Wisconsin · Nonprofit
CHALLENGE CENTER INC
CHALLENGE CENTER INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $542,493 to it, the largest being CHALLENGE CENTER FOUNDATION INC ($483,687). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $542k
- Net assets
- $609k
What Challenge Center Inc does
Mission
To provide services that support people facing challenges to living and working in the community. 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
The Residential Services Program at the Challenge Center is designed to provide each person with the level of support needed to enjoy safe and successful community living. A total of 8 residences, with private rooms for all residents served, are located in neighborhoods throughout the city of Superior, WI. Each residence is designed to provide a level of care that meets the needs of the individuals in the home. Six of the homes are Community Based Residential Facilities (CBRF's) providing for intensive and/or continuous support needs. The program also oversees two Adult Family Homes and one apartment home. A total of 20,075 days of support were provided in 2025. Staff encourages and assists residents to greater community involvement providing support and transportation when needed for individuals to take part in a wide variety of community activities. The Residential Services Program also provides for Independent Living Skills supports and Supported Home Care services to individuals residing in their own homes or with family members. In 2025 these 1:1 support service were provided to 12 individuals living in Superior/Douglas County.
$2,491,988 spent$3,260,502 earned by the program55% of program spendingEnterprises were specifically created to support individuals with hands-on work opportunities at a pace and expectation level to meet the individual's current capabilities. This program allows individuals a safe environment in which to test community workplace readiness and interest in either a prevocational sheltered workplace or in the community. These vocational services include job development and preparedness, job shadowing and coaching, task analysis, transportation supports, career profile services and transition to long term employment. Our Community Employment Program provided support for 9 individuals in 7 different community businesses in 2025. Of the 9 individuals served, 2 were new to the program in 2025. Within Bay Produce and Marathon Enterprises 26 participants pursued their individual prevocational goals toward future employment while earning $98,753.37 in wages in 2025. Bay Produce consists of 1.5 acres of greenhouse space, producing several different types of tomatoes, herbs, lettuce, cucumbers and flowers. Marathon Enterprises operates a fulltime confidential shredding service with the ability to take on long or short-term work on a contractual basis with local…
$1,123,569 spent$1,108,453 earned by the program25% of program spendingThe Adult Day Program provides a wide variety of learning and recreational opportunities to people with varied capabilities. Adult Day Programs offer scheduling choices for activities both community wide and facility based within four program areas. The Life Enrichment Program schedules community opportunities that generally appeal to older participants. This program utilizes many local resources such as restaurants, museums, parks and other points of interest. The Life Enrichment Program served 18 individuals in 2025 providing 23,088 hours of service. The Life Skills Program adds volunteering opportunities, caring for a local park and a variety of other community organizations. The schedule also includes regular recreational activities, emphasizing physical activities such as local trail systems, swimming, bowling, and other seasonal activities. Life Skills served 30 individuals in 2025 providing 26,863 hours of service. The Sensory Program is focused on helping individuals with severe to profound physical challenges to maintain their activities of daily living. The Sensory Program served 14 individuals in 2025 providing 17,472 hours of service. It is common for individuals to…
$887,688 spent$1,059,163 earned by the program20% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,503,245.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.3M to $2.1M (−10%).
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 87% · 2018 90% · 2019 83% · 2020 86% · 2021 88% · 2022 90% · 2023 91% · 2024 92% · 2025 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of CHALLENGE CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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 narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $11k → $0.
From the IRS filings of CHALLENGE CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 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
CHALLENGE CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 CHALLENGE CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 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
98% of CHALLENGE CENTER 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. 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
CHALLENGE CENTER INC receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $542k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CHALLENGE CENTER 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Challenge Center A Inc · disregarded
- Catholic Charities Bureau Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHALLENGE CENTER 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 CHALLENGE CENTER INC?
- CHALLENGE CENTER INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $542,493 to it, the largest being CHALLENGE CENTER FOUNDATION INC ($483,687). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHALLENGE CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $542,493 in grants to CHALLENGE CENTER INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHALLENGE CENTER INC?
- CHALLENGE CENTER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $483,687 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHALLENGE CENTER 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.
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 4 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