Wisconsin · Nonprofit
Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin Inc
Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $135,760 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC ($83,619). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $269k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $136k
- Net assets
- $257k
What Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin Inc does
Mission
To improve the lives of peoples affected by epilepsy and their families through education, advocacy, research, and connection across wisconsin.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Epilepsy awareness - epw hosts educational conferences on a wide range of topics including medications, medical devices, surgery, diet, and meditation. All sessions are presented by leading medical experts. These programs are offered free of charge, ensuring that individuals and families affected by epilepsy have access to accurate information and practical tools to enhance their quality of life.
$95,154 spent70% of program spendingDirect client services - each year, efw conducts three types of in-person programs that directly benefit individuals living with epilepsy. The programs include support grooups, a kids camp and an adult retreat. Each program promotes connection, community, and fellowship among individuals living with epilepsy, so they never feel alone in the diagnosis. The efw team plans and facilitates all sessions, ensuring a meaningful and inclusive experience for participants.
$20,790 spent15% of program spendingSeizure first aid and training - the efw provide seizure first aid and seizure recognitiion training programs to schools, businesses and civic organizations. Along with seizure safety and training materials, the efw provides online webinars to ensure the community can access trustworthy information and support across wisconsin.
$19,316 spentof which $2,000 as grants14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $135,260.
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 2018 to 2019, from $206k to $138k (−33%).
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 29% · 2018 29% · 2019 33% · 2021 59% · 2022 23% · 2023 22% · 2024 45% · 2025 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
102% of Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Kristin Dostal
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $35k → $823.
2 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin 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
Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% 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 Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 76% · 2019 100% · 2020 90% · 2021 52% · 2022 56% · 2023 39% — diversifying over time.
“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
60% of Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
98% of Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin 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. $7k 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
Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 8,464 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,464 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Epilepsy Foundation of 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
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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
- Epilepsy Foundation of Western Wi · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Epilepsy Foundation of 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 Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin Inc?
- Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $135,760 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC ($83,619). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin Inc have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $135,760 in grants to Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin Inc, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Epilepsy Foundation of Wisconsin Inc?
- UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $83,619 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Epilepsy Foundation of 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 14 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing