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The Leola Culver Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Leola Culver Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$435k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$2.7MEnvironment$2.1MHuman Services$1.9MHealth$1.8MAnimals$633kArts & Culture$205kPhilanthropy$188kReligion$126kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$45,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION$250,000
GREEN LAKE ASSOCIATION$100,000
MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART$45,000
HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY$20,000
WISCONSIN WOMEN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
SAFE HARBOR$10,000
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, $1.8M) 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%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $500k → 10%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION: $50k → 10%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $50k → 10%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION: $25k → 10%NEW MOMS: $5k → 14%GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 10%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION: $25k → 10%DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION: $5k → 10%THE VILLAGE DIAPER BANK: $3k → 10%GIO'S GARDEN: $1.0M → 10%GIO'S GARDEN: $120k → 10%GIO'S GARDEN: $10k → 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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.3M · 22 repeat orgs$411k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
22

Total granted

$9.3M
$401k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+72%

Still filing today

59%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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
    4× · 2020–2024 · $950k · revenue +29%
  • HF
    HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $630k · revenue +171% · 36% of their budget
  • IA
    IRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $575k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • MF
    MERITER FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +92%
  • MC
    MADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +23%
  • SP
    SAUK PRAIRIE HEALTHCARE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +46%
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 Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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2
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
3
My Choice Wisconsin Inc

We inspire people to experience life at its fullest by encouraging ownership of health, fostering independence, and serving the whole person; and do so with an unwavering commitment as stewards of medicaid funding.

Health
4
St Mary's Foundation Inc

Through our exceptional health care services, we reveal the healing presence of god.

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5
United Way of Dane County Inc

Unite the community to achieve measurable results that change lives.

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6
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc

The medical college of wisconsin (mcw) is a distinguished leader and innovator in the education and development of the next generation of physicians, (continued in schedule o)

Education
7
Fondy Food Center Inc

He fondy food center connects greater milwaukee to local, fresh food- from farm to market to table - so that children learn better, adults live healthier, and communities celebrate cultural food traditions.

Food & Nutrition
8
Care Wisconsin First Inc

Our mission is to promote the quality of life of our communities by empowering others and working together to creatively solve unique health and long term care needs. to carry out this mission, we: 1. operate on a sustainable financial…

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9
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
10
Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wi

Mission: we partner with members and the communities we serve to maximize health and well-being. (continued on schedule o)

Health
11
Reedsburg Area Medical Center

Reedsburg area medical center, always there, going beyond the expected to provide compassionate, quality, and efficient health care.

Health
12
Madison Community Hospital

Madison regional health system serves as a community health focal point through the provision of compassionate, quality, and innovative care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Madison Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Green Lake Association 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

28 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. 28 of the 46 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
21/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF SAUK PRAIRIE: $2,000,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF SAUK PRAIRIESAUK PRAIRIE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $1,766,937 · OtherSAUK PRAIRIE SCHOOL DISTRICTUNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER CHILD: $1,100,000 · OtherUNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER CHILD+23 more: $599,500 · Other+23 moreGIO'S GARDEN INC: $1,130,000 · Human ServicesGIO'S GARDEN INCIRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $575,000 · Human ServicesIRWIN A AND ROBERT D…DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES INC: $105,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC ABUSE INTER…+2 more: $7,500 · Human ServicesUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $950,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…+1 more: $12,500 · EducationHEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC: $630,000 · Animals+1 more: $2,500 · AnimalsRESTORING HOPE TRANSPLANT HOUSE: $450,000 · HealthSAUK PRAIRIE HEALTHCARE INC: $100,000 · Health+4 more: $27,000 · HealthMADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $180,000 · PhilanthropyMERITER FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,500 · PhilanthropyMUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureMADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $100,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$5,466,437Human Services$1,817,500Education$962,500Animals$632,500Health$577,000Philanthropy$282,500Arts & Culture$200,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGIO'S GARDEN INC: $1,130,000 over 3y, 70% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $950,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC: $630,000 over 5y, 36% of budgetIRWIN A AND ROBERT D GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $575,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetRESTORING HOPE TRANSPLANT HOUSE: $450,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetMADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGREEN LAKE ASSOCIATION INC: $110,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetDOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES INC: $105,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetMERITER FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetMUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART INC: $100,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetMADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetSAUK PRAIRIE HEALTHCARE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKINSHIP MENTORING OF COLUMBIA COUNTY INC: $100,000 over 3y, 54% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBOR CLINIC: $15,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetSAUK PRAIRIE AREA FOOD PANTRY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetJUMP IN FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWISCONSIN WOMEN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL ABLE NETWORK INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW MOMS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEVY GIVING FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetThe Friendship Center: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetFox Cares Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCzars Promise Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE VILLAGE DIAPER BANK INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCure Sanfilippo Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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…Green Bay Packers Fou…Endres Manufacturing …Madison Community Fou…Madison Gas and Elect…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Hooper Corp FoundationCulver's Foundation I…Sub-Zero Group Founda…Pleasant T Rowland Fo…Veridian Foundation I…Baird Foundation Inc
Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI26.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Hooper Corp Foundation · Culver's Foundation Inc · Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc · Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc · Veridian Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Leola Culver Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Leola Culver Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 46 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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