Wisconsin · Nonprofit
EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC
EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,889,371 to it, the largest being LORETTA K RICKER MEMORIAL FUND XXXXX4000 ($500,436). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.2M
- Funders on record
- 49
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $9.8M
What Easter Seals Wisconsin Inc does
Mission
Easter seals wisconsin, inc. Strives to increase independence, maximize opportunities, minimalize barriers, and enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Camp and respite servicessince 1938, camp wawbeek has aimed to give children and adults with disabilities an opportunity to meet new friends and take on new challenges through a wide variety of recreational and social activities. The presence of supportive and well-trained staff and volunteers assures that campers' needs are met. Respite camp, operating year-round, maintains a dedicated and highly trained staff who provide campers with innovative recreational opportunities in an accessible and safe environment while families are given a well-deserved respite.
$2,557,081 spent$1,478,452 earned by the program75% of program spendingFarm and vocational servicesthe farm assessment and rehabilitation methods (farm) program specializes in helping farmers return to farming after a disabling illness or injury or continue farming with a chronic condition. The program offers resources and support to help people achieve their goals of developing a successful farm operation or an agricultural career. Self-employment offers a real alternative for entrepreneurs with disabilities. Self-employment services (ses) and its partners help such clients develop and evaluate their business ideas according to business feasibility and issues presented by their disability.
$547,637 spent$130,090 earned by the program16% of program spendingResources and educationdisability helpline of outagamie county serves people with disabilities in outagamie county. Children and adults with disabilities received assistance through the disability helpline in four core areas:1. Informational and assistance for disability-related needs2. Financial assistance for disability-related equipment3. Social/recreational programming for families with a family member with autism4. Guardianship training program
$307,069 spent$31,481 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,411,787.
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 2021 to 2022, from $11M to $9.8M (−12%).
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 18% · 2018 20% · 2019 14% · 2020 26% · 2021 37% · 2022 19% · 2023 18% · 2024 16% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
51% of EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Paul Leverenz
President/CEO
Board chair
Pat Lemire
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $62k → $188k.
8 of 49 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 49 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
EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 73% · 2019 40% · 2020 51% · 2021 29% · 2022 31% · 2023 47% — 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.
How long its funders stay
55% of EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $132k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $939k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$939k
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 EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN 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 EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC?
- EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,889,371 to it, the largest being LORETTA K RICKER MEMORIAL FUND XXXXX4000 ($500,436). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC have?
- IRS filings report 49 organizations giving $1,889,371 in grants to EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN INC?
- LORETTA K RICKER MEMORIAL FUND XXXXX4000 is the largest funder on record, with $500,436 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EASTER SEALS WISCONSIN 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 49 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