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William Siekman Fdn

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$122k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$309kReligion$157kHealth$153kHuman Services$112kMembership Benefit$112kArts & Culture$69kInternational$10kEnvironment$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $72k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
$3,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE APPLETON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION$15,000
HOPE CLINIC & CARE CENTER$15,000
PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH$10,000
AMIGO CLUB OF ASHLAND OREGON INC$10,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$8,500
LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY$8,000
SMU-DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW$7,500
APPLETON ALLIANCE CHURCH$6,000
SALVATION ARMY OF THE FOX CITIES$5,588
BEAMING INCORPORATED$5,000
THEDACARE CANCER CENTER$5,000
YMCA OF THE FOX CITIES$3,500
ACTS 18 MINISTRY$3,000
THE APPLETON HISTORICAL SOCIETY$2,500
LEAVEN$2,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOX VALLEY: $3k → 7%CHRISTINE ANNE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES: $3k → 11%LEAVEN: $2k → 6%CHRISTIAN ANNE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICE: $2k → 11%LEAVEN INC: $2k → 6%CHRISTINE ANNE DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES: $2k → 11%LEAVEN INC: $1k → 6%CHRISTINE ANNE DOMESTIC ABUE SERVICES: $2k → 11%LEAVEN INC: $1k → 6%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOX VALLEY: $2k → 7%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOX VALLEY: $1k → 7%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOX VALLEY: $1k → 7%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOX VALLEY: $500 → 7%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE FOX VALLEY: $500 → 7%HOPE CLINIC & CARE CENTER: $15k → 7%HOPE CLINIC & CARE CENTER: $7k → 7%HOPE CLINIC & CARE CENTER: $5k → 7%HOPE CLINIC & CARE CENTER: $5k → 7%HOPE CLINIC & CARE CENTER: $5k → 7%HOPE CLINIC & CARE CENTER: $3k → 7%HOPE CLINIC & CARE CENTER: $3k → 7%HOPE CLINIC & CARE CENTER: $3k → 7%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$848k · 29 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
5

Total granted

$848k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+244%

Still filing today

52%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationEmploymentHealthReligionOther
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

  • SO
    SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $86k · revenue +207%
  • BI
    BEAMING INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $55k · revenue +218%
  • HC
    HOPE CLINIC AND CARE CENTER INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $46k · revenue +566%

Funded once

  • SO
    SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ROGUE VALLEY COUNCIL
    one grant, 2020 · $21k · revenue +8%
  • TM
    TROUT MUSEUM OF ART INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +244%
  • FC
    FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF CHRIST
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
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 History Center in Tompkins County Inc

The History Center in Tompkins County, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to preserve and encourage access to its unique collections, while designing learning experiences and services that create opportunities for people to…

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2
Racine County Historical Society & Museum Inc

Racine County Historical Society & Museum, Inc. serves the community by advancing an understanding and appreciation of history and cultural heritage through research, publications, educational activities and the display of collections.

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3
Sage Advocacy Center

Educate, advocate, and empower to end violence.

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4
Torrington Historical Society

The purpose of the Torrington Historical Society is to discover, procure and preserve whatever may relate to civil, military, literary and ecclesiastical history and biography in general, and especially with reference to the Town of…

Arts & Culture
5
Columbia County Historical Society Inc

The organization operates a historical society and three museums as well as a library for historical research.

Arts & Culture
6
Linn County Historical Society

The history center engages people of all ages and backgrounds by preserving and telling stories of linn county's past and connecting the past to the present and future of linn county

Arts & Culture
7
The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest

The historical society of oak park and river forest is a 501(c)(3) organization founded for educational and charitable purposes. the mission statement summarizes the purpose of the organization: to bring together people who are interested…

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8
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
9
Eau Claire Association of Museums Inc
Arts & Culture
10
University of Wisconsin - River Falls Foundation Inc

An independent, not for profit wisconsin corporation, the uwrf foundation is organized solely for the benefit of the university of wisconsin-river falls. private giving to the foundation is essential in raising the level of excellence at…

Education
11
Harbor Springs Area Historical Society

To preserve, interpret, and share the history of the harbor springs area, while encouraging curiosity and promoting an understanding of how the lessons of the past foster an informed community.

