Wisconsin · Nonprofit
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County and Watertown Community Inc
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County and Watertown Community Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,638 to it, the largest being NELSON & VERA HICKS CHARITABLE FDN ($18,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $89k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $75k
What Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County and Watertown Community Inc does
Mission
The Mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County & Watertown Community is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-on-one relationships with mentors who have a measurable impact on youth.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Matching of Volunteer Adult with Child to provide guidance and friendship
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $4k → $11k.
From the IRS filings of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County and Watertown Community 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
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County and Watertown Community Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% 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
44% 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 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County and Watertown Community Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 75% · 2022 100% · 2023 81% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County and Watertown Community 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. 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.
Organizations like Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County and Watertown Community 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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County and Watertown Community 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 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County and Watertown Community Inc?
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County and Watertown Community Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,638 to it, the largest being NELSON & VERA HICKS CHARITABLE FDN ($18,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County and Watertown Community Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $34,638 in grants to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County and Watertown Community Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County and Watertown Community Inc?
- NELSON & VERA HICKS CHARITABLE FDN is the largest funder on record, with $18,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dodge County and Watertown Community 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 3 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