Wisconsin · Nonprofit
CATALYST FOR CHANGE INC
CATALYST FOR CHANGE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,581,000 to it, the largest being WILLOW SPRINGS CHARITABLE TRUST JENNY B STODDARD TRUSTEE ($1,475,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $531k
What Catalyst for Change Inc does
Mission
To impact the community by offering quality compassionate services that promote the upliftment and humanity of the most vulnerable members of society.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During 2024 the organization undertook two new programs: seasonal overflow family shelter and recovery voucher grant. Seasonal overflow family shelter - services mainly related to basic needs, community resources that include housing, employment, and behavioral health support under seasonal hotel program are rendered to households with children sleeping outdoors during the colder months. Recovery voucher grant - the organization performs eligible activities that include providing assistance to people staying in the department of health services recovery residence.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Comprehensive community services: Catalyst for Change Inc. (cfc) renewed its contract with dane county's comprehensive community services program. The intent of these services and supports is to provide for a maximum reduction of the effects of the individual's mental health and substance use disorders and the restoration of a client to the highest possible level of functioning and to facilitate his/her recovery and resilience. This is accomplished through services such as physical health monitoring, individual skill development and enhancement, employment-related skill training, individual and/or family psychoeducation and wellness management, and recovery support services. Through this program cfc can provide an array of wrap around services that are vital to a person's long-term success. Cfc assisted 77 unduplicated individuals and 11 were housed.
$1,225,617 spent$1,278,469 earned by the program52% of program spendingHomeless outreach: in 2024, Catalyst for Change Inc renewed its contract with the county of dane to provide outreach and mediation services to households/individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness in the dane county area. The primary objective is to connect households/individuals to basic needs, and community resources (housing, employment, case management, behavioral health support, medical services, etc.) the secondary objective is to promote health and safety and address situations that could prompt police intervention in the dane county area. Cfc provides weekday outreach both during the day and in the evening. Cfc facilitates the relationship between the community, business owners, law enforcement, and individuals experiencing homelessness. In 2024 cfc engaged 205 unduplicated individuals. 106 adults and 99 children were connected to services, and 9 were housed.
$393,580 spentof which $40,101 as grants$393,580 earned by the program17% of program spendingStreet mediation: Catalyst for Change Inc. Continued its contract with the city of madison to provide street outreach/mediation in the city of madison. The primary objective of the project is to connect people experiencing unsheltered homelessness to permanent housing, shelter, and other resources that will lead to housing and that are essential to their growth and development as human beings. The secondary objective is to promote health and safety and address situations that could prompt police intervention in the city. Cfc provides weekday outreach both during the day and in the evening. Cfc facilitates the relationship between the community, business owners, law enforcement, and individuals experiencing homelessness. In 2024 cfc engaged 432 unduplicated individuals, there were 304 adult, and 128 children connected to services, and 64 were housed.
$328,200 spentof which $30,000 as grants$328,200 earned by the program14% of program spendingRecovery voucher
$137,960 spentof which $112,960 as grants$137,960 earned by the program6% of program spendingCold weather nights
$68,325 spentof which $50,329 as grants$68,800 earned by the program3% of program spendingSeasonal overflow family shelter
$64,854 spentof which $39,660 as grants$65,500 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther programs
$139,482 spentof which $45,764 as grants6% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,358,018.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2023 to 2024, from $846k to $1.4M (+63%).
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.
6% of CATALYST FOR CHANGE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Michael Moody
CEO & board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $310k → $347k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 CATALYST FOR CHANGE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 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
CATALYST FOR CHANGE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 97% · 2022 97% · 2023 94% — 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.
Where its funders are
CATALYST FOR CHANGE INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $58k 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
CATALYST FOR CHANGE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CATALYST FOR CHANGE 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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
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 CATALYST FOR CHANGE 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 CATALYST FOR CHANGE INC?
- CATALYST FOR CHANGE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,581,000 to it, the largest being WILLOW SPRINGS CHARITABLE TRUST JENNY B STODDARD TRUSTEE ($1,475,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CATALYST FOR CHANGE INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,581,000 in grants to CATALYST FOR CHANGE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATALYST FOR CHANGE INC?
- WILLOW SPRINGS CHARITABLE TRUST JENNY B STODDARD TRUSTEE is the largest funder on record, with $1,475,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATALYST FOR CHANGE 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 7 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