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The McArthur-Kuhns Foundation Inc at a glance

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The McArthur-Kuhns 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.

$15k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Philanthropy$11kEducation$8kArts & Culture$7kCivil Rights$5kInternational$2kReligion$2kHealth$2kFood & Nutrition$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
8
States reached
$335k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC$5,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC$3,000
LAUREL MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED$2,000
ST ANN CATHOLIC SCHOOL$1,000
MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC$600
HEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY$600
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL$500
ACCESS LIVING OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO$500
WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC$300
PRO BONO NET INC$300
UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC$300
LOCAL MEDIA FOUNDATION$200
MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$200
ALL SAINTS CATHEDRAL$200
WINTER PARK VOICE INC$100
02The need
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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 (FY22–25, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 15% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LOCAL MEDIA FOUNDATION: $200 → 13%THE WOMENS CENTER INC: $500 → 5%MIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP INC: $500 → 11%ROADS TO LIFE TANZANIA INC: $100 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
IL
WI
MI
NY
RI
WV
MD
DC
AL
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.

40%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$15k · 15 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
26

Total granted

$15k
$13k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+4%

Still filing today

67%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCrime & LegalPhilanthropyCivil RightsOther
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

  • SP
    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $2k · revenue +13%
  • AL
    Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago
    3× · 2019–2025 · $1k · revenue +115%
  • WF
    WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $1k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue -19%
  • LW
    LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC
    one grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +17%
  • RD
    ROTARY DISTRICT 6250 FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $700 · revenue +178%
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
Milwaukee Women Inc

Milwaukee women inc is an organization of executives determined to change the quality and composition of corporate boards to maximize the performance of public and private companies with a focus on women and women of color.

Education
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
Milwaukee Bar Association Inc

The mission of the milwaukee bar association is to be an inclusive, equitable and diverse organization that serves the interests of the lawyers, judges and the people of milwaukee county by working to promote the professional interests of…

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4
The Uwm Foundation Inc

The mission of the uwm foundation, inc. is to support the educational, literary, and scientific endeavors of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee by receiving, managing, and distributing gifts to benefit the university's students,…

Education
5
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
6
Madison Professional Police Officers Association Inc

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.

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7
Radio Milwaukee Inc

To reach a new generation of radio listeners on air, online and in the community with a compelling selection of music and public affairs programming. the corporation celebrates milwaukee music, arts, heritage, and culture by supporting and…

Arts & Culture
8
Milwaukee Bar Association Foundation Inc

To perform and carry out charitable and education functions and purposes of the milwaukee bar association of milwaukee, wisconsin and to facilitate the advancement of jurisprudence and the promotion of administration of justice in the…

Crime & Legal
9
Uwm Research Foundation Inc

Support research and innovation at the university of wisconsin - milwaukee by providing reserach funding, entrepreneurship support, and by engaging in corporate partnering activities to that end.

Community Improvement
10
The Uwm Real Estate Foundation Inc

To partner with the public and private sectors to develop and hold real estate for the benefit of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee. the uwm real estate foundation, inc. holdings may include any properties that advance the mission of…

Housing & Shelter
11
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
12
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc

The milwaukee institute of art and design's mission is to ignite curious minds through art, design and service. we value courage to seek our own path, integrity to pursue our lives and work with meaning, kindness to thoughtfully engage…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Milwaukee Art Museum Inc; the most unlike its peers is Prairie Du Chien Historical Society 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

34 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. 34 of the 48 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
18/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST ANN CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $3,700 · OtherST ANN CATHOLIC SCHOOLAccess Living of Metropolitan Chicago: $1,200 · OtherAccess Living of Metropolitan ChicagoMARQUETTE UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL: $1,100 · OtherMARQUETTE UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLALL SAINTS CATHEDRAL: $900 · OtherALL SAINTS CATHEDRALIMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH: $830 · OtherIMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISHHEDGES CHAPEL: $600 · OtherLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC: $2,000 · OtherLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC+22 more: $5,150 · Other+22 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREA…HEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY INC: $1,600 · PhilanthropyHEART OF FLORIDA U…+1 more: $200 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PUBLIC RA…MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $900 · Arts & CultureMILWAUKEE ART MUSE…MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $350 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $400 · Arts & Culture+3 moreLAUREL MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · Community ImprovementLAUREL MONTA…ROTARY DISTRICT 6250 FOUNDATION INC: $700 · Community ImprovementROTARY DISTR…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · Civil RightsSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,500 · Crime & LegalWISCONSIN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $500 · Crime & LegalPRO BONO NET INC: $300 · Crime & LegalWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,100 · EducationDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $500 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $300 · EducationMILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $200 · Education
Other$15,480Philanthropy$6,800Arts & Culture$6,650Community Improvement$4,700Civil Rights$3,000Crime & Legal$2,300Education$2,100

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 budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAUREL MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY INC: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAccess Living of Metropolitan Chicago: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM INC: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetROTARY DISTRICT 6250 FOUNDATION INC: $700 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMIDWEST FOOD BANK NFP: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERKELEY COUNTY BACKPACK PROGRAM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWISCONSIN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF MILWAUKEE AREA DOMESTIC ANIMAL CONTROL COMMISSION INC: $300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE DOMES ALLIANCE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBERKELEY COUNTY MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINTER PARK VOICE INC: $150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE BALLET COMPANY INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRAIRIE DU CHIEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNT MARY UNIVERSITY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoads to Life Tanzania Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHICAGO ST MARY'S HOME: $50 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.

Herbert H Kohl Charit…Greater Milwaukee Fou…United Way of Greater…Baird Foundation IncYouth Foundation IncRalph Evinrude Founda…Richard and Ethel Her…Harley-Davidson Found…Cedar Street Charitab…Bradley Impact Fund I…Assurant FoundationGe Aerospace Foundati…
Herbert H Kohl Charities IncWI25.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Youth Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Inc · Harley-Davidson Foundation Inc · Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Assurant Foundation · Ge Aerospace 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 McArthur-Kuhns Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The McArthur-Kuhns Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Heart of Florida United Way Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 48 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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