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Waukesha Rotary Club Charitable Fund Inc

Grant funds to nonprofit organizations

$35k
Granted FY2023
21
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Health$62kHuman Services$59kInternational$46kEnvironment$45kYouth Development$20kEducation$15kArts & Culture$15kFood & Nutrition$10kOther$0
02FY2023 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$95k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$4,180
Rotary Club of Milwaukee$4,000
Habitat for Humanity$3,000
Blessings in a Backpack$2,500
The Rotary Foundation$2,015
Family Promise of Waukesha$2,000
The Womens Center$2,000
Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation$1,500
Lake Area Free Clinic$1,500
Variety - the Childrens Charity$1,500
Literary Services of WI$1,500
Greater Milw El Sistema$1,000
Girl Scouts of WI SE$1,000
Rotary Club of Milwaukee$1,000
ERAs Senior Network$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 (FY17–23, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 43% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%Blessings in a Backpack: $3k → 15%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $3k → 15%Blessings in a Backpack: $2k → 15%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $2k → 15%THE WOMEN'S CENTER: $3k → 5%The Womens Center: $2k → 5%The Womens Center: $2k → 5%The Womens Center: $2k → 5%The Women's Center: $2k → 5%THE WOMEN'S CENTER: $1k → 5%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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$209k · 29 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2023, 15 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
32

Total granted

$209k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+69%

Still filing today

52%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationCrime & LegalOther
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

  • WAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $15k · revenue +114%
  • ERAS SENIOR NETWORK INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $13k · revenue +107%
  • TW
    THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $12k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • VR
    Vykinto Rotary Club - Ukraine
    one grant, 2022 · $4k
  • PP
    PARENTS PLACE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue -12%
  • LI
    LIFESTRIDERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +108%
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
Family Promise of Waukesha County Inc

Our mission is to help low-income families and families experiencing homelessness achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response.

Housing & Shelter
2
Wisconsin Progress Inc

Wisconsin progress recruits, trains, elects, and develops progressive candidates and leaders at the local and state legislative levels.

Civil Rights
3
Habitat for Humanity of Wisconsin Inc

Our mission is to empower WI Habitat for Humanity affiliates to create one voice that advocates and influences affordable home ownership.

Housing & Shelter
4
Variety - the Children's Charity of Wisconsin Inc

Enriching the lives of children with physical or developmental special needs and their families.

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5
Family Voices of Wisconsin Inc

Provide training and informational materials to families of children and youth with disabilities to enable them to understand and use the supports and services provided by private and public health care and community systems.

Health
6
Lifeways of Wisconsin Inc

Operation of childcare centers based on the waldorf teaching method. nurturing children, families, caregivers and communities. lifeways welcomes children and families of any race, religion,

Human Services
7
Wisconsin Family Ties Inc

Wisconsin family ties changes lives by improving children's mental health. it accomplishes this mission through a set of interrelated activities that support and educate parents, and inform practitioners, policy makers and the public about…

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8
Women and Children's Horizons Inc

The mission of women and children's horizons, inc. is to provide support, shelter, education, training, and healing services to victims of sexual and domestic abuse, their families, and the community.

Human Services
9
Neighborhood Housing Services of Southeast Wisconsin Inc

The purpose of neighborhood housing services of southeast wisconsin, inc. is to renew pride, restore confidence,promote reinvestment, and revitalize the nhs neighborhoods through the efforts of local residents acting in concert with…

Housing & Shelter
10
Wisconsin Progress Institute Inc

Wisconsin progress institute exists to empower wisconsin's locally elected leaders with the tools, training, and support they need to be effective, values-driven public servants.

Education
11
Innovative Services Inc

Innovative services, inc. (isi) cares for those with disabilities, helping them lead fulfilling lives with maximum independence. innovative's vision is to be the most trusted care provider for people with disabilities in wisconsin.

Human Services
12
Northwest Wisconsin Community Services Agency Inc

To improve the quality of life by providing resources and services within our communities.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parents Place Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation 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

34 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. 34 of the 67 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/34
Grantees still filing
25/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Waukesha County Dept of Parks Lan: $45,000 · OtherWaukesha County Dept of Parks LanIndividual grant recipient: $12,935 · OtherIndividual grant recipientERAS SENIOR NETWORK INC: $12,500 · OtherERAS SENIOR NETWORK INCSALVATION ARMY: $8,050 · OtherWAUKESHA FREE CLINIC INC: $8,000 · OtherNAMI SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $6,750 · Other+47 more: $90,960 · Other+47 moreTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $41,820 · InternationalTHE ROTARY FOUN…WAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC INC: $14,500 · HealthWAUKESHA COUNT…BRYON RIESCH PARALYSIS FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 · HealthBRYON RIESCH P…LAKE AREA FREE CLINIC INC: $9,000 · HealthLAKE AREA FREE…GOOD FRIEND INC: $4,500 · HealthGOOD FRIEND IN…LIFESTRIDERS INC: $2,500 · HealthLIFESTRIDERS I…+1 more: $500 · HealthTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $11,500 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $8,500 · Human ServicesGreater Milwaukee El Sistema Inc: $7,500 · Arts & CultureWAUKESIA CIVIC THEATRE INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureGIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INC: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOPS AND KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · EducationCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY INC: $500 · Education
Other$184,195International$41,820Health$40,000Human Services$20,000Arts & Culture$8,500Youth Development$6,000Education$3,000

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 budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $41,820 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC INC: $14,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetERAS SENIOR NETWORK INC: $12,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $11,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBRYON RIESCH PARALYSIS FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetLAKE AREA FREE CLINIC INC: $9,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWAUKESHA FREE CLINIC INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNAMI SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: $6,750 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF MILWAUKEE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCARING PLACE INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGOOD FRIEND INC: $4,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPARENTS PLACE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLIFESTRIDERS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOPS AND KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREEN COUNTY INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD PANTRY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEBRON HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY INC D/B/A HEBRON HOUSING SERVICES: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILDLIFE IN NEED CENTER LTD: $1,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWAUKESHA COMMUNITY ART PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHOUSING RESOURCES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWAUKESIA CIVIC THEATRE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE NETWORK INC: $825 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetISLANDS OF BRILLIANCE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFE NAVIGATORS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM UP WITH FAMILIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOBILISE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAD LAKE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds WAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY DENTAL CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds ERAS SENIOR NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BRYON RIESCH PARALYSIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE AREA FREE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC ↗
  • Who funds WAUKESHA FREE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds Greater Milwaukee El Sistema Inc ↗
  • Who funds NAMI SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF WISCONSIN SOUTHEAST INC ↗
  • Who funds ROTARY CLUB OF MILWAUKEE ↗
  • Who funds CARING PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD FRIEND INC ↗
  • Who funds Hope Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NORTHWOODS INC ↗
  • Who funds PARENTS PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFESTRIDERS INC ↗
  • Who funds COPS AND KIDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREEN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WAUKESHA COUNTY 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…Waukesha County Commu…United Way of Greater…Herbert H Kohl Charit…Women and Girls Fund …STACKNER FAMILY FOUND…Green Bay Packers Fou…Baird Foundation IncGe Aerospace Foundati…Youth Foundation IncEvan & Marion Helfaer…Windhover Foundation …
Greater Milwaukee Foundation IncWI44.2× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Waukesha County Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Women and Girls Fund of Waukesha County Inc · STACKNER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC co KRISTIN A OCCHETTI · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Youth Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Windhover 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 Waukesha Rotary Club Charitable Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Waukesha Rotary Club Charitable Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 67 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $33k 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 FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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