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Thomas S Kemp Foundation Inc at a glance

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Thomas S Kemp 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.

$30k
Granted FY2017
36
Grants FY2017
5
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$6kEducation$5kEnvironment$5kYouth Development$3kHuman Services$3kArts & Culture$2kHousing & Shelter$2kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0
02FY2017 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MINNESOTA LIONS VISION FOUNDATION$1,500
SCHOLA FOUNDATION$1,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF MADISON$1,000
MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE$1,000
COMO PARK LUTHERN CHURCH$1,000
HOLY FAMILY SHELTER OF INDIANAPOLIS$1,000
MINNESOTA MEDICAL FOUNDATION$1,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF MINNEAPOLIS$1,000
BSP FREE CLINIC - DEAN FOUNDATION$1,000
TREES FOR TOMORROW$1,000
MADISON AUDUBON SOCIETY$1,000
BANYAN FOUNDATION$1,000
MACKENZIE ENVIRONMENTAL CENER OF POYNETTE$1,000
REISMER RELIEF INC$1,000
COLUMBIA COUNTY CASA INC$1,000
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 (FY17–17, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DEFOREST AREA NEEDS NETWORK INC: $500 → 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 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 Woodland Owners Association Incorporated

The mission of the wisconsin woodland owners association is to conserve and enhance the private woodlands of the state through the following actions: sustainably manage our woodlands with informed management plans that utilize best…

Environment
2
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation

To support charitable, plant-based scientific, and educational activities exclusively for the benefit of the minnesota landscape arboretum of the university of minnesota

Environment
3
Olbrich Botanical Society Foundation Inc

Olbrich botanical society foundation is organized exclusively for charitable and education purposes within the meaning of section 501(c) (3) of the internal revenue code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code. such…

Environment
4
Friends of Schlitz Audubon Nature Center Inc

Schlitz audubon nature center conserves our land's diverse habitats on lake michigan and provides meaningful experiences and environmental education for all.

Environment
5
Natural Resources Foundation of

To protect wisconsin's lands, waters, and wildlife by providing funding, leading partnerships, and connecting all people with nature.

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6
Milwaukee Audubon Society Inc

Protect and restore Wisconsin's natural heritage and ecology through active leadership, education and stewardship

Environment
7
Mathematics Institute of Wisconsin Co Kathryn Leverenz
Education
8
Trees Forever Inc

Trees forever mission is to plant and care for trees and the environment by empowering people, building community and promoting stewardship. our philosophy has always been to involve people in projects that educate them in ways that ensure…

Environment
9
Midwest Environmental Advocates Inc

Midwest environmental advocates is a nonprofit law center that combines the power of law with the resolve of communities facing environmental injustice to secure and protect the rights of all people to healthy water, land, and air.

Crime & Legal
10
Friends of Wisconsin State Parks Inc

To preserve, promote, protect, and enhance wisconsin state parks, forests, trails, and recreation areas.

Recreation & Sports
11
Madison Community Foundation

Madison community foundation will engage greater madison in philanthropy to advance a more vibrant and equitable community.

Philanthropy
12
The Madison Waldorf School Ltd

The madison waldorf school is an independent day school located in madison wisconsin, and a developing member of the association of waldorf schools of north america.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison; the most unlike its peers is Deforest Area Needs Network 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

18 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. 18 of the 36 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MINNESOTA LIONS VISION FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · OtherMINNESOTA LIONS VISION FOUNDATION INCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF MINNEAPOLIS: $1,000 · OtherMADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $1,000 · OtherCOLUMBIA COUNTY CASA INC: $1,000 · OtherCAMP DISCOVERY: $1,000 · OtherHOLY FAMILY SHELTER OF INDIANAPOLIS: $1,000 · OtherCOMO PARK LUTHERN CHURCH: $1,000 · OtherRAINBOW'S END OPTIMIST CLUB: $1,000 · OtherMACKENZIE ENVIRONMENTAL CENER OF POYNETTE: $1,000 · OtherREISMER RELIEF INC: $1,000 · OtherACCESS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $1,000 · OtherALDO LEOPOLD CENTER: $1,000 · OtherMINNESOTA MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherPOYNETTE AREA LIBRARY: $947 · OtherPORCHLIGHT INC: $1,000 · Other+8 more: $4,000 · Other+8 moreFRIENDS OF THE ARBORETUM: $1,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE A…SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BIRD ALLIANCE INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentSOUTHERN WISCONS…TREES FOR TOMORROW INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentTREES FOR TOMORR…OLBRICH BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentOLBRICH BOTANICA…1000 FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN: $500 · Environment1000 FRIENDS OF …SCHOLA FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $500 · EducationBRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP: $500 · EducationCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON: $1,000 · Human ServicesDEFOREST AREA NEEDS NETWORK INC: $500 · Human ServicesThe Banyan Foundation: $1,000 · Community ImprovementBRIARPATCH YOUTH SERVICES INC: $1,000 · Crime & LegalSPECIALTY CARE FREE CLINIC INC: $1,000 · Health
Other$19,447Environment$4,500Education$2,000Human Services$1,500Community Improvement$1,000Crime & Legal$1,000Health$1,000

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 budgetMINNESOTA LIONS VISION FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Banyan Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIARPATCH YOUTH SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ARBORETUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTHERN WISCONSIN BIRD ALLIANCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTREES FOR TOMORROW INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOLBRICH BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOLA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPORCHLIGHT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget1000 FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP ODAYIN: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Alliant Energy Founda…Green Bay Packers Fou…Madison Gas and Elect…Madison Community Fou…Veridian Foundation I…Endres Manufacturing …United Way of Dane Co…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Madison Rotary Founda…The Oscar Rennebohm F…John J Frautschi Fami…Sub-Zero Group Founda…
Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI25× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Veridian Foundation Inc · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Madison Rotary Foundation · The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation Inc · John J Frautschi Family Foundation Inc · Sub-Zero Group Foundation Inc

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 Thomas S Kemp Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas S Kemp Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 36 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $369k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2017, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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