Adler-Clark Electric Community
Greenwood, WI · EIN 20-2040648. Reported 89 grants totalling $125,020 to 48 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Adler-Clark Electric Community did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $1,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $5,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Greenwood | Greenwood, WI | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Clark County Sheriff's Office | Neillsville, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Neillsvilee Fire Dept | Neillsville, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pittsville Food Pantry (pans) | Pittsville, WI | $5,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Neillsville Fire and Rescue | Neillsville, WI | $4,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Christmas Wish Program | Medford, WI | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Feed My People - Ow | Osseo, WI | $4,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greenwood Food Pantry | Greenwood, WI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Icaa Food Pantry | Medford, WI | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Spencer Food Pantry | Spencer, WI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Thorp Food Pantry | Thorp, WI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clark County Food Pantry | Neillsville, WI | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Spencer Fire Department | Spencer, WI | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stanley Area Food Pantry | Stanley, WI | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Neillsville American Legion | Neillsville, WI | $3,440 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| House of Mercy - Catholic Charities | Loyal, WI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| School District of Abbotsford | Abbotsford, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace | Colby, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Willard Historical Society | Willard, WI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Abbotsford Booster Club | Abbotsford, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clark County Forestry & Parks | Neillsville, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Farm Tech | Greenwood, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Loyal Community Food Pantry | Loyal, WI | $2,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Owen Withee School | Owen, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Highground | Neillsville, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Church of Christ Food Pantry | Neillsville, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clark County Humaine Society | Neillsville, WI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community United Food Pantry | Colby, WI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cups Colby Food Pantry | Colby, WI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Granton Food Pantry | Granton, WI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Neillsville Improvement Corporation | Neillsville, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Villiage of Spencer | Spencer, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Bernards Catholic Church | Abbotsford, WI | $1,940 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Louis Catholic Church | Dorchester, WI | $1,940 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Greenwood Police Department | Greenwood, WI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clark Cty Office on Aging | Neillsville, WI | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Colby Fire Association | Colby, WI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Loyal Police Department | Loyal, WI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| School District of Colby | Colby, WI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The High Ground | Neillsville, WI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Village of Spencer | Spencer, WI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clark County Office on Aging | Neillsville, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cooperative Family Fund | Grawn, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heuy's Hideaway | Medford, WI | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Way of Taylor County | Medford, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Huey's Hideaway Children's Museum | Medford, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stanley Food Pantry | Stanley, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Methodist Church | Granton, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
21 of 48 (44%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 43%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- City of Greenwood
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT - SLIDE - Village of Spencer
PICKLEBALL COURT SEALCOAT/PAINTING - Christmas Wish Program
CHRISTMAS WISHES FOR TROUBLED FAMILIES - House of Mercy - Catholic Charities
HOMELESS SHELTER SUPPLIES - Cooperative Family Fund
SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES AT A TIME OF LOSS - Heuy's Hideaway
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM EXHIBIT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 15 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $29,500 | $500 |
| 2022 | 19 | $23,500 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 28 | $35,020 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 19 | $37,000 | $1,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Adler-Clark Electric Community has 11 of them, worth $15,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| School District of Loyal | Loyal, WI | $2,500 |
| Spencer Fire Department | Spencer, WI | $2,000 |
| Clark County Food Pantry | Neillsville, WI | $1,500 |
| Clark County Office on Aging | Neillsville, WI | $1,500 |
| Loyal Community Food Pantry | Loyal, WI | $1,500 |
| Clark County Food Pantry | Neillsville, WI | $1,000 |
| Icaa Food Pantry | Medford, WI | $1,000 |
| United Church of Christ Food Pantry | Neillsville, WI | $1,000 |
| Clark County Humaine Society | Neillsville, WI | $1,000 |
| Icaa Food Pantry | Medford, WI | $1,000 |
| Loyal Community Food Pantry | Loyal, WI | $1,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in Wisconsin. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Wisconsin.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Adler-Clark Electric Community's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 190, Greenwood, WI, 54437. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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