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The Haeger Foundation at a glance

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The Haeger Foundation

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.

$329k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$289k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.0MHuman Services$672kHousing & Shelter$150kHealth$121kPhilanthropy$70kPublic Benefit$50kEmployment$50kPublic Safety & Disaster$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $41k
  • $250k+1 grant · $289k
$18,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORRIS ACADEMY$288,750
EAST TROY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS$18,000
BROOKLIFE CHURCH$12,000
PALMYRAEAGLE SCHOOL DISTRICT$10,500
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 (FY17–22, $606k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ALL SECURE FOUNDATION: $40k → 11%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $250k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $100k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $50k → 14%THE NIGHT MINISTRY: $144k → 14%AGAPE HOUSE: $23k → 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

MN
IL
WI
OH
CA
MO
TX
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 10 repeat orgs$396k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +91% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
15

Total granted

$2.0M
$396k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+91%
-4%

Still filing today

20%
67%

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
Human ServicesHealthPublic BenefitEducationFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • NA
    NORRIS ACADEMY
    5× · 2020–2025 · $869k
  • THE NIGHT MINISTRY
    4× · 2017–2021 · $544k · revenue +11%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    3× · 2021–2024 · $196k

Funded once

  • LP
    LINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SERVICES
    one grant, 2019 · $150k · revenue +9%
  • AS
    ALL SECURE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $40k · revenue +9%
  • HH
    HELPING HANDS INC
    one grant, 2020 · $40k
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 Shelter for Homeless Veterans Inc

To provide veterans and their families with housing and supportive services that lead to self-sufficiency and to ensure that no veteran is left behind due to homelessness, joblessness, poverty, and/or mental health issues.

Human Services
2
Midwest Lifeline Inc

Provide essential needs to the homeless and housing insecure.

Human Services
3
Sleep Tight Tonight Transitional Services Inc

Transitional housing homeless shelter and feeding substance abuse recovery

Housing & Shelter
4
Mattoon Area Pads Community Organization

Homeless shelter

Housing & Shelter
5
St John the Evangelist Homeless Shelter Inc

To honor the dignity, restore hope and create lasting change for homeless and those at risk in the green bay area.

Housing & Shelter
6
Hope House of Manitowoc County Inc

Helping families and individuals experiencing homelessness achieve sustainable independence.

Human Services
7
Baraboo Area Homeless Shelter

Baraboo area homeless shelter works to provide shelter and comprehensive case management services to persons experiencing homelessness in baraboo, wisconsin and the surrounding area.

Housing & Shelter
8
Shelter House Community Shelter and Transition Services

Through shelter and housing, advocacy and supportive services, our mission is to prevent and end homelessness in our community.

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9
New Hope House Northwest D/B/a New Hope Community Food Pantry

New hope house northwest is a volunteer-driven food pantry dedicated to providing emergency food assistance to individuals and families in need. the pantry serves chicago's far northwest side, norridge, and harwood heights residents,…

Food & Nutrition
10
Midland's Open Door

Midland's Open Door (MOD) operates two crisis shelters, one for women and children and one for men. MOD's programs are designed to meet the immediate needs of homeless individuals by providing a safe and loving environment where each…

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11
Blessings From the Sky Living

Room board for mental patients vets with PTSD

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12
Morning Star Mission Ministries Inc

Morning star mission ministries is a non-denominational organization dedicated to relieving the spiritual and physical hunger of the poor. we do this by providing food for the hungry, clothing for the needy, shelter for the homeless and…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Night Ministry; the most unlike its peers is All Secure 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

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 25 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
6/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORRIS ACADEMY: $868,500 · OtherNORRIS ACADEMYIndividual grant recipient: $196,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientEAST TROY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $136,200 · OtherEAST TROY COMMUNITY SCHOOLSLINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SERVICES: $76,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY: $70,000 · Other+9 more: $187,500 · Other+9 moreTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $543,500 · Human ServicesTHE NIGHT MINISTRYALL SECURE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesALL SECURE FOUNDATION INCAGAPE HOUSE INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesLINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SERVICES: $150,000 · Housing & ShelterMukwonago Education Foundation: $58,000 · EducationEAGLES HEALING NEST: $35,000 · Public BenefitOPERATION ONCE IN A LIFETIME: $15,000 · Public BenefitROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · HealthHEALTHY COMMUNITY NETWORK INC: $3,500 · HealthMUKWONAGO FOOD PANTRY: $10,000 · Food & NutritionMADISON CAT PROJECT INC: $2,500 · Animals
Other$1,534,200Human Services$606,000Housing & Shelter$150,000Education$58,000Public Benefit$50,000Health$28,500Food & Nutrition$10,000Animals$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE NIGHT MINISTRY: $543,500 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SERVICES: $150,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetMukwonago Education Foundation: $58,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetALL SECURE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAGAPE HOUSE INC: $22,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetOPERATION ONCE IN A LIFETIME: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMUKWONAGO FOOD PANTRY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetLAKE BEULAH SAILING SCHOOL INC: $6,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetMADISON CAT PROJECT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% 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 THE NIGHT MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN PARK COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Mukwonago Education Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ALL SECURE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EAGLES HEALING NEST ↗
  • Who funds ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AGAPE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION ONCE IN A LIFETIME ↗
  • Who funds MUKWONAGO FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds LAKE BEULAH SAILING SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY COMMUNITY NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds MADISON CAT PROJECT 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.

Baird Foundation IncNational Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Baird Foundation IncWI16.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · 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 The Haeger Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Haeger Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 25 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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