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FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC

FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,262,723 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC ($4,921,401). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$24M
Funders on record
56
Grants received
$15M
Net assets
$18M
36/56 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What Family Services of Northeast Wi Inc does

Mission

Family services of northeast wisconsin, inc. Is a social service agency providing services that assist people in leading healthy lives and building stronger families and communities. The vision of family services of northeast wisconsin, inc. Is to support the development of a diverse community of strong individuals, children, and families with supportive relationships, safe environments, and sufficient resources. The overarching goals are to provide a continuum of comprehensive, quality services; be flexible in responding to new challenges; optimize our resources through creative approaches and relationships; value diversity in people, process, and programs, and be a center of excellence in the communities we serve.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.

Family services of northeast wisconsin, inc. Ceased conducting its' silvercrest and re-entry programs.

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).

  1. Lifeline: a national suicide prevention lifeline call center serving all of wisconsin. Provides short-term crisis counseling over the phone for people of any age, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and free of charge.

    $6,129,219 spentof which $439 as grants
    30% of program spending
  2. Early childhood: a voluntary, home visitation program offering intensive support to parents and their children from birth to age 5 in an effort to prevent child abuse and neglect. Brown, outagamie, winnebago, & door counties.

    $3,179,840 spentof which $86,570 as grants$125,655 earned by the program
    16% of program spending
  3. Residential: provides intensive services to youth who are unable to remain in their homes or other community-based settings due to significant emotional and behavioral problems in northeast wisconsin.

    $2,106,344 spentof which $4,178 as grants$13,779 earned by the program
    10% of program spending
  4. Counseling: provides traditional, outpatient counseling in green bay and menasha. Services include individual, couples, and family counseling; group counseling and support groups; specialized children's therapy; and counseling for alcohol and other drug addiction.

    $2,039,195 spentof which $4,063 as grants$1,436,899 earned by the program
    10% of program spending
  5. Crisis center: assists those in any stressful crisis situation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with counselors that are fully trained in crisis intervention.

    $1,612,889 spentof which $6,091 as grants$2,700 earned by the program
    8% of program spending
  6. Sexual assault center: provides free, confidential support to survivors of sexual assault and their loved ones. These services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to survivors in brown, door, oconto, and marinette counties.

    $1,285,676 spentof which $5,697 as grants$69,534 earned by the program
    6% of program spending
  7. Day treatment: meets the mental health needs of youth (ages 7 to 18) who are exhibiting severe emotional or behavioral issues at home, in school, or in the community. Our staff work with each child and the child's family to address problematic behaviors such as defiance, hostility, inattention, hyperactivity, aggression, self-harm, substance abuse, difficulty understanding social cues, problems in school, or the negative effects of traumatic experiences such as physical or sexual abuse.

    $867,512 spentof which $4,158 as grants$867,206 earned by the program
    4% of program spending
  8. Our place: our place is a class aa, community based residential facility (cbrf) located in green bay, wisconsin. Our warm and friendly facility serves up to 18 adults with mental or emotional disorders who are not able to live on their own.

    $821,369 spentof which $10,431 as grants$46,941 earned by the program
    4% of program spending
  9. Self: the self (support, education, life skills & family) program specializes in serving the complex, hard to reach, and disconnected children, adults and families who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, or situational challenges.

    $587,924 spentof which $14,664 as grants
    3% of program spending
  10. Early head start: provides parents of young children (under 3) with weekly home visits with a professional family support specialist. These visits provide education and resources to ensure all children are given the same chance for success in life.

    $458,495 spentof which $742 as grants
    2% of program spending
  11. Child advocacy center: gives children who have been sexually or physically abused, neglected, or otherwise endangered a comfortable place to tell someone what happened and build a brighter future.

    $415,391 spentof which $30,682 as grants$7,713 earned by the program
    2% of program spending
  12. Women's recovery journey (wrj) is an integrated outpatient program treating specific needs of women with co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns. The intended impact for our clients is that they will achieve success in goals related to sobriety and mental health stability and receive concurrent wrap around services.wrj provided services to 72 women during this reporting period. Out of those 72 women, 51 women received assessments, 12 women utilized case management services, 72 women received individual therapy, and 59 women received group therapy. Out of the 72 clients assessed, 96% of women demonstrated an improvement in symptoms at the time of discharge, 90% of clients had a decrease in their substance use and 100% of women who presented at the time of intake with a mental health diagnosis were stabilized. 86% of women reported having safe housing at time of discharge. Wrj also provided women with job skills training, interview training, and completing a resume. 65% of our women reported being employed at the time of discharge.

    $370,414 spentof which $2,761 as grants$68,777 earned by the program
    2% of program spending
  13. Supervised visitation: provides visitation services between divorced or separated parents in outagamie and winnebago counties. Our staff help to ensure a safe setting for every child, free from parental conflict.

    $266,415 spent$4,070 earned by the program
    1% of program spending
  14. Youth and family: various programs to help those who are struggling to preserve their families.

    $156,474 spentof which $3,483 as grants
    1% of program spending
  15. Intensive school-based: school-based programs that serve as a transition for youth coming out of an inpatient hospitalization, in severe mental health crisis or likely in need of higher-level care supports, and/or those with a history of individualized mental health needs that have significantly impacted their academic success.

    $138,447 spentof which $14,664 as grants$40,790 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

The 15 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,435,604.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($15M) Expenses 100 ($15M) Net assets 100 ($14M)2018 Revenue 107 ($16M) Expenses 104 ($15M) Net assets 98 ($14M)2019 Revenue 111 ($16M) Expenses 105 ($16M) Net assets 112 ($16M)2020 Revenue 107 ($16M) Expenses 108 ($16M) Net assets 115 ($16M)2021 Revenue 125 ($19M) Expenses 114 ($17M) Net assets 132 ($19M)2022 Revenue 126 ($19M) Expenses 125 ($19M) Net assets 120 ($17M)2023 Revenue 139 ($21M) Expenses 141 ($21M) Net assets 126 ($18M)2024 Revenue 162 ($24M) Expenses 161 ($24M) Net assets 130 ($18M)
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Revenue (162)Expenses (161)Net assets (130)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $17M to $20M (+17%).

$16M
$15M
$17M
$20M
$20M
$19M
$20M
$20M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 70% · 2018 71% · 2019 69% · 2020 72% · 2021 72% · 2022 73% · 2023 75% · 2024 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

85% of FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,405 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$35k
’17
$437k
’18
$846k
’19
−$164k
’20
$1.6M
’21
$86k
’22
−$329k
’23
$133k
’24
5.9
months of
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

Lois Mischler

President/CEO

Board chair

Susan Baranczyk

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed3031262423283132
Joined·+8+3+2+3+9+5+6
No longer listed·7844425
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $1.7M → $1.8M.

11 of 56 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 56 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

FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% 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

91% 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 FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC.

32%
largest funder
64%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 37% · 2019 35% · 2020 32% · 2021 30% · 2022 35% · 2023 34% — 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

53% of FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

95% of FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve5.9mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

Government funding FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $606k on record.

Federal$606k
grants $606kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development$324k
  • Department of Health and Human Services$282k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 12%Fundraising 3%

Governance

21
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

WI

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Questions and answers

Who funds FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC?
FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,262,723 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC ($4,921,401). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC have?
IRS filings report 56 organizations giving $15,262,723 in grants to FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC?
UNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,921,401 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FAMILY SERVICES OF NORTHEAST WI INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 56 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