Wisconsin · Nonprofit
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 188 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,898,695 to it, the largest being Reiman Foundation Inc ($17,015,656). 100 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $144M
- Funders on record
- 188
- Grants received
- $67M
- Net assets
- $1.6B
What Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc does
Mission
Children's hospital of wisconsin foundation, inc. Is a 501(c)(3) organization that exists to fundraise for children's hospital and health system, inc. And its not-for-profit affiliates including children's hospital of wisconsin, inc., children's medical group, inc., children's service society of wisconsin, and children's specialty group, inc.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In collaboration with children's hospital of wisconsin, inc. ("chw or "the hospital") and its affiliates, children's hospital of wisconsin foundation, inc. ("chwf or "the foundation") raises funds to support free or below-cost community programs such as health education, child abuse prevention, parenting education and injury prevention programs. Funding also supports school based health centers in milwaukee schools, primary care clinics in underserved areas, and supports social services provided to wisconsin children and families by children's service society of wisconsin.
$10,362,403 spentof which $10,362,403 as grants36% of program spendingThe foundation provides resources essential to support the operations and capital needs of chw.
$13,332,687 spentof which $13,302,162 as grants47% of program spendingIn collaboration with chw and its affiliates, the foundation raises funds to support innovative new biomedical, clinical and translational research.
$4,828,323 spentof which $4,828,323 as grants17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $28,523,413.
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 2018 to 2019, from $816M to $1.0B (+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.
18% of CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (1% 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.
Board chair
Dave Werner
Director/chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 27 funders to 74 funders, grant income rose $1.4M → $11M.
28 of 188 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $35M from 9 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 188 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
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
29% 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 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 14% · 2018 41% · 2019 37% · 2020 44% · 2021 27% · 2022 22% · 2023 27% — 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
44% of CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
92% of CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION 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. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,076 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,076 health nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Organizations like CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION 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
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 7 states
Part of a family of 8 related entities
- Children's Hospital and Health System Inc · exempt
- Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc · exempt
- Children's Medical Group Inc · exempt
- Children's Service Society of Wisconsin · exempt
- Chorus Community Health Plans Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC?
- CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 188 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,898,695 to it, the largest being Reiman Foundation Inc ($17,015,656). 100 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 188 organizations giving $66,898,695 in grants to CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC, 100 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION INC?
- Reiman Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $17,015,656 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN 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.
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 188 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