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Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Trust

Support for the rotary club of milwaukee's charitable projects.support to the rotary club of milwaukee's scholarship program.

$244k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$268kEnvironment$165kArts & Culture$161kInternational$65kHuman Services$56kAnimals$18kCrime & Legal$17kFood & Nutrition$16kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $134,700, the rows itemized in this filing. The $243,698 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $108,998 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 · $6k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $129k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RCM COMMUNITY FUND$45,000
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY$17,500
LIGHT THE HOAN$15,750
URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER$15,000
THE NEW STATE INC$15,000
ELMBROOK BROOKFIELD ROTARY FOUNDATION$10,950
HANAN REFUGEE RELIEF GROUP$10,000
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC$5,500
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 (FY20–22, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NEU-LIFE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $7k → 17%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN: $6k → 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.

Grants abroad, by region: $36k on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 1 region. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Region not stated$36k · 100% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: TRUCK PURCHASE AND LLANO GRANDE

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$487k · 9 repeat orgs$270k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +60% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
15

Total granted

$487k
$201k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+14%

Still filing today

89%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureInternationalEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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

  • RC
    RCM COMMUNITY FUND
    4× · 2021–2025 · $154k · revenue +165% · 35% of their budget
  • URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $124k · revenue +24%
  • MILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $63k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +5%
  • MARCUS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +14%
  • EW
    ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC
    one grant, 2019 · $11k · revenue +6%
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
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
2
Medical Society of Milwaukee Foundation Inc
Health
3
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
4
Milwaukee Water Commons Inc

Milwaukee water commons is helping catalyze milwaukee as a true model water city-a place where we all have a stake in the health of our waters and all share in their stewardship and benefits. we are advancing our community envisioned water…

Environment
5
Milwaukee Riverkeeper Inc

Our mission is to protect water quality and wildlife habitat in the river corridors and to advocate for sound land use in the Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic River Watersheds.

Environment
6
Rotary Club of Milwaukee

Provide services to social and civic organizations to promote social and civic involvement

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7
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
8
Milwaukee Excellence Inc

The mission of the organization is to provide a high quality education for all students with choices after graduation that will provide financial stability, inspire personal freedom to builda legacy.

—
9
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc

The organization ignites positive change in the cultural, social and economic vitality of its community by creating world-class theater experiences that entertain, provoke and inspire meaningful dialogue among an audience representative of…

Arts & Culture
10
Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce

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

—
11
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
12
Milwaukee Bar Association Inc

The mission of the milwaukee bar association is to be an inclusive, equitable and diverse organization that serves the interests of the lawyers, judges and the people of milwaukee county by working to promote the professional interests of…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Milwaukee County War Memorial Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wisconsin World Affairs Council 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 30 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $63,000 · OtherMILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDA…SOLDIERS HOME FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherSOLDIERS HOME FOUNDATION INCWisconsin World Affairs Council Inc: $20,800 · OtherWisconsin World Affairs Council…ELMBROOK BROOKFIELD ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $10,950 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $9,600 · OtherMKE URBAN STABLES INC: $10,000 · OtherFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $16,000 · OtherFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONS…+6 more: $35,450 · Other+6 moreMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORC…MARCUS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureMARCUS CENTER FOR THE …LIGHT THE HOAN INC: $15,750 · Arts & CultureLIGHT THE HOAN INCTHE NEW STATE INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NEW STATE INCMILWAUKEE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE COUNTY WAR M…MILWAUKEE FILM INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE FILM INC+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureURBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC: $124,174 · EnvironmentURBAN ECOLOGY CENTER I…RIVER REVITALIZATION FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentRIVER REVITALIZATION F…RCM COMMUNITY FUND: $154,000 · PhilanthropyRCM COMMUNITY FUNDTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $15,500 · InternationalENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC: $11,000 · InternationalHANAN REFUGEE RELIEF GROUP: $10,000 · InternationalFRIENDS OF BE AN ANGEL INC: $10,000 · InternationalREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $18,988 · EducationTHE MILWAUKEE SCIENCE EDUCATION CONSORTIUM INC: $10,000 · EducationZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE CTY: $17,500 · Animals
Other$215,800Arts & Culture$155,750Environment$154,174Philanthropy$154,000International$46,500Education$28,988Animals$17,500

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 budgetRCM COMMUNITY FUND: $154,000 over 4y, 35% of budgetURBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC: $124,174 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $63,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMARCUS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRIVER REVITALIZATION FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetWisconsin World Affairs Council Inc: $20,800 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $18,988 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE CTY: $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $15,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELMBROOK BROOKFIELD ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $10,950 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetTHE MILWAUKEE SCIENCE EDUCATION CONSORTIUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMKE URBAN STABLES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetMILWAUKEE COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMILWAUKEE FILM INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF BE AN ANGEL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEU-LIFE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSafe & Sound Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN: $6,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMILWAUKEE CHAMBER THEATRE LTD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDr James Cameron Legacy Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMADISON WEST MIDDLETON ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 7.6% 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.

Greater Milwaukee Fou…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Baird Foundation IncJoseph and Vera Zilbe…United Way of Greater…Bert L and Patricia S…Harri Hoffmann Family…Evan & Marion Helfaer…Harley-Davidson Found…The Lynde and Harry B…Green Bay Packers Fou…Impact100 Greater Mil…
Greater Milwaukee Foundation IncWI27.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Bert L and Patricia S Steigleder Charitable · Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Harley-Davidson Foundation Inc · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Impact100 Greater Milwaukee 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 Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rotary Club of Milwaukee Community Trust. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report 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 30 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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