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Winnebago Industries Foundation at a glance

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Winnebago Industries Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$2.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Community Improvement$2.5MPhilanthropy$1.5MEducation$1.2MHuman Services$1.0MEnvironment$1.0MRecreation & Sports$612kYouth Development$400kHousing & Shelter$372kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $586k
  • $250k+1 grant · $2.2M
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$42k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION (BENEVITY GRANTS)$2,181,753
SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA$236,250
MAKE A WISH$150,000
NORTH IOWA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$100,000
CAMBER OUTDOORS$100,000
NO BARRIERS$25,000
DUCKS UNLIMITED$15,000
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (RVTI)$7,500
SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
SERVANTS AT WORK - ST JOES CHAPTER$5,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY$5,000
CORPORATE VOLUNTEERISM COUNCIL$1,650
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 (FY20–23, $145k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $500 → 13%COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEMS: $500 → 12%TOLSON CENTER: $100k → 13%YOUTH FRONTIERS: $20k → 7%REAL SERVICES INC: $1k → 13%SERVANTS AT WORK: $500 → 9%LGBT OUTDOORS: $10k → 14%SERVANTS AT WORK INC: $500 → 16%THE FREE BOOK BUGGIE: $1k → 6%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF FOREST CITY IA: $500 → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
CA
CO
VA
DE
AZ
TN
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.1M · 47 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

47 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 40 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
123

Total granted

$7.1M
$2.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+16%

Still filing today

66%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $400k · revenue +74%
  • FS
    FIVE STAR LIFE INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $153k · revenue +108%
  • HT
    HANDSON TWIN CITIES
    3× · 2020–2023 · $115k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • SA
    SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA
    one grant, 2023 · $200k
  • FC
    FOREST CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2020 · $167k
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $150k
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
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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2
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
4
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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5
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
6
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
7
Homeward Bound Inc

Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

Human Services
8
Camp Fire Minnesota

With nature as our catalyst, we energize youth to discover their spark so their futures glow brighter.

Youth Development
9
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
10
The Minneapolis Foundation

The foundation cultivates generosity by taking action on the greatest civic, social, and economic needs partnering with nonprofits, facilitating grantmaking, driving research and advocacy, and providing services to donors seeking to make a…

Philanthropy
11
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
12
Minnesota Chamber Foundation

The organization's mission is to bring stakeholders together to promote prosperity and long-term growth of minnesota's economy.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bristol Fire Department Corp. 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

92 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. 92 of the 178 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)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
91/92
Grantees still filing
64/92
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION (BENEVITY GRANTS): $2,442,333 · OtherAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION (BENEVITY GRANTS)BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND (CAMPAIGN MATCHES): $759,218 · OtherBLACKBAUD GIVING FUND (CAMPAIGN MATCHES)SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC: $435,750 · OtherSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INCNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $400,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONNO BARRIERS: $325,000 · OtherMAKE A WISH: $302,315 · OtherCAMBER OUTDOORS: $300,000 · Other+125 more: $2,305,987 · Other+125 moreEMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $460,000 · Human ServicesTOLSON CENTER INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $20,000 · Human Services+7 more: $15,000 · Human ServicesNORTH IOWA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $300,000 · EducationTHE OUTDOOR FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationFOREST CITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Education+1 more: $15,000 · EducationVOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $95,000 · EnvironmentDucks Unlimited Inc: $80,000 · EnvironmentFOREST CITY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE INC: $75,000 · EnvironmentWILDERNESS INQUIRY INC: $55,000 · EnvironmentOUTDOOR AFRO: $50,000 · EnvironmentMISSISSIPPI PARK CONNECTION: $35,000 · EnvironmentNEIGHBORHOOD FOREST INC: $25,000 · Environment+4 more: $12,500 · EnvironmentTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND: $156,810 · PhilanthropyNEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $50,000 · PhilanthropyCHIEF EXECUTIVES FOR CORPORATE PURPOSE INC: $45,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $40,000 · PhilanthropyMINNESOTA VIKINGS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $14,584 · Philanthropy+6 more: $41,000 · PhilanthropyFIVE STAR LIFE INC: $153,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $110,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentNO BARRIERS USA: $125,000 · InternationalHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $115,000 · International+3 more: $10,000 · International
Other$7,270,603Human Services$595,000Education$555,000Environment$427,500Philanthropy$392,394Youth Development$264,000International$250,000

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 budgetEMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $460,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCAMBER OUTDOORS: $300,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetNORTH IOWA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetTHE OUTDOOR FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND: $156,810 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIVE STAR LIFE INC: $153,000 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetNO BARRIERS USA: $125,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $115,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHANDSON TWIN CITIES: $115,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $110,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTOLSON CENTER INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetVOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $95,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOREST CITY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE INC: $75,000 over 1y, 77% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $55,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILDERNESS INQUIRY INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetRV-MH HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetNEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF ELKHART COU: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetOUTDOOR AFRO: $50,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCHIEF EXECUTIVES FOR CORPORATE PURPOSE INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFOREST CITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISSISSIPPI PARK CONNECTION: $35,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCROSSROADS UNITED WAY INC: $31,327 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCARE CAMPS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEMBRACING OUR DIFFERENCES INC: $25,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD FOREST INC: $25,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetMINNESOTA VIKINGS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetLOVEWAY INC: $22,520 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCULTIVATE CULINARY SCHOOL AND CATERING INC: $21,750 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER IOWA: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE EARTH RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHORIZON EDUCATION ALLIANCE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBESTPREP: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $14,584 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Council on Foundations: $11,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHOMAS IRVINE DODGE NATURE CENTER: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREAT RIVER GREENING: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of North Central Iowa: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBRICKSTREET THEATRE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetMICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHSIDE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD AND PARENT SERVICES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAMBER OUTDOORS ↗
  • Who funds NORTH IOWA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE OUTDOOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ↗
  • Who funds FIVE STAR LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds NO BARRIERS USA ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds HANDSON TWIN CITIES ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ELKHART COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds TOLSON CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Ducks Unlimited Inc ↗
  • Who funds FOREST CITY ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC ↗
  • Who funds WILDERNESS INQUIRY INC ↗
  • Who funds RV-MH HERITAGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF ELKHART COU ↗
  • Who funds OUTDOOR AFRO ↗
  • Who funds CHIEF EXECUTIVES FOR CORPORATE PURPOSE 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 …Welter Foundation Inc1st Source Bank Found…Land O'Lakes Foundati…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Ch Robinson Worldwide…Xcel Energy FoundationPohlad Family Foundat…Community Foundation …Mortenson Family Foun…Fr Bigelow FoundationOtto Bremer Trust
Community Foundation of Elkhart County IncIN31.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc · Welter Foundation Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · Mortenson Family Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust

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 Winnebago Industries Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Winnebago Industries Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • United Way of Lane County: 31% of income from government
  • Center for Coastal Studies Inc: 26% of income from government
  • United Way Suncoast Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 178 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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