· Private foundation
Wagner Foundation
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k5 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $85k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $489k
- $250k+1 grant · $350k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| KELCH AVIATION MUSEUM INC | $350,000 |
| MANO A MANO | $201,172 |
| MID-CONTINENT RAILWAY MUSEUM | $157,629 |
| COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE LAKE SUPERIOR SQUADRON | $80,000 |
| BURLINGTON CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| BURLINGTON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION | $25,000 |
| ST JOHN'S LUTHERAN SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| WINGS OF HOPE | $10,000 |
| WALWORTH COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES | $9,800 |
| SAUK COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES | $5,000 |
| LIFE CHOICES INC | $5,000 |
| JOHN XXIII EDUCATIONAL CENTER | $5,000 |
| BURLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 90% of grant dollars ($5.3M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 10% that went abroad ($614k) is mapped below.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 87% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 10% of all-years giving ($614k)
2 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2022, 10 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $370k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MRMID-CONTINENT RAILWAY MUSEUM6× · 2017–2022 · $1.9M
- MAMANO A MANO5× · 2017–2022 · $783k
- BCBURLINGTON COMMUNITY POOL CORP5× · 2017–2021 · $551k · revenue +53% · 35% of their budget
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $252k
- MGMITCHELL GALLERY OF FLIGHTone grant, 2021 · $111k
- BCBURLINGTON COMMUNITY FUND LTDone grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +22%
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.
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.
To encourage and enable all youth to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens by providing guidance and character development in various sports, recreational, and leadership activities.
The burlington library foundation is organized as a not-for-profit (501 (c)3) organization to secure contributions necessary to provide exemplary service to patrons and our community through modern and accessible facilities and…
To serve our community by providing excellent aquatic opportunities.
To provide fire and ems services to the residents of burton village and the surrounding communities.
The organization was created to construct and operate a state of the art pool, fitness, and community center in bloomer, wisconsin. the facility offers swim lessons, fitness memberships, and a place for the community to gather for meetings…
To provide physical and emotional support to women and their families facing unplanned pregnancies through a christ centered and biblically based approach.
To put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all.
The Corporation endeavours to educate the public about aviation history and to honor veterans by creating and flying World War trainer aircraft
The ymca builds a strong community by involving youth, adults, and families in programs and activities that help them learn, grow, and thrive. we strive to eliminate barriers to participation by offering both direct financial assistance…
To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens.
The mission of the organization is to operate exclusively for the benefit of, or to carry out the purposes of, boys and girls clubs of america, a d.c. corporation that was congressionally chartered in 1956 ("boys & girls clubs of america")…
To provide a safe, fun place where youth are inspired to make healthy, responsible choices.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 33 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 BURLINGTON COMMUNITY POOL CORP ↗
- Who funds BURLINGTON COMMUNITY FUND LTD ↗
- Who funds THE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE ↗
- Who funds Faith Hope & Love Inc ↗
- Who funds WINGS OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds LIFE CHOICES INC ↗
- Who funds GENEVA LAKES FAMILY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds BADGER BOYS STATE INCORPORATED ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Oneill Foundation Inc · Wagner-Essman Care Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Wagner Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wagner Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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