Wisconsin · Public charity
Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc
We help local families battling with cancer, enhance cancer treatment in the fox valley area of wisconsin, and fund cancer research in wisconsin.
- $410k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $130k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $396k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $114k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $130k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $184k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $325k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $159k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $60k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $201k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $95k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $38k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Ne Wisconsin Inc | $302,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc | $210,000 | 1 | 0% |
| ThedaCare Family of Foundations Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Vincent Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Franci s | $78,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc | $73,630 | 2 | 1% |
| Hospital Sisters of St Francis Foundation Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ascension St Elizabeth Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 19% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the Fox Cities | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Ne Wisconsin Inc | $302,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc | $210,000 | 1 | 0% |
| ThedaCare Family of Foundations Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Vincent Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Franci s | $78,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc | $73,630 | 2 | 1% |
| Hospital Sisters of St Francis Foundation Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ascension St Elizabeth Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 19% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of the Fox Cities | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| YMCA of the Fox Cities | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($146k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · The Boldt Family Fund Inc · American Cancer Society Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc
- How much does Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc give?
- Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $130,000, out of $410,071 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (98%), Education (2%).
- Who are Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ascension Ne Wisconsin Inc ($303k), Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc ($210k), ThedaCare Family of Foundations Inc ($100k).
- Does Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc, The Boldt Family Fund Inc, American Cancer Society Inc.
- Where is Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc based?
- Spierings Cancer Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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