Wisconsin · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,474,663 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ($6,497,624). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $8.0M
What Community Advocates Inc does
Mission
The mission of community advocates, inc. Is to provide individuals and families with advocacy and services to meet their basic needs so they may live in dignity.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Founded in 2008, the public policy institute addresses the root causes of poverty through policy advocacy and community collaboration focused on economic and public health issues.ppi's work emphasizes expanding economic and employment opportunities, improving access to health care and housing, preventing tobacco and substance misuse, and promoting mental well-being among milwaukee's youth, adults, and families. In 2024: ppi's child welfare programming expanded with the first full year of milwaukee intervention services and the stronger families milwaukee pilot program. Staff provided strength-based case management, peer support, and group and family therapeutic interventions to 46 families at risk of formal child protective services involvement. Ppi's brighter futures initiative milwaukee and stay strong mke provided life-skills building programs to 1,843 youth to prevent substance misuse.
$3,699,572 spentof which $1,260,987 as grants$9,361 earned by the program25% of program spendingCommunity advocates' basic needs and comprehensive housing programs provide case management, advocacy, and support to individuals and families who are low-income or at risk of homelessness. In 2024: 12,417 individuals sought resources, assessments, and support for basic needs during daily walk-in hours at our lovell street building. 5,917 landlords and tenants received assistance resolving rental housing issues through our housing department. 6,659 residents at risk of eviction or homelessness accessed services through the milwaukee rental housing resource center. 97 families were supported with assessment, case management, advocacy, and flexible housing-related financial assistance through our homelessness prevention program. 374 adults and 923 children received intensive case management services through the siemer case management program to increase housing, school, and financial stability.
$3,419,815 spentof which $3,116,352 as grants23% of program spendingCommunity advocates' utilities programs help low-income households avoid disconnection and maintain essential utility services. In 2024: 26,186 energy assistance applications were processed, helping families secure financial assistance and payment plans.
$1,704,622 spent11% of program spendingThese programs provide assistance to individuals with disabilities applying for ssi/ssdi and offer protective payee services to those needing help managing their finances. In 2024: 85 individuals received protective payee and financial management services.hop delivers person-centered, housing-focused outreach to individuals with mental illness and other disabilities who are living unsheltered. Advocates assess clients and help stabilize their health and housing situations. In 2024: hop served 21 individuals living on the streets or in places not meant for human habitation.the fsc offers shelter, food, clothing, personal care items, and case management to help families experiencing homelessness find and secure affordable housing. In 2024: 70 low-income families received shelter and support through the fsc.autumn west is a low-barrier housing refuge for individuals experiencing homelessness and severe, persistent mental illness. This alternative to emergency shelter embraces housing first and harm reduction principles, offering short-term housing and supportive services. In 2024: 35 individuals were served. 74% were safely and stably housed at autumn west or transitioned to…
$6,007,873 spentof which $1,515,104 as grants$330,861 earned by the program41% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,831,882.
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 2019 to 2020, from $10M to $15M (+53%).
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 83% · 2018 83% · 2019 77% · 2020 80% · 2021 97% · 2022 96% · 2023 91% · 2024 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Andrea Mallmann-Elliott
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $684k → $1.4M.
15 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 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
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% 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 COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 72% · 2019 73% · 2020 50% · 2021 50% · 2022 43% · 2023 74% — 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
30% of COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
95% of COMMUNITY ADVOCATES 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. $839k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.
Government funding COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $21.8M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$17.9M
- Department of Health and Human Services$3.9M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like COMMUNITY ADVOCATES 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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 2 related entities
- Milwaukee Women's Center Holdings LLC · disregarded
- The Milwaukee Women's Center Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC?
- COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,474,663 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ($6,497,624). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $10,474,663 in grants to COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ADVOCATES INC?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,497,624 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ADVOCATES 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 52 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