Wisconsin · Nonprofit
CLIMB USA INC
CLIMB USA INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $686,054 to it, the largest being TRUSTAGE FOUNDATION INC ($285,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $198k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $686k
- Net assets
- $3k
What Climb USA Inc does
Mission
Climb's mission is to help teens and young adults improve their financial capability through education and capital market engagement
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Climb usa hosted multi-regional stock market experience which was a perfect combination of fun, networking, friendly competition and learning to build wealth! The sme is a simulation investment game designed for middle & high school students, as well as adults.
$69,053 spent35% of program spendingClimb community based investment enterprises provided real-time educational experiences in learning the basics of investing and building wealth through a stock portfolio.
$35,095 spent18% of program spendingThe climb youth leadership program is a special (virtual) space for ambitious youth to learn and develop "the economic way of thinking and living". The virtual sessions address various financial and human development topics that are interesting and relevant for today's teens and young adults. Each participant is also guided through the process of selecting a special topic of interest to research and prepare as a presentation for their capstone in may of each year.
$65,858 spent34% of program spendingOther programs (economic club and workshops)
$25,129 spent13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $195,135.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $320k to $193k (−40%).
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: 2022 14% · 2023 0% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of CLIMB USA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 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
Anthony Cobb
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $296k → $259k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 CLIMB USA 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
CLIMB USA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 49% · 2023 54% — 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.
Where its funders are
83% of CLIMB USA 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. $23k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
CLIMB USA INC's revenue fell 63% between 2022 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,734 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CLIMB USA 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.
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CLIMB USA 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 CLIMB USA INC?
- CLIMB USA INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $686,054 to it, the largest being TRUSTAGE FOUNDATION INC ($285,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLIMB USA INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $686,054 in grants to CLIMB USA INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLIMB USA INC?
- TRUSTAGE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $285,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLIMB USA 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 13 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