit Solutions: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlessings in a Backpack Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGood News Project Inc: $7,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCatholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison: $5,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Salvation Army Services Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChristian Life Communications Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCw Soccer Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWausau Child Care Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRecreational Aviation Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of Wisconsin Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Commemorative Air Force: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMyteam Triumph Wisconsin Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 31.

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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.

Ba & Esther Greenheck FoundationWI41× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundation · Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Inc · Incrediblebank Foundation Inc · Dudley Foundation Inc · The Macdonald Foundation · Abbybank Foundation Inc · Bell Family Charitable Foundation I · Dwight and Linda Davis Foundation · Judd S Alexander Foundation · George Kress Foundation Inc · Church Mutual Insurance Company Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers 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.

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About Lewitzke Foundation Inc

How much does Lewitzke Foundation Inc give?
Lewitzke Foundation Inc reported 27 grants totaling $284,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Lewitzke Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Human Services (8%), Religion (8%).
Who are Lewitzke Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: DC Everest Education Foundation Inc ($599k), Children's Imaginarium Inc ($100k), Learn Build Fly Inc ($84k).
Does Lewitzke Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 61% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Lewitzke Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Lewitzke Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ba & Esther Greenheck Foundation, Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Inc, Incrediblebank Foundation Inc.
Where is Lewitzke Foundation Inc based?
Lewitzke Foundation Inc 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 91 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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