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The Jud and Mary Beth Fowler Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$23k
Granted FY2022
13
Grants FY2022
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.

Religion$99kHealth$13kArts & Culture$10kYouth Development$4kCommunity Improvement$4kEducation$3kInternational$2kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2022 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k12 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST MARGARET MARY CATHOLIC COMMUNITY$10,000
CATHOLIC FOUNDATION FOR THE DIOCESE OF GREEN BAY INC$2,630
ARTIS-NAPLES$2,500
ASCENSION ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$2,000
RELEVANT RADIO$1,200
BERGSTROM-MAHLER MUSEUM OF GLASS$1,000
COMMUNITYFEST$1,000
FUTURE NEENAH INC$1,000
THE COMPASS$500
YOUTH GO$500
CHILDREN'S CANCER FAMILY FOUNDATION$500
GUEST HOUSE INC$325
SISTERS OF ST BENEDICT$150
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 (FY20–22, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE FOX VALLEY: $2k → 7%YOUTH GO: $1k → 11%YOUTH GO: $500 → 11%YOUTH GO: $500 → 11%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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$113k · 14 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2022, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
8

Total granted

$113k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+251%

Still filing today

36%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionEnvironmentInternationalOther
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

  • AI
    ARTIS-NAPLES INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $5k · revenue +67%
  • BM
    BERGSTROM-MAHLER MUSEUM INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $4k · revenue +62%
  • YG
    YOUTH GO INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $2k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • SG
    ST GIANNA MOLLA CLINIC INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue ×20
  • ES
    EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • HH
    HINCHE HAITI DENTAL OUTREACH INC
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -56%
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
Chicago Family Health Center Inc

Chicago family health center will promote health, work to prevent disease and provide treatment through the delivery of quality, accessible primary healtcare that is culturally sensitive, affordable, and responsive to community and…

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2
Veritas Catholic Information Center

The veritas catholic information center (vcic) will proclaim the beauty, truth and fullness of the catholic faith in order to fulfill christ's great commission to "go and make disciples of all nations. organized and managed by lay persons…

Religion
3
Girls Incorporated of Sioux City

Inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.

Youth Development
4
Hebrew Health Care Inc

The mission of hebrew health care is to provide highly personalized quality programs and services to the seniors of our community. we assure dignified, informed, quality care to all regardless of source of payment for services. (see…

Health
5
Fountain Clinic

Operate a free\low cost dental and medical clinic to assist the uninsured and under-insured unable to afford medical care.

Health
6
Centro De Ninos Inc

Our mission is providing quality child care/ child development services in a safe, welcoming atmosphere where children will be encouraged to learn and thrive. our goals are to encourage children to develop their unique talents, retain his/…

Human Services
7
County North Children's Center Inc

To offer quality child care at affordable prices.

Human Services
8
Heart of Clay

Win the lost to christ and transition them into society

Crime & Legal
9
Chamber of Commerce Goshen Inc

To champion the community's business future.

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10
Childrens House International

Children's house international provides ethical adoption services, child focused recruitment, and family support. we support disadvantaged children with humanitarian aid in countries worldwide.

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11
Chinese Gospel Broadcasting Center Inc

Religious broadcasting services to involve christians in professional and media fields to join force in the production of gospel programs for radio and

Arts & Culture
12
Caring Cross Inc

Caring cross is focused upon accelerating the development and implementation of advanced medicines like car-t cell and stem cell gene therapies. in partnership with like-minded stakeholders, caring cross develops and deploys technologies,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cots Inc; the most unlike its peers is Artis-Naples 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

11 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. 11 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARGARET MARY PARISH: $35,000 · OtherST MARGARET MARY PARISHCATHOLIC FOUNDATION FOR THE DIOCESE OF GREEN BAY INC: $22,630 · OtherCATHOLIC FOUNDATION FOR THE DIOCESE OF GREEN BAY INCSPIRITUS: $20,000 · OtherSPIRITUSST MARGARET MARY CATHOLIC COMMUNITY: $10,000 · OtherST MARGARET MARY CATHOLIC COMMUNITYASCENSION ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $9,000 · OtherASCENSION ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONCATHOLIC FAITH APPEAL: $5,000 · Other+8 more: $10,657 · Other+8 moreARTIS-NAPLES INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBERGSTROM-MAHLER MUSEUM INC: $4,000 · Arts & CultureYOUTH GO INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesST GIANNA MOLLA CLINIC INC: $2,500 · HealthGUEST HOUSE INC: $975 · HealthCHILDREN'S CANCER FAMILY FOUNDATION OF NE WI INC: $500 · HealthIMMACULATE HEART MEDIA INC: $3,600 · ReligionFUTURE NEENAH INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentHINCHE HAITI DENTAL OUTREACH INC: $2,000 · InternationalCOTS INC: $1,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$112,287Arts & Culture$9,000Human Services$4,000Health$3,975Religion$3,600Environment$2,000International$2,000Housing & Shelter$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetARTIS-NAPLES INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBERGSTROM-MAHLER MUSEUM INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetST GIANNA MOLLA CLINIC INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetYOUTH GO INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFUTURE NEENAH INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHINCHE HAITI DENTAL OUTREACH INC: $2,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGUEST HOUSE INC: $975 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER FAMILY FOUNDATION OF NE WI INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 ARTIS-NAPLES INC ↗
  • Who funds BERGSTROM-MAHLER MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds IMMACULATE HEART MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds ST GIANNA MOLLA CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH GO INC ↗
  • Who funds FUTURE NEENAH INC ↗
  • Who funds HINCHE HAITI DENTAL OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds COTS INC ↗
  • Who funds GUEST HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S CANCER FAMILY FOUNDATION OF NE WI 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.

Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region IncWI21.8× affinity8 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 · Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation · The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation · Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc · J J Keller Foundation Inc · US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · Oshkosh Corporation Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Jud and Mary Beth Fowler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jud and Mary Beth Fowler Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    3report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Jud and Mary Beth Fowler Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Jud and Mary Beth Fowler Foundation 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 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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