Wisconsin · Nonprofit
CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC
CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,430,761 to it, the largest being WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ($659,123). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Central Wisconsin Community Action Council Inc does
Mission
The mission of central wisconsin community action council, inc. (cwcac) is to provide opportunities for services which help low-income individuals and families within our service area achieve self-sufficiency and independence.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Weatherization/energy assistance:wisconsin home energy assistance program (wheap) - wheap provides a one-time annual heating assistance payment. Households may also receive crisis assistance for additional fuel, furnace repair or furnace replacement, air conditioning repair or replacement and water heater repair or replacement.weatherization assistance program (wx) - available to homeowners or renters at/or below 150% poverty. Weatherization provides energy assistance along with health and safety measures. Assistance provided includes attic insulation, sidewall insulation, smoke detectors and air sealing and can include furnace, air conditioning, water heater and refrigerator replacement.
$4,501,549 spentof which $154,621 as grants49% of program spendingFood programs:central wisconsin community action council, inc. Is the contracted emergency feeding organization (efo) for eight counties. As efo, the organization orders and distributes usda food to the following food pantries: adams food pantry, portage food pantry, rio area food pantry, wyocena helping hands food pantry, beaver dam community food pantry, marquette county care & share food bank, baraboo food pantry, sauk prairie area food pantry, wisconsin dells community food pantry, the waushara community food pantry, the st. Vincent de paul food pantry in marshfield, necedah food pantry, fox lake food pantry and waupun area food pantry.
$2,076,658 spentof which $1,675,846 as grants22% of program spendingOther programs - mortgage assistance and youth programs
$763,819 spent$1,001,299 earned by the program8% of program spendingCommunity services
$747,771 spentof which $80,057 as grants8% of program spendingHomeless and homeless shelter programs
$498,007 spentof which $207,985 as grants5% of program spendingRental housing development (rhd) activities - developing affordable rental units in the organization's geographic area. The organization has thirteen projects totaling 147 apartments.
$410,662 spentof which $491,647 as grants4% of program spendingJob training and employment
$186,028 spentof which $79,085 as grants2% of program spendingTransportation
$82,018 spent1% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,266,512.
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 2019 to 2020, from $10M to $13M (+27%).
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 91% · 2018 90% · 2019 90% · 2020 81% · 2021 72% · 2022 78% · 2023 81% · 2024 86%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
Fred Hebert
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $79k → $574k.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL 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
CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% 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
95% 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 CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 55% · 2019 50% · 2020 25% · 2021 27% · 2022 29% · 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
67% of CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% give in more than one year at all.
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
95% of CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL 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. $345k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL 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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Kenwood Properties Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC?
- CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,430,761 to it, the largest being WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ($659,123). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $2,430,761 in grants to CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL INC?
- WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED is the largest funder on record, with $659,123 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 18 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing