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Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Workforce development board of south central wisconsin, inc.'s mission is to build public and private partnerships that support innovation and excellence in workforce development.in furtherance of its mission the organization dedicates time, talent and financial resources to: promoting economic opportunities for the workforce; targeting…

$3.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$799k
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 2025.

Employment$7.9MEducation$4.4MCrime & Legal$1.3MHealth$384kCommunity Improvement$145kHuman Services$123k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $2,893,492, the rows itemized in this filing. The $3,784,610 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $891,118 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $61k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $462k
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.4M
$92,497
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ASSOCIATION INC$798,741
DANE COUNTY SCHOOL CONSORTIUM$677,122
MADISON AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE$582,457
JOHNSON CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT$312,631
OPPORTUNITIES INC OF JEFFERSON COUNTY$131,953
FORWARD CAREERS$92,497
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC$84,371
MORAINE PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE$76,950
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS$76,193
OPERATION FRESH START INC$35,531
CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC$12,896
EMPLOYE MILWAUKEE INC$12,150
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 (FY18–25, $123k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $42k → 16%CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $36k → 16%CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $32k → 16%CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $13k → 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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 15 repeat orgs$235k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
3

Total granted

$14M
$222k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+504%

Still filing today

53%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’25
EmploymentPublic BenefitHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • ET
    EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING ASSOCIATION OF DANE COUNTY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.9M · revenue +55% · 79% of their budget
  • OF
    OPERATION FRESH START INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +134%
  • OI
    OPPORTUNITIES INC OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • WU
    Watertown Unified School District
    one grant, 2017 · $108k
  • WW
    WISCONSIN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $69k · revenue +504%
  • UL
    URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $46k · revenue +146%
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
Northwest Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board Inc

The northwest wisconsin workforce investment board (nwwib) will create, and continue to improve, an innovative and quality strategic direction for the regional workforce development system.

Public Benefit
2
Northwest Wisconsin Concentrated Employment Program Inc

Our mission at northwest cep is to create connections that will empower individuals and groups to drive workforce and community growth.

Employment
3
West Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board Inc

Workforce development planning, policy guidance, and oversight of workforce development programs in the west central wisconsin workforce development area

Employment
4
Fox Valley Workforce Development Board Inc

Working collaboratively in our communities to create and sustain a fully engaged, talented workforce for tomorrow, and beyond.

Employment
5
Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council

Swwdc's mission is to prepare and promote a skilled and adaptive workforce for a thriving economy in southwest washington. swwdc and its community partners provide job search assistance, education and training to individuals and assist…

Philanthropy
6
Milwaukee Community Service Corps Inc

The milwaukee community service corps (mcsc) is a non-profit vocational training organization providing employment, education and life skills to training youth adults and unemployed and underemployed of milwaukee, wisconsin.

Employment
7
Cap Services Inc

Cap services, inc.'s mission is to transform people and communities to advance social and economic justice.

Human Services
8
Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation

Wwbic opens the doors of opportunity by providing any individuals who are interested in starting, strengthening, or expanding businesses with access to resources such as financial products and quality business and personal financial…

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9
West Central Job Partnership Inc

Job training and workforce development

Employment
10
Disability Rights Wisconsin Inc

Legal protection and advocacy to protect the rights of people with disabilities in wisconsin.

—
11
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
12
Pathways of Wisconsin Inc

Pathways of wisconsin provides supported employment opportunities and empowerment through quality, person-centered programming for individuals of all abilities.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Employ Milwaukee Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wisconsin Workforce Development Association. 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

12 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. 12 of the 19 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Madison Area Technical College: $2,391,930 · OtherMadison Area Technical CollegeDANE COUNTY SCHOOL CONSORTIUM: $2,168,183 · OtherDANE COUNTY SCHOOL CONSORTIUMOPPORTUNITIES INC OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $1,139,948 · OtherOPPORTUNITIES INC OF JEFFERSON COUNTYJOHNSON CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT: $782,305 · OtherJOHNSON CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICTUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AUTHORITY: $459,953 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS AUTHORITYMORAINE PARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $324,179 · Other+5 more: $581,535 · Other+5 moreEMPLOYMENT & TRAINING ASSOCIATION OF DANE COUNTY INC: $3,915,456 · EmploymentEMPLOYMENT & TRAINING ASSOCIATION OF DANE COUN…OPERATION FRESH START INC: $1,433,623 · EmploymentOPERATION FRESH START INCFORWARD CAREERS INC: $417,298 · EmploymentFORWARD CAREERS INC+2 more: $80,784 · EmploymentSOUTHWEST WISCONSIN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC: $331,936 · Public BenefitWISCONSIN REGIONAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP: $152,656 · PhilanthropyCENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $122,952 · Human Services
Other$7,848,033Employment$5,847,161Public Benefit$331,936Philanthropy$152,656Human Services$122,952

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEMPLOYMENT & TRAINING ASSOCIATION OF DANE COUNTY INC: $3,915,456 over 9y, 79% of budgetOPERATION FRESH START INC: $1,433,623 over 9y, 21% of budgetOPPORTUNITIES INC OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $1,139,948 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetFORWARD CAREERS INC: $417,298 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST WISCONSIN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC: $331,936 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetWISCONSIN REGIONAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP: $152,656 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetCENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC: $122,952 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION COALITION FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC: $99,118 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC: $45,504 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetEMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC: $12,150 over 1y, 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.

  • Who funds EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING ASSOCIATION OF DANE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION FRESH START INC ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITIES INC OF JEFFERSON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds FORWARD CAREERS INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN REGIONAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION COALITION FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON INC ↗
  • Who funds EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC ↗

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.

United Way of Dane Co…Madison Community Fou…Greater Green Bay Com…Madison Gas and Elect…Ascendium Education S…Alliant Energy Founda…Widen Family Foundati…The Evjue Foundation …The Roots and Wings F…Otto Bremer TrustAmerican Endowment Fo…Fidelity Investments …
United Way of Dane County IncWI19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Dane County Inc · Madison Community Foundation · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Widen Family Foundation Inc · The Evjue Foundation Inc · The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%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
    5report 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, FY20–25
    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 19 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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