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Manpowergroup Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$935k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2025.

Philanthropy$920kEducation$862kEmployment$764kYouth Development$611kArts & Culture$585kPublic Safety & Disaster$496kInternational$370kHealth$97kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $215k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $265k
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$430k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY - GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY$400,000
UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND$110,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN$55,000
CITY YEAR INC$50,000
CONNECTED SYSTEMS INSTITUTE$50,000
GPS EDUCATION PARTNERS$45,000
BEST BUDDIES WISCONSIN$25,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$25,000
GREATER MILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE$25,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE$25,000
YMCA$20,000
JOBSWORK MKE$10,000
AURORA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION$10,000
ARTWORKS MILWAUKEE$10,000
ALL-IN MILWAUKEE$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–25, $101k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHICKTECH: $1k → 12%DOTTIE ROSE FOUNDATION: $15k → 10%GREATER MILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE: $25k → 17%GREATER MILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE: $25k → 17%GREATER MILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE: $25k → 17%JOBSWORK MKE: $10k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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WI
MA
OR
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CO
AZ
NC

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.9M · 20 repeat orgs$964k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +8% since the first grant, against +0% for the ones you funded once.

20 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
38

Total granted

$3.9M
$804k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+0%

Still filing today

80%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA
    6× · 2019–2024 · $500k · revenue +125%
  • CITY YEAR INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $300k · revenue +0%
  • THE UWM FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $201k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • V
    VARIOUS
    one grant, 2020 · $466k
  • AT
    ALL-IN TO FIGHT CANCER
    one grant, 2022 · $85k · revenue -34%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT
    one grant, 2019 · $40k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Milwaukee Excellence Inc

The mission of the organization is to provide a high quality education for all students with choices after graduation that will provide financial stability, inspire personal freedom to builda legacy.

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2
Uwm Research Foundation Inc

Support research and innovation at the university of wisconsin - milwaukee by providing reserach funding, entrepreneurship support, and by engaging in corporate partnering activities to that end.

Community Improvement
3
The University School of Milwaukee Corporation

University school of milwaukee cultivates excellence in learning, leadership, and citizenship for prekindergarten through 12th grade students. students are engaged, known, and valued within our passionate independent school community…

Education
4
Women in Technology Wisconsin Inc

The mission of women in technology is to attract, grow, and retain women of all ages in technology-related careers. wit collaborates with professionals, companies, and communities to help women in technology of all ages and stages - from…

Youth Development
5
Employ Milwaukee Inc

The mission of employ milwaukee, inc. is to build a strong workforce development system by planning, coordinating, collaborating and monitoring workforce initiatives with businesses, partners and community stakeholders at the local,…

Employment
6
Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce

Improve metro milwaukee as a place to create jobs, invest capital and grow business.

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7
Wisconsin Council On Economic Education Inc

To enhance the quality and quantity of economics education in wisconsin.

Social Science
8
Milwaukee Women Inc

Milwaukee women inc is an organization of executives determined to change the quality and composition of corporate boards to maximize the performance of public and private companies with a focus on women and women of color.

Education
9
The Uwm Real Estate Foundation Inc

To partner with the public and private sectors to develop and hold real estate for the benefit of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee. the uwm real estate foundation, inc. holdings may include any properties that advance the mission of…

Housing & Shelter
10
University of Wisconsin Foundation

To promote the welfare of and advance the objectives of the university of wisconsin-madison by encouraging the interest, engagement, and financial support of alumni, donors, and friends in the life of the university and with each other.

Education
11
Artworks for Milwaukee Inc

ArtWorks mission is preparing youth for tomorrow by providing transferable career skills through arts internships today. More than 1,450 high school students have completed ArtWorks internships since our inception.

Arts & Culture
12
Milwaukee School of Engineering

Milwaukee school of engineering (msoe) is a nonprofit, nonsectarian university providing a balanced education at the undergraduate and graduate level in the disciplines of engineering business, mathematics, and nursing. (see schedule o)…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gps Education Partners Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Young Mens Christian Association of Boise City Idaho. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 13. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%0%<5yr16%17%5–10yr19%14%10–20yr15%17%20–35yr11%23%35–55yr14%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%0%<5yr16%2%5–10yr19%4%10–20yr15%27%20–35yr11%25%35–55yr14%43%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 17% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/37
the rest of the field
17%
2,104/12,249

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 71 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
18/35
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNITED WAY - GREATER MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA COUNTY — $736,000 · OtherUNITED WAY - GREATER MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA …VARIOUS — $466,408 · OtherVARIOUSCITY YEAR INC — $300,000 · OtherCITY YEAR INC+40 more — $408,175 · Other+40 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC — $900,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER M…ALL-IN TO FIGHT CANCER — $85,000 · PhilanthropyALL-IN TO FIGHT CANCER+3 more — $48,500 · PhilanthropyJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA — $500,000 · Youth DevelopmentJUNIOR ACHIEV…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC — $74,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRL…UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC — $335,530 · Arts & CultureUNITED PERFO…GPS EDUCATION PARTNERS INC — $160,000 · Arts & CultureGPS EDUCATIO…+4 more — $28,500 · Arts & Culture+4 moreJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC — $195,000 · InternationalBest Buddies International Inc — $175,000 · InternationalTHE UWM FOUNDATION INC — $201,000 · EducationMILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 · EducationASSET BUILDERS OF AMERICA INC — $30,000 · Education+5 more — $38,500 · EducationMILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE — $75,000 · Human ServicesDottie Rose Foundation — $15,000 · Human ServicesJOBSWORK MKE INC — $10,000 · Human Services+1 more — $1,000 · Human ServicesNEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC — $28,840 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,910,583Philanthropy$1,033,500Youth Development$574,000Arts & Culture$524,030International$370,000Education$369,500Human Services$101,000Recreation & Sports$28,840

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC — $900,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA — $500,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC — $335,530 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCITY YEAR INC — $300,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UWM FOUNDATION INC — $201,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF WISCONSIN INC — $195,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc — $175,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGPS EDUCATION PARTNERS INC — $160,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $100,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetALL-IN TO FIGHT CANCER — $85,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetMILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE — $75,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC — $74,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetASSET BUILDERS OF AMERICA INC — $30,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetNEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC — $28,840 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Milwaukee Committee for Community Development — $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMILWAUKEE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOJOURNER FOUNDATION — $18,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDottie Rose Foundation — $15,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetOUR COMMUNITY LTD — $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACKHAWK TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetALL-IN MILWAUKEE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTILETTO BOSS UNIVERSITY — $10,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetARTISTS WORKING IN EDUCATION INC — $7,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetThe Academy of Goal Achievers — $6,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMILWAUKEE REPERTORY THEATER INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCULPTURE MILWAUKEE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOISE CITY IDAHO — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChickTech — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAMI SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

United Way of Greater…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Greater Green Bay Com…Ralph Evinrude Founda…Baird Foundation IncNorthwestern Mutual L…Green Bay Packers Fou…Otto Bremer TrustRichard and Ethel Her…Anon Charitable TrustEvan & Marion Helfaer…
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County IncWI27.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Manpowergroup Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc — 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 71 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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