Wisconsin · Public charity
Community Advocates Inc
The mission of community advocates, inc. Is to provide individuals and families with advocacy and services to meet their basic needs so they may live in dignity.
- $5.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 25
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $2.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $37,241
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $518,662
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations Community Advocates Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 25 | $2.4M | 16% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $2.0M | 19% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $1.7M | 6% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $1.5M | 5% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $1.6M | 14% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $1.5M | 17% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $3.4M | 40% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $3.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neu-Life Community Development Inc | $3,177,318 | 8 | 41% |
| The Parenting Network Inc | $3,169,307 | 8 | 37% |
| Pathfinders Milwaukee Inc | $1,364,122 | 8 | 5% |
| Milwaukee Community Crossroads Inc | $1,303,501 | 7 | 9% |
| United Community Center Inc | $1,148,642 | 8 | 0% |
| Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee | $1,124,998 | 8 | 7% |
| Pearls for Teen Girls Inc | $1,117,190 | 8 | 14% |
| Children's Service Society of Wisconsin | $762,367 | 2 | 1% |
| Silver Spring Neighborhood Center Inc | $425,039 | 2 | 8% |
| West Allis West Milwaukee Family Resource Center | $377,450 | 7 | 74% |
Show all 48 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neu-Life Community Development Inc | $3,177,318 | 8 | 41% |
| The Parenting Network Inc | $3,169,307 | 8 | 37% |
| Pathfinders Milwaukee Inc | $1,364,122 | 8 | 5% |
| Milwaukee Community Crossroads Inc | $1,303,501 | 7 | 9% |
| United Community Center Inc | $1,148,642 | 8 | 0% |
| Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee | $1,124,998 | 8 | 7% |
| Pearls for Teen Girls Inc | $1,117,190 | 8 | 14% |
| Children's Service Society of Wisconsin | $762,367 | 2 | 1% |
| Silver Spring Neighborhood Center Inc | $425,039 | 2 | 8% |
| West Allis West Milwaukee Family Resource Center | $377,450 | 7 | 74% |
| Diverse and Resilient Inc | $296,185 | 8 | 2% |
| Walker's Point Youth and Family Center Inc | $289,999 | 2 | 12% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc | $287,475 | 2 | 1% |
| Set Ministry Inc | $249,012 | 2 | n/a |
| Employ Milwaukee Inc | $242,399 | 2 | 1% |
| Neighborhood House of Milwaukee Inc | $207,060 | 7 | 1% |
| Penfield Children's Center Inc | $203,105 | 4 | 1% |
| University of Wisconsin | $199,998 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope Council on Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Inc | $196,174 | 7 | 13% |
| Greendale Health Department | $157,417 | 8 | n/a |
| Lockmed Medical Product Company | $152,720 | 2 | n/a |
| Running Rebels Community Organization Inc | $148,976 | 7 | 1% |
| City of Cudahy | $140,468 | 7 | n/a |
| Oak Creek Health Department | $112,507 | 6 | n/a |
| Safe & Sound Inc | $108,434 | 4 | 3% |
| Elevate Inc | $87,566 | 6 | 1% |
| Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health Inc | $80,148 | 1 | 2% |
| End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin the Wi Coalition Against Domestic Violence | $71,045 | 1 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Public Library Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Jewish Family Services Inc | $49,379 | 1 | 1% |
| Focus on Community Inc | $41,206 | 3 | 2% |
| Rescue Agency Public Benefit LLC | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Walworth County Drug and Alcohol Coalition | $29,752 | 4 | n/a |
| Verde Environmental Technologies Inc | $28,629 | 2 | n/a |
| Sirona Recovery Inc | $25,275 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Outing Association | $25,172 | 1 | 0% |
| Sinclair Broadcast Group | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Westcare Wisconsin Inc | $21,360 | 1 | 1% |
| Adrc of Ozaukee County | $21,216 | 2 | n/a |
| West Allis-West Milwaukee School District | $20,595 | 3 | n/a |
| Jefferson County Elderly Services | $14,193 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Greenfield | $13,154 | 2 | n/a |
| Cardinal Bag Supplies LLC | $11,110 | 1 | n/a |
| House of Kings and Priests Inc | $9,716 | 1 | 5% |
| Community Impact Programs Inc | $9,241 | 1 | 0% |
| Northeastern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Ideastream Consumer Products LLC | $6,104 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $5,197 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($103k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Community Advocates Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc · Ralph Evinrude Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Weiss Family Foundation · Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation Inc · Anon Charitable Trust
How this is measured
About Community Advocates Inc
- How much does Community Advocates Inc give?
- Community Advocates Inc reported 25 itemized grants totaling $2,393,519, out of $5,892,443 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Community Advocates Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (41%), Crime & Legal (19%), Health (17%).
- Who are Community Advocates Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Neu-Life Community Development Inc ($3.2M), The Parenting Network Inc ($3.2M), Pathfinders Milwaukee Inc ($1.4M).
- Does Community Advocates Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Community Advocates Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc.
- Where is Community Advocates Inc based?
- Community Advocates Inc is based in WI.
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