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BIZSTARTS MILWAUKEE INC

BIZSTARTS MILWAUKEE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $829,611 to it, the largest being GEORGE & JULIE MOSHER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($240,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$823k
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$830k
Net assets
$390k
8/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 19%
01What it does

What Bizstarts Milwaukee Inc does

Programs

  1. Coaching program - BizStarts offers one-on-one, ongoing coaching at no cost to anyone thinking about starting a business who is located in Wisconsin. During coaching appointments, participants are able to make an appointment with one of our coaches who can answer business questions, offer small business technical assistance, recommend next steps, and connect to the business resources and mentors they need to start and grow their business.

    $420,679 spent
    56% of program spending
  2. Mentor program - BizStarts Mentor Program consists of seasoned volunteers from the corporate and entrepreneurial community. BizStarts coaches connect entrepreneurs to mentors based on the entrepreneurs challenges and the mentors area of expertise. Coaches may connect entrepreneurs directly to mentors after a coaching appointment or they may invite the entrepreneur to present at BizStarts Mentor Forum. At the Mentor Forum, the entrepreneur presents their current business challenges to a panel of BizStarts mentors. Our highly skilled mentor network provide real time feedback, connections, and help overcoming specific challenges. 1-3 mentors volunteer to work with the entrepreneur after the Formum.

    $47,932 spent
    6% of program spending
  3. The BizStarts Community Market opened its doors in October 2023 as a hub for entrepreneurs to learn and grow. It hosts BizStarts programming, including the BizStarts Institute and a variety of monthly workshops. When not used for programming, the space operates as a store and caf where entrepreneurs can sell their products to the Milwaukee community. BizStarts supports each entrepreneur in preparing their products for retail, providing sales reports to assist them in expanding to other retail locations.

    $280,582 spent
    37% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $749,193.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($383k) Expenses 100 ($311k) Net assets 100 ($134k)2020 Revenue 97 ($371k) Expenses 114 ($354k) Net assets 113 ($151k)2021 Revenue 119 ($455k) Expenses 124 ($384k) Net assets 166 ($221k)2022 Revenue 211 ($809k) Expenses 160 ($497k) Net assets 398 ($533k)2023 Revenue 260 ($997k) Expenses 317 ($985k) Net assets 407 ($544k)2024 Revenue 215 ($823k) Expenses 314 ($977k) Net assets 292 ($390k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (215)Expenses (314)Net assets (292)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $233k to $561k (+141%).

$141k
$197k
$233k
$561k
$654k
$464k
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 16% · 2021 27% · 2022 14% · 2023 61% · 2024 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

93% of BIZSTARTS MILWAUKEE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$72k
’19
$17k
’20
$71k
’21
$311k
’22
$11k
’23
−$154k
’24
1.1
months of
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

Patrick Snyder

Executive director/president

Board chair

Frank Cumberbatch

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed392932323534
Joined·+2+3+0+11+2
No longer listed·120083
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $54k → $191k.

3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 BIZSTARTS MILWAUKEE 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

BIZSTARTS MILWAUKEE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% 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

52% 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 BIZSTARTS MILWAUKEE INC.

29%
largest funder
62%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 54% · 2019 38% · 2020 62% · 2021 46% · 2022 67% · 2023 39% — 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

50% of BIZSTARTS MILWAUKEE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

BIZSTARTS MILWAUKEE INC draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 5 states in all.

MN
IL
WI
NY
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $241k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BIZSTARTS MILWAUKEE INC has grown faster than half of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−19% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)17% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 16%Fundraising 7%

Governance

32
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

93%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WI

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Questions and answers

Who funds BIZSTARTS MILWAUKEE INC?
BIZSTARTS MILWAUKEE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $829,611 to it, the largest being GEORGE & JULIE MOSHER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($240,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BIZSTARTS MILWAUKEE INC have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $829,611 in grants to BIZSTARTS MILWAUKEE INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BIZSTARTS MILWAUKEE INC?
GEORGE & JULIE MOSHER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $240,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BIZSTARTS MILWAUKEE 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 14 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