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Nicolet National Foundation Inc

Charitable purposes under section 501(c)(3).

$225k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
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, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$275kHuman Services$268kHealth$160kHousing & Shelter$160kRecreation & Sports$75kPhilanthropy$57kEmployment$37kYouth Development$33kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $150,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $225,375 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $75,375 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 · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OSHKOSH KIDS FOUNDATION$50,000
THEDACARE FAMILY OF FOUNDATIONS$25,000
THOMPSON CENTER ON LOURDES INC$25,000
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF DE PERE$25,000
NWTC EDUCATION FOUNDATION$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $143k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SUNSHINE HOUSE: $25k → 8%CHRISTINE ANN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES: $25k → 11%THOMPSON CENTER ON LOURDES INC: $25k → 6%YMCA OF THE NORTHWOODS: $25k → 12%STELLA MARIS: $15k → 10%STELLA MARIS: $10k → 10%STELLA MARIS FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN: $8k → 10%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.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$650k · 7 repeat orgs$594k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
23

Total granted

$650k
$569k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+20%

Still filing today

86%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationHealthPhilanthropyEmploymentOther
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

  • NW
    NORTHEAST WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $100k · revenue +12%
  • TF
    ThedaCare Family of Foundations Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $100k · revenue +27%
  • WY
    WOODSON YMCA INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $75k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • ND
    NOTRE DAME DE LA BAIE ACADEMY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • CH
    CATALPA HEALTH INC
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +20%
  • VP
    VALLEY PACKAGING INDUSTRIES INC
    one grant, 2024 · $37k · revenue 0%
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
Winona Family Ymca Inc

The winona family ymca is a charitable, community service organization that includes men, women and children of all ages, abilities, incomes, races and religions. we are dedicated to building strong kids, strong families and strong…

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2
Itasca County Family Ymca Inc

The itasca county family ymca (ymca) is a charitable, community service organization founded in 1979 with a mission to strengthen ourselves, families and communities by promoting growth in spirit, mind and body. the ymca includes men,…

Human Services
3
Wausau Child Care Inc

The mission of wausau child care inc. is to strengthen child development, families and the community by providing access to safe, high quality early learning for children.

Human Services
4
Community Care Health Plan Inc

Community care health plan's mission is to develop and demonstrate innovative, flexible, community-based approaches to care for at-risk adults, in order to optimize their quality of life and optimize the allocation of community resources.

Health
5
Wisconsin Youth Company Inc

Wisconsin youth company's mission is to engage youth in opportunities to encourage them to be their best selves.

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6
Young Men's Christian Association

We build strong kids, strong families, and strong communities with a primary focus on youth activities and programs.

Human Services
7
Children's Medical Group Inc

To provide quality, accessible primary health care services to all children in our community, advocate for the well-being of all children, educate children, families, health care professionals and our community regarding the health of…

Health
8
Foundations Health & Wholeness Inc

Our mission is innovating care to heal mind and spirit; change lives, families, and communities. we envision a caring and connected community that embraces the health and wholeness of all people.

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9
Wisconsin Lutheran Home Ministries Inc

To share christ's love as we serve the spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional needs of people entrusted to our care and others whose lives we touch.

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10
Duluth Area Family Ymca

The duluth area family ymca is dedicated to putting the principles of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.

Human Services
11
Wisconsin Medical Society Inc

To improve the health of the people of wisconsin by supporting and strengthening physicians' ability to practice high quality patient care in a changing environment.

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12
Beaver Dam Community Hospitals Foundation Inc

We enrich lives to create healthy communities through meaningful relationships built on gratitude and philanthropy.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Door County Ymca Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stella Maris Foundation. 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

28 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. 28 of the 32 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
22/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REDBIRD DISTRICT PROJECTS INC: $100,000 · OtherREDBIRD DISTRICT PROJECTS INCNOTRE DAME DE LA BAIE ACADEMY INC: $100,000 · OtherNOTRE DAME DE LA BAIE ACADEMY INCWOODSON YMCA INC: $75,000 · OtherWOODSON YMCA INCCENTER FOR CHILDHOOD SAFETY INC: $40,000 · OtherCENTER FOR CHILDHOOD SAFETY INCFEED MY PEOPLE INC: $25,000 · OtherEAGLE RIVER RECREATION ASSOC INC: $25,000 · OtherYOUTH SPORTS INC: $25,000 · OtherFOX VALLEY POP WARNER FOOTBALL INC: $25,000 · Other+5 more: $57,000 · Other+5 moreOSHKOSH KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · Youth DevelopmentOSHKOSH KIDS FOUNDAT…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BAY AND LAKES REGION INC: $22,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS O…BAY-LAKES COUNCIL #635 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentThedaCare Family of Foundations Inc: $100,000 · PhilanthropyThedaCare Fam…DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $31,500 · PhilanthropyDOOR COUNTY C…UNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY FO…NORTHEAST WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · EducationNORTHEAST WIS…Door County YMCA INC: $25,000 · EducationDoor County Y…BRIAN LAVIOLETTE SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationBRIAN LAVIOLE…STELLA MARIS FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Human ServicesSTELLA MARIS…Young Mens Christian Association of the Northwoods Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesYoung Mens C…CHRISTINE ANN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTINE AN…THOMPSON CENTER ON LOURDES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHOMPSON CEN…SUNSHINE HOUSE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSUNSHINE HOU…FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesCATALPA HEALTH INC: $50,000 · HealthASPIRUS MEDFORD HOSPITAL & CLINICS INC: $25,000 · HealthTRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC INC: $10,000 · HealthVALLEY PACKAGING INDUSTRIES INC: $36,500 · Employment
Other$472,000Youth Development$232,500Philanthropy$156,500Education$150,000Human Services$142,500Health$85,000Employment$36,500

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 budgetOSHKOSH KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetNORTHEAST WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetThedaCare Family of Foundations Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetWOODSON YMCA INC: $75,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCATALPA HEALTH INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILDHOOD SAFETY INC: $40,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetVALLEY PACKAGING INDUSTRIES INC: $36,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTELLA MARIS FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 3y, 31% of budgetDOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $31,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFEED MY PEOPLE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOX VALLEY POP WARNER FOOTBALL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of the Northwoods Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEAGLE RIVER RECREATION ASSOC INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetDoor County YMCA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYOUTH SPORTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetBRIAN LAVIOLETTE SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetCHRISTINE ANN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSUNSHINE HOUSE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetASPIRUS MEDFORD HOSPITAL & CLINICS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN BAY BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTransformation House Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetBAY-LAKES COUNCIL #635 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRI-COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC: $7,500 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 Green Bay Com…Green Bay Packers Fou…Community Foundation …J J Keller Foundation…George Kress Foundati…Wisconsin Public Serv…US Ventureschmidt Fam…Otto Bremer TrustOshkosh Area Communit…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Oshkosh Area United W…Lutsey Family Foundat…
Greater Green Bay Community Foundation IncWI42.9× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · J J Keller Foundation Inc · George Kress Foundation Inc · Wisconsin Public Service Foundation · US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Oshkosh Area United Way Inc · Lutsey 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 Nicolet National Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nicolet National Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    10report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Nicolet National Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Nicolet National 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 32 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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