Wisconsin · Nonprofit
DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Wisconsin) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $249,778 to it, the largest being DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($178,778). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $600k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $250k
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Door County Economic Development Corporation does
Mission
Dcedc is a public/private partnership dedicated to improving the economic vitality of the county and its residents. Dcedc has been successful in helping existing businesses create and retain thousands of jobs through a myriad of programs and initiatives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
During 2025, the board of directors and management made a decision to sell the incubator (leasing operations) portion of the organization. The decision to sell the incubator program was based on a strategic review of the organization's operations, which determined that the incubator program no longer aligned with the organization's long-term strategic objectives. The sale occurred during january 2026.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
In 2025, the Door County Economic Development Corporation (dcedc) continued implementation of the third year of its 2023-2025 strategic plan, focused on delivering programs, initiatives, and services that support the success and sustainability of businesses of all sizes and sectors throughout door county. Key accomplishments and activities in 2025 included:workforce development: conducted the sturgeon bay development tour to showcase new residential, commercial, and industrial development opportunities within the city, contributing to momentum for a recently announced 60-unit housing project on sturgeon bay's west side, while also helping cultivate additional future development opportunities. Supported workforce pipeline and student engagement efforts through the high school job fair, manufacturing day tours, and continued collaboration through the business and education partnership committee to strengthen connections between local employers, students, and schools. Assisted communities with broadband enhancement grant applications and conducted and presented research related to the impact of broadband improvements on secondary residents and the local economy. Continued providing a…
$121,574 spent21% of program spendingBusiness attraction, retention and expansion: dcedc works to support the retention, growth, and long-term success of existing businesses across all industries throughout door county while also assisting businesses in identifying and pursuing expansion opportunities. Services provided include business consultation, export education and facilitation, labor market data and workforce projections to support informed business decision-making, and site selection assistance for business expansion and relocation projects. Dcedc also collaborates with local communities, developers, and property owners to attract new businesses and investment to locations throughout door county, including retail, commercial, and industrial properties. The organization actively markets available development sites, partners with the city of sturgeon bay to promote opportunities within the city's industrial park, and advances door county as a desirable location for business investment, expansion, and relocation.
$273,359 spentof which $15,000 as grants$212,545 earned by the program48% of program spendingEntrepreneurial and small business services: dcedc supports entrepreneurs and small businesses through services including business plan development, financing assistance through revolving loan funds, and site and location selection guidance. Dcedc also creates opportunities for entrepreneurs and business owners to connect, collaborate, and learn from the experiences and successes of others. Through its communications and marketing initiatives, dcedc highlights and promotes door county entrepreneurs, small businesses, and their contributions to the local economy. In 2025, dcedc provided tailored assistance and services to 114 individual businesses and graduated an additional seven participants through its entrepreneurial training program. Dcedc also conducted its third annual lighthouse launch pitch contest, supporting and showcasing emerging small businesses and entrepreneurs in door county. As of the end of 2025, dcedc was administering 28 active loans through its revolving loan fund programs, representing approximately $2.2 million in financing supporting businesses throughout door county. In addition, dcedc received a grant from the wisconsin economic development corporation…
$173,952 spentof which $113,139 as grants$42,055 earned by the program31% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $568,885.
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 $2.7M to $2.4M (−11%).
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 6% · 2018 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 18% · 2021 45% · 2022 41% · 2023 9% · 2024 15% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Michelle Lawrie
Secretary and executive director
Board chair
Tim Duquaine
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $700 → $8k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’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
DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 93% · 2021 60% · 2022 97% · 2023 97% — 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
72% of DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION'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. Of the $71k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $179k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $664k on record.
- Department of Commerce$550k
- Department of Agriculture$114k
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 DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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 DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: 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 DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Wisconsin) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $249,778 to it, the largest being DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($178,778). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $249,778 in grants to DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $178,778 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOOR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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