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The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$505k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
69
Grants FY2025
57
Organizations funded FY2024
21%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
50 to 58
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$6.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving64$505k23%
FY202457$490k21%
FY202356$463k21%
FY202256$505k23%
FY202157$453k30%
FY202056$427k54%
FY201958$440k69%
FY201850$374k56%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$823kHealth$680kHuman Services$566kEducation$552kYouth Development$476kFood & Nutrition$172kEmployment$140kInternational$125kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
CT
CA
MO
MD
KS
NC
SC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 129 grantees
All grantees of The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Habitat for Humanity Northwoods Inc$215,000810%
Empowered Tutoring Inc$192,300830%
Cots Inc$160,00083%
Pillars Inc$146,00060%
The Mooring Programs Incorporated$144,50070%
Accelerate Institute$127,50062%
Riverview Gardens Inc$113,50072%
Tri-County Community Dental Clinic Inc$110,00071%
Boys & Girls Club Fox Valley Inc$95,00040%
Neighborhood Housing Services of Green Bay Inc$95,00070%
Youth Go Inc$88,00072%
Fox Valley Literacy Council Inc$71,00063%
Community Clothes Closet$69,50081%
St Joseph Food Program Inc$67,50090%
Casa of the Fox Cities Inc$63,00063%
Samaritan Counseling Center of the Fox Valley Inc$62,50061%
Harbor House Domestic Abuse Programs Inc$59,50051%
Basic Needs Giving Partnership Inc$50,00020%
Wisconsibs Inc$42,85075%
YWCA EvanstonNorth Shore$40,00030%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Wisconsin Inc$40,00041%
Lad Lake Inc$30,00020%
Homeless Connections Inc$27,00020%
Rise Together Inc$26,00028%
Fox Valley Veterans Council Inc$25,000312%
Catalpa Health Inc$25,00020%
Housing Opportunities for Women Inc$25,00010%
Career Pathways$24,00050%
Thompson Center on Lourdes Inc$22,50034%
New Mental Health Connection Inc$22,50034%
Partnership Community Health Center Inc$20,00010%
Refuge Foundation for the Arts Inc$20,0001n/a
Newvoices Inc$20,00035%
Community Benefit Tree Inc$17,00041%
Leaven Inc$16,50041%
Freedom Food Pantry Inc$16,00064%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$15,00040%
Soar Fox Cities Inc$15,00031%
St Gianna Molla Clinic Inc$13,25061%
Rebuilding Together Fox Valley Inc$12,00014%
Working Bikes$11,50050%
Alight$11,50030%
City Forward Collective Inc$11,00020%
Center for Courage & Renewal$11,00030%
350org$11,00020%
Samaritan's Purse$10,50030%
Dyslexia Reading Connection Inc$10,00021%
Assurance Womens Center Inc$10,0004n/a
Catalpa Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
The Building for Kids Inc$10,00030%
Umoja Inc$10,00082%
United Way Fox Cities Inc$9,50010%
Jake's Diapers Inc$9,00030%
Share our Spare$8,50040%
Family Promise of Ozaukee County$8,50040%
Wings Program Inc$8,00030%
The Skylight Foundation$8,00023%
International Rescue Committee INC$8,00010%
Lakeshore Regional Child Advocacy Center Inc$8,00031%
Life After Hate Inc$8,00011%
St Francis Xavier Catholic School System Inc$7,8252n/a
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc$7,00030%
Ozaukee Family Services Inc$7,00050%
Family Services of Northeast Wi Inc$7,00010%
Appleton Historical Society Inc$7,0003n/a
Nami Fox Valley Inc$6,00020%
Water Missions International$6,00010%
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee Inc$6,00030%
Project Drawdown$6,00020%
Project Als Inc$6,00010%
Esther Inc$5,83323%
Debra Gelfand Children's Foundation$5,500328%
University of Illinois Foundation$5,00010%
Children's Research Triangle$5,00020%
Direct Relief$5,0001n/a
Reach A Child Inc$5,00016%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis$5,00010%
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights$5,00010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$4,00010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$4,00010%
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc$4,00020%
Music That Matters Inc$4,00011%
Maranatha Baptist University Inc$4,00020%
Equal Rights Institute$4,00060%
Cedarburg Friends of Parks and Recreation Inc$3,0001n/a
Cross International Inc$3,0001n/a
Riveredge Nature Center Inc$3,00020%
Hill-Murray School$3,0001n/a
Belong Wisconsin Corp$3,00012%
Global Outreach Inc$3,00014%
Veterans Mentor Group$2,5001n/a
Journey House Inc$2,50010%
On Being Project$2,5001n/a
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$2,50010%
American Brain Tumor Association$2,00010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$2,00010%
The Bridge Fund$2,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$2,00010%
Wisconsin Public Radio Association Inc$2,00010%
AFSA High School - Charter School No 407$2,00010%
The Canary Fund Inc$2,00015%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc$2,00010%
Rails to Trails Conservancy$2,00020%
Community Projects Committee Inc$2,00010%
Knitted Knockers Support Foundation$2,00012%
Challenge Day Fund$2,00010%
Wisconsin Right to Life Inc$2,00020%
Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Green Bay Inc$2,0001n/a
La Casa Norte$2,00010%
ThedaCare Family of Foundations Inc$1,50010%
Mr Bobs Under the Bridge Inc$1,5001n/a
Heckrodt Wetland Reserve Inc$1,50010%
Revitalize Milwaukee Inc$1,5001n/a
Burundi Education Fund Inc$1,00011%
Chaps Academy Inc$1,00010%
Ascension St Elizabeth Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Minnesota Waldorf School$1,00010%
Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison$1,00010%
Street Angels Inc$1,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,00010%
Neenah-Menasha Emergency Society Inc$1,00011%
Fox Valley Humane Association Ltd$1,00010%
Caneille Regional Development Fund Inc$50010%
