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CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY INC

CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,087,852 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($351,205). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$2.5M
Funders on record
21
Grants received
$1.1M
Net assets
$5.3M
17/21 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 21%
01What it does

What Care Net Pregnancy Center of Dane County Inc does

Mission

Our mission is to provide physical, emotional, and spiritual resources to those who may face an unexpected pregnancy by modeling christ to all we serve.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Women's health services - in 2025, first care clinic provided 388 patients with pregnancy testing and resources. Total appointments for the year were 1,025. Recognizing the importance of serving the whole person, 352 pregnancy patients accepted an opportunity for spiritual care and discussion during their visits. Our mobile clinic served three locations throughout south central wisconsin: fitchburg, wisconsin dells and janesville. 98.5% of our patients responding to surveys rated their overall experience as excellent or very good.

    $955,016 spent
    71% of program spending
  2. Maternity home - the elizabeth house is a comprehensive program to help pregnant and newly parenting mothers prepare for a fresh start in life. The elizabeth house provides, free of charge, room and board, case management, parent coaching, clothing, toiletries, diapers, and other necessities of life. Residents participate in educational activities, including instruction through a parenting program. In addition, residents work with case management staff to secure training in financial literacy, verbal literacy, job preparedness, household management, and more. Staff and volunteers provide spiritual support, and many residents accept and/or grow in their christian faith. Successful graduates have secured a safe, affordable place to live, are stable at work or school, have chosen appropriate care for their child, and have built the resources necessary to thrive. In 2025 we served 23 women and their babies, providing a total of 5,159 days of shelter and support. Collectively, our residents paid off over $7,500 in debt and two moms completed their high school diplomas, two moms took college courses. Hope scores rose by 4 points over the year among current and successful graduates,…

    $365,199 spent
    27% of program spending
  3. Education - we provide middle and high schools with a nurse educator to discuss sexuality and healthy relationships.

    $2,540 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Benevolence fund - the benevolence fund provides financial support to patients and residents both current and past who have a financial need and who meet our criteria for disbursement. An application is submitted and confidentially reviewed by the benevolence committee. Applications are approved and funds are distributed directly to vendors and/or service providers.

    $3,560 spentof which $3,560 as grants
    0% of program spending
  5. Eagle harbor housing - the center provides section 42 affordable, work-force housing to individuals and families as well as supportive services offered through the center's clinic. Daycare facilities are available to families through on-site daycare.

    $9,824 spent
    1% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,336,139.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($969k) Expenses 100 ($824k) Net assets 100 ($2.7M)2018 Revenue 99 ($963k) Expenses 112 ($924k) Net assets 101 ($2.8M)2019 Revenue 121 ($1.2M) Expenses 111 ($913k) Net assets 111 ($3.0M)2020 Revenue 119 ($1.2M) Expenses 121 ($996k) Net assets 117 ($3.2M)2021 Revenue 128 ($1.2M) Expenses 132 ($1.1M) Net assets 122 ($3.3M)2022 Revenue 179 ($1.7M) Expenses 165 ($1.4M) Net assets 136 ($3.7M)2023 Revenue 194 ($1.9M) Expenses 187 ($1.5M) Net assets 148 ($4.0M)2024 Revenue 207 ($2.0M) Expenses 191 ($1.6M) Net assets 164 ($4.5M)2025 Revenue 263 ($2.5M) Expenses 202 ($1.7M) Net assets 195 ($5.3M)
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Revenue (263)Expenses (202)Net assets (195)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 2024 to 2025, from $5.1M to $6.2M (+22%).

$3.5M
$3.6M
$3.8M
$4.0M
$4.2M
$4.3M
$4.6M
$5.1M
$6.2M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

95% of CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$145k
’17
$40k
’18
$263k
’19
$158k
’20
$151k
’21
$380k
’22
$337k
’23
$436k
’24
$882k
’25
11
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

Sara Patterson

CEO

Board chair

Mark Schweiger

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed141412131212111210
Joined·+5+0+1+0+1+2+1+0
No longer listed·52011302
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $25k → $389k.

9 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 20 of 21 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

CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

92% 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 CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY INC.

32%
largest funder
70%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 34% · 2019 29% · 2020 37% · 2021 55% · 2022 30% · 2023 63% — 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.

How long its funders stay

64% of CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 81% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

89% of CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $122k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.

WI
CT

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

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Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $966k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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

CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin35% · top quartile
Months of reserve10.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)13% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 14%Fundraising 6%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

92%

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

Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • Eagle Harbor Gp LLC · disregarded
  • Cneh Condos LLC · disregarded
  • Eagle Harbor Apartments Limited Partnership · partnership

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Questions and answers

Who funds CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY INC?
CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,087,852 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($351,205). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY INC have?
IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $1,087,852 in grants to CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY INC?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $351,205 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CARE NET PREGNANCY CENTER OF DANE COUNTY INC find more funders?
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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 21 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