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Mae E Demmer Charitable Trust at a glance

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Mae E Demmer Charitable Trust

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$191k
Granted FY2022
2
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$181k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Arts & Culture$678kEnvironment$35kHealth$26kEducation$13kPhilanthropy$5kHuman Services$3kOther$0
02FY2022 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $181k
$181,243
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM$181,243
UWM FOUNDATION INC$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 17%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 17%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $735k → 17%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $607k → 17%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $448k → 17%SEE ATTACHED SCHEDULE: $441k → 17%MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM: $181k → 17%UWM FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 17%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 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
Milwaukee Public Theatre Inc

Making the arts accessible to all

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2
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Inc

Inspiring individuals and communities through exceptional music education, accessible to all.

Arts & Culture
3
Radio Milwaukee Inc

To reach a new generation of radio listeners on air, online and in the community with a compelling selection of music and public affairs programming. the corporation celebrates milwaukee music, arts, heritage, and culture by supporting and…

Arts & Culture
4
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
5
Madison Opera Inc

The mission of madison opera is to produce operas of the highest artistic standards.

Arts & Culture
6
Milwaukee Public Museum Inc

The milwaukee public museum inspires curiosity, excites minds and increases desire to preserve and protect our world's natural and cultural diversity through exhibitions, educational programs, collections and research.

Arts & Culture
7
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
8
Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visua

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…

Health
9
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

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10
Oshkosh Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc

To promote oshkosh and winnebago county a premier destination for corporate, sports, and leisure groups and individual visitors.

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11
Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc

Engage our community in supporting milwaukee county parks to collectively steward a thriving park system.

Environment
12
Milwaukee Bar Association Inc

The mission of the milwaukee bar association is to be an inclusive, equitable and diverse organization that serves the interests of the lawyers, judges and the people of milwaukee county by working to promote the professional interests of…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Milwaukee Art Museum Inc; the most unlike its peers is Abcd 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

20 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. 20 of the 22 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
16/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $465,804 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INCPABST MANSION INC: $60,000 · Arts & CulturePABST MANSION INCFLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureFLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INCTEN CHIMNEYS FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF BOERNER BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $22,500 · Arts & CulturePLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC: $5,000 · HealthPENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $5,000 · HealthAUDIO & BRAILLE LITERACY ENHANCEMENT INC: $2,500 · HealthABCD INC: $2,500 · HealthCENTER FOR DEAF-BLIND PERSONS INC: $2,500 · HealthTHE UWM FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationLITERACY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC: $2,500 · EducationVISION FORWARD ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · OtherSalvation Army: $2,500 · OtherNational Multiple Sclerosis Society - WI Chapter: $1,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyFOREST HOME HISTORIC PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · Environment
Arts & Culture$708,304Health$17,500Education$12,500Other$11,000Philanthropy$5,000Environment$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $465,804 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPABST MANSION INC: $60,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFLORENTINE OPERA COMPANY INC: $45,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTEN CHIMNEYS FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF BOERNER BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UWM FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVISION FORWARD ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOREST HOME HISTORIC PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WISCONSIN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUDIO & BRAILLE LITERACY ENHANCEMENT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetABCD INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER FOR DEAF-BLIND PERSONS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMILWAUKEE BALLET COMPANY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Greater Milwaukee Fou…Evan & Marion Helfaer…Milwaukee Jewish Fede…Green Bay Packers Fou…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Charles D Ortgiesen F…Gardner FoundationBert L and Patricia S…Anon Charitable TrustBaird Foundation IncGe Aerospace Foundati…Vilter Foundation Inc
Greater Milwaukee Foundation IncWI27.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Charles D Ortgiesen Foundation Inc · Gardner Foundation · Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable · Anon Charitable Trust · Baird Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Vilter Foundation Inc

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 Mae E Demmer Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mae E Demmer Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
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    How do I get to Mae E Demmer Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Mae E Demmer 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.

    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 22 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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