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United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

· Public charity

United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc

We unite people to create positive lasting change in our community.

$44M
Granted FY2025still arriving
639
Grants FY2025still arriving
31
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Health$88MEducation$71MHuman Services$60MYouth Development$51MPhilanthropy$43MHousing & Shelter$17MCrime & Legal$15MEmployment$9.1MOther$0
02FY2025 · 639 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 639 grants below total $42,693,372, the rows itemized in this filing. The $44,246,987 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,553,615 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k104 grants · $743k
  • $10k–50k293 grants · $7.2M
  • $50k–250k220 grants · $21M
  • $250k+22 grants · $13M
$33,771
Median grant
31
States reached
$51M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - FOUNDATION$2,001,097
LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE$1,131,891
CHILDREN'S WISCONSIN$1,090,143
MILWAUKEE HEALTH CARE PARTNERSHIP$926,934
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER MILWAUKEE$791,824
IMPACT INC$703,220
ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY$686,854
HOPE HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC$585,165
MILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION$572,289
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER MILWAUKEE$480,443
AMERICAN RED CROSS IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN$463,337
CURATIVE CARE NETWORK INC$462,728
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY$454,480
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC$390,500
DR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY$378,240
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 (FY17–25, $60.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $572k → 5%FAMILY SERVICES OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $333k → 5%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $269k → 5%FAMILY SERVICE OF WAUKESHA: $250k → 5%FAMILY SERVICE OF WAUKESHA: $267k → 5%SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $622k → 17%SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $543k → 17%SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $307k → 17%SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $293k → 17%HARRY & ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $271k → 17%SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $260k → 17%SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: $276k → 17%SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $250k → 17%SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMISSION: $250k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $253k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $533k → 17%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $339k → 17%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $271k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $755k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN: $858k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $512k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN: $804k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN: $800k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN: $678k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN: $601k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN: $596k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN: $596k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN: $596k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $339k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $310k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN: $463k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $297k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $251k → 17%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN MILWAUKEE INC: $427k → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $322k → 17%ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $1.4M → 17%SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $889k → 17%PATHFINDERS: $621k → 17%PATHFINDERS: $565k → 17%YWCA SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN: $451k → 17%MILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE: $433k → 17%PATHFINDERS: $304k → 17%PATHFINDERS: $304k → 17%SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $291k → 17%MILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE: $285k → 17%YWCA SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN: $275k → 17%THREE HARBORS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $274k → 17%PATHFINDERS: $257k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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DE
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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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$376M · 563 repeat orgs$5.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

563 repeat relationships: 363 still active in FY2025, 200 since wound down; 41 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

563
177

Total granted

$376M
$4.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+10%

Still filing today

86%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $817k 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
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $20M · revenue +21%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $16M · revenue +39%
  • IMPACT ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE SERVICES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $11M · revenue +22% · 33% of their budget

Funded once

  • Journey 21 Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue -62%
  • C2
    CHECOTA 2 FOR 1 MATCH SCHOLARSHIP
    one grant, 2023 · $505k
  • KK
    KYLES KORNER INC
    one grant, 2018 · $370k · revenue -78%
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
United Way of Wisconsin Inc

United way of wisconsin is dedicated to supporting and enriching a strong statewide united way network that maximizes the capacity of local united ways to address human needs, improve lives and create lasting positive change across…

Philanthropy
2
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
3
Goodwill Industries of Metropolitan Chicago Inc

Goodwill industries of metropolitan chicago, inc. ("goodwill-chicago") is a nonstock, not-for-profit illinois corporation, whose sole member is goodwill industries of southeastern wisconsin, inc. ("goodwill"), a wisconsin nonstock,…

Human Services
4
Kishwaukee United Way

To improve lives by sharing community resources

Philanthropy
5
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
6
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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7
Community Care Health Plan Inc

Community care health plan's mission is to develop and demonstrate innovative, flexible, community-based approaches to care for at-risk adults, in order to optimize their quality of life and optimize the allocation of community resources.

