· Public charity
Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Inc
Promote and facilitate services to wisconsin's private nonprofit colleges and universities.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
The 14 grants below total $3,709,927 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $4,579,142 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $869,215 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $6k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $143k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $604k
- $250k+4 grants · $3.0M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HERZING UNIVERSITY | $1,213,686 |
| EDGEWOOD COLLEGE INC | $673,497 |
| ALVERNO COLLEGE | $661,518 |
| RIPON COLLEGE | $408,610 |
| CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY INC | $231,110 |
| LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN | $202,547 |
| BELOIT COLLEGE | $170,000 |
| LAKELAND UNIVERSITY | $47,700 |
| MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING | $29,950 |
| MOUNT MARY UNIVERSITY INC | $22,635 |
| MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY | $15,079 |
| ST NORBERT COLLEGE INC | $14,000 |
| WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC | $13,420 |
| MARIAN UNIVERSITY | $6,175 |
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 42% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)
As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…
Lourdes university, rooted in catholic and franciscan traditions, provides a values-centered education that enriches lives and advances academic excellence through the integration of the liberal arts and professional studies.
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
Founded by the norwegian evangelical lutheran church in 1861, luther college is a four-year, residential liberal arts institution. luther welcomes students of all backgrounds to engage in a way of learning that moves beyond immediate…
St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.
Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lawrence University of Wisconsin and the most unlike its peers is Marquette University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds HERZING UNIVERSITY LTD ↗
- Who funds EDGEWOOD UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds ALVERNO COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds RIPON COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN ↗
- Who funds BELOIT COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds LAKELAND UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ↗
- Who funds MOUNT MARY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds Marquette University ↗
- Who funds ST NORBERT COLLEGE INC ↗
- Who funds WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC ↗
- Who funds Marian University ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organization Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.