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Speaker Family Foundation of 2004 at a glance

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Speaker Family Foundation of 2004

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$40k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Human Services$1.3MEducation$562kEnvironment$520kAnimals$426kHealth$324kPhilanthropy$300kHousing & Shelter$277kYouth Development$240kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GARY SINISE FOUNDATION$25,000
SEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC$10,000
USO$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 (FY18–23, $544k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 79% 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: $25k → 14%OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 6%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $25k → 14%OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 6%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $25k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $20k → 14%OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES: $20k → 6%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $20k → 14%OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES: $17k → 6%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $20k → 14%OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES: $16k → 6%OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 6%SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $30k → 17%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE: $30k → 17%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE: $30k → 17%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE: $30k → 17%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE: $25k → 17%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE: $25k → 17%MILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE: $20k → 17%MILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE: $20k → 17%MILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE: $16k → 17%MILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE: $15k → 17%MILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE: $15k → 17%AFAR INC DBA THE ABILITY CENTER: $30k → 17%AFAR INC DBA THE ABILITY CENTER: $5k → 17%AFAR INC DBA THE ABILITY CENTER: $5k → 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
MA
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC
OK
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 34 repeat orgs$332k to everyone else

34 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 32 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
7

Total granted

$4.1M
$327k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+147%

Still filing today

82%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthEducationPublic BenefitOther
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

  • URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $430k · revenue +33%
  • FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $220k · revenue +57%
  • MA
    MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2023 · $215k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • TA
    TIMOTHY AND NANCY SPEAKER FAMILY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $116k · 100% of their budget
  • JA
    JAMES AND CHRISTINE SPEAKER FAMILY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $116k · 100% of their budget
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue +39%
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
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
2
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

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

—
3
Fisher House Wisconsin Inc

The mission or core purpose of fisher house wisconsin (fhw) is to:1. provide a "home away from home" for families of veterans and service members receiving medical care from any designated veterans administration (va) hospital or medical…

Health
4
Wisconsin Family Ties Inc

Wisconsin family ties changes lives by improving children's mental health. it accomplishes this mission through a set of interrelated activities that support and educate parents, and inform practitioners, policy makers and the public about…

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5
Milwaukee County War Memorial Inc

The war memorial center's mission is to honor the dead and serve the living. we commemorate the courageous men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of freedom while preserving and sharing the stories, experiences, and…

Arts & Culture
6
Uso Wisconsin Inc

To support members of the military and their families

—
7
Aurora Family Service Inc

Aurora family service partners with families to enhance their capability to anticipate, identify and manage challenges they face in their everyday lives through the integration of health, mental health, and social services providing…

Health
8
Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley Inc

Advocate for and support families who are homeless in our community by providing temporary housing and support services, and by fostering independence.

Human Services
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
Family Promise of Washington County Inc

Provide resources and services to empower homeless families and individuals of washington county wisconsin.

Housing & Shelter
11
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
12
Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County Inc

The humane animal welfare society of waukesha county leads the community in animal welfare and assures sanctuary for animals in need.

Animals
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 Timothy and Nancy Speaker Family Foundation. 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

33 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. 33 of the 42 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
28/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY: $527,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYNOTRE DAME SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE INC: $225,000 · OtherNOTRE DAME SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE INCUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $177,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINLAD LAKE INC: $150,000 · OtherLAD LAKE INCMILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSION: $102,000 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $95,000 · OtherBRIGHT PINK NFP: $90,000 · OtherRAWHIDE INC: $85,000 · OtherOZAUKEE FAMILY SHARING: $85,000 · OtherFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $120,000 · OtherFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATIONFAMILY PROMISE OF OZAUKEE COUNTY: $80,000 · OtherFREEDOM ALLIANCE: $103,000 · Other+11 more: $315,000 · Other+11 moreSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $170,000 · Human ServicesSOJOURNER FAMI…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $135,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIO…OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $113,000 · Human ServicesOZAUKEE FAMILY…MILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $86,000 · Human ServicesMILWAUKEE CENT…AFAR INC DBA THE ABILITY CENTER: $40,000 · Human ServicesAFAR INC DBA T…GARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $147,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE…TIMOTHY AND NANCY SPEAKER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $116,174 · PhilanthropyTIMOTHY AND…JAMES AND CHRISTINE SPEAKER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $116,174 · PhilanthropyJAMES AND C…SEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $68,000 · PhilanthropySEAL FUTURE…URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC: $430,000 · EnvironmentURBAN ECOLO…MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $215,000 · AnimalsMORRIS ANIM…WISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $101,000 · AnimalsWISCONSIN H…K9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $70,500 · AnimalsK9S FOR WAR…PINEVIEW WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $24,500 · AnimalsPINEVIEW WI…GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE INC: $15,000 · AnimalsFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $220,000 · Food & NutritionADVOCATES INC: $62,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $60,000 · HealthHOPE STREET MINISTRY INC: $40,000 · Health
Other$2,154,000Human Services$544,000Philanthropy$447,348Environment$430,000Animals$426,000Food & Nutrition$220,000Health$162,500

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 budgetURBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC: $430,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $220,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $215,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $170,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLAD LAKE INC: $150,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $147,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $135,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTIMOTHY AND NANCY SPEAKER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $116,174 over 1y, 100% of budgetJAMES AND CHRISTINE SPEAKER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $116,174 over 1y, 100% of budgetOZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $113,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetFREEDOM ALLIANCE: $103,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $101,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $95,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHT PINK NFP: $90,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $86,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRAWHIDE INC: $85,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF OZAUKEE COUNTY: $80,000 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $70,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetREFUGEEONE: $70,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC: $68,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetADVOCATES INC: $62,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE STREET MINISTRY INC: $40,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetThe Guest House of Milwaukee Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAFAR INC DBA THE ABILITY CENTER: $40,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPINEVIEW WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER INC: $24,500 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetGERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetADVOCATES OF OZAUKEE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetKitchen Possible Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 10% 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 URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LAD LAKE INC ↗
  • Who funds GARY SINISE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TIMOTHY AND NANCY SPEAKER FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JAMES AND CHRISTINE SPEAKER FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OZAUKEE FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT PINK NFP ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds RAWHIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF OZAUKEE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds K9S FOR WARRIORS INC ↗
  • Who funds REFUGEEONE ↗
  • Who funds SEAL FUTURE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE STREET MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds The Guest House of Milwaukee Inc ↗
  • Who funds AFAR INC DBA THE ABILITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES ↗
  • Who funds UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds PINEVIEW WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATES OF OZAUKEE INC ↗

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.

United Way of Greater…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Green Bay Packers Fou…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Evan & Marion Helfaer…Baird Foundation IncJames and Christine S…Gardner FoundationArchdiocese of Milwau…Milwaukee Jewish Fede…Enterprise Holdings F…Ge Aerospace Foundati…
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County IncWI23.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · James and Christine Speaker Family Foundation · Gardner Foundation · Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community Foundation Inc · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Ge Aerospace 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 Speaker Family Foundation of 2004 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Speaker Family Foundation of 2004. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Advocates Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Speaker Family Foundation of 2004?

Find your warmest path to Speaker Family Foundation of 2004 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 42 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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