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Weiss Family Impact Fund at a glance

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Weiss Family Impact Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$150k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
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, FY2018 to 2024.

Human Services$649kHousing & Shelter$339kPhilanthropy$273kEnvironment$195kAnimals$140kHealth$80kArts & Culture$1k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC$50,000
INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION$30,000
KATHY'S HOUSE INC$25,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$20,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
THE TALL PINES CONSERVANCY$10,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WAUKESHA COUNTY LAND CONSERVANCY: $20k → 5%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $30k → 9%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $20k → 10%BRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC: $63k → 17%THE TALL PINES CONSERVANCY: $10k → 5%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $30k → 9%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $20k → 10%BRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC: $50k → 17%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $20k → 10%BRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC: $50k → 17%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $10k → 10%BRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC: $50k → 17%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%BRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC: $35k → 17%INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%BRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC: $25k → 17%KATHY'S HOUSE INC: $25k → 17%KATHY'S HOUSE INC: $15k → 17%KATHY'S HOUSE INC: $10k → 17%KATHY'S HOUSE INC: $10k → 17%KATHY'S HOUSE INC: $10k → 17%KATHY'S HOUSE INC: $10k → 17%MILWAUKEE HOMELESS VETERANS INITIATIVE: $339k → 17%WISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INC: $339k → 17%WISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INC: $122k → 17%WISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INC: $71k → 17%WISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INC: $65k → 17%WISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INC: $51k → 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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$964k · 4 repeat orgs$370k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
3

Total granted

$964k
$360k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
0%

Still filing today

75%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Public BenefitEnvironmentAnimalsHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • WISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INC
    5× · 2018–2023 · $649k · revenue +83% · 40% of their budget
  • INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $140k · revenue +53%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    4× · 2021–2024 · $95k

Funded once

  • MH
    MILWAUKEE HOMELESS VETERANS INITIATIVE INC
    one grant, 2023 · $339k · revenue 0%
  • WAUKESHA COUNTY LAND CONSERVANCY INC
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue -19%
  • WS
    Warrior Songs Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
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
Wisconsin Waterfowl Association Inc

The purpose of the association shall be to restore and conserve wisconsin's waterfowl and wetland resources; to educate state waterfowlers during their progression from natural resource consumer to steward; and to promote governmental…

Environment
2
Wisconsin Hero Outdoors Inc

Wisconsin hero outdoors connects veterans, first responders and their families to integrated "nature based outdoor therapies". 2024 who expanded its program offerings to include beekeeping and apiary management.

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3
Wisconsin Veteran's Village Association Inc

Provide affordable housing, support, and community to veterans throughout their lifespan.

Housing & Shelter
4
Landmark Conservancy Inc

Landmark conservancy is a nationally accredited, nonprofit conservation organization serving 20 counties across northwest wisconsin. their mission is to conserve wisconsin's natural legacy for everyone...forever.

Environment
5
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation Inc

The wisconsin wildlife federation has a dual mission to engage in conservation education and to advocate for sound conservation policy.

Environment
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
Gathering Waters Inc

Gathering waters (wisconsin's alliance for land trusts) strengthens land trusts to protect wisconsin's special places and grow healthy, vibrant communities. the stronger the alliance between gathering waters' staff and board members, land…

Environment
8
Southeast Wisconsin Land Conservancy

Obtain and manage land of ecological significance.

Environment
9
Wisconsin Association of Lakes Inc

The mission of the wisconsin association of lakes is to conserve, enhance, and restore wisconsin's 15,000 lakes to ensure their sustainability for the benefit and collective use and enjoyment for this and future generations.

Environment
10
Wisconsin Voices Inc

Wisconsin voices provides technical assistance and resources to build capacity and leadership to 501(c)(3) organizations in support of commonly held values of equal opportunity, freedom, progress, and a government that works for all.

Civil Rights
11
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
12
Milwaukee Parks Foundation Inc

Engage our community in supporting milwaukee county parks to collectively steward a thriving park system.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wisconsin Veterans Network Inc; the most unlike its peers is Warrior Songs 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

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 10 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/9
Grantees still filing
4/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INC: $649,137 · Public BenefitWISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INCMILWAUKEE HOMELESS VETERANS INITIATIVE INC: $338,794 · Public BenefitMILWAUKEE HOMELESS VETERANS INITIATIVE INCBRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC: $272,500 · PhilanthropyBRADLEY IMPACT FUN…Individual grant recipient: $95,000 · OtherIndividual …THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $70,000 · OtherTHE NATURE …INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 · AnimalsINTERNATI…Kathy's House Inc: $80,000 · HealthWAUKESHA COUNTY LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentTALL PINES CONSERVANCY: $10,000 · EnvironmentWarrior Songs Inc: $1,000 · Human Services
Public Benefit$987,931Philanthropy$272,500Other$165,000Animals$140,000Health$80,000Environment$30,000Human Services$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 budgetWISCONSIN VETERANS NETWORK INC: $649,137 over 5y, 40% of budgetMILWAUKEE HOMELESS VETERANS INITIATIVE INC: $338,794 over 1y, 21% of budgetBRADLEY IMPACT FUND INC: $272,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $140,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetKathy's House Inc: $80,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTALL PINES CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Herbert H Kohl Charit…Greater Milwaukee Fou…Green Bay Packers Fou…Baird Foundation IncDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Herbert H Kohl Charities IncWI15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Weiss Family Impact Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Weiss Family Impact Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 10 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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