Wisconsin · Nonprofit
EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC
EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,033,669 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($388,840). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $266k
What Employ Milwaukee Inc does
Mission
The mission of employ milwaukee, inc. Is to build a strong workforce development system by planning, coordinating, collaborating and monitoring workforce initiatives with businesses, partners and community stakeholders at the local, regional and state level to ensure a skilled and productive workforce for the 21st century.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth services - employ milwaukee's youth services provided services to 8,558 youth between the ages of 14 and 21 to help them stay in school, prepare for work, and find a job. In addition, Employ Milwaukee Increased services to at-risk and out-of-school youth focused on increasing the availability of integrated learning opportunities.
$6,996,320 spentof which $2,200,223 as grants$220,371 earned by the program50% of program spendingAdult services - employ milwaukee's adult services were able to provide services to 6,482 clients during the year for case management at career opportunity centers to include assessment and referrals for supportive, intensive, and training programs.
$5,653,497 spentof which $1,873,650 as grants$1,247,502 earned by the program41% of program spendingDislocated worker services - employ milwaukee's dislocated worker services provided client services to 381 workers in milwaukee county who were laid off from their jobs, facing layoffs, or were displaced homemakers. Services include vocational assessment and counseling, occupational training, adult basic education, and other vital services, increasing the clients' success in gainful employment.
$1,204,476 spentof which $1,500,432 as grants9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,854,293.
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 2022 to 2023, from $5.3M to $4.0M (−26%).
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 81% · 2020 88% · 2021 79% · 2022 88% · 2023 91% · 2024 91% · 2025 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% 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
Julie Cayo
Chief executive officer, interim
Board chair
Carla Cross
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $404k → $37k.
7 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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: $1.4M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of EMPLOY MILWAUKEE 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
EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% 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
72% 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 EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 33% · 2019 62% · 2020 85% · 2021 71% · 2022 75% · 2023 68% — 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
25% of EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
63% of EMPLOY MILWAUKEE 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. $196k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 274 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 274 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $21.6M on record.
- Department of Labor$21.6M
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 EMPLOY MILWAUKEE 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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC?
- EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,033,669 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($388,840). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $2,033,669 in grants to EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC?
- JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $388,840 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EMPLOY MILWAUKEE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 25 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