Wisconsin · Public charity
Wisdom Inc
Wisdom works with congregation-based community organizations to create understanding and build relationships across boundaries, to train leaders, and to organize people to advocate for social change that is in accord with their values.
- $380k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $298k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Wisdom Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $298k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $168k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $107k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $299k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $388k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $41k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $119k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $103k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPO of Wisconsin Inc | $231,448 | 3 | 31% |
| Menikanaehkem Inc | $206,602 | 5 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Innercity Congregations Allied for Hope Inc | $151,139 | 4 | 36% |
| Jonah Inc | $129,397 | 7 | 23% |
| Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund Inc | $127,400 | 4 | 4% |
| Esther Inc | $99,879 | 7 | 19% |
| Joshua | $95,411 | 5 | 33% |
| Congregations United to Serve Humanity Inc | $83,741 | 6 | 37% |
| Embolden Wi Inc | $77,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Racine Interfaith Coalition | $71,480 | 3 | 22% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPO of Wisconsin Inc | $231,448 | 3 | 31% |
| Menikanaehkem Inc | $206,602 | 5 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Innercity Congregations Allied for Hope Inc | $151,139 | 4 | 36% |
| Jonah Inc | $129,397 | 7 | 23% |
| Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund Inc | $127,400 | 4 | 4% |
| Esther Inc | $99,879 | 7 | 19% |
| Joshua | $95,411 | 5 | 33% |
| Congregations United to Serve Humanity Inc | $83,741 | 6 | 37% |
| Embolden Wi Inc | $77,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Racine Interfaith Coalition | $71,480 | 3 | 22% |
| Sophia of Waukesha Inc | $55,065 | 4 | 34% |
| Democracy Alliance | $43,630 | 1 | n/a |
| Moses - Wisdom of Madison Inc | $43,570 | 3 | 15% |
| Wisconsin Council of Churches | $37,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Kids Forward Inc | $34,400 | 2 | 1% |
| Wisdom Inc Dba Naomi Inc | $20,125 | 2 | 36% |
| Free Movement Incorporated | $15,681 | 1 | 4% |
Where it is load-bearing
Wisdom Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Wisdom Action Network Inc · Basic Needs Giving Partnership Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Wisdom Inc
- How much does Wisdom Inc give?
- Wisdom Inc reported 10 itemized grants totaling $297,681, out of $379,606 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Wisdom Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (99%), Philanthropy (1%).
- Who are Wisdom Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: EXPO of Wisconsin Inc ($231k), Menikanaehkem Inc ($207k), Milwaukee Innercity Congregations Allied for Hope Inc ($151k).
- Does Wisdom Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wisdom Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wisdom Action Network Inc, Basic Needs Giving Partnership Inc, The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc.
- Where is Wisdom Inc based?
- Wisdom Inc is based in WI.
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