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Mid-States Aluminum Foundation Inc at a glance

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Mid-States Aluminum Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.0M
Granted FY2023
21
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$1.0MYouth Development$134kEducation$86kHuman Services$68kHealth$57kReligion$34kRecreation & Sports$30kCommunity Improvement$14kOther$0
02FY2023 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k20 grants · $21k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$500
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Joe & Dawn Colwin Donor Advised Fund$1,000,462
BROOKE INDUSTRIES INC$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sister$3,075
FOND DU LAC AREA UNITED WAY INC$2,500
New Beginnings Pregnancy Care Ctr$1,500
Envision Greater Fond du Lac$1,000
Fond du Lac Family YMCA$1,000
WE EMPOWHER$1,000
FRIENDS OF WOMEN IN RECOVERY$1,000
ASTOP$1,000
Congregation of the Good Shepherd$500
Fond du Lac Literacy Services$500
The ARC Fond du Lac$500
Fond Du Lac Morning Rotary Foundation$500
Individual grant recipient$500
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 (FY17–23, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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.

area typical 8%Bo's Heavenly Clubhouse: $500 → 9%Pillar & Vine: $250 → 11%Pillar & Vine: $100 → 9%Fond du Lac Family YMCA: $16k → 9%Fond du Lac Family YMCA: $15k → 9%FOND DU LAC FAMILY YMCA: $1k → 9%WE EMPOWHER: $1k → 9%Fond du Lac Family YMCA: $1k → 9%FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $500 → 9%ADVOCAP HEAD START CAMP: $400 → 9%Fond du Lac Area Womens Fund: $175 → 9%Lucky Dog Rescue: $100 → 9%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

12%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$175k · 23 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2023, 12 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
62

Total granted

$175k
$303k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+23%

Still filing today

70%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementAnimalsOther
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

  • YM
    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF FOND DU LAC WI INC
    4× · 2017–2023 · $33k · revenue +59%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FOND DU LAC INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $12k · revenue +101%
  • EG
    ENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $7k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MARY'S SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $26k
  • SO
    Shepherd of the Hills
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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
Family Resource Center of Fdl County Inc

The family resource center of fond du lac county, inc (frc) is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to the healthy development of children and families through a variety of pregnancy and parenting support programs.

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2
Fond Du Lac Lutheran Home Inc

Fond du lac lutheran home, as part of lutheran homes and health services, provides a christian-based innovative approach to aging through comprehensive services, programs, and communities.

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3
Fond Du Lac Area Foundation

Creating a better community by promoting philanthropy, awarding effective grants, and providing leadership on important community issues today and forever.

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4
Lad Lake Inc

The mission of lad lake, inc. is to guide the growth of at-risk youth so that they reach their potential and live responsibly.

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5
Habitat for Humanity of Fond Du Lac County Inc

Habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope.

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6
Wisconsin Rapids Family Center Inc

Our mission is to empower those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault and address the root causes of abuse in the community through education and advocacy.

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7
St Francis Home of Fond Du Lac Wisconsin Inc

To provide compassionate care that brings hope, health and wholeness to all we serve. the organization provides skilled nursing care, independent living and assisted living facilities. st. francis home is the heart of its care campus.

Health
8
Ywca of Fort Dodge Ia

We are a state licensed substance abuse facility which functions to provide a clinically managed residence treatment center for women and women with children.

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9
Women's Care Center Duluth Inc

To love, serve, and support the women, children and families in our community before, during and after pregnancy, reaching the most vulnerable and in need. by providing self-sufficiency training and education to pregnant women and new…

Human Services
10
Able Inc

A b l e , inc (a brighter living experience, inc) is organized to provide residential care for developmentally disabled minnesota residents at its residential and intermediate care facilities located in houston county, minnesota. the…

Human Services
11
Lake Area Free Clinic Inc

The lake area free clinic is the medical and dental home to low-income residents of waukesha county. the mission is to provide high-quality comprehensive health care to those in need.

