· Private foundation
The William and Cathy Kwapil 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.
Read this first · the figures below need context
50% of The William and Cathy Kwapil Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Watertown Area Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year The William and Cathy Kwapil Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $285k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k2 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $172k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $105k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WATERTOWN HIGH SCHOOL | $55,000 |
| YMCA | $50,000 |
| CORNERSTONE OF GRACE | $32,400 |
| WATERTOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $25,000 |
| WATERTOWN EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| WATERTOWN HUMANE SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| ROCK RIVER COMMUNITY CLINIC | $10,000 |
| SAVE THE CHILDREN | $10,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE | $10,000 |
| 1ST BRIGADE BAND | $10,000 |
| WATERTOWN YOUTH BASEBALL | $10,000 |
| WATERTOWN MAIN STREET PROGRAM | $5,000 |
| BUCKETS FOR HUNGER | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
The mission of the Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce is to connect members with one another and provide resources that foster growth and sustainability.
The foundation commenced operations on december 29, 2003. the foundation has been organized to support educational and other non-profit organizations in the town of watertown.
To stimulate and support economic and housing development within the communities of the city of waterbury.
To serve the community, jointly and ecumenically, in such a way as to make the compassion and reconciling purpose of god felt wherever there is human need.
Providing a pathway out of homelessness
Economic development in the watertown, south dakota area.
The primary goal of the society is to preserve watertown history and to strengthen the community's connection to teh past, to each other & to the future.
We strive toward providing improved access to healthcare in the watertown area, with a focus on identifying populations that are in need and the available resources. we will coordinate the compassion and caring of the people of our area to…
To assist in meeting human care needs of watertown area residents.
Developing within each child the character of christ in a challenging educational environment based on a biblical world view.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 15 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 WATERTOWN AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Cornerstone of Grace ↗
- Who funds Watertown Historical Society ↗
- Who funds WATERTOWN HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds ROCK RIVER COMMUNITY CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds WATERTOWN MAIN STREET PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds BUCKETS FOR HUNGER 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The William and Cathy Kwapil Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The William and Cathy Kwapil Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
How this is measured
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