Wisconsin · Nonprofit
BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC
BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,452,918 to it, the largest being THE ROOTS AND WINGS FOUNDATION INC ($350,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.9M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $8.1M
What Badger Prairie Needs Network Inc does
Mission
We are dedicated to fighting poverty and ending hunger. We envision a strong, healthy community where access to nutritional food is readily available and where hunger, at its worst, is a temporary state and not a way of life. The badger prairie needs network food pantry and programs serve all residents of dane county.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Food pantry in 2023, we provided the ingredients for over 1.6 million meals to 82,223 individuals from 24,199 households. Inflation, high housing expenses, and reduced government benefits had a high impact on the population that we serve. About 65% of all households coming to bpnn for food assistance speak only spanish so we try to purchase culturally relevant and familiar food to promote healthy eating. We have recruited bilingual speakers and translators to help on every shift. We are also employing technology to bridge the language gap when bilingual volunteers are not available. Almost a third (32%) of the people we served were children and 8% are senior citizens. Seventy-eight percent of all households have someone working for wages, but inflation and economic setbacks from the pandemic make our service essential.
$4,409,223 spent89% of program spendingPrairie kitchen nutrition/incubator programsthe commercial-grade kitchen serves 4 strategic programs: 1) food repackaging: surplus prepared food is donated by corporate cafeterias to our kitchen to table initiative where it is safely repackaged into microwaveable grab-n-go meals. Almost 100 tons of quality food has been diverted from landfills through this program, 2) community meal: we are a licensed restaurant so that the entire community may join us for free hot lunch on saturdays when school lunches and senior meals are not available. Over 24,000 meals have been served, 3) nutrition education: the chopchop cooking club is offered for families with children. The club promotes family meal preparation and healthy eating in partnership with uw-health, and 4) business incubator: the kitchen is rented at below-market rates to local start-up food-based businesses. We are currently fully subscribed with five businesses using the kitchen when bpnn's kitchen programs are not operating. Revenue earned helps pay our utility bills.
$535,854 spentof which $20,000 as grants$21,989 earned by the program11% of program spendingLegal advocacywe assist low income individuals with legal matters involving landlord/tenant disputes, predatory lending abuses, family conflict, employment problems, etc. Referrals are accepted from dane county joining forces for families social workers and local clergy. Participating attorneys provide pro bono services and, as needed, cover case related expenses. This program levels the playing field for poor households that might otherwise be victimized by unfair/illegal treatment.
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,945,077.
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 $2.9M to $5.8M (+98%).
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 8% · 2018 7% · 2019 9% · 2020 18% · 2021 44% · 2022 4% · 2023 3% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 18 funders, grant income rose $500 → $374k.
15 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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
BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
54% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 83% · 2019 50% · 2020 37% · 2021 34% · 2022 29% · 2023 40% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
56% of BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
55% of BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $903k arriving through sponsors registered in 13 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,131 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,131 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.1M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK 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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC?
- BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,452,918 to it, the largest being THE ROOTS AND WINGS FOUNDATION INC ($350,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $2,452,918 in grants to BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK INC?
- THE ROOTS AND WINGS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BADGER PRAIRIE NEEDS NETWORK 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.
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 38 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing