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Peters Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Peters Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2021 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$182k
Granted FY2021
20
Grants FY2021
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$204kPhilanthropy$74kReligion$69kHealth$34kHuman Services$24kArts & Culture$14kYouth Development$4kRecreation & Sports$3kOther$0
02FY2021 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k16 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARROLL UNIVERSITY$50,000
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY$50,000
UNITED WAY OF PORTAGE COUNTY$50,000
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (VELOSANO)$12,500
FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION INC$5,000
YMCA FOUNDATION$3,200
CENTRAL WI SYMPHONY$3,000
BOYS AND GIRL CLUB OF PORTAGE COUNTY INC$3,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN$1,700
WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO$1,000
NORTHERN DOOR CHILDREN'S CENTER INC$1,000
OPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTERS INC$1,000
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS$250
UWSP FOUNDATION$125
CAP SERVICES$100
02The need
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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 (FY17–21, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NORTHERN DOOR CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $1k → 8%CAP SERVICES INC: $10k → 10%CAP SERVICES: $100 → 10%OPERATION BOOTSTRAP INC: $100 → 10%CAP SERVICES: $100 → 10%OPERATION BOOTSTRAP INC: $100 → 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.
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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 10% of Peters Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 93% of the giving stays in WI; by stated purpose, 85%.

Peters Family Foundation Inclessmore 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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$321k · 15 repeat orgs$99k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2021, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
12

Total granted

$321k
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+67%

Still filing today

80%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CU
    CARROLL UNIVERSITY INC
    3× · 2017–2021 · $103k · revenue +18%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF PORTAGE COUNTY INC
    3× · 2017–2021 · $66k · revenue +14%
  • THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $23k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • SM
    SAINT MICHAEL'S FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • IL
    IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • AS
    ASPIRUS STEVENS POINT HOSPITAL & CLINICS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +10%
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
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
2
Southern Lakes Credit Union

We will stirve to make a significant difference in improving the quality of life of our members and the communities we serve by providing affordable access to credit and financial services.

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3
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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4
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
5
United Way of Wisconsin Inc

United way of wisconsin is dedicated to supporting and enriching a strong statewide united way network that maximizes the capacity of local united ways to address human needs, improve lives and create lasting positive change across…

Philanthropy
6
Milwaukee Women Inc

Milwaukee women inc is an organization of executives determined to change the quality and composition of corporate boards to maximize the performance of public and private companies with a focus on women and women of color.

Education
7
Portal Inc

To enhance opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) to participate fully in their community as valued neighbors, productive workers and respected citizens. portal, inc. assists more than 200 adults…

Employment
8
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
9
Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce

Improve metro milwaukee as a place to create jobs, invest capital and grow business.

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10
Wisconsin Medical Credit Union

Wisconsin medical cu is a not for profit, member owned organization dedicated to meet the members needs by providing sound financial services including competitive rates, information and services while maintaining financial stability of…

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11
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
12
Westconsin Credit Union

The organization is a cooperative, nonprofit corporation, incorporated under wisconsin state law to encourage thrift among its members, create a source of credit at a fair and reasonable cost, and provide an opportunity for its members to…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Camp Hope 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

23 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. 23 of the 34 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
20/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CARROLL UNIVERSITY INC: $102,500 · EducationCARROLL UNIVERSITY INCUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT FOUNDATION INC: $51,375 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT FOUNDATION INCMarquette University: $50,000 · EducationMarquette UniversityUNITED WAY OF PORTAGE COUNTY INC: $65,750 · OtherUNITED WAY OF PORTAGE COUNTY INCTRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH: $38,750 · OtherTRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCHSAINT MICHAEL'S FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherSAINT MICHAEL'S FOUNDATIONYMCA FOUNDATION: $15,750 · OtherYMCA FOUNDATIONIMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherIMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCHCENTRAL WI SYMPHONY: $6,100 · Other+13 more: $8,035 · OtherTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $22,500 · HealthASPIRUS STEVENS POINT HOSPITAL & CLINICS INC: $5,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $300 · HealthCAP SERVICES INC: $10,300 · Human ServicesNORTHERN DOOR CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $200 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC: $7,800 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureCREATE PORTAGE COUNTY INC: $300 · Arts & CultureBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PORTAGE: $4,100 · Youth Development
Education$203,875Other$164,385Health$28,800Human Services$11,500Philanthropy$7,800Arts & Culture$6,800Youth Development$4,100

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 budgetCARROLL UNIVERSITY INC: $102,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF PORTAGE COUNTY INC: $65,750 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT FOUNDATION INC: $51,375 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMarquette University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAP SERVICES INC: $10,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC: $7,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetASPIRUS STEVENS POINT HOSPITAL & CLINICS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PORTAGE: $4,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTERS INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN DOOR CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCREATE PORTAGE COUNTY INC: $300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP HOPE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF SCHMEECKLE RESERVE INC: $250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION BOOTSTRAP: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONTEVERDI MASTER CHORALE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJUSTICEWORKS LTD: $60 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN SUZUKI FOUNDATION OF STEVENS POINT WISCONSIN INC: $50 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.

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.

Community Foundation …Seramur Family Founda…Delta Dental of Wisco…Wisconsin Public Serv…Sentry Insurance Foun…Herbert H Kohl Charit…McPartland Family Fou…Noel Family Foundatio…Edward J Okray Founda…Green Bay Packers Fou…Paper City Savings Ch…Greater Green Bay Com…
Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin IncWI32.6× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin Inc · Seramur Family Foundation Inc · Delta Dental of Wisconsin Inc · Wisconsin Public Service Foundation · Sentry Insurance Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · McPartland Family Foundation Inc · Noel Family Foundation Inc · Edward J Okray Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Paper City Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Greater Green Bay Community 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 Peters Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Peters Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 34 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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