Wisconsin · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC
FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,739,159 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($940,617). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $983k
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Foundation for Dane County Parks Inc does
Mission
To improve the quality of life throughout dane county by sustaining a park system which will improve residents' physical and mental health, combat flooding, conserve our dwindling land against the growing population, sustain our life support system by preserving environmentally sensitive areas, and enhance the county's economic base.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Provide funding, materials, and equipment for dane county park programs like youth environmental education. Provide funding for park improvements like installation of accessibility features and updated amenities. Provide funding for special projects like "healthy parks healthy you," to promote the positive impact of the outdoors.
$381,693 spent96% of program spendingProvide grants to friends groups of dane county parks to support educational programming, outreach and volunteer efforts.
$6,671 spentof which $6,671 as grants2% of program spendingCollect funds for the friends of dane county parks endowment held at the madison community foundation, which supports the mission of the dane county parks.
$8,240 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $396,604.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $569k to $1.3M (+133%).
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.
95% of FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Andrew Mullins
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $29k → $225k.
7 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS 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
FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% 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 FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 97% · 2020 64% · 2021 45% · 2022 77% · 2023 30% — 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 FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 45% 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
71% of FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $507k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M 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
FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,648 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,648 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS 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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
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 FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS 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 FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,739,159 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($940,617). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,739,159 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $940,617 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR DANE COUNTY PARKS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 22 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