Wisconsin · Nonprofit
CITY ON A HILL INC
CITY ON A HILL INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,606,990 to it, the largest being The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc ($720,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $898k
What City on a Hill Inc does
Mission
City On A Hills mission is two fold:1)to improve the quality of life in our neighborhood by alleviating the symptons of poverty in collaboration with other organizations 2) to help central city youth break the cycle of generational poverty.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Children, youth and family programs: City On A Hill provides holistic support to low-income families, children and youth, empowering them to break the cycle of poverty. We engage hundres of youth annually in growth-focused activities like after school programs, summer initiatives and experiential learning opportunities. We also offer family services including home visits, emergency assistance, caregive support groups and community-building events, all designed to foster strong families and vibrant communities.
$902,507 spent$85,766 earned by the program71% of program spendingHealthcare services: City On A Hill delivers life-changing healthcare services to over 1,000 economically disadvantaged individuals annually, including those experiencing homelessness, the elderly and people with disabilities. Our comprehensive care includes health screenings, physician consultations, medication provision, teleheath access, vision care, rehabilitative services, diabetes prevention and cancer screenings. Our specialized initiative for those in shelters and transitional housing emphasizes health education and system navigation, ensureing that all can access dignified, no-cost primary care.
$368,629 spent$70,173 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,271,136.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.4M to $4.2M (+80%).
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 3% · 2018 2% · 2019 3% · 2020 12% · 2021 22% · 2022 21% · 2023 19% · 2024 50% · 2025 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of CITY ON A HILL INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Mike Williams
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $17k → $535k.
10 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 CITY ON A HILL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 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
CITY ON A HILL INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
38% 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 CITY ON A HILL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 87% · 2019 70% · 2020 44% · 2021 36% · 2022 29% · 2023 33% — 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
53% of CITY ON A HILL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
82% of CITY ON A HILL 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. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
CITY ON A HILL INC's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 22 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CITY ON A HILL 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
46% 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
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Wnmd Assemblies of God · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CITY ON A HILL INC?
- CITY ON A HILL INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,606,990 to it, the largest being The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc ($720,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CITY ON A HILL INC have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $3,606,990 in grants to CITY ON A HILL INC, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CITY ON A HILL INC?
- The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $720,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CITY ON A HILL 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 44 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