Wisconsin · Nonprofit
FOUNDATION FOR RURAL HOUSING INC
FOUNDATION FOR RURAL HOUSING INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $696,849 to it, the largest being THE ROOTS AND WINGS FOUNDATION INC ($435,375). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $697k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Foundation for Rural Housing