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Tauscher Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Tauscher Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$27k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$16k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$90kReligion$44kHealth$21kPhilanthropy$17kYouth Development$10kFood & Nutrition$7kRecreation & Sports$5kScience & Tech$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$575k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$16,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$3,000
REINHARD FAMILY FOUNDATION INC$3,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SUNSHINE PLACE INC: $1k → 10%SUNSHINE PLACE INC: $1k → 10%EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1k → 10%SUNSHINE PLACE: $200 → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$182k · 11 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
4

Total granted

$182k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+21%

Still filing today

64%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2025 · $76k · revenue +21%
  • FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $4k · revenue +27%
  • CT
    CHILDREN'S THEATER OF MADISON INC
    3× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +238%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITAL AND CLINICS INC
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue -82%
  • EM
    EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +21%
  • SP
    Sun Prairie Public Library Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +192%
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
Renew Wisconsin Inc

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

Environment
2
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Foundation Inc

The uw-green bay foundation furthers the mission of uw-green bay, a public university, by developing and increasing opportunities for students primarily in the areas other than those in which the state of wisconsin ordinarily makes…

Education
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
First Congregational Church of Madison Foundation Inc

Support Christian activities of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Madison, WI and administer dedicated funds such as scholarship bequests.

Religion
5
Door County Community Foundation Inc

To receive and administer charitable endowment funds, to award grants to social, educational, scientific, religious and other charitable organizations in door county, wisconsin.

Philanthropy
6
Waukesha County Community Foundation

Wccf is a pool of permanent endowment and project funds created primarily by and for the people of waukesha county to provide grant support to charitable organizations. the intent of the foundation is to serve a broad spectrum of the…

Philanthropy
7
Food Pantry of Waukesha County Inc

The food pantry serving waukesha county provides food, hope, and dignity to county residents in need, and advocates to increase awareness of hunger through community partnerships.

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8
Uwm Research Foundation Inc

Support research and innovation at the university of wisconsin - milwaukee by providing reserach funding, entrepreneurship support, and by engaging in corporate partnering activities to that end.

Community Improvement
9
Dairy's Foundation Inc

To share ideas, resources and experiences about the important issues surrounding the dairy industry through educational opportunities for dairy producers and the public.

Food & Nutrition
10
Wisconsin State Fair Park Foundation

Preserve and enhance the Wisconsin State Fair Park and support agriculture education and arts programming tied to the fair.

Youth Development
11
Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc

Engage our community in supporting milwaukee county parks to collectively steward a thriving park system.

Environment
12
The Wisconsin Ffa Foundation Inc

The wisconsin ffa foundation builds relationships and encourages philanthropy to support and grow agricultural education and ffa.the national ffa organization is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of students by…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc; the most unlike its peers is Harvest in the Gardens 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

13 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. 13 of the 17 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SACRED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $53,000 · OtherSACRED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY CATHOLIC SCHOOLAMERICAN FAMILY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $19,500 · OtherAMERICAN FAMILY CHILDREN'S HOSPITALHACKFEST INC: $12,000 · OtherHACKFEST INCTHE CONGREGATION OF THE SCARED HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY: $3,750 · Other+3 more: $5,300 · Other+3 moreUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $75,750 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION+1 more: $1,000 · EducationMADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyMADISON C…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC: $2,436 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY…FEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $4,000 · Food & NutritionHARVEST IN THE GARDENS INC: $3,000 · Food & NutritionREINHARD FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · Recreation & SportsSUNSHINE PLACE INC: $2,200 · Human ServicesEAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITAL AND CLINICS INC: $1,250 · Health
Other$93,550Education$76,750Philanthropy$17,436Food & Nutrition$7,000Recreation & Sports$4,000Human Services$3,200Health$1,250

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $75,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREINHARD FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA EASTERN WISCONSIN INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S THEATER OF MADISON INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHARVEST IN THE GARDENS INC: $3,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC: $2,436 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNSHINE PLACE INC: $2,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF DOOR COUNTY INC: $1,800 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITAL AND CLINICS INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSun Prairie Public Library Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHEASTERN WISCONSIN SPORTS ADVANCEMENT INC: $500 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

Alliant Energy Founda…Madison Gas and Elect…Madison Community Fou…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Tauscher Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tauscher Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 17 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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