Wisconsin · Nonprofit
ENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC FOUNDATION INC
ENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,081 to it, the largest being LAND O'LAKES FOUNDATION ($12,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $422k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $575k
What Envision Greater Fond Du Lac Foundation Inc does
Mission
The mission of envision greater fond du lac foundation, inc. Is to inspire our community to work in partnership and cultivate a vibrant economic future.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Fond du lac works: fond du lac works is the first coordinated community effort to address the skilled worker shortage. Professional research of the fond du lac area workforce consistently demonstrates a shift in the demographics which places the entire community in the immediate and critical situation; there will simply not be enough competitively skilled workers to fill available jobs in the future without aggressive solutions being developed and implemented now. To date, many volunteers have come together to work on development of initiatives which support three main focus areas of: workforce recruitment, retention of existing workforce and development of talent through education and training. It also promotes an increased level of partnership between business and education. It provides business with opportunities to develop a highly skilled workforce from within the area high school population.
$165,123 spent$136,600 earned by the program37% of program spendingAg ambassador program: the fond du lac area agricultural ambassador program was developed out of a need to educate and inform adults and youth about the production and nutritional value of agricultural products produced in our community or state, as well as the impact agriculture has on our daily lives. The agriculture ambassador presents various educational programs in schools free of charge. Topics include: health and nutrition, consumer buying habits, food safety, economics, agricultural careers and agricultural production.
$160,660 spentof which $27,249 as grants36% of program spendingLeadership fond du lac program: to assist in the preparation of a strong, diverse group of leaders qualified to represent the fond du lac community and willing to make responsible decisions affecting both the public and private sectors.
$120,496 spent$90,235 earned by the program27% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $446,279.
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 2017 to 2018, from $599k to $421k (−30%).
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 18% · 2019 15% · 2020 16% · 2021 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
37% of ENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% 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
Sadie Howell
President & CEO
Board chair
Krista Ebbens
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $71.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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: $105k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Fond Du Lac Area Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money ENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of ENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC 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
ENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 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
ENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC FOUNDATION INC draws 83% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $81 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
ENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 1 related entity
- Envision Greater Fond Du Lac Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC FOUNDATION INC?
- ENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,081 to it, the largest being LAND O'LAKES FOUNDATION ($12,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $15,081 in grants to ENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC FOUNDATION INC?
- LAND O'LAKES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ENVISION GREATER FOND DU LAC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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