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CLARKE SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE IN

CLARKE SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE IN (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,882,418 to it, the largest being JOSEPH AND VERA ZILBER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($1,400,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$252k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$1.9M
Net assets
$217k
3/5 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative In does

Mission

The mission of clarke square neighborhood initiative is to create a strong neighborhood with a variety of homes, public spaces, safe streets, landmark places (schools, churches, community centers, parks) and strong business community to create a vibrant, diverse neighborhood.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Economic development, housing and community engagement

    $40,450 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $40,450.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($258k) Expenses 100 ($208k) Net assets 100 ($167k)2022 Revenue 110 ($283k) Expenses 148 ($308k) Net assets 103 ($172k)2023 Revenue 74 ($190k) Expenses 91 ($190k) Net assets 115 ($193k)2024 Revenue 98 ($252k) Expenses 109 ($227k) Net assets 130 ($217k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (98)Expenses (109)Net assets (130)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $316k to $387k (+22%).

$316k
$387k
$360k
$349k
2021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of CLARKE SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE IN’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$50k
’21
−$25k
’22
$187
’23
$25k
’24
13
months of
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.

2021202220232024
Listed9101413
Joined·+4+8+2
No longer listed·343
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $23k → $115k.

From the IRS filings of CLARKE SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE IN’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

CLARKE SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE IN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

26% 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 CLARKE SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE IN.

74%
largest funder
95%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 97% · 2019 78% · 2020 47% · 2021 63% · 2022 75% · 2023 87% — 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.

Where its funders are

81% of CLARKE SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE IN's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.

WI
NY
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CLARKE SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE IN runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin10% · above the median
Months of reserve13.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like CLARKE SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE IN

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

16% of spending goes to programs.

Program 16%Management 84%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

38%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds CLARKE SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE IN?
CLARKE SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE IN (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,882,418 to it, the largest being JOSEPH AND VERA ZILBER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($1,400,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CLARKE SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE IN have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,882,418 in grants to CLARKE SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE IN, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CLARKE SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE IN?
JOSEPH AND VERA ZILBER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CLARKE SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE IN 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 5 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