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BT FARMS FOUNDATION INC

BT FARMS FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $225,000 to it, the largest being SHELDON L AND PEARL R LEIBOWITZ DALE LEIBOWITZ LEGACY FOUNDATION ($225,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$0
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$225k
Net assets
$162k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 29%
01What it does

What Bt Farms Foundation Inc does

Mission

Conduct charitable activities in the madison, wisconsin area, focusing primarily on a large tract of undeveloped farmland and conservation real estate. Engage in land conservation and educational activities along with protecting portions of the property consisting of wetlands to preserve the natural environment for the benefit of the public. In addition to its conservation efforts, educating the public (primarily children, students, and families) about nature, agriculture, and animal life. Develop educational programming for school children, and the public. Create educational activities focused on nature and biological systems.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Land conservation and educational activities along with protecting portions of the property consisting of wetlands to preserve the natural environment for the benefit of the public.

    $115,766 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $115,766.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($120k) Expenses 100 ($120k) Net assets 0 ($-116)2023 Revenue 647 ($776k) Expenses 394 ($473k) Net assets 100 ($303k)2024 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 117 ($141k) Net assets 53 ($162k)
202220232024
Revenue (0)Expenses (117)Net assets (53)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 2023 to 2024, from $303k to $162k (−47%).

$-116
$303k
$162k
202220232024
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.

2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of BT FARMS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (92% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,989 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

−$116
’22
$303k
’23
−$141k
’24
14
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.

202220232024
Listed333
Joined·+0+0
No longer listed·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of BT FARMS FOUNDATION 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.

Where its funders are

100% of BT FARMS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.

WI

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BT FARMS FOUNDATION INC's revenue fell 100% between 2022 and 2024.

Months of reserve13.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)547% · outside the comparable range

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,152 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 18%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BT FARMS FOUNDATION 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 BT FARMS FOUNDATION INC?
BT FARMS FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $225,000 to it, the largest being SHELDON L AND PEARL R LEIBOWITZ DALE LEIBOWITZ LEGACY FOUNDATION ($225,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BT FARMS FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $225,000 in grants to BT FARMS FOUNDATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of BT FARMS FOUNDATION INC?
SHELDON L AND PEARL R LEIBOWITZ DALE LEIBOWITZ LEGACY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BT FARMS FOUNDATION 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 1 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