Health
8
Goodwill Industries of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Goodwill of south central wisconsin's mission is to help people in our community to live, work and thrive through housing, employment and supportive services. see schedule o for continuationsupported employment and job skills training are…

Employment
9
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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10
Goodwill Manufacturing Inc

Goodwill manufacturing, inc. ("goodwill manufacturing") is a nonstock, not-for-profit wisconsin corporation, whose sole member is goodwill industries of southeastern wisconsin, inc. ("goodwill"), a wisconsin nonstock, not-for-profit…

Employment
11
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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12
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.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fresh Start Learning. 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

705 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. 705 of the 804 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.

35
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
148
Early backer (in before they grew)
675/705
Grantees still filing
424/705
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S OUTING ASSOCIATION: $6,773,943 · OtherCHILDREN'S OUTING ASSOCIATIONCOMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC: $6,497,624 · OtherCOMMUNITY ADVOCATES INCSIXTEENTH STREET COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $5,956,819 · OtherSIXTEENTH STREET COMMUNITY HEALTH …AURORA HEALTH CARE INC: $5,220,067 · OtherMILWAUKEE HEALTH CARE PARTNERSHIP: $4,752,754 · OtherTHREE HARBORS COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $4,028,265 · OtherCHC CREATING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES LOCAL: $3,754,263 · Other+77 more: $72,135,431 · Other+77 morePATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC: $8,520,457 · Human ServicesPATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE I…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $6,916,249 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red C…UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $6,169,140 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $5,933,861 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF T…SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $4,982,103 · Human ServicesSILVER SPRING NEIGHBORH…Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Milwaukee Inc: $3,697,191 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN: $3,595,217 · Human ServicesSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $3,457,493 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $2,928,698 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $2,902,381 · Human ServicesMILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE: $2,665,049 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $2,606,651 · Human Services+24 more: $20,032,363 · Human Services+24 moreIMPACT ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE SERVICES INC: $10,661,746 · HealthIMPACT ALCOHOL AN…CURATIVE CARE NETWORK INC: $6,888,730 · HealthCURATIVE CARE NET…AURORA FAMILY SERVICE INC: $5,827,262 · HealthAURORA FAMILY SER…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $5,257,866 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPIT…PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $4,967,569 · HealthPENFIELD CHILDREN…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $4,068,837 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPIT…VIVENT HEALTH INC: $2,491,813 · HealthDIVERSE AND RESILIENT INC: $2,291,364 · HealthBREAD OF HEALING INC: $2,127,876 · Health+14 more: $11,896,639 · Health+14 moreUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $15,549,259 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WI…THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $6,665,736 · EducationTHE MEDICAL COLL…THE UWM FOUNDATION INC: $4,767,513 · EducationTHE UWM FOUNDATI…ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC: $3,310,413 · EducationST AUGUSTINE PRE…Marquette University: $2,509,703 · EducationMILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $2,132,155 · EducationDR HOWARD FULLER COLLEGIATE ACADEMY INC: $1,955,779 · EducationMCPREPARATORY SCHOOL OF WISCONSIN INC: $1,911,009 · EducationPearls for Teen Girls Inc: $1,782,904 · Education+16 more: $11,261,875 · Education+16 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $19,922,746 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INC: $4,926,033 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA POTAWATOMI AREA COUNCIL-OPERATING: $1,082,791 · Youth Development+1 more: $425,149 · Youth DevelopmentMILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $4,149,763 · PhilanthropyGREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC: $2,946,950 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $1,994,059 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF RACINE COUNTY INC: $1,523,083 · PhilanthropyASCENSION WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $1,417,236 · PhilanthropyWAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,286,460 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $953,254 · PhilanthropyMILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $899,329 · PhilanthropyBROWN COUNTY UNITED WAY: $886,483 · PhilanthropyFELLOWSHIP OPEN INC: $860,429 · Philanthropy+13 more: $6,456,334 · PhilanthropyLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE INC: $6,508,078 · Crime & LegalWISCONSIN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $4,379,759 · Crime & LegalTHE PARENTING NETWORK INC: $1,749,570 · Crime & LegalCENTRO LEGAL POR DERECHOS HUMANOS INC: $1,126,750 · Crime & LegalLEGAL ACTION OF WISCONSIN INC: $1,013,600 · Crime & Legal
Other$109,119,166Human Services$74,406,853Health$56,479,702Education$51,846,346Youth Development$26,356,719Philanthropy$23,373,380Crime & Legal$14,777,757

