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Renew Wisconsin Inc

Renew wisconsin leads and accelerates the transformation to wisconsin's renewable energy future through advocacy, education, and collaboration.

$51k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Environment$535kHousing & Shelter$100kHealth$30kPublic Benefit$20kHuman Services$19kYouth Development$10kEmployment$10kAnimals$8k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $27,215, the rows itemized in this filing. The $50,708 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $23,493 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

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AGRACE HOSPICE CARE$20,000
ST VINCENT DE PAUL$7,215
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 (FY19–25, $76k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MUSKEGO SENIOR TAXI SERVICE INC: $10k → 5%COMMUNITY HOMESTEAD INC: $9k → 9%EVERYONE COOPERATING TO HELP OTHERS: $10k → 10%VETERANS OUTREACH OF WISCONSIN: $10k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $7k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY: $10k → 10%ATTIC ANGEL PLACE: $20k → 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 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
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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2
Vna Assisted Living Inc

Providing elderly housing and assistance to eligible clients in northeast wisconsin.

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3
Harwood Place Inc

Harwood place, inc. is dedicated to serving older adults and enriching the lives of those we touch by providing compassionate and loving care.

Housing & Shelter
4
The Wisconsin Partnership for Housing Development Inc

The partnership is committed to housing for everyone because it's essential for building healthy communities. we build effective public-private partnerships to expand access to affordable housing options. we do this by directly developing…

Recreation & Sports
5
Madison Community Cooperative

Madison community cooperative's mission is to improve the madison community by providing low-cost, not-for-profit cooperative housing for very low to moderate income people and to be inclusive of underrepresented and marginalized groups.

Education
6
Wisconsin Waterfowl Association Inc

The purpose of the association shall be to restore and conserve wisconsin's waterfowl and wetland resources; to educate state waterfowlers during their progression from natural resource consumer to steward; and to promote governmental…

Environment
7
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

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

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8
Renew Wisconsin Inc

Renew wisconsin leads and accelerates the transformation to wisconsin's renewable energy future through advocacy, education, and collaboration.

Environment
9
Innovative Services Inc

Innovative services, inc. (isi) cares for those with disabilities, helping them lead fulfilling lives with maximum independence. innovative's vision is to be the most trusted care provider for people with disabilities in wisconsin.

Human Services
10
Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin Inc

Provide public interest legal/advocacy services to ensure effective and democratic representation of residential, farm, and small business utility customers before regulatory agencies, the legislature, the courts, and other public…

Community Improvement
11
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
12
University Research Park Incorporated

The organization acquires, holds, administers, and distributes real and personal property for the benefit of the university of wisconsin (uw)-madison.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Aldo Leopold Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Oregon Ice Arena 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

27 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. 27 of the 50 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAWYER COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY: $50,714 · OtherSAWYER COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITYBETHEL HORIZONS FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · OtherBLACKHAWK EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH INC: $20,000 · OtherSINSINAWA DOMINICANS INC: $20,000 · OtherWASHBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherFIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY OF MADISON: $20,000 · OtherOREGON ICE ARENA INC: $20,000 · OtherSISTERS OF ST FRANCIS OF THE HOLY CROSS: $20,000 · OtherSOLON SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT: $20,000 · Other+26 more: $236,630 · Other+26 moreCLEAN WISCONSIN INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN WISCONSIN IN…MIDWEST RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentMIDWEST RENEWABLE …HECKRODT WETLAND RESERVE INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentHECKRODT WETLAND R…ATTIC ANGEL PLACE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesATTIC ANGEL…CENTRO HISPANO INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCENTRO HISP…EVERYONE COOPERATING TO HELP OTHERS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesEVERYONE CO…MUSKEGO SENIOR TAXI SERVICE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMUSKEGO SEN…Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin: $10,000 · Human ServicesVeterans Ou…COMMUNITY HOMESTEAD INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY H…DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MADISON INC: $7,215 · Human ServicesDISTRICT CO…URBAN PARTNERSHIP COMMUNITY DEVELOPMEN CORPORATION: $29,624 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY PARTNERS CAMPUS INC: $20,000 · Public BenefitAgrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc: $20,000 · HealthLAWRENCE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $10,000 · EducationLITERACY NETWORK INC: $8,900 · Education
Other$447,344Environment$120,000Human Services$76,215Housing & Shelter$29,624Public Benefit$20,000Health$20,000Education$18,900

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 budgetCLEAN WISCONSIN INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetURBAN PARTNERSHIP COMMUNITY DEVELOPMEN CORPORATION: $29,624 over 1y, 11% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS CAMPUS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetOREGON ICE ARENA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 98% of budgetATTIC ANGEL PLACE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALDO LEOPOLD FOUNDATION INC: $12,250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTRANSCENTER FOR YOUTH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEPARTMENT OF WISCONSIN OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCENTRO HISPANO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMIDWEST RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetEVERYONE COOPERATING TO HELP OTHERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHECKRODT WETLAND RESERVE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLAWRENCE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSKEGO SENIOR TAXI SERVICE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCATHOLIC YOUTH EXPEDITIONS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS- INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetVeterans Outreach of Wisconsin: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCURATIVE CONNECTIONS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOMESTEAD INC: $9,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLITERACY NETWORK INC: $8,900 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF BURNETT COUNTY INC: $8,112 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPRIMATES INCORPORATED: $7,951 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetDISTRICT COUNCIL OF MADISON INC: $7,215 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BRICK MINISTRIES INC: $6,399 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

Madison Community Fou…Greater Green Bay Com…Green Bay Packers Fou…Alliant Energy Founda…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Community Foundation …Herbert H Kohl Charit…The Evjue Foundation …United Way of Dane Co…Otto Bremer TrustMadison Gas and Elect…Baird Foundation Inc
Madison Community FoundationWI25.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Community Foundation · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Baird 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 Renew Wisconsin Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Renew Wisconsin Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 50 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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