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The Wahlin Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

The Wahlin Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$425k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$287k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$543kEducation$406kHealth$364kPhilanthropy$327kArts & Culture$306kYouth Development$299kCommunity Improvement$184kPublic Benefit$110kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $287k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAINT ANN CATHOLIC PARISH$286,750
INNOVATION CENTER STOUGHTON$50,000
Individual grant recipient$30,000
WMC FOUNDATION INC$25,000
UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC$10,000
STOUGHTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - WHITEWHATER$5,000
BADGER HONOR FLIGHT INC$2,500
SHALOM HOLISTIC HEALTH-NEIGHBORHOOD FREE CLINIC$2,500
MADISON COLLEGE$2,000
STOUGHTON AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM$1,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $2k) 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%STOUGHTON AREA RESOURCE TEAM: $2k → 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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 35 repeat orgs$560k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
72

Total granted

$2.1M
$475k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+41%

Still filing today

26%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHealthRecreation & SportsEmploymentOther
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

  • SH
    Stoughton Hospital Foundation Inc
    6× · 2017–2024 · $281k · revenue +239%
  • MC
    MANDT COMMUNITY CENTERINC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $232k · revenue +27% · 31% of their budget
  • WF
    WMC FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $155k · revenue +143%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF EVANSVILLE
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • SA
    STOUGHTON AREA SENIOR CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • JO
    JAYCEES OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
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
Stoughton Hospital Association

The mission of Stoughton Hospital is to provide safe, quality health care with exceptional personalized service.

Health
2
Shillelagh Foundation Inc

Raise funds via donations and a charity golf outing with the net proceeds being donated to medical related non profit organizations in the stoughton area

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3
The Wausaukee Charitable Foundation
Philanthropy
4
The Stoughton Fair Association Inc

To hold an agricultural and horticultural fair to encourage the development of better agricultural and horticultural produce through awards.

Food & Nutrition
5
Madison Art Gallery
—
6
Mathematics Institute of Wisconsin Co Kathryn Leverenz
Education
7
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Inc

Strengthen communities by providing high-quality and innovative artistic experiences that entertain, inspire, and unite diverse audiences.

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
Stoughton Resettlement Assistance Program
Civil Rights
10
McComb Bruchs Performing Arts Center Inc
Arts & Culture
11
United Seniors of Wisconsin Inc Co Cheryl McPherson
Recreation & Sports
12
Rock River Repertory Theatre

Inspire artists, audiences, and our greater southern wisconsin community to celabrate the art of theatre.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Overture Center Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stoughton Conservation Club 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

27 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. 27 of the 111 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
22/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAINT ANN CATHOLIC PARISH: $329,500 · OtherSAINT ANN CATHOLIC PARISHFRIENDS OF STOUGHTON YOUTH CENTER: $263,332 · OtherFRIENDS OF STOUGHTON YOUTH CENTERST ANN CHURCH AND SCHOOL: $209,750 · OtherST ANN CHURCH AND SCHOOLWMC FOUNDATION INC: $155,000 · OtherWMC FOUNDATION INCUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION - WHITEWATER: $125,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION - WHITEWATERCITY OF EVANSVILLE: $100,000 · OtherSTOUGHTON AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $80,000 · Other+87 more: $678,088 · Other+87 moreStoughton Hospital Foundation Inc: $281,000 · PhilanthropyStoughton Hospital F…STOUGHTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $206,500 · PhilanthropySTOUGHTON COMMUNITY …CHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC: $29,392 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA …MANDT COMMUNITY CENTERINC: $232,280 · Arts & CultureMANDT COMMU…BADGER HONOR FLIGHT INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureSTOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSTOUGHTON VILLAGE PLAYERS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureOVERTURE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $11,000 · Arts & CultureINNOVATION CENTER STOUGHTON INC: $50,000 · EducationSTOUGHTON ROTARY SPECIAL PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationEVANSVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · EducationVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EmploymentSHALOM HOLISTIC HEALTH SERVICES INC: $8,115 · HealthROCK RIVER COMMUNITY CLINIC INC: $3,000 · HealthSECTOR67 INC: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,940,670Philanthropy$516,892Arts & Culture$285,780Education$62,500Employment$25,000Health$11,115Community Improvement$5,000

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 budgetStoughton Hospital Foundation Inc: $281,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetMANDT COMMUNITY CENTERINC: $232,280 over 6y, 31% of budgetSTOUGHTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $206,500 over 4y, 43% of budgetWMC FOUNDATION INC: $155,000 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetINNOVATION CENTER STOUGHTON INC: $50,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC: $29,392 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBADGER HONOR FLIGHT INC: $12,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSTOUGHTON ROTARY SPECIAL PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOVERTURE CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArts for All Wisconsin Inc: $9,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSHALOM HOLISTIC HEALTH SERVICES INC: $8,115 over 1y, 13% of budgetSECTOR67 INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS WISCONSIN INC: $3,064 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROCK RIVER COMMUNITY CLINIC INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEVANSVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 28% of budgetSTOUGHTON CONSERVATION CLUB INC: $2,415 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSTOUGHTON AREA RESOURCE TEAM: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHREE GAITS INC: $1,550 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.

  • Who funds Stoughton Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MANDT COMMUNITY CENTERINC ↗
  • Who funds STOUGHTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WMC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds INNOVATION CENTER STOUGHTON INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Agrace HospiceCare Inc ↗
  • Who funds BADGER HONOR FLIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds STOUGHTON ROTARY SPECIAL PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STOUGHTON OPERA HOUSE FRIENDS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STOUGHTON VILLAGE PLAYERS INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INC ↗
  • Who funds OVERTURE CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Arts for All Wisconsin 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.

Alliant Energy Founda…Edwin E and Janet L B…Madison Community Fou…Madison Gas and Elect…Stoughton Community F…Wps Charitable Founda…Green Bay Packers Fou…Endres Manufacturing …The Evjue Foundation …Community Foundation …Baird Foundation IncGe Aerospace Foundati…
Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI27.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Edwin E and Janet L Bryant Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Stoughton Community Foundation Inc · Wps Charitable Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · 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 Wahlin Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wahlin Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% 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
⤢ 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.

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 111 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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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home