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Vjs Construction Services Community Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$57k
Granted FY2023
10
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.

Human Services$89kEducation$82kYouth Development$30kPhilanthropy$22kReligion$15kHealth$11kEnvironment$10kFood & Nutrition$4kOther$0
02FY2023 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k5 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$83k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
HMONG AMERICAN PEACE ACADEMY LTD$10,000
UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE$10,000
WOMENS CENTER INC$10,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILW & WAUK COUNTY$3,000
WAUWATOSA WEST HS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$1,000
TRINITY ACADEMY INC$1,000
UNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND$1,000
JOURNEY HOUSE INC$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PRESBYTERIAN HOMES FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%WOMENS CENTER INC: $10k → 5%AGC CHARITIES INC: $500 → 7%PRESBYTERIAN HOMES FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY: $1k → 5%GLACIAL COMMUNITY YMCA: $1k → 5%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $10k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10k → 17%MILWAUKEE CATHOLIC HOME INC: $2k → 17%JOURNEY HOUSE INC: $500 → 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.
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.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$94k · 11 repeat orgs$160k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2023, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
24

Total granted

$94k
$129k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+24%

Still filing today

73%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • HMONG AMERICAN PEACE ACADEMY LTD
    2× · 2020–2023 · $21k · revenue +51%
  • ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $18k · revenue +301%
  • CU
    CARROLL UNIVERSITY INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $15k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • MOUNT MARY UNIVERSITY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +13%
  • GIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -22%
  • WELLPOINT CARE NETWORK INC
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +25%
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
The University School of Milwaukee Corporation

University school of milwaukee cultivates excellence in learning, leadership, and citizenship for prekindergarten through 12th grade students. students are engaged, known, and valued within our passionate independent school community…

Education
2
Milwaukee Excellence Inc

The mission of the organization is to provide a high quality education for all students with choices after graduation that will provide financial stability, inspire personal freedom to builda legacy.

—
3
Central City Cyberschool of Milwaukee Inc

A charter school providing motivation to inner city children to promote a successful future

Education
4
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
5
The Uwm Foundation Inc

The mission of the uwm foundation, inc. is to support the educational, literary, and scientific endeavors of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee by receiving, managing, and distributing gifts to benefit the university's students,…

Education
6
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
7
Uwm At Waukesha Foundation Inc

To raise scholarship money for students and raise the awareness of the campus and all of the activities on campus

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8
Wausau Child Care Inc

The mission of wausau child care inc. is to strengthen child development, families and the community by providing access to safe, high quality early learning for children.

Human Services
9
Woodlands School Inc

Woodlands school, inc. is a public charter non-profit school authorized through the univerity of wisconsin-milwaukee using a character-based education approach to prepare children for lifelong learning in a rapidly changing world.

Education
10
One City Schools Inc

Our mission is to seed a new model of public education that ensures young children are on track to succeed in a college or career preparatory program from birth through high school graduation.

Human Services
11
Wisconsin Independent Christian School Inc

Valley christian school pursues educational excellence through christ centered programs to produce servant leaders.

Education
12
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Foundation Inc

The uw-green bay foundation furthers the mission of uw-green bay, a public university, by developing and increasing opportunities for students primarily in the areas other than those in which the state of wisconsin ordinarily makes…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Journey House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Trinity Academy 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

30 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. 30 of the 41 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
21/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SISTERS OF ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI: $15,000 · OtherSISTERS OF ST FRANCIS OF ASSISIMOUNT MARY UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 · OtherMOUNT MARY UNIVERSITY INCWELLPOINT CARE NETWORK INC: $10,000 · OtherWELLPOINT CARE NETWORK INCYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF GREATER WA: $10,000 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF GREATER WAWAUKESHA COUNTY: $10,000 · OtherWAUKESHA COUNTYYMCA OF GREATER WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $10,000 · OtherYMCA OF GREATER WAUKESHA COUNTY INCSALVATION ARMY: $10,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYSAINT JOHNS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherSAINT JOHNS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION INCFOOD PANTRY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $3,940 · Other+10 more: $16,500 · Other+10 moreHMONG AMERICAN PEACE ACADEMY LTD: $21,000 · EducationHMONG AMERICAN PEACE ACADE…ST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC: $18,000 · EducationST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY A…CARROLL UNIVERSITY INC: $15,000 · EducationCARROLL UNIVERSITY INCTRINITY ACADEMY INC: $5,000 · EducationTRINITY ACADEMY INC+3 more: $3,000 · EducationTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE WOMEN'S CENT…NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD HOU…UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMUNITY…PRESBYTERIAN HOMES FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Human ServicesPRESBYTERIAN HOM…MILWAUKEE CATHOLIC HOME INC: $2,000 · Human Services+4 more: $3,000 · Human Services+4 moreGIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentWAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $9,000 · PhilanthropyURBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentGALS ON THE GO PROJECT INCORPORATED DBA THRIVE TOGETHER: $10,000 · Health
Other$105,440Education$62,000Human Services$38,000Youth Development$20,000Philanthropy$19,000Environment$10,000Health$10,000

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 budgetHMONG AMERICAN PEACE ACADEMY LTD: $21,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST AUGUSTINE PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCARROLL UNIVERSITY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT MARY UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWELLPOINT CARE NETWORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE OF MILWAUKEE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN ECOLOGY CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGALS ON THE GO PROJECT INCORPORATED DBA THRIVE TOGETHER: $10,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetSAINT JOHNS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY ACADEMY INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD PANTRY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $3,940 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HOMES FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMENOMONEE FALLS SCHOLARSHIP AND EDUCATIONAL: $3,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF WAUWATOSA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMILWAUKEE CATHOLIC HOME INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACADEMY OF BASIC EDUCATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED PERFORMING ARTS FUND INC: $1,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDISCOVERY WORLD LTD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJourney 21 Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLACIAL COMMUNITY YMCA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWELLPOINT CARE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOURNEY HOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAGC CHARITIES INC: $500 over 1y, 4.8% 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.

Greater Milwaukee Fou…Baird Foundation IncWaukesha County Commu…Herbert H Kohl Charit…United Way of Greater…Evan & Marion Helfaer…Bradley Impact Fund I…Green Bay Packers Fou…Oconomowoc Area Found…Youth Foundation IncRalph Evinrude Founda…Harley-Davidson Found…
Greater Milwaukee Foundation IncWI38.7× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Waukesha County Community Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Oconomowoc Area Foundation Inc · Youth Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Harley-Davidson 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 Vjs Construction Services Community Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vjs Construction Services Community Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Vjs Construction Services Community Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Vjs Construction Services Community Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 41 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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