Wisconsin · Nonprofit
CHILEDA INSTITUTE INC
CHILEDA INSTITUTE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $366,307 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($194,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $366k
- Net assets
- $17M
What Chileda Institute Inc does
Mission
To improve the lives of youth with cognitive disabilities and significant behavioral challenges.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Residential treatment and educational programs for youth with cognitive disabilities and significant behavioral challenges who cannot be served within other service models. Chileda is licensed by the state of wisconsin as a residential care center (rcc). Chileda is licensed to provide care for up to 56 residents ages 6-21, but only has capacity for 48 residents and accepts enrollments from across the united states. The staff at chileda are highly trained in the use of evidence based practices to develop comprehensive and individualized programs using multiple modalities to best meet the need of each resident. The programmatic focus is on developing appropriate life skills, adaptive behaviors, and developing appropriate social skills to facilitate living as independently as possible.
$16,387,704 spent76% of program spendingDay school programming at chileda works with up to 20 students from several surrounding communities. Chileda's licensed special education teachers work with the referring school district to carry over and refine the individual education plan.
$2,946,844 spent14% of program spendingOur adult family home provides a safe, nurturing, and supportive home for three adult men. Beyond meeting their daily care needs, our focus is on helping each individual continue to grow in independence and strengthen the skills needed for everyday life. Through consistent support, encouragement, and meaningful opportunities to participate in their home and community, we strive to create an environment where each person is known, valued, and empowered to live as fully and independently as possible.
$1,272,183 spent6% of program spendingOther programs
$1,082,838 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $21,689,569.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $17M to $21M (+26%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 11% · 2021 1% · 2022 1% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Derek Cortez
CEO
Board chair
Larry Bodin
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $2k → $104k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 CHILEDA INSTITUTE 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
CHILEDA INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
60% 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 CHILEDA INSTITUTE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 45% · 2020 84% · 2021 70% · 2022 45% · 2023 38% — 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
75% of CHILEDA INSTITUTE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
56% of CHILEDA INSTITUTE 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 $161k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $206k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like CHILEDA INSTITUTE 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHILEDA INSTITUTE 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 CHILEDA INSTITUTE INC?
- CHILEDA INSTITUTE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $366,307 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($194,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHILEDA INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $366,307 in grants to CHILEDA INSTITUTE INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILEDA INSTITUTE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $194,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILEDA INSTITUTE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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