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Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2024
54
Organizations funded FY2023
28%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$40,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$270,000
Organizations funded a year
29 to 54
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$41M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 28% of the organizations Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $740k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving44$2.7M9%
FY202354$3.3M28%
FY202248$3.1M38%
FY202137$2.4M38%
FY202035$2.1M71%
FY201929$1.6Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$4.8MArts & Culture$2.2MCivil Rights$1.5MInternational$1.4MEnvironment$985kCrime & Legal$951kPhilanthropy$933kHousing & Shelter$770kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 69 grantees
All grantees of Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Uwm Foundation Inc$3,298,09463%
Alliance for Peacebuilding$1,025,000613%
John Michael Kohler Arts Center Inc$1,020,00043%
Nia Imani Family Inc$770,000635%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$556,00030%
Voces de la Frontera Inc$420,00044%
Fractured Atlas Inc$400,00021%
Center for Community Alternatives Inc$390,00041%
Law Forward Inc$381,00056%
Thousand Currents$360,00031%
Parole Preparation Project Inc$340,000412%
Equal Justice Works$307,50060%
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$300,00060%
Climate Justice Alliance$300,00031%
Americans for Oxford Inc$300,00020%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$300,00020%
Pastors United Community Advocacy Inc$300,000314%
Wcij Inc$280,00054%
Ndn Collective Inc$250,00041%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$220,00030%
Wisconsin Justice Initiative Inc$159,531434%
Wisdom Inc$150,00033%
Milwaukee Turners Inc$150,00036%
Sunrise Movement Education Fund$140,00021%
Foundations Health & Wholeness Inc$130,00041%
Lighthouse Recovery Community Center Inc$120,00034%
Union Theological Seminary$110,00020%
Bookworm Gardens Inc$110,00026%
Taproot Earth$100,00021%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$95,00020%
Sheboygan County Food Bank Inc$95,00061%
Mke Urban Stables Inc$90,00038%
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project Inc$75,00031%
The Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California$75,00030%
Safe Harbor of Sheboygan County Inc$60,00051%
Meals on Wheels of Sheboygan County Inc$55,00051%
Movement Strategy Center$50,00010%
Project South Inc$50,00010%
Urban Ecology Center Inc$50,00020%
Forward Theater Company$47,50023%
ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc$45,00030%
Renaissance Theaterworks Inc$40,00015%
Our Community Ltd$39,00033%
Hmong Mutual Assistance Association of Sheboygan Inc$30,00055%
Sharon S Richardson Community Hospice Inc$30,00050%
Mental Health America Lakeshore Inc$30,00032%
Nourish Farms Inc$30,00032%
Sheboygan County Historical Research Centerinc$28,58629%
Sheboygan County Interfaith Organization Inc$28,00053%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sheboygan County Inc$25,00021%
Reins Inc$20,00042%
Wisconsin for Environmental Justice$20,0001n/a
Milwaukee School of Engineering$17,37510%
Urban Justice Center$15,00010%
Community Advocates Inc$15,00010%
Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra Inc$10,00032%
Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Manitou Council Inc D/B/A Girl Scouts of Manitou Council$10,00020%
Glacial Lakes Conservancy Inc$10,0001n/a
William & Mary Law School Foundation$10,00010%
Mead Public Library Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$5,00010%
The Community$5,0001n/a
Sheboygan County Historical Society$5,00021%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Wi Shoreline Inc$5,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc$5,00013%
Gathering Waters Inc$5,00011%
Artists Working in Education Inc$3,50011%
Town and Country Garden Club$2,5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Uwm Foundation Inc: $3,298,094 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetAlliance for Peacebuilding: $1,025,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetJohn Michael Kohler Arts Center Inc: $1,020,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetNia Imani Family Inc: $770,000 over 6y, 35% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $556,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVoces de la Frontera Inc: $420,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCenter for Community Alternatives Inc: $390,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetLaw Forward Inc: $381,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetThousand Currents: $360,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetParole Preparation Project Inc: $340,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetEqual Justice Works: $307,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetThe Medical College of Wisconsin Inc: $300,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetClimate Justice Alliance: $300,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetAmericans for Oxford Inc: $300,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSustainable Markets Foundation: $300,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPastors United Community Advocacy Inc: $300,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetWcij Inc: $280,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetNdn Collective Inc: $250,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCenter for Popular Democracy Inc: $220,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWisconsin Justice Initiative Inc: $159,531 over 4y, 34% of budgetWisdom Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetMilwaukee Turners Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetSunrise Movement Education Fund: $140,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFoundations Health & Wholeness Inc: $130,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetLighthouse Recovery Community Center Inc: $120,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetUnion Theological Seminary: $110,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBookworm Gardens Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetTaproot Earth: $100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSocial and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc: $95,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSheboygan County Food Bank Inc: $95,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMke Urban Stables Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetAsylum Seeker Advocacy Project Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSafe Harbor of Sheboygan County Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Sheboygan County Inc: $55,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetMovement Strategy Center: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetProject South Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUrban Ecology Center Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetForward Theater Company: $47,500 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRenaissance Theaterworks Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetOur Community Ltd: $39,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetHmong Mutual Assistance Association of Sheboygan Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetSharon S Richardson Community Hospice Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMental Health America Lakeshore Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetNourish Farms Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSheboygan County Historical Research Centerinc: $28,586 over 2y, 8.7% 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 65.

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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.

Green Bay Packers FoundationWI43.7× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Green Bay Packers Foundation · Frank G & Frieda K Brotz Family Foundation Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Kohler Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Hayssen Family Foundation Inc · Lakeshore Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Sheboygan County Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Ruth St John & John Dunham West Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Terry Kohler Family Foundation Inc

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 Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc

How much does Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc give?
Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc reported 45 grants totaling $2,954,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 54 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (30%), Arts & Culture (14%), Civil Rights (9%).
Who are Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Uwm Foundation Inc ($3.3M), Alliance for Peacebuilding ($1.0M), John Michael Kohler Arts Center Inc ($1.0M).
Does Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Green Bay Packers Foundation, Frank G & Frieda K Brotz Family Foundation Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc.
Where is Wm Collins Kohler Foundation Inc based?
Wm Collins Kohler Foundation 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 108 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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