This foundation focuses on local community support in the Janesville/Beloit area of southern Wisconsin, funding a mix of basic needs, youth services, education, and the performing arts. Grants are often directed to local institutions (colleges, community day care, youth centers, food bank) and several organizations receive repeat, modest-sized general support. The giving reflects an emphasis on sustaining community infrastructure — arts & culture, child care/early learning, higher education access, and basic social services.
Walter & Jessie Francisco Char Fnd Xxxxx8003’s recent giving is anchored by repeated general support for local institutions in southern Wisconsin, especially organizations tied to Janesville and Beloit. The largest recent grant in the data is $9,320 to the Salvation Army in Superior, and the foundation also gave $7,100 to Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin in Madison. Those awards sit alongside a broader pattern of modest grants that help sustain day-to-day community infrastructure rather than one-time project spikes. Across the recent grants list, the foundation appears to support a mix of food security, youth services, education, child care, and the performing arts. Recipients include Janesville Performing Arts Center, Janesville Community Day Care Center, Beloit College, Boys and Girls Club of Janesville, Milton Area Youth Center, and National Society to Prevent Blindness. The portfolio is concentrated enough to show a place-based approach, but broad enough within that region to touch basic needs, early learning, college access, and community arts. General support appears frequently in the recent grants, suggesting the foundation often funds operating needs rather than narrowly defined projects.
Food security is one of the clearest themes in the recent grants. Walter & Jessie Francisco Char Fnd Xxxxx8003 gave $7,100 to Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin in 2025 and $7,000 to the same organization in 2023, both marked general support. The foundation also backed direct social services with $9,320 to the Salvation Army in 2024 and another $6,000 in 2025. Education and child care show up through repeated support for Janesville Community Day Care Center, including $5,721 in 2023, $5,000 in 2024, and $5,000 in 2025. Higher education is present as well: Beloitt College received $5,000 in 2023, $5,000 in 2024, and $5,000 in 2025. The arts are represented by Janesville Performing Arts Center, which received $7,000 in 2023 and $5,000 in both 2024 and 2025.
Typical grants are modest and tightly clustered: the p25, median, and p75 are $5,000, $5,000, and $5,721. The recent record shows repeated awards to the same organizations across multiple years, including Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, Janesville Community Day Care Center, Beloitt College, Janesville Performing Arts Center, Salvation Army, and National Society to Prevent Blindness. That pattern points to ongoing support rather than isolated one-time gifts. The foundation does not fund individuals and makes no program-related investments. Grants in the recent list are all marked general support, which fits a flexible operating-support style.
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$668K
$55K
$53K
Most grants fall between $5K and $6K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$6K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in WI.
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Concentrated, local giving with multiple repeat, modest general-support grants to a small set of community institutions rather than one-off large national grants.
Notable grantees: Janesville Performing Arts Center, Janesville Community Day Care Center, Beloit College, Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, The Salvation Army
Giving is regional and entirely U.S.-based in the recent grants list. Wisconsin recipients dominate, with grants landing in Janesville, Beloit, Madison, Milwaukee, Superior, and Milton. Janesville appears frequently through the arts, child care, and youth-serving organizations there, while Beloit and Madison also recur. The top state by grant count is Wisconsin, and no grants in the recent list go to Illinois despite the Chicago headquarters.
The recent grants point to community-serving organizations in southern Wisconsin: food security groups, youth programs, child care, local higher education, the performing arts, and basic social services. Examples in the data include Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, Janesville Community Day Care Center, Beloitt College, Janesville Performing Arts Center, and the Salvation Army.
The grant-size distribution is tightly centered around $5,000. The p25 and median are both $5,000, and the p75 is $5,721. That suggests most awards cluster at or very near the $5,000 level, with only a small step up at the upper quartile.
Yes. Several organizations appear in multiple years in the recent grants list. Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, Janesville Community Day Care Center, Beloitt College, Janesville Performing Arts Center, Salvation Army, and National Society to Prevent Blindness each received more than one grant across 2023, 2024, and 2025.
The giving is concentrated in Wisconsin. The recent grants list shows recipients in Janesville, Beloit, Madison, Milwaukee, Superior, and Milton, and the top state by grant count is Wisconsin. All recent grants are to U.S. recipients.
The recent grants are all labeled general support, which indicates flexible funding rather than restricted project support. The foundation also shows a pattern of recurring grants to the same organizations over multiple years, often at $5,000 or slightly above.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN | MADISON, WI | $7,100 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| SALVATION ARMY | SUPERIOR, WI | $6,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| JANESVILLE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER | JANESVILLE, WI | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| BELOITT COLLEGE | BELOIT, WI | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| JANESVILLE COMMUNITY DAY CARE CENTER | JANESVILLE, WI | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| MILTON AREA YOUTH CENTER | MILTON, WI | $4,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS | MILWAUKEE, WI | $4,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| SALVATION ARMY | SUPERIOR, WI | $9,320 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| JANESVILLE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER | JANESVILLE, WI | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF JANESVILLE | JANESVILLE, WI | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| BELOITT COLLEGE | BELOIT, WI | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| JANESVILLE COMMUNITY DAY CARE CENTER | JANESVILLE, WI | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS | MILWAUKEE, WI | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN | MADISON, WI | $7,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| JANESVILLE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER | JANESVILLE, WI | $7,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| JANESVILLE COMMUNITY DAY CARE CENTER | JANESVILLE, WI | $5,721 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| MILTON AREA YOUTH CENTER | MILTON, WI | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| BELOITT COLLEGE | BELOIT, WI | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS | MILWAUKEE, WI | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| SALVATION ARMY | SUPERIOR, WI | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
$7,100GENERAL
SALVATION ARMY
$6,000GENERAL
JANESVILLE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
$5,000GENERAL
BELOITT COLLEGE
$5,000GENERAL
JANESVILLE COMMUNITY DAY CARE CENTER
$5,000GENERAL
MILTON AREA YOUTH CENTER
$4,000GENERAL
NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS
GENERAL
SALVATION ARMY
$9,320GENERAL
JANESVILLE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
$5,000GENERAL
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF JANESVILLE
$5,000GENERAL
BELOITT COLLEGE
$5,000GENERAL
JANESVILLE COMMUNITY DAY CARE CENTER
$5,000GENERAL
NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS
$5,000GENERAL
SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
$7,000GENERAL
JANESVILLE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
$7,000GENERAL
JANESVILLE COMMUNITY DAY CARE CENTER
$5,721GENERAL
MILTON AREA YOUTH CENTER
$5,000GENERAL
BELOITT COLLEGE
$5,000GENERAL
NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS
$5,000GENERAL
SALVATION ARMY
$5,000GENERAL