Wisconsin · Nonprofit
ANIMAL CRACKERS INC
ANIMAL CRACKERS INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $265,700 to it, the largest being THE ROOTS AND WINGS FOUNDATION INC ($250,700). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $266k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Animal Crackers Inc does
Mission
To provide high quality early education for all children and families through meaningful and purposful programming.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Provide a safe and nurturing day care environment for children enrolled at the center. There are currently 57 children enrolled at the center.
$1,052,065 spent$902,711 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,052,065.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $946k to $1.1M (+12%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 5% · 2018 3% · 2019 4% · 2020 6% · 2021 11% · 2022 23% · 2023 16% · 2024 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
29% of ANIMAL CRACKERS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Christie Howell-Yrios
Executive Director
Board chair
Rebecca Muehrer
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $15k → $75k.
From the IRS filings of ANIMAL CRACKERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ANIMAL CRACKERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ANIMAL CRACKERS INC draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ANIMAL CRACKERS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ANIMAL CRACKERS INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ANIMAL CRACKERS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ANIMAL CRACKERS INC?
- ANIMAL CRACKERS INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $265,700 to it, the largest being THE ROOTS AND WINGS FOUNDATION INC ($250,700). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ANIMAL CRACKERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $265,700 in grants to ANIMAL CRACKERS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ANIMAL CRACKERS INC?
- THE ROOTS AND WINGS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $250,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ANIMAL CRACKERS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing