Wisconsin · Nonprofit
BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES INC
BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,517 to it, the largest being WISCONSIN STATE COUNCIL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ($23,527). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $55k
- Net assets
- $4.3M
What Black River Industries Inc does
Mission
In partnership with the community, to provide people with disabilities opportunities to achieve the highest level of independence. Catholic Charities Bureau Affiliates are organized to maintain, operate and conduct; directly or indirectly; as well as to assist and coordinate activities and Social Services in accordance with the charitable Works and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. Works are carried out in accordance with Catholic Social teachings.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In 2025, Black River Industries (BRI) served 186 individuals across Taylor, Price, Lincoln, Marathon, and Clark Counties through a variety of programs and support services. Our comprehensive programming includes Vocational Services, Day Services/Community Integration, Residential Services, Supported Employment, Supervised Visits, Parent Education, and Transportation. Transportation services were provided to 108 individuals to support access to employment and community activities. Through our Supported Employment program, 47 individuals received assistance with job development and placement, job coaching, résumé building, and ongoing employment support to promote long-term success in the workforce. BRI's Day Services/Community Integration program served 31 individuals. This program offers meaningful activities designed to enhance quality of life, both at our facility and within the community. The program also includes our Summer Youth Program, serving individuals ages 14-21 during the summer months. Residential services were provided to 105 individuals, focusing on promoting independence, daily living skills, and safe living environments. Additionally, BRI provided supervised…
$2,821,752 spent$2,416,472 earned by the program56% of program spendingWork services create opportunities for the people we serve and our staff to work together learning new skills and producing quality products for our communities. BRI contracted with ten local factories and three state of Wisconsin departments to employ 35 people with disabilities and 25 community staff in assembly, packaging, collating, commercial sewing, dry goods packaging, and confidential document shredding jobs. BRI also contracts to maintain five rest areas in Taylor and Rusk counties employing 6 people during the summer months. Another crew of 4 people operate BRI's commercial and residential lawn services. And an additional crew of 4 people maintain the two National Guard Armory locations. BRI is committed to providing an array of skill building jobs that encourage people with disabilities and community staff to excel.
$2,166,317 spent$2,014,391 earned by the program43% of program spendingFood Services provides a commercial kitchen experience for individuals with disabilities in preparation for community employment. We prepare nutritional meals under contract with the Taylor County Commission on Aging at two Senior Centers in the county, as well as for members of BRI. In 2025 we prepared approximately 7,400 meals to over 500 seniors. This number includes catered meals for the 2025 annual Senior Health and Wellness Fair. We also provided approximately 2,900 hot lunches to clients and staff; and approximately 550 catered meals to local businesses and civic organizations.
$17,228 spent$46,318 earned by the program0% of program spendingTransportation services are key to providing quality of life for people with disabilities in rural Wisconsin. BRI has provided door to door transportation to adults with disabilities since 1973 with expansion to senior citizens in 1980 and children in 1990. The BRI fleet of nine buses and one accessible van, logged approximately 299,900 miles in 2025 transporting approximately 400 unduplicated riders to medical appointments, grocery stores, community events, pharmacies, employment, and other essential places. BRI's fleet of buses are purchased with grant funds from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation competitive Section 5310 Grant Program. BRI also utilizes 16 passenger vehicles for in home services, one on one transportation, and meals on wheels delivery. This year, BRI delivered over 21,000 meals to homes and congregate sites this year.
$5,156 spent$52,173 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,010,453.
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 2024 to 2025, from $4.4M to $5.1M (+18%).
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 65% · 2018 65% · 2019 59% · 2020 49% · 2021 49% · 2022 56% · 2023 55% · 2024 48% · 2025 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
51% of BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $39.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES 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
BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 67% · 2021 62% · 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
100% of BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES 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. $197 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,012 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,012 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES 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
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Catholic Charities Bureau Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES INC?
- BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,517 to it, the largest being WISCONSIN STATE COUNCIL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ($23,527). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $54,517 in grants to BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES INC?
- WISCONSIN STATE COUNCIL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS is the largest funder on record, with $23,527 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES 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 5 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