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Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc at a glance

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Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$1.9M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$2.3MPhilanthropy$1.7MFood & Nutrition$551kPublic Safety & Disaster$331kHealth$254kEducation$114kYouth Development$93kRecreation & Sports$68kOther$0
02FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $360k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $330k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.1M
$20,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA OF DANE COUNTY$1,860,000
RIVER FOOD PANTRY$250,000
UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY$104,500
BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK$75,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$50,000
CHEF ANN FOUNDATION$50,000
MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC$50,000
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$30,000
WAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC$25,000
MADISON AREA FOOD PANTRY GARDENS$25,000
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$25,000
BAYVIEW FOUNDATION$25,000
SUNSHINE PLACE INC$25,000
GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER$25,000
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL$25,000
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 (FY19–24, $2.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $150k → 14%MADISON AREA FOOD PANTRY GARDENS: $25k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $110k → 14%HAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM: $10k → 9%MADISON AREA FOOD PANTRY GARDEN INC: $5k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 14%MADISON AREA FOOD PANTRY GARDEN INC: $1k → 10%LUTHERAN COUNSELING AND FAMILY SERVICES OF WISCONSIN INC: $1k → 17%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 10%EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER: $20k → 10%COMMON THREADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $2k → 10%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICE: $1k → 10%SUNSHINE PLACE INC: $25k → 10%ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY: $3k → 10%ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY: $3k → 10%THE ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY: $3k → 10%THE ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY: $3k → 10%ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY: $3k → 10%LUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER: $10k → 10%LUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER: $1k → 10%CARENET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY: $1k → 10%LUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER: $500 → 10%CARENET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY: $1k → 10%LUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER: $500 → 10%CARENET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY: $1k → 10%LUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER: $500 → 10%LUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER: $500 → 10%LUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER: $500 → 10%YWCA MADISON INC: $1k → 10%YWCA MADISON: $1k → 10%YWCA MADISON INC: $1k → 10%YWCA MADISON INC: $1k → 10%PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS OF WI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%WAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $25k → 10%GIO'S GARDEN: $1k → 10%ONE CITY SCHOOLS: $10k → 10%YMCA OF DANE COUNTY: $1.9M → 10%CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY: $5k → 10%REACH A CHILD: $2k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY: $5k → 10%CENTRO HISPANO OF DANE COUNTY: $5k → 10%YMCA OF DANE COUNTY: $350 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MA
IA
IN
OH
CA
CO
MO
MD
AZ
NC
DC
GA
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.0M · 58 repeat orgs$549k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

58 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 34 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

58
40

Total granted

$5.0M
$284k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
-1%

Still filing today

74%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $265k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • YM
    Young Men's Christian Association of Dane County Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +16%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    4× · 2021–2024 · $330k · revenue +27%
  • TR
    THE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC
    4× · 2019–2024 · $255k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • II
    ICE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • AF
    ANNIKA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +119%
  • OC
    OVERTURE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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2
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

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

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3
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
4
Dane County Parent Council Inc

Dane county parent council changes the lives of underserved children and families through education and supportive services.

Education
5
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
6
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
7
Madison Professional Police Officers Association Inc

The madison professional police officers association represents law enforcement professionals who serve the city of madison, wisconsin, as either police officers, detectives, investigators, or sergeants.

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8
Reedsburg Area Medical Center

Reedsburg area medical center, always there, going beyond the expected to provide compassionate, quality, and efficient health care.

Health
9
Cap Services Inc

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

Human Services
10
Renew Wisconsin Inc

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

Environment
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Kammer Family Foundation 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

77 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. 77 of the 110 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)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
76/77
Grantees still filing
50/77
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Young Men's Christian Association of Dane County Inc: $1,860,350 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Dane County In…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $330,170 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapt…IRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesIRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC+18 more: $179,340 · Human Services+18 moreUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $641,500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY I…Agrace HospiceCare Inc: $120,000 · OtherAgrace HospiceCare IncICE INC: $100,000 · OtherICE INCBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC: $45,000 · Other+61 more: $423,850 · Other+61 moreEd Nebbins Foundation Inc: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyEd Nebbins Foundation…ANNIKA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,500 · PhilanthropyTHE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC: $254,500 · Food & NutritionBADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC: $75,500 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $55,000 · Food & NutritionREAP FOOD GROUP INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionMADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationCHEF ANN FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationMADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · EducationTHE PLAYING FIELD INC: $5,000 · EducationLITERACY NETWORK INC: $5,000 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $40,000 · HealthSPECIALTY CARE FREE CLINIC INC: $16,500 · HealthEASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC: $12,782 · HealthBEYOND TYPE 1: $10,000 · HealthRESTORING HOPE TRANSPLANT HOUSE: $5,000 · Health+3 more: $5,000 · HealthBADGER BOYS STATE INCORPORATED: $13,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY INC: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentWISCONSIN 4-H FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $1,000 · Youth Development
Human Services$2,519,860Other$1,330,350Philanthropy$1,052,500Food & Nutrition$415,000Education$117,500Health$89,282Youth Development$29,000

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 budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Dane County Inc: $1,860,350 over 2y, 13% of budgetEd Nebbins Foundation Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $641,500 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $330,170 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC: $254,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetIRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $150,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Inc: $120,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC: $75,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetANNIKA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetMADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCHEF ANN FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF DANE COUNTY INC: $45,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMadison Area Food Pantry Gardens: $31,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetREAP FOOD GROUP INC: $30,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetBAYVIEW FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSUNSHINE PLACE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSPECIALTY CARE FREE CLINIC INC: $16,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetCENTRO HISPANO INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME DANE COUNTY INC: $14,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER INC: $13,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBADGER BOYS STATE INCORPORATED: $13,500 over 4y, 10% of budgetEASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC: $12,782 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHAWKEYE AREA COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArts for All Wisconsin Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetONE CITY SCHOOLS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAPPARO ACADEMY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCLEAN LAKES ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetURBAN FARMING EDUCATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetWISCONSIN LIONS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBEYOND TYPE 1: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAWHIDE INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBRIARPATCH YOUTH SERVICES INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PLAYING FIELD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget265 FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRESTORING HOPE TRANSPLANT HOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPORCHLIGHT INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION FRESH START INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA MADISON INC: $4,000 over 4y, 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.

Madison Community Fou…Madison Gas and Elect…Alliant Energy Founda…Endres Manufacturing …The Evjue Foundation …United Way of Dane Co…Green Bay Packers Fou…Trustage Foundation I…Veridian Foundation I…The Roots and Wings F…Widen Family Foundati…Ascendium Education S…
Madison Community FoundationWI88.3× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Community Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Trustage Foundation Inc · Veridian Foundation Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · Widen Family Foundation Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions 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 Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    31report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Sub-Zero Group 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 110 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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