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Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Inc

Promote and facilitate services to wisconsin's private nonprofit colleges and universities.

$4.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
14
Itemized grants FY2025
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Itemized, FY2025
$3.7M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$170,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,213,686
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$27M

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2025 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Herzing University Ltd$1,213,6861n/a
Edgewood University Inc$673,49711%
Alverno College$661,51811%
Ripon College$408,61011%
Concordia University Inc$231,11010%
Lawrence University of Wisconsin$202,54710%
Beloit College$170,00010%
Lakeland University$47,70010%
Milwaukee School of Engineering$29,95010%
Mount Mary University Inc$22,63510%
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All grantees of Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Herzing University Ltd$1,213,6861n/a
Edgewood University Inc$673,49711%
Alverno College$661,51811%
Ripon College$408,61011%
Concordia University Inc$231,11010%
Lawrence University of Wisconsin$202,54710%
Beloit College$170,00010%
Lakeland University$47,70010%
Milwaukee School of Engineering$29,95010%
Mount Mary University Inc$22,63510%
Marquette University$15,07910%
St Norbert College Inc$14,00010%
Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc$13,42010%
Marian University$6,17510%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEdgewood University Inc: $673,497 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAlverno College: $661,518 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRipon College: $408,610 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetConcordia University Inc: $231,110 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLawrence University of Wisconsin: $202,547 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBeloit College: $170,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLakeland University: $47,700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMilwaukee School of Engineering: $29,950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMount Mary University Inc: $22,635 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMarquette University: $15,079 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Norbert College Inc: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWisconsin Lutheran College Inc: $13,420 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarian University: $6,175 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 13.

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.

Herb Kohl Educational Foundation IncWI15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · The Boldt Family Fund Inc · Council of Independent Colleges · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving 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.

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About Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Inc

How much does Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Inc give?
Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Inc reported 14 itemized grants totaling $3,709,927, out of $4,579,142 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2025 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
Who are Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2025 to FY2025: Herzing University Ltd ($1.2M), Edgewood University Inc ($673k), Alverno College ($662k).
Which funders back the same organizations as Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Baird Foundation Inc.
Where is Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Inc based?
Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Inc is based in WI.

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 14 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 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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