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Wisconsin Community Action Program Association Incorporated

To strengthen and serve community action in wisconsin.

$3.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$332k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Employment$4.8MCommunity Improvement$2.6MHuman Services$2.6MMembership Benefit$1.1MPublic Safety & Disaster$405kCrime & Legal$203kHousing & Shelter$156kHealth$78k
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $17k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $2.2M
  • $250k+3 grants · $903k
$140,911
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAP SERVICES INC$331,609
COULEECAP INC$319,777
INDIANHEAD COMM ACTION AGENCY$251,829
WISTAF$203,233
WESTERN DAIRYLAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC$200,389
COMMUNITY ACTION INC ROCKWALWORTH$200,136
LAKESHORE CAP INC OF WISCONSIN$192,697
CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC$191,157
COMMUNITY ACTION COALITION FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN$171,306
COMMUNITY RELATIONS - SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION$166,586
FOUNDATION FOR RURAL HOUSING$140,911
NEWCAP$131,365
ADVOCAP$113,486
WEST CENTRAL CAA$85,621
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC$72,438
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 26% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $245k → 9%RACINE KENOSHA CAA: $5k → 10%CAP SERVICES INC: $372k → 10%NORTHWEST COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $17k → 11%CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $224k → 16%SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $170k → 9%RACINE KENOSHA CAA: $4k → 10%CAP SERVICES INC: $332k → 10%NORTHWEST COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $3k → 11%CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $191k → 16%SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $123k → 9%CAP SERVICES INC: $132k → 10%CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $89k → 16%SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $86k → 9%CAP SERVICES INC: $66k → 10%CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $42k → 16%SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $72k → 9%CAP SERVICES INC: $63k → 10%CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $38k → 16%SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $23k → 9%CAP SERVICES INC: $40k → 10%CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $33k → 16%SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $23k → 9%CAP SERVICES INC: $23k → 10%CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $22k → 16%SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $21k → 9%CAP SERVICES INC: $21k → 10%CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $21k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 17 repeat orgs$511k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
6

Total granted

$11M
$511k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
0%

Still filing today

94%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $511k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterMembership BenefitCrime & LegalSocial ScienceOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CI
    COULEECAP INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +107%
  • CS
    CAP SERVICES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +3%
  • NI
    NEWCAP INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $904k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • WT
    WISCONSIN TRUST ACCOUNT FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $203k · revenue 0%
  • IA
    ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES
    one grant, 2024 · $68k · revenue -8%
  • OA
    OHIO ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES
    one grant, 2024 · $61k · revenue 0% · 31% of their budget
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
West Central Community Action

In partnership with state and federal government, our mission is to administer programs designed to help residents in our 10-county region of southwest iowa achieve self-sufficiency.

Human Services
2
Wisconsin Community Action Program Association Incorporated

To strengthen and serve community action in wisconsin.

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3
The Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut Inc

The community action agency of western connecticut is a private non-profit corporation serving western connecticut. its primary purpose is to operate a multi-purpose organization to combat poverty and promote self sufficiency among low…

Community Improvement
4
Community Action Commission of Belmont County

Community assistance

Human Services
5
Northwest Indiana Community Action Corporation

CoAction envisions the people of Northwest Indiana flourishing regardless of income, ability or age. Thus, people experiencing financial hardship find opportunities, resources and respect at CoAction.

Community Improvement
6
Muskegon-Oceana Community Action Partnership Inc

Through dedicated staff and community partnerships we provide services, resources, education and advocacy to improve the quality of life for all residents of muskegon and oceana counties.

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7
Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico Inc

Caasnm is a 60 year-old new mexico statewide health and social services not for profit with a mission of uplifting low-income families by connecting communities, encouraging family wellness, empowering families, and bridging resources.

Human Services
8
Community Action Program for Central Arkansas

In partnership with our community, capca is committed to educating eligible participants by providing quality services which empower lives, expand self-reliance and increase community involvement.

Human Services
9
Community Action Board

To partner with the community to eliminate poverty and create social change through advocacy and essential services.

Employment
10
Community Action Inc

Helping people move from poverty towards prosperity.

Human Services
11
Mid Michigan Community Action Agency Inc

Mid michigan community action guides local residents on the path to self-sufficiency through empowerment, education and community enrichment.

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12
Community Action Partnership of Middle Alabama Inc

Providing low income individuals home energy assistance and providing emergency assitance as needed

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency Inc; the most unlike its peers is Michigan Community Action Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
12/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: $1,828,927 · OtherSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONCOMMUNITY ACTION COALITION FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC: $1,478,507 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION COALITION FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCON…NEWCAP INC: $903,549 · OtherNEWCAP INCINDIANHEAD COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $476,140 · OtherINDIANHEAD COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INCLAKESHORE CAP INC OF WISCONSIN: $271,941 · OtherWEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $254,287 · Other+3 more: $189,145 · OtherCAP SERVICES INC: $1,047,621 · Human ServicesCAP SERVICES INCADVOCAP INC: $843,048 · Human ServicesADVOCAP INCSOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $762,667 · Human ServicesSOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNIT…CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $659,123 · Human ServicesCENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACT…+2 more: $28,600 · Human ServicesCOULEECAP INC: $1,712,545 · Membership BenefitCOULEECAP INCWESTERN DAIRYLAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $618,182 · Community ImprovementWESTERN D…COMMUNITY ACTION INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES: $261,256 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY…Michigan Community Action Inc: $59,888 · Community ImprovementMichigan …+1 more: $30,500 · Community ImprovementWISCONSIN TRUST ACCOUNT FOUNDATION INC: $203,233 · Crime & LegalFOUNDATION FOR RURAL HOUSING INC: $155,574 · Housing & ShelterCoalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups: $58,845 · Social Science
Other$5,402,496Human Services$3,341,059Membership Benefit$1,712,545Community Improvement$969,826Crime & Legal$203,233Housing & Shelter$155,574Social Science$58,845

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOULEECAP INC: $1,712,545 over 8y, 11% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION COALITION FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC: $1,478,507 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetCAP SERVICES INC: $1,047,621 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetNEWCAP INC: $903,549 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetADVOCAP INC: $843,048 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $762,667 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetCENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $659,123 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetWESTERN DAIRYLAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL INC: $618,182 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetINDIANHEAD COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $476,140 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetLAKESHORE CAP INC OF WISCONSIN: $271,941 over 6y, 4.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION INC OF ROCK & WALWORTH COUNTIES: $261,256 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetWEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $254,287 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWISCONSIN TRUST ACCOUNT FOUNDATION INC: $203,233 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR RURAL HOUSING INC: $155,574 over 3y, 12% of budgetILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES: $68,279 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOHIO ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES: $61,375 over 1y, 31% of budgetMichigan Community Action Inc: $59,888 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINDIANA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION INC: $59,491 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCoalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups: $58,845 over 1y, 21% of budgetNORTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC: $30,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST WISCONSIN COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY INC: $19,600 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetRACINE KENOSHA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Wisconsin Balance of …Wheda Foundation IncGreen Bay Packers Fou…Alliant Energy Founda…Greater Green Bay Com…Otto Bremer TrustHunger Task Force IncMinnesota Community A…The Medical College o…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Wisconsin Balance of State Continuum of Care IncWI30.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 9 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wisconsin Balance of State Continuum of Care Inc · Wheda Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · Hunger Task Force Inc · Minnesota Community Action Partnership · The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Wisconsin Community Action Program Association Incorporated funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wisconsin Community Action Program Association Incorporated. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 23 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 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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