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Wittwer Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Wittwer Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$120k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$284kEducation$92kFood & Nutrition$81kHealth$63kAnimals$35kInternational$32kPublic Safety & Disaster$31kReligion$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $73k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Domestic Abuse Intervention Svcs$20,000
Edgewood College$12,500
Wayforward Resources$10,000
American Red Cross$10,000
The River Food Pantry$10,000
Second Harvest of Southern Wisconsin$10,000
Dane County Humane Society$7,500
Catholic Charities$5,000
Agrace Foundation$5,000
Goodman Community Foundation$5,000
Operation Smile$5,000
Aquinas Foundation$5,000
Salvation Army$5,000
American Heart Association$2,500
Culvers Foundation$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $151k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PAWS with a Cause: $1k → 10%Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep: $1k → 3%PAWS With a Cause: $1k → 10%Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep: $1k → 3%PAWS with a Cause: $1k → 10%PAWS with a Cause: $1k → 10%Domestic Abuse Intervention Service: $20k → 10%Domestic Abuse Intervention: $20k → 10%Domestic Abuse Intervention Service: $20k → 10%Catholic Charities: $10k → 10%Catholic Charities: $10k → 10%Catholic Charities: $10k → 10%Catholic Charities: $10k → 10%Catholic Charities: $5k → 10%Catholic Charities: $5k → 10%Wayforward Resources: $10k → 10%Middleton Outreach Ministry: $5k → 10%Middleton Outreach Ministry: $5k → 10%Wayforward Resources: $5k → 10%Wayforward Resources: $5k → 10%Middleton Outreach Ministry: $5k → 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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$624k · 25 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
7

Total granted

$624k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+26%

Still filing today

60%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionHealthPhilanthropyAnimalsOther
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

  • DA
    DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $60k · revenue +11%
  • EDGEWOOD UNIVERSITY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $58k · revenue +18%
  • TR
    THE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $36k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • CC
    Catholic Charities - La Crosse
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • DO
    Dominican of Sinsinawa Campaign
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • CM
    Children's Miracle Network
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
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
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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2
United Way of Dane County Inc

Unite the community to achieve measurable results that change lives.

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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
Community Care Health Plan Inc

Community care health plan's mission is to develop and demonstrate innovative, flexible, community-based approaches to care for at-risk adults, in order to optimize their quality of life and optimize the allocation of community resources.

Health
5
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
6
Second Harvest Heartland

Second harvest heartland's mission is to end hunger together. in partnership with more than 1,000 food shelves and hunger-relief programs in minnesota and western wisconsin, we provided 145 million meals to neighbors last year.

Food & Nutrition
7
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are underserved, underrepresented and disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
8
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
9
Dairy Management Inc

Dairy management inc (dmi) was formed in 1995 by the national dairy promotion and research board (ndb) and the united dairy industry association (udia). dmi is a management organization that invests dairy producer checkoff funds in…

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10
Partners in Food Solutions

Improve the food value chain in developing countries by mobilizing corporate volunteers to share knowledge and expertise with small and growing food processors.

International
11
Nuvance Health

Improve the health of every person in our community through the efficient delivery of excellent, innovative and compassionate care.

Health
12
Feeding South Dakota

To eliminate hunger in south dakota.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison; the most unlike its peers is Culver's 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

18 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. 18 of the 33 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Domestic Abuse Intervention Svcs: $60,000 · OtherDomestic Abuse Intervention SvcsAquinas Foundation: $45,000 · OtherAquinas FoundationAmerican Red Cross: $31,000 · OtherAmerican Red CrossSalvation Army: $30,000 · OtherSalvation ArmyCatholic Charities - La Crosse: $10,000 · OtherOUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE PARISH: $10,000 · OtherSt Thomas Aquinas Parish: $10,000 · OtherGoodman Community Foundation: $10,000 · OtherRonald McDonald House: $9,500 · Other+7 more: $14,000 · Other+7 moreDOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTIO…CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON: $50,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIO…WAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesWAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC+2 more: $6,000 · Human ServicesEDGEWOOD UNIVERSITY INC: $57,500 · EducationEDGEWOOD UNIVE…JUST ONE INTERNATIONAL INC: $21,600 · EducationJUST ONE INTER…+2 more: $4,000 · EducationTHE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC: $36,000 · Food & NutritionTHE RIVER F…SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $30,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARV…Agrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc: $24,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $19,500 · HealthDANE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $32,500 · AnimalsHeart to Heart Experiences Inc: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCULVER'S FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyOPERATION SMILE INC: $19,000 · International
Other$229,500Human Services$151,000Education$83,100Food & Nutrition$66,000Health$43,500Animals$32,500Philanthropy$20,000International$19,000

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 budgetDOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetEDGEWOOD UNIVERSITY INC: $57,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON: $50,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC: $36,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC: $35,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDANE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $32,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc: $24,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJUST ONE INTERNATIONAL INC: $21,600 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $19,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $19,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHeart to Heart Experiences Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetCULVER'S FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPaws With A Cause: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNow I Lay Me Down to Sleep: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds EDGEWOOD UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON ↗
  • Who funds THE RIVER FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds WAYFORWARD RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds DANE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI ↗
  • Who funds Agrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds JUST ONE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds Heart to Heart Experiences Inc ↗
  • Who funds CULVER'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Paws With A Cause ↗
  • Who funds MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep ↗
  • Who funds REACH OUT AND READ INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Madison Community Fou…Green Bay Packers Fou…Alliant Energy Founda…Baird Foundation IncGe Aerospace Foundati…Hooper Corp FoundationEndres Manufacturing …The Evjue Foundation …Trustage Foundation I…United Way of Dane Co…Herbert H Kohl Charit…The Blackbaud Giving …
Madison Community FoundationWI21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Madison Community Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Hooper Corp Foundation · Endres Manufacturing Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · Trustage Foundation Inc · United Way of Dane County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Wittwer Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 33 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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