· Private foundation
The Jack and Arlene Schumann 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST JEROME'S PARISH | $4,000 |
| WAYLAND ACADEMY | $3,640 |
| BELMONT UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT | $3,000 |
| COLUMBIA COUNTY HUMAN SOCIETY | $2,000 |
| MADISON READING PROJECT | $1,630 |
| BEAVER DAM FLATTAIL | $1,600 |
| ST STEPHEN'S LUTHERN CHURCH | $1,500 |
| OPERA FOR THE YOUNG | $1,500 |
| FALL RIVER METHODIST CHURCH | $1,500 |
| LITERACY NETWORK | $1,500 |
| WISCONSIN VFW FOUNDATION | $1,300 |
| SUN PRAIRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY | $1,130 |
| ONE TREE PLANTED | $1,000 |
| MADISON PUBLIC LIBRARY | $1,000 |
| UW LA CROUSSE FOUNDATION INC | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
36 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WAWAYLAND ACADEMY8× · 2018–2025 · $27k · revenue +28%
- LNLITERACY NETWORK INC6× · 2020–2025 · $12k · revenue +108%
- OFOpera for the Young Inc6× · 2020–2025 · $11k · revenue +37%
Funded once
- BDBEAVER DAM YOUTH BASKETBALLone grant, 2018 · $5k
- SOSavanna Oaks Community Center Incgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +166%
- DBDAYSTAR BAPTIST MISSIONS - PALAMA Pone grant, 2021 · $3k
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.
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.
Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.
The humane animal welfare society of waukesha county leads the community in animal welfare and assures sanctuary for animals in need.
Humane society providing animal stray service and animal care including adoptions, redemptions, and surrenders for residents located in dodge county, wi and surrounding areas.
The purpose of the association shall be to restore and conserve wisconsin's waterfowl and wetland resources; to educate state waterfowlers during their progression from natural resource consumer to steward; and to promote governmental…
The door county land trust is a local, non-governmental non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve door county's exceptional lands and waters forever.
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.
To advance progressive values, ideas and policies through research, policy, networking, advocacy and public education.
Underdog pet rescue is an all-breed companion animal rescue and vet clinic based out of dane county, wisconsin. our mission is to find permanent homes for animals in need and to enrich lives by strengthening the connection between animals…
The wisconsin council of the blind and visually impaired's mission is to promote the dignity and empowerment of people in wisconsin who are blind and visually impaired by providing services, advocating legislation, and educating the…
Gathering waters (wisconsin's alliance for land trusts) strengthens land trusts to protect wisconsin's special places and grow healthy, vibrant communities. the stronger the alliance between gathering waters' staff and board members, land…
Advance the interests of wda members and the dental profession by promoting professional excellence and quality oral health care for the public.
Wisconsin progress recruits, trains, elects, and develops progressive candidates and leaders at the local and state legislative levels.
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 55 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 WAYLAND ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds LITERACY NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds Opera for the Young Inc ↗
- Who funds JUSTDANE ↗
- Who funds COLUMBIA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MADISON READING PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds PEOPLE AGAINST A VIOLENT ENVIRONMENT IN ↗
- Who funds HEROES HUNT FOR VETERANS CORP ↗
- Who funds CHURCH HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Savanna Oaks Community Center Inc ↗
- Who funds CLOTHES FOR KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds ONE TREE PLANTED INC ↗
- Who funds BO WILLIAM HARTWIG FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREEN VALLEY ENTERPRISES INC OF BEAVER DAM ↗
- Who funds YMCA OF DODGE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds THE ARC OF DODGE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds BEAVER DAM AREA COMMUNITY THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds WISCONSIN WOMEN'S NETWORK ↗
- 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.
Open a dossier: Duane and Kathleen Foulkes Foundation Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · The Peter J Seippel Foundation Inc · Beaver Dam Community Hospitals Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Dodge County Inc · Nelson & Vera Hicks Charitable Fdn · Steve and Christa Slinger Family Gift Fund Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Lau & Bea Christensen Charitable Foundat · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Jack and Arlene Schumann Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jack and Arlene Schumann Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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