Wisconsin · Nonprofit
Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation Inc
Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $89,600 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC ($88,995). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $90k
- Net assets
- $16M
What Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation Inc does
Mission
Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation's mission is to initiate, collaborate with, and support programs that extend access to dental care, ensure a strong dental workforce, and improve the oral health of underserved and vulnerable populations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Ensuring a strong dental workforce a) The Foundation provided six scholarships to Marquette dental students in 2024. b) Scholarships are also awarded to dental hygiene and dental assisting students at nine Wisconsin technical colleges. In 2024, 27 scholarships were awarded. c) Another impactful workforce program is a public health dentistry Fellowship offered annually to three Marquette dental student graduates that serve for one year at two safety-net clinics. d) In 2024, Wisconsin Act 89 was signed into law, directing $20 million of the State budget to Wisconsin Technical College System oral health care workforce initiatives. The Foundation matched up to $2 million in aggregate to approved initiatives at 14 colleges. These funds will be used to establish nine new dental hygienist, dental assistant, dental therapy, or expanded function dental auxiliary (EFDA) programs, and expand or improve 13 current programs, by purchasing additional equipment and facility improvements.
$2,391,157 spentof which $2,183,279 as grants47% of program spendingAccess to dental care - Due to Wisconsin's low Medicaid dental reimbursement, finding a dentist that will accept public insurance is extremely difficult. The Foundation awarded grants to 13 safety-net dental clinics that provide care to individuals who are uninsured or have Medicaid coverage. Grants are awarded for new or expanding nonprofit dental clinics, as well as those which need sustaining funds for caring for individuals with special needs or other innovative programs.
$1,639,276 spentof which $1,628,330 as grants32% of program spendingPrevention of dental disease - Preventing cavities and other dental disease in vulnerable populations takes a multi-pronged approach. The Foundation's cavity prevention efforts significantly reduce the cost of future dental care. a) The Foundation co-funds one of the best school-based sealant programs in the nation. In the 2023/2024 academic year, more than 86,000 children in high free-and-reduced meal rate schools received oral health education, screening and if appropriate with consent, received fluoride varnish and sealants. The program has proven a reduction in cavities rate. b) The Foundation also provides grants that help communities purchase fluoridation equipment needed to keep public water systems at optimal fluoridation levels, which helps keep teeth strong
$1,029,368 spentof which $934,838 as grants20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,059,801.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $3.0M to $14M (+387%).
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.
93% of Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Doug Ballweg
Chairman & President / DDW President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $89k → $128.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $40M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Delta Dental of Wisconsin Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation 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
Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $90k 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
Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation 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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Delta Dental of Wisconsin Inc · exempt
- Wyssta Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation Inc?
- Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $89,600 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC ($88,995). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $89,600 in grants to Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation Inc?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC is the largest funder on record, with $88,995 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 2 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