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $19,922,746 over 9y, 11% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $15,549,259 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetIMPACT ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE SERVICES INC: $10,661,746 over 9y, 33% of budgetPATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC: $8,520,457 over 9y, 48% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $6,916,249 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCURATIVE CARE NETWORK INC: $6,888,730 over 9y, 7.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S OUTING ASSOCIATION: $6,773,943 over 9y, 14% of budgetTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $6,665,736 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE INC: $6,508,078 over 9y, 39% of budgetCOMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC: $6,497,624 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $6,169,140 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetSIXTEENTH STREET COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $5,956,819 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $5,933,861 over 9y, 14% of budgetAURORA FAMILY SERVICE INC: $5,827,262 over 7y, 29% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC: $5,257,866 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetSILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $4,982,103 over 9y, 25% of budgetPENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $4,967,569 over 9y, 11% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INC: $4,926,033 over 9y, 6.7% of budgetTHE UWM FOUNDATION INC: $4,767,513 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetWISCONSIN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $4,379,759 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $4,149,763 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $4,068,837 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHREE HARBORS COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $4,028,265 over 8y, 23% of budgetCHC CREATING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES LOCAL: $3,754,263 over 9y, 28% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Milwaukee Inc: $3,697,191 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN: $3,595,217 over 9y, 18% of budgetSOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC: $3,457,493 over 9y, 14% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE: $3,436,907 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC: $3,310,413 over 8y, 7.7% of budgetNEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC: $3,098,819 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetLA CASA DE ESPERANZA INC: $3,042,113 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetGREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC: $2,946,950 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $2,928,698 over 9y, 17% of budgetBIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF METRO MILWAUKEE: $2,914,444 over 9y, 17% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $2,902,381 over 9y, 21% of budgetMILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE: $2,665,049 over 9y, 31% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $2,606,651 over 9y, 9.3% of budgetMETA HOUSE INC: $2,516,528 over 9y, 9.5% of budgetMarquette University: $2,509,703 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetVIVENT HEALTH INC: $2,491,813 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE AREA LABOR COUNCIL: $2,400,000 over 8y, 45% of budgetDIVERSE AND RESILIENT INC: $2,291,364 over 9y, 25% of budgetHUNGER TASK FORCE INC: $2,216,938 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetMILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $2,132,155 over 9y, 3.0% of budgetBREAD OF HEALING INC: $2,127,876 over 9y, 48% of budgetMILWAUKEE COMMUNITY CROSSROADS INC: $2,111,920 over 9y, 7.1% of budgetTHE HARRY AND ROSE SAMSON FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MILWAUKEE: $2,103,777 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $2,033,999 over 9y, 3.4% 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 BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds IMPACT ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds CURATIVE CARE NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S OUTING ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MILWAUKEE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SIXTEENTH STREET COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE INC ↗
  • Who funds AURORA FAMILY SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SILVER SPRING NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UWM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE JEWISH FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds THREE HARBORS COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds CHC CREATING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES LOCAL ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Milwaukee Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ↗
  • Who funds SOJOURNER FAMILY PEACE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE ↗
  • Who funds ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LA CASA DE ESPERANZA INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF METRO MILWAUKEE ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE URBAN LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds META HOUSE 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.

Greater Milwaukee Fou…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Ralph Evinrude Founda…Evan & Marion Helfaer…Joseph and Vera Zilbe…Waukesha County Commu…Green Bay Packers Fou…Anon Charitable TrustMilwaukee Jewish Fede…Youth Foundation IncWeiss Family Foundati…Archdiocese of Milwau…
Greater Milwaukee Foundation IncWI235.3× affinity269 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Waukesha County Community Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Anon Charitable Trust · Milwaukee Jewish Federation Inc · Youth Foundation Inc · Weiss Family Foundation · Archdiocese of Milwaukee Catholic Community 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 United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
90report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 804 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 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 unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
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The DAF merry-go-round
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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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