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Wisconsin Tavern League Foundation Inc at a glance

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Wisconsin Tavern League Foundation Inc

To provide financial support for thousands of wisconsin charities, as well as promote and administer the saferide program.

$447k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$38k
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 2025.

Community Improvement$1.4MCrime & Legal$705kPublic Safety & Disaster$490kHuman Services$185kEmployment$15kPhilanthropy$10kRecreation & Sports$6k
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 22 grants below total $333,952, the rows itemized in this filing. The $446,912 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $112,960 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $60k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $274k
$13,725
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE INC$38,342
LACROSSE COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC$32,091
OSHKOSH CITY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC$29,167
BROWN COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE INC$27,027
MANITOWOC COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC$26,993
SAUK COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC$19,595
WOOD COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC$19,007
KENOSHA COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC$15,504
ONEIDA COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC$15,318
CHIPPEWA COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC$14,984
MILWAUKEE COUNTY HOSPITALITY TAVERN$13,725
OUTGAMIE COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC$11,585
FOND DU LAC COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE$10,516
TAVERN LEAGUE OF WAUPACA COUNTY$8,052
MARINETTE COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC$7,854
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 (FY21–25, $200k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LACROSSE COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC: $54k → 12%LACROSSE COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC: $32k → 15%CHILDREN OF RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES: $15k → 6%LACROSSE COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC: $33k → 12%CHILDREN OF RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES LTD: $15k → 6%LACROSSE COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC: $30k → 12%LACROSSE COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC: $21k → 12%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.
$2.7M · 26 repeat orgs$111k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
10

Total granted

$2.7M
$92k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-14%
+196%

Still filing today

31%
10%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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
Community ImprovementHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TL
    TAVERN LEAGUE OF WISCONSIN INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $1.2M · revenue +25% · 42% of their budget
  • BC
    BROWN COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $189k · revenue +54% · 78% of their budget
  • KC
    Kenosha County Tavern League Foundation
    5× · 2021–2025 · $75k · revenue +96% · 63% of their budget

Funded once

  • MC
    MANITOWOC COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • RV
    RAM VETERANS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +196%
  • LC
    LINCOLN COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
Bar Buddies Ltd

Provide safe rides to bar patrons

Health
2
Saferides Inc

Designated driver program

Crime & Legal
3
Bar Buddies Lodi Corporation

To provide free transportation through a safe ride program to any potentially alcohol-impaired individuals for the protection of said individuals and the general public, and to educate the public on the dangers of alcohol-impaired driving.

Crime & Legal
4
Cascade County Tavern Association

Provide members with assistance in promotion of trade activities, as well as preserve and enhance relations between the public and the hospitality industry.

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5
Abate of Wisconsin Saferider Inc

Training beginning motorcylist driving

Arts & Culture
6
The Bottleshare Inc

Supporting craft breweries

—
7
Southern Grant Road Crew Inc

The organization provides rides to bars, between bars and towns, and home at the end of the night for a reasonable price.

—
8
Motorcycle Dial a Ride Inc

Promote safe motorcycle riding

—
9
Elmbrook New Berlin Senior Taxiinc

To provide taxi service for the elderly and disabled adults.

Human Services
10
Racine Firefighters Association

The Racine Firefighters Association is a part of the Racine Volunteer Fire Department.

Public Benefit
11
Safe Communities of Wright County

Reduce injuriesnd fatalities associated with traffic crashes in wright county, minnesota through safety education and prevention.

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Teagans Ride
Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oneida County Tavern League Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Ram Veterans Foundation 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

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 39 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TAVERN LEAGUE OF WISCONSIN INC: $1,205,203 · Community ImprovementTAVERN LEAGUE OF WISCONSIN INCBROWN COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE INC: $189,023 · Community ImprovementBROWN COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE INC+1 more: $39,680 · Community ImprovementCOLUMBIA COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE: $120,344 · OtherCOLUMBIA COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUEMANITOWOC COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC: $98,042 · OtherMANITOWOC COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION …TAVERN LEAGUE OF WISCONSIN: $95,532 · OtherTAVERN LEAGUE OF WISCONSINONEIDA COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION: $83,758 · OtherONEIDA COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATIONWISCONSIN TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC: $78,946 · OtherWISCONSIN TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INCKenosha County Tavern League Foundation: $74,974 · OtherKenosha County Tavern League FoundationWISCONSIN TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC: $44,721 · OtherWISCONSIN TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC: $44,455 · OtherMadison-Dane County Tavern League Saferider Foundation Inc: $39,455 · OtherWISCONSIN TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION: $37,667 · OtherMARQUETTE COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC: $37,096 · OtherTAVERN LEAGUE OF WISCONSIN: $36,698 · Other+20 more: $279,626 · Other+20 moreSAFE RIDE HOME PROGRAM INC: $169,876 · Human ServicesCHILDREN OF RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES LTD: $30,000 · Human ServicesOshkosh Tavern League Foundation Inc: $137,458 · Public Safety & DisasterRAM VETERANS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Community Improvement$1,433,906Other$1,071,314Human Services$199,876Public Safety & Disaster$137,458Philanthropy$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTAVERN LEAGUE OF WISCONSIN INC: $1,205,203 over 3y, 42% of budgetBROWN COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE INC: $189,023 over 5y, 78% of budgetSAFE RIDE HOME PROGRAM INC: $169,876 over 5y, 78% of budgetOshkosh Tavern League Foundation Inc: $137,458 over 5y, 69% of budgetKenosha County Tavern League Foundation: $74,974 over 5y, 63% of budgetMARATHON COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE INC: $39,680 over 5y, 23% of budgetMadison-Dane County Tavern League Saferider Foundation Inc: $39,455 over 5y, 29% of budgetCHILDREN OF RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES LTD: $30,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetRAM VETERANS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% 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 TAVERN LEAGUE OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds BROWN COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds SAFE RIDE HOME PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds Oshkosh Tavern League Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds ONEIDA COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Kenosha County Tavern League Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MARATHON COUNTY TAVERN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds Madison-Dane County Tavern League Saferider Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN OF RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES LTD ↗
  • Who funds RAM VETERANS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Ozaukee County Hospitality Association ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Wisconsin Tavern League Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wisconsin Tavern League Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 39 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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