Arts & Culture
12
Hennepin History Museum

We preserve and explore history, creating spaces where our communities' stories can be told.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leaven Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hillsdale College. 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

20 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. 20 of the 36 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
16/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

APPLETON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $112,000 · OtherAPPLETON CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONLAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $97,570 · OtherLAWRENCE UNIVERSITYPLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH: $63,000 · OtherPLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHAPPLETON ALLIANCE CHURCH INC: $46,000 · OtherAPPLETON ALLIANCE CHURCH INCTHEDACARE CANCER CENTER: $40,000 · OtherTHEDACARE CANCER CENTERSALVATION ARMY OF THE FOX CITIES: $31,831 · OtherSALVATION ARMY OF THE FOX CITIESYMCA OF THE FOX CITIES: $24,500 · OtherSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ROGUE VALLEY COUNCIL: $21,000 · Other+12 more: $74,500 · Other+12 moreSOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $86,000 · EducationSOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSIT…HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $56,500 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGESouthern Methodist University: $45,000 · EducationSouthern Methodist Univer…Dyslexia Reading Connection Inc: $23,500 · EducationDyslexia Reading Connecti…HOPE CLINIC AND CARE CENTER INC: $46,285 · Human ServicesCHRISTINE ANN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesLEAVEN INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesBEAMING INC: $54,883 · HealthAppleton Historical Society Inc: $18,500 · Arts & CultureATTIC THEATRE INC: $16,500 · Arts & CultureOUTAGAMIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $16,500 · Arts & CultureTROUT MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureActs 18 Ministry Incorporated: $26,000 · ReligionCURATIVE CONNECTIONS INC: $11,500 · EmploymentHARBOR HOUSE DOMESTIC ABUSE PROGRAMS INC: $5,755 · Employment
Other$510,401Education$211,000Human Services$67,785Health$54,883Arts & Culture$54,000Religion$26,000Employment$17,255

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 budgetAPPLETON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $112,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetSOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $86,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $56,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBEAMING INC: $54,883 over 8y, 3.6% of budgetHOPE CLINIC AND CARE CENTER INC: $46,285 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $45,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetActs 18 Ministry Incorporated: $26,000 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetDyslexia Reading Connection Inc: $23,500 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ROGUE VALLEY COUNCIL: $21,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAppleton Historical Society Inc: $18,500 over 8y, 4.1% of budgetATTIC THEATRE INC: $16,500 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetOUTAGAMIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $16,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCURATIVE CONNECTIONS INC: $11,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTINE ANN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC: $7,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLEAVEN INC: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHARBOR HOUSE DOMESTIC ABUSE PROGRAMS INC: $5,755 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS CENTER - FOX CITIES INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTROUT MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BARNACLE SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

  • Who funds APPLETON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BEAMING INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE CLINIC AND CARE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Southern Methodist University ↗
  • Who funds Acts 18 Ministry Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds Dyslexia Reading Connection Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ROGUE VALLEY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds Appleton Historical Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds ATTIC THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds OUTAGAMIE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CURATIVE CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTINE ANN DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOX VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds LEAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds HARBOR HOUSE DOMESTIC ABUSE PROGRAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds SEXUAL ASSAULT CRISIS CENTER - FOX CITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds TROUT MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BARNACLE SOCIETY 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.

Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region IncWI33.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · J J Keller Foundation Inc · Doug & Carla Salmon Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Women's Fund for the Fox Valley Region Inc · Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc · Hartwig Family Foundation Inc · John and Julie Schmidt Family Foundation · United Way Fox Cities Inc · The Clarence Wallace & Dolores Lynch Wallace Family Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

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 William Siekman Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William Siekman Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Southern Oregon University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 36 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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