Saving Paws Animal Rescue Inc$50010%
Elizabeth Ministry International Inc$50010%
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc$50010%
Parish Success Group$50010%
Biking for Babies$50010%
Fox Valley Warming Shelter Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 80 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 115 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHabitat for Humanity Northwoods Inc: $215,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetEmpowered Tutoring Inc: $192,300 over 8y, 30% of budgetCots Inc: $160,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetPillars Inc: $146,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetThe Mooring Programs Incorporated: $144,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetAccelerate Institute: $127,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetRiverview Gardens Inc: $113,500 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetTri-County Community Dental Clinic Inc: $110,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club Fox Valley Inc: $95,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNeighborhood Housing Services of Green Bay Inc: $95,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetYouth Go Inc: $88,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetFox Valley Literacy Council Inc: $71,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetCommunity Clothes Closet: $69,500 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetSt Joseph Food Program Inc: $67,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCasa of the Fox Cities Inc: $63,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetSamaritan Counseling Center of the Fox Valley Inc: $62,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetHarbor House Domestic Abuse Programs Inc: $59,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetBasic Needs Giving Partnership Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWisconsibs Inc: $42,850 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetYWCA EvanstonNorth Shore: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Wisconsin Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetLad Lake Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHomeless Connections Inc: $27,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRise Together Inc: $26,000 over 2y, 7.9% of budgetFox Valley Veterans Council Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetCatalpa Health Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHousing Opportunities for Women Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCareer Pathways: $24,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetThompson Center on Lourdes Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetNew Mental Health Connection Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetPartnership Community Health Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNewvoices Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetCommunity Benefit Tree Inc: $17,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetLeaven Inc: $16,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFreedom Food Pantry Inc: $16,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetWorld Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSoar Fox Cities Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSt Gianna Molla Clinic Inc: $13,250 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetRebuilding Together Fox Valley Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetWorking Bikes: $11,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAlight: $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCity Forward Collective Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCenter for Courage & Renewal: $11,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budget350org: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $10,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDyslexia Reading Connection Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetThe Building for Kids Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUmoja Inc: $10,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 115.

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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.

Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region IncWI93.1× affinity49 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · J J Keller Foundation Inc · US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · United Way Fox Cities Inc · Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc · Basic Needs Giving Partnership Inc · Oshkosh Corporation Foundation Inc · Hartwig Family Foundation Inc · The Boldt Family Fund 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.

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About The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation

How much does The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation give?
The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation reported 69 grants totaling $504,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 50 and 58 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (21%), Health (17%), Human Services (14%).
Who are The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Habitat for Humanity Northwoods Inc ($215k), Empowered Tutoring Inc ($192k), Cots Inc ($160k).
Does The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc, J J Keller Foundation Inc, US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation.
Where is The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation based?
The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation is based in WI.

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 212 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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