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Myra M and Robert L Vandehey Foundation Ltd at a glance

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Myra M and Robert L Vandehey Foundation Ltd

Grants are made to nonprofit organizations that serve residents in thefox cities or keshena areas.

$4.7M
Granted FY2021
14
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Health$310kEducation$259kYouth Development$230kHuman Services$125kPhilanthropy$118kHousing & Shelter$63kReligion$61kEmployment$30kOther$0
02FY2021 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $339,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $4,734,478 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,394,978 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $172k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $161k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC$60,000
ST MARY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS$50,500
WOMEN'S FUND FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION$50,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE FOX VALLEY$39,000
TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC$25,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$25,000
ST MARY PARISH-APPLETON$20,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCOSIN$12,500
COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET$10,000
ST JOSEPH FOOD PROGRAM$10,000
YOUTH GO$10,000
MENOMINEE INDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT$10,000
LEAVEN INC$10,000
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK$7,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $330k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $8k → 5%LEAVEN INC: $20k → 6%SOAR FOX CITIES INC: $15k → 7%LEAVEN INC: $10k → 6%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $10k → 6%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $10k → 6%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $8k → 6%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $7k → 6%COMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $6k → 6%SOAR FOX CITIES INC: $8k → 7%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE FOX VALLEY: $70k → 7%YOUTH GO: $19k → 11%YOUTH GO: $10k → 11%YOUTH GO: $10k → 11%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE FOX VALLEY: $39k → 7%YOUTH GO: $10k → 11%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE FOX VALLEY: $30k → 7%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE FOX VALLEY: $30k → 7%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE FOX VALLEY: $12k → 7%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 5% of Myra M and Robert L Vandehey Foundation Ltd’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 99% of the giving stays in WI; by stated purpose, 97%.

Myra M and Robert L Vandehey Foundation Ltdlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$996k · 13 repeat orgs$106k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2021, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
4

Total granted

$996k
$76k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
+41%

Still filing today

77%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesHealthEmploymentHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $181k · revenue +559%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $137k · revenue +128%
  • TC
    TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $135k · revenue +138%

Funded once

  • GF
    GREATER FOX CITIES AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +81%
  • RI
    RAWHIDE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +41%
  • CA
    CHAPS ACADEMY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
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
Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley

To provide effective and rewarding ways for donors to fulfill their philanthropic objectives by administering charitable funds that distribute grants and scholarships to benefit the citizens of kane and kendall counties of illinois…

Philanthropy
2
Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley Inc

Advocate for and support families who are homeless in our community by providing temporary housing and support services, and by fostering independence.

Human Services
3
Goodwill Industries of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Goodwill of south central wisconsin's mission is to help people in our community to live, work and thrive through housing, employment and supportive services. see schedule o for continuationsupported employment and job skills training are…

Employment
4
Goodwill Industries of Northern Il and Wi Stateline Area Inc

The mission of goodwill is to create opportunities for individuals with barriers to enhance their lives. barriers include physical or mental disabilities, lack of education and job preparation, socio-economic disadvantages, and others.…

—
5
Foundation for the Homeless Inc

Empowering families and individuals experiencing homelessness to build a future filled with dignity, opportunity, and lasting solutions.

—
6
Connections for Life

Empowering people with disabilities by providing services that promote independence, equality and intergration, enhancing their quality of life.

Health
7
Resource Center for Parents and Children Inc

`to create a culture that values parenting and keeping children safe through education, respect, advocacy, and strengthening families.

Human Services
8
Fox Communities Credit Union

We partner with our members, communities, and fox family to build stronger financial futures.

—
9
Crossnore Communities for Children

Crossnore communities for children champions the well being of children and families by fostering innovative change that weaves a fabric of resilience in homes, schools, and communities.

Health
10
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Michigan Inc

Goodwill provides exceptional opportunities for people facing employment barriers.

—
11
Crossroads for Youth

We believe the children and their families in our care deserve the chance to heal by being valued in a safe environment by competent, caring professionals. camp oakland is a private, nonprofit treatment agency that serves at-risk children…

Recreation & Sports
12
Goodwill Industries of the Valley Works

Goodwill's mission is to empower individuals, strengthen families, and inspire communities through job skills training and work placement opportunities with a multi-generational approach focused on removing barriers.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc; the most unlike its peers is Christine Ann Domestic Abuse Services Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

19 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. 19 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
13/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: $191,913 · OtherST MARY CATHOLIC SCHOOLSST MARY CONGREGATION: $60,500 · OtherST MARY CONGREGATIONMENOMONIE INDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT: $60,000 · OtherMENOMONIE INDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICTWOMEN'S FUND FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC: $50,000 · OtherWOMEN'S FUND FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION…NAMI FOX VALLEY INC: $30,000 · OtherNAMI FOX VALLEY INC+2 more: $18,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC: $181,000 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INCYOUTH GO INC: $48,500 · Human ServicesYOUTH GO INCCOMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $40,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSETCHRISTINE ANN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTINE ANN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERV…LEAVEN INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesLEAVEN INCSOAR FOX CITIES INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesSOAR FOX CITIES INC+1 more: $7,500 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $137,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WIS…TRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC INC: $135,000 · HealthTRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTA…RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $12,500 · HealthCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC: $60,000 · PhilanthropyPEOPLEFORBIKES FOUNDATION: $8,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER FOX CITIES AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterHARBOR HOUSE DOMESTIC ABUSE PROGRAMS INC: $30,000 · EmploymentST JOSEPH FOOD PROGRAM INC: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$410,413Human Services$359,500Health$284,500Philanthropy$68,000Housing & Shelter$50,000Employment$30,000Food & Nutrition$10,000

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 budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC: $181,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $137,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC INC: $135,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetGREATER FOX CITIES AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetYOUTH GO INC: $48,500 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY CLOTHES CLOSET: $40,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetNAMI FOX VALLEY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCHRISTINE ANN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetLEAVEN INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHARBOR HOUSE DOMESTIC ABUSE PROGRAMS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSOAR FOX CITIES INC: $22,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST JOSEPH FOOD PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRAWHIDE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHAPS ACADEMY INC: $8,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPEOPLEFORBIKES FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $7,500 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.

J J Keller Foundation…Community Foundation …US Ventureschmidt Fam…Green Bay Packers Fou…The Clarence Wallace …Theda and Tamblin Cla…United Way Fox Cities…Hartwig Family Founda…The Robert and Susan …Oshkosh Area Communit…Doug & Carla Salmon F…Oshkosh Corporation F…
J J Keller Foundation IncWI36.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J J Keller Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation · Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc · United Way Fox Cities Inc · Hartwig Family Foundation Inc · The Robert and Susan Brown Family Foundation Inc · Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation · Doug & Carla Salmon Foundation Inc · Oshkosh Corporation 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 Myra M and Robert L Vandehey Foundation Ltd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Myra M and Robert L Vandehey Foundation Ltd. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    5report 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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    Find your warmest path to Myra M and Robert L Vandehey Foundation Ltd 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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