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Manpowergroup Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE$25,000
BEST BUDDIES WISCONSIN$25,000
GREATER MILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE$25,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$25,000
YMCA$20,000
JOBSWORK MKE$10,000
AURORA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION$10,000
ARTWORKS MILWAUKEE$10,000
MILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN$10,000
02The need
03

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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Its 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 its 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
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.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
WI
MA
OR
IA
CO
AZ
NC
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against +0% for those 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
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.

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
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.

04Its 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 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.

—
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gps Education Partners Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

35 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. 35 of the 71 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
19/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 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 budgetGREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOJOURNER FOUNDATION: $18,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDottie Rose Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBLACKHAWK TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSTILETTO BOSS UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR COMMUNITY LTD: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetALL-IN MILWAUKEE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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
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.

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

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 Manpowergroup Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Manpowergroup Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's 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
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.

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 71 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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