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PPC Foundation Inc at a glance

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PPC Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$100k
Granted FY2022
3
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through 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, FY2018 to 2022.

Education$931kHealth$159kYouth Development$86kArts & Culture$52kHuman Services$33kPhilanthropy$17kHousing & Shelter$13kRecreation & Sports$9kOther$0
02FY2022 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$40,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Milwaukee School of Engineering$50,000
Junior Achievement Fox Valley$40,000
Kewaskum Remembers 911$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MILWAUKEE CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH: $3k → 6%HOPE HARBOUR: $500 → 13%HOMELESS RESOURCE NETWORK: $1k → 18%HEART OF GEORGIA HOSPICE: $500 → 18%MILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE: $3k → 6%SERENITY INNS INC: $3k → 17%SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER: $2k → 17%YWCA SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN: $2k → 17%SENIOR CITIZENS ACTIVITIES: $500 → 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

IL
WI
NY
NJ
MD
SC
GA
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 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
Employ Milwaukee Inc

The mission of employ milwaukee, inc. is to build a strong workforce development system by planning, coordinating, collaborating and monitoring workforce initiatives with businesses, partners and community stakeholders at the local,…

Employment
2
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
3
Milwaukee Community Service Corps Inc

The milwaukee community service corps (mcsc) is a non-profit vocational training organization providing employment, education and life skills to training youth adults and unemployed and underemployed of milwaukee, wisconsin.

Employment
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
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

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6
Radio Milwaukee Inc

To reach a new generation of radio listeners on air, online and in the community with a compelling selection of music and public affairs programming. the corporation celebrates milwaukee music, arts, heritage, and culture by supporting and…

Arts & Culture
7
Center for Healthcare Careers of Southeast Wisconsin Inc

The mission of the center for healthcare careers of southeast wisconsin, inc. (chcsew) is to unite all appropriate stakeholders in a viable, flexible structure to locate, educate and support a workforce from service to professional levels…

Health
8
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
9
Pathways of Wisconsin Inc

Pathways of wisconsin provides supported employment opportunities and empowerment through quality, person-centered programming for individuals of all abilities.

Human Services
10
Cap Services Inc

Cap services, inc.'s mission is to transform people and communities to advance social and economic justice.

Human Services
11
Wisconsin Community Services Inc

Wisconsin community services advocates for justice and community safety, providing innovative opportunities for individuals to overcome adversity.

Crime & Legal
12
Goodwill Manufacturing Inc

Goodwill manufacturing, inc. ("goodwill manufacturing") is a nonstock, not-for-profit wisconsin corporation, whose sole member is goodwill industries of southeastern wisconsin, inc. ("goodwill"), a wisconsin nonstock, not-for-profit…

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Milwaukee Center for Independence Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. 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

42 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. 42 of the 154 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
31/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $775,000 · EducationMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING+2 more: $3,500 · EducationGREENLEAF CENTER FOR SERVANT LEADERSHIP: $100,000 · OtherGREENLEAF CENTER FOR SERVANT LEADERSHI…NAVICENT - CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $80,000 · OtherNAVICENT - CHILDREN'S HOSPITALJunior Achievement Fox Valley: $40,000 · OtherJunior Achievement Fox ValleyBOY SCOUTS - THREE HARBORS COUNCIL: $35,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS - THREE HARBORS COUNCILJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: $30,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT+120 more: $179,200 · Other+120 moreBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $50,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,000 · HealthTHE LUTHERAN HOME INC: $2,500 · HealthPROJECT RETURN INC: $2,500 · HealthWAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC INC: $2,500 · HealthKEWASKUM REMEMBERS 9-11 INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNEXT ACT THEATRE INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureWILD SPACE INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureARTWORKS FOR MILWAUKEE INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureWISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureTHE ALBANY MUSEUM OF ART INCORPORA: $1,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesPATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesMILWAUKEE CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesSERENITY INNS INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN: $2,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHWEST GEORGIA HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FMRLY HOMELESS RESOURCE NETWORK INC: $1,000 · Human Services+3 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Inc: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentRIVERVIEW GARDENS INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentKEEP ALBANY DOUGHERTY BEAUTIFUL: $1,000 · Environment
Education$778,500Other$464,200Health$60,500Arts & Culture$22,500Human Services$16,500Youth Development$4,500Environment$3,500

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 budgetMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $775,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEWASKUM REMEMBERS 9-11 INC: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRO-LIFE WISCONSIN EDUCATION TASK FORCE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRIVERVIEW GARDENS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEXT ACT THEATRE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LUTHERAN HOME INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT RETURN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMILWAUKEE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILD SPACE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMILWAUKEE CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSERENITY INNS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWILDLIFE IN NEED CENTER LTD: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL CHOICE WISCONSIN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEENAH-MENASHA EMERGENCY SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEEP ALBANY DOUGHERTY BEAUTIFUL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOLUMBUS COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSOUTHWEST GEORGIA HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FMRLY HOMELESS RESOURCE NETWORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetA Child's Haven Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY BLACKHAWK REGION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ALBANY MUSEUM OF ART INCORPORA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHEART OF GEORGIA HOSPICE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTATELINE LITERACY COUNCIL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFamily Advancement Ministries Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSENIOR CITIZENS ACTIVITIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWISCONSIN PARKINSON ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAINBOW HOSPICE CARE INC: $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.

Green Bay Packers Fou…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Herbert H Kohl Charit…United Way of Greater…Baird Foundation IncGardner FoundationEvan & Marion Helfaer…Albert J & Flora H El…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Dorothy Inbusch Found…STACKNER FAMILY FOUND…Bert L and Patricia S…
Green Bay Packers FoundationWI41.2× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Gardner Foundation · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Albert J & Flora H Ellinger Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Dorothy Inbusch Foundation Inc · STACKNER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC co KRISTIN A OCCHETTI · Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable

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 PPC Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from PPC Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
20report 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.
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How do I get to PPC Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to PPC 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 154 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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