Health
12
Help of Door County Inc

The mission of help of door county, inc. is to eliminate domestic abuse through prevention and intervention services and to advocate for social change.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Museum of Fond Du Lac Inc; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. 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

46 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. 46 of the 95 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/46
Grantees still filing
32/46
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Joe & Dawn Colwin Donor Advised Fund: $1,000,462 · OtherJoe & Dawn Colwin Donor Advised FundST MARY'S SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL: $100,100 · OtherST MARY'S SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL+68 more: $215,000 · Other+68 moreMARIAN UNIVERSITY INC: $61,300 · EducationST NORBERT COLLEGE INC: $12,500 · Education+1 more: $2,500 · EducationYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF FOND DU LAC WI INC: $32,800 · Human ServicesSOLUTIONS CENTER INC: $1,925 · Human Services+7 more: $3,025 · Human ServicesAGNESIAN HEALTHCARE INC: $16,500 · HealthNEW BEGINNINGS PREGNANCY CARE CENTER INC: $5,200 · HealthREFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $1,500 · HealthTHE ARC FOND DU LAC INC: $1,300 · HealthFRIENDS OF WOMEN IN RECOVERY INC: $1,000 · Health+4 more: $1,455 · HealthBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FOND DU LAC INC: $12,150 · Youth DevelopmentCOPS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentFOND DU LAC SOCCER ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsFOND DU LAC AREA UNITED WAY INC: $8,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,315,562Education$76,300Human Services$37,750Health$26,955Youth Development$13,150Recreation & Sports$10,000Philanthropy$8,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMARIAN UNIVERSITY INC: $61,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF FOND DU LAC WI INC: $32,800 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAGNESIAN HEALTHCARE INC: $16,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST NORBERT COLLEGE INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FOND DU LAC INC: $12,150 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFOND DU LAC SOCCER ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFOND DU LAC AREA UNITED WAY INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNEW BEGINNINGS PREGNANCY CARE CENTER INC: $5,200 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetBROOKE INDUSTRIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREEN COUNTY INC: $4,480 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetASTOP INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF FOND DU LAC INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSOLUTIONS CENTER INC: $1,925 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAHALA'S HOPE INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGRATITUDE CLUB INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetFONDY FOOD PANTRY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ARC FOND DU LAC INC: $1,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF WOMEN IN RECOVERY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOPS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetTHELMA SADOFF CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWE EMPOWHER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetARC COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHolyland Food Pantry Inc: $925 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAGNESIAN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $875 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF SARNELLI HOUSE UA: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFDL CT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDOWNTOWN FOND DU LAC PARTNERSHIP INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBO WILLIAM HARTWIG FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFREE SPIRIT RIDERS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetADVOCAP INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPILLAR & VINE INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANDI PAWS RESCUE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOND DU LAC HUMANE SOCIETY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlandine House Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOND DU LAC AREA WOMEN'S FUND INC: $175 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUCKY DOG RESCUE INC: $100 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.

Fond Du Lac Area Foun…Grande FoundationMichels Family Founda…Agnesian Healthcare I…Mike Shannon Automoti…Kevin and Connie Mich…Green Bay Packers Fou…Alliant Energy Founda…Jf Ahern Co FoundationSadoff Family Foundat…Baker Family Foundati…Patrick & Marysue Mic…
Fond Du Lac Area FoundationWI70.2× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fond Du Lac Area Foundation · Grande Foundation · Michels Family Foundation · Agnesian Healthcare Inc · Mike Shannon Automotive Foundation Inc · Kevin and Connie Michels Family Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Jf Ahern Co Foundation · Sadoff Family Foundation · Baker Family Foundation Inc · Patrick & Marysue Michels Family 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 Mid-States Aluminum Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mid-States Aluminum Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Mid-States Aluminum Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Mid-States Aluminum Foundation Inc 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 95 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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