Wisconsin · Nonprofit
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS WI SHORELINE INC
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS WI SHORELINE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,287,186 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC ($904,519). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $942k
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Big Brothers Big Sisters Wi Shoreline Inc does
Mission
Big brothers big sisters creates and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Originally known as big brothers big sisters of sheboygan county was the first big brothers of america in wisconsin in 1965. A merger of two groups in 1982 and again in 2021 have created big brothers big sisters wi shoreline, inc. In nearly six decades, we have served nearly 20,000 children, creating meaningful and professionally supported matches between adult volunteer mentors (bigs) and children (littles), ages 5 through 18, in both urban and rural areas.
$519,438 spentof which $26,625 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $519,438.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $2.1M to $1.9M (−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: 2021 5% · 2022 12% · 2023 5% · 2024 8% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Denise Wittstock
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $105k → $315k.
7 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS WI SHORELINE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS WI SHORELINE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
69% 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 WI SHORELINE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 81% · 2019 83% · 2020 60% · 2021 35% · 2022 33% · 2023 21% — 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
67% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS WI SHORELINE 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
76% of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS WI SHORELINE 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. $414k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Organizations like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS WI SHORELINE 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
53% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS WI SHORELINE 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 WI SHORELINE INC?
- BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS WI SHORELINE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,287,186 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC ($904,519). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS WI SHORELINE INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $2,287,186 in grants to BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS WI SHORELINE INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS WI SHORELINE INC?
- UNITED WAY OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $904,519 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS WI SHORELINE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 31 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