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WHEATON FRANCISCAN - ELMBROOK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC

WHEATON FRANCISCAN - ELMBROOK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $139,731 to it, the largest being WHEATON FRANCISCAN - ST JOSEPH FOUNDATION INC ($123,646). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2019
$187k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$140k
Net assets
$1.6M
0/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 30%
01What it does

What Wheaton Franciscan - Elmbrook Memorial Foundation Inc does

Mission

Rooted in the loving ministry of jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities. We are advocates for a compassionate and just society through our actions and our words.

As stated on its FY2019 Form 990.

Program

As a part of ascension wisconsin, wheaton franciscan - elmbrook memorial foundation, inc. Supports a number of projects affiliated with the hospital. The foundation solicits philanthropic contributions on behalf of the hospital departments and facilities and engages in activities to benefit the general community. Fundraising efforts help to make many valuable services possible, including free or discounted health care services for low-income individuals, targeted services to senior patients, and scholarships to enhance the professional development of wheaton franciscan healthcare staff.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($163k) Expenses 100 ($36k) Net assets 100 ($1.3M)2018 Revenue 252 ($412k) Expenses 377 ($137k) Net assets 103 ($1.4M)2019 Revenue 115 ($187k) Expenses 450 ($163k) Net assets 123 ($1.6M)
201720182019
Revenue (115)Expenses (450)Net assets (123)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.5M to $1.7M (+11%).

$1.6M
$1.5M
$1.7M
201720182019
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$127k
’17
$275k
’18
$24k
’19
13
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2020: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $6k.

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of WHEATON FRANCISCAN - ELMBROOK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

WHEATON FRANCISCAN - ELMBROOK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund WHEATON FRANCISCAN - ELMBROOK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC.

88%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

92% of WHEATON FRANCISCAN - ELMBROOK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.

WI
MO

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like WHEATON FRANCISCAN - ELMBROOK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Wisconsin

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
67%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WI

Part of a family of 427 related entities

  • Affinity Health System · exempt
  • Agape Community Center of Milwaukee Inc · exempt
  • Alabama Providence Healthcare Services · exempt
  • Alexian Brothers - Ahs Midwest Region Health Co · exempt
  • Alexian Brothers Ambulatory Group · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds WHEATON FRANCISCAN - ELMBROOK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC?
WHEATON FRANCISCAN - ELMBROOK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $139,731 to it, the largest being WHEATON FRANCISCAN - ST JOSEPH FOUNDATION INC ($123,646). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WHEATON FRANCISCAN - ELMBROOK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $139,731 in grants to WHEATON FRANCISCAN - ELMBROOK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of WHEATON FRANCISCAN - ELMBROOK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC?
WHEATON FRANCISCAN - ST JOSEPH FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $123,646 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WHEATON FRANCISCAN - ELMBROOK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2019 (financials across 2017–2019), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing