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Patrick and Lee Baxter Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$295k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$353kHealth$338kReligion$67kRecreation & Sports$58kArts & Culture$53kCrime & Legal$50kPhilanthropy$50kHuman Services$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $200k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$793k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AGRACE$100,000
HIGH POINT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$50,000
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$50,000
BLESSED SACRAMENT SCHOOL$27,500
ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$15,000
ARC COMMUNITY SERVICES$15,000
FRIENDS OF SAUK PRAIRIE PARKS AND RECREATION INC$12,500
OREGON WRESTLING CLUB$5,000
AMERICAN MIGHTY WARRIOR FOUNDATION$5,000
DOXA CHURCH$5,000
OREGON YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUE$5,000
OREGON YOUTH FOOTBALL$5,000
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 (FY24–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25k → 14%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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$801k · 11 repeat orgs$546k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
18

Total granted

$801k
$373k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
0%

Still filing today

55%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $173k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TB
    THE BELLIN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $200k · revenue +63%
  • SM
    ST MARY'S FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $108k · revenue +99%
  • HC
    HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    2× · 2024–2025 · $75k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • JF
    JANESVILLE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +668%
  • FL
    FITCHBURG LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION CO OAK BANK
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • GS
    GOOD SHEPHERD CATH PARISH
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
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
Medical Society of Milwaukee Foundation Inc
Health
2
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc

The mission of gundersen lutheran medical foundation, inc. is to improve the lives of patients and our larger community through medical education, research, outreach, and the philanthropic support of gundersen health system.

Health
3
The Wausaukee Charitable Foundation
Philanthropy
4
Wisconsin Center for Nursing Inc

The mission of wisconsin center for nursing, inc. is to assure an adequate, well-prepared and diverse nurse workforce for the people of wisconsin. the work of the wisconsin center for nursing continues to be focused in five core nursing…

Arts & Culture
5
Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education
6
The Uwm Foundation Inc

The mission of the uwm foundation, inc. is to support the educational, literary, and scientific endeavors of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee by receiving, managing, and distributing gifts to benefit the university's students,…

Education
7
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc

The medical college of wisconsin (mcw) is a distinguished leader and innovator in the education and development of the next generation of physicians, (continued in schedule o)

Education
8
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Foundation Inc

The uw-green bay foundation furthers the mission of uw-green bay, a public university, by developing and increasing opportunities for students primarily in the areas other than those in which the state of wisconsin ordinarily makes…

Education
9
The Madison Waldorf School Ltd

The madison waldorf school is an independent day school located in madison wisconsin, and a developing member of the association of waldorf schools of north america.

Education
10
Ssm Health Foundation - St Louis

Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the health presence of god.

—
11
The Morgridge Institute for Research Inc

Our mission is to improve human health by conducting, enabling and translating innovative, interdisciplinary biomedical research in partnership with the university of wisconsin-madison and others, by leveraging our collective strength in…

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Wisconsin Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Oregon Youth Basketball League. 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

14 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. 14 of the 36 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BELLIN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · OtherTHE BELLIN HEALTH FOUNDATION INCST JAMES SCHOOL: $137,500 · OtherST JAMES SCHOOLST MARY'S FOUNDATION INC: $108,334 · OtherST MARY'S FOUNDATION INCAGRACE: $100,000 · OtherAGRACEEDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL: $100,000 · OtherEDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHIGH POINT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $75,000 · OtherHIGH POINT CHRISTIAN SCHOOLHERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $75,000 · OtherHERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLFITCHBURG LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION CO OAK BANK: $50,000 · OtherGOOD SHEPHERD CATH PARISH: $50,000 · Other+16 more: $165,666 · Other+16 moreFriends of Sauk Prairie Parks and Recreation Inc: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsOregon Youth Basketball League: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationBLESSED SACRAMENT SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $25,000 · EducationLITERACY NETWORK INC: $5,000 · EducationTHE FOUNDATION OF THE WISCONSIN AUTOMOBILE & TRUCK DEALERS ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · EducationJANESVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyCHILDRENS MUSEUM OF ROCK COUNTY INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureAgrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc: $25,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $15,000 · HealthWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25,000 · Human Services
Other$1,061,500Recreation & Sports$60,000Education$60,000Philanthropy$50,000Arts & Culture$50,000Health$40,000Human Services$25,000

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 budgetTHE BELLIN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetST MARY'S FOUNDATION INC: $108,334 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetHERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $75,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetJANESVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetCHILDRENS MUSEUM OF ROCK COUNTY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFriends of Sauk Prairie Parks and Recreation Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSED SACRAMENT SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Youth Basketball League: $10,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetLITERACY NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION OF THE WISCONSIN AUTOMOBILE & TRUCK DEALERS ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 BELLIN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds JANESVILLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF ROCK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Sauk Prairie Parks and Recreation Inc ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BLESSED SACRAMENT SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Agrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Oregon Youth Basketball League ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION OF THE WISCONSIN AUTOMOBILE & TRUCK DEALERS ASSOCIATION ↗

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.

Green Bay Packers FoundationWI13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Patrick and Lee Baxter Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Patrick and Lee Baxter Family 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of 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 · 0–15%
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 Patrick and Lee Baxter 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 36 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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