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Nyholm Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Nyholm Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7k
Granted FY2024still arriving
33
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$500
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Animals$13kEnvironment$4kHealth$3kSocial Science$2kHuman Services$1kReligion$700Public Safety & Disaster$600Housing & Shelter$525Other$0
02FY2024 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$200
Median grant
14
States reached
$141k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ASPCA$500
World Wildlife Fund$500
St Jude's Children's Research Hospital$500
Jane Goodall Institute$400
Defenders of Wildlife$350
Milwaukee Rescue Mission$250
International Fund for Animal Welfare$250
International Wolf Center$250
Save the Chimps$250
Salvation Army$250
Tiger Haven$250
Wisconsin Humane Society$250
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod$200
Individual grant recipient$200
Humane Society of the United States$200
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 79% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%International Wolf Center: $250 → 11%Nature Conservancy: $150 → 12%Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind: $150 → 7%Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod: $200 → 5%Wisconsin Humane Society: $250 → 17%Jane Goodall Institute: $400 → 9%Habitat for Humanity: $25 → 22%Noah's Lost Ark: $200 → 19%International Wolf Center: $250 → 11%Nature Conservancy: $150 → 12%Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind: $150 → 7%Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod: $200 → 5%Wisconsin Humane Society: $250 → 17%Jane Goodall Institute: $400 → 9%Noah's Lost Ark: $200 → 19%International Wolf Center: $250 → 11%Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind: $150 → 7%Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod: $150 → 5%Wisconsin Humane Society: $250 → 17%Jane Goodall Institute: $400 → 9%International Wolf Center: $250 → 11%Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind: $150 → 7%Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod: $150 → 5%Milwaukee Rescue Mission: $250 → 17%Jane Goodall Institute: $400 → 9%Milwaukee Rescue Mission: $250 → 17%Wisconsin Lutheran College: $100 → 17%Wisconsin Lutheran College: $100 → 17%Wisconsin Lutheran College: $100 → 17%Wisconsin Lutheran High School: $100 → 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

MN
IL
WI
NY
OH
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$24k · 32 repeat orgs$500 to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against -55% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
4

Total granted

$24k
$400

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
-55%

Still filing today

63%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’21’22’24
AnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    4× · 2019–2024 · $2k · revenue +60%
  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    4× · 2019–2024 · $2k · revenue +47%
  • DO
    Defenders of Wildlife
    4× · 2019–2024 · $1k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • DD
    Doris Day Animal League
    one grant, 2019 · $150 · revenue -55%
  • WC
    Wildlife Conservation Society
    4× · 2019–2024 · $125
  • SO
    Special Olympics of Wis
    one grant, 2019 · $100
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
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
2
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
3
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
4
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
5
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
6
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
7
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
8
Panthera Corporation

Panthera's mission is the conservation of the world's 40 wild cat species, many of which are endangered or threatened. panthera develops, implements and oversees wild cat conservation strategies on a global scale.

Animals
9
International Snow Leopard Trust

The international snow leopard trust aims to ethically conserve snow leopards and their high mountain ecosystems through partnerships with indigenous peoples and local communities, and through research to improve the understanding of snow…

Animals
10
For the Fishes

To address, educate, coordinate, and enhance enforcement capacity to end teh trade in coral reef wildlife for household and other small display aquariums. our supply and demand side strategies are directed locally and globally to…

Animals
11
The International Dark-Sky Association Inc

Darksky international restores the nighttime environment and protects communities from the harmful effects of light pollution through outreach, advocacy, and conservation.

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12
Dazzle Africa

Dazzle africa's mission is to partner with local organizations to provide programs in conservation, education and community development. the organization aims to ensure that future generations are self-sufficient and iconic african…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wisconsin Humane Society; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 37 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
23/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

St Jude's Children's Research Hospital: $1,700 · OtherSt Jude's Children's Research HospitalJane Goodall Institute: $1,600 · OtherJane Goodall InstituteSave the Chimps: $900 · OtherSave the ChimpsHumane Society of the United States: $800 · OtherHumane Society of the United StatesWISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD: $700 · OtherWISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNODGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $600 · OtherGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INCNational Humane Education Society: $600 · OtherNational Humane Education SocietyAmerican Red Cross: $600 · OtherAmerican Red CrossIndividual grant recipient: $550 · OtherMILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSION: $500 · OtherSalvation Army: $500 · OtherNational Parks Conservation Society: $400 · Other+7 more: $1,100 · Other+7 moreTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF C…Defenders of Wildlife: $1,200 · AnimalsDefenders of WildlifeINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $1,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INCTIGER HAVEN INC: $1,000 · AnimalsTIGER HAVEN INCINTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER: $1,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTERAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $800 · AnimalsAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INCWISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $750 · AnimalsWISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETYNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $600 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATIONAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $600 · AnimalsAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATIONNOAH'S LOST ARK INC: $400 · Animals+1 more: $300 · AnimalsWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,800 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE …THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $600 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERNESS …OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $500 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVAN…NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $400 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBO…+1 more: $100 · EnvironmentGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $600 · Human ServicesMARCH OF DIMES INC: $400 · Health
Other$10,550Animals$9,650Environment$3,400Human Services$600Health$400

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTIGER HAVEN INC: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNOAH'S LOST ARK INC: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC: $300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDoris Day Animal League: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $100 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC ↗
  • Who funds TIGER HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
  • Who funds NOAH'S LOST ARK INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds Doris Day Animal League ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗

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.

Baird Foundation IncThe Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Baird Foundation IncWI12× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Nyholm Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nyholm Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Nyholm Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Nyholm Family 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 37 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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