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The Schregardus Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Schregardus Family 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.

$100k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Religion$441kHuman Services$24kInternational$19kHealth$17kArts & Culture$16kHousing & Shelter$15kRecreation & Sports$9kPhilanthropy$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$802
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$100,000
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 (FY17–21, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 13% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $3k → 8%CENTER FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $3k → 8%CENTER FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $3k → 8%CENTER FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $2k → 8%CENTER FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION: $2k → 8%MIDDLETON OUTREACH MINISTRY: $1k → 10%MIDDLETON OUTREACH MINISTRY: $773 → 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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$541k · 17 repeat orgs$126k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
7

Total granted

$541k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+82%

Still filing today

65%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthReligionRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE
    3× · 2017–2021 · $10k · revenue +506%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF PENINSULA STATE PARK INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $9k · revenue +293%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2017–2018 · $5k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • LL
    LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY WISCONSIN CHAPTER
    one grant, 2020 · $16k
  • RM
    Ronald McDonald House Globalgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +82%
  • BU
    BETHANY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $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.

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
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
2
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
3
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are underserved, underrepresented and disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
4
Wisconsin Realtors Association Inc

To unite local boards of realtors and individuals in the state of wisconsin for the purpose of serving its members by furnishing programs and services that promote an environment in which its members may successfully conduct their…

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5
The Wisconsin Partnership for Housing Development Inc

The partnership is committed to housing for everyone because it's essential for building healthy communities. we build effective public-private partnerships to expand access to affordable housing options. we do this by directly developing…

Recreation & Sports
6
Wisconsin Association of Health Plans Inc

Promote a positive state legislative and regulatory climate for wisconsin's community health plans. the association communicates with regulatory agencies to promote issue positions representing community health plans.

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7
Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Community Physicians Inc

To advance the health of our communities through excellence and discovery, inspiring each person to live their unique, best life.

Health
8
Wisconsin Medical Society Inc

To improve the health of the people of wisconsin by supporting and strengthening physicians' ability to practice high quality patient care in a changing environment.

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9
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
10
Children's Medical Group Inc

To provide quality, accessible primary health care services to all children in our community, advocate for the well-being of all children, educate children, families, health care professionals and our community regarding the health of…

Health
11
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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12
Center for Healthcare Careers of Southeast Wisconsin Inc

The mission of the center for healthcare careers of southeast wisconsin, inc. (chcsew) is to unite all appropriate stakeholders in a viable, flexible structure to locate, educate and support a workforce from service to professional levels…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Church Leadership Center 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

15 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. 15 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHURCH LEADERSHIP CENTER INC: $438,500 · ReligionCHURCH LEADERSHIP CENTER INCFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHLEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY WISCONSIN CHAPTER: $15,500 · OtherLEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY WI…HEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $14,869 · OtherHEIFER INTERNATIONALMILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSION: $14,680 · OtherMILWAUKEE RESCUE MISSIONCOMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE: $9,500 · OtherWESTERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Other+8 more: $19,319 · Other+8 moreRESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $11,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,500 · Human ServicesWAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $1,773 · Human ServicesNORTHERN SKY THEATER INC: $7,707 · Arts & CultureWISCONSIN HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,400 · Arts & CultureWISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION INC: $1,350 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF PENINSULA STATE PARK INC: $8,600 · Recreation & SportsRonald McDonald House Global: $3,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · HealthSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $3,750 · Food & Nutrition
Religion$438,500Other$181,868Human Services$17,773Arts & Culture$11,457Recreation & Sports$8,600Health$4,500Food & Nutrition$3,750

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHURCH LEADERSHIP CENTER INC: $438,500 over 5y, 71% of budgetRESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR ENDING VIOLENCE: $11,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION HOUSE: $9,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF PENINSULA STATE PARK INC: $8,600 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetNORTHERN SKY THEATER INC: $7,707 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $3,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN HISTORICAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $1,773 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION INC: $1,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetExploit No More Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Baird Foundation IncThe Chicago Community…Natl Christian Charit…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Baird Foundation IncWI15.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Schregardus Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Schregardus Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
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    How do I get to The Schregardus Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Schregardus Family Foundation Inc 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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