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Thomas and Nancy Florsheim Family Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$555k
Granted FY2019
61
Grants FY2019
58
Organizations funded FY2019
7%
First-time grantees FY2019
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Median grant, FY2019
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2019
$202,054
Organizations funded a year
58 to 69
FY2017 to FY2019
States reached, FY2019
17
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2019, 7% of the organizations Thomas and Nancy Florsheim Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19
AnimalsCrime & LegalInternationalPublic Safety & DisasterEnvironmentEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY201958$302k7%
FY201869$323k17%
FY201763$350kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Philanthropy$416kEducation$270kEnvironment$260kInternational$134kArts & Culture$29kHealth$24kAnimals$23kFood & Nutrition$18kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Thomas and Nancy Florsheim Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc$161,91430%
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$110,00030%
College Possible Inc$75,00030%
International Rescue Committee INC$62,00030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$55,00030%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$45,00030%
The Uwm Foundation Inc$40,00020%
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc$22,50030%
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc$21,00030%
Earthjustice$20,00030%
Milwaukee Excellence Inc$19,0003n/a
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$15,00020%
Nuclear Information and Resource Service$15,00031%
The Guest House of Milwaukee Inc$9,00030%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$7,00030%
Wisconsin Humane Society$6,2003n/a
Sierra Club Foundation$6,00030%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc$4,50030%
Espanola Valley Humane Society$4,5003n/a
Defenders of Wildlife$4,00030%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$3,00030%
Youth Shelters & Family Services Inc$3,00030%
Los Alamos Study Group$3,00031%
Wabash College$3,00030%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$2,00030%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$2,00030%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$2,00020%
350org$2,00020%
Wisconsin Public Radio Association Inc$1,70030%
Milwaukee Art Museum Inc$1,50030%
Wave Educational Fund Inc$1,50030%
The Fistula Foundation$1,50030%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,50030%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$1,50030%
Animal Welfare Institute$1,50020%
The Salvation Army$1,2002n/a
Literacy Services of Wisconsin Inc$1,10030%
Physicians for Social Responsibility$1,10030%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$1,00020%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,00030%
Americares Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Catholic Relief Services$1,0001n/a
Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc$1,00010%
Bat Conservation International$90030%
Children's Defense Fund$60020%
North Shore Fire-Rescue Foundation Inc$6002n/a
Bard College$60020%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$50010%
Oxfam-America Inc$50010%
Kino Border Initiative Inc$50010%
The Center for Auto Safety Inc$40020%
Victory Garden Initiative Inc$2001n/a
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$20010%
Barbershop Books Inc$1001n/a
Compassion & Choices$10010%

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($229k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thomas and Nancy Florsheim Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc: $161,914 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLeague of Conservation Voters Education Fund: $110,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCollege Possible Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $62,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Uwm Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMilwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the World Food Program Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNuclear Information and Resource Service: $15,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetThe Guest House of Milwaukee Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Citizen Foundation Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Shelters & Family Services Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLos Alamos Study Group: $3,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetWabash College: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGiffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget350org: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWisconsin Public Radio Association Inc: $1,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMilwaukee Art Museum Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWave Educational Fund Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Welfare Institute: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Services of Wisconsin Inc: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhysicians for Social Responsibility: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOficina Legal del Pueblo Unido Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBat Conservation International: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Defense Fund: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBard College: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOxfam-America Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKino Border Initiative Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Auto Safety Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion & Choices: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 47.

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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 Charities IncWI15.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About Thomas and Nancy Florsheim Family Foundation

How much does Thomas and Nancy Florsheim Family Foundation give?
Thomas and Nancy Florsheim Family Foundation reported 61 grants totaling $554,798 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 58 and 69 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
What does Thomas and Nancy Florsheim Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (34%), Education (22%), Environment (21%).
Who are Thomas and Nancy Florsheim Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc ($162k), League of Conservation Voters Education Fund ($110k), College Possible Inc ($75k).
Does Thomas and Nancy Florsheim Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2019, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Thomas and Nancy Florsheim Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Thomas and Nancy Florsheim Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Baird Foundation Inc.
Where is Thomas and Nancy Florsheim Family Foundation based?
Thomas and Nancy Florsheim Family Foundation is based in WI.

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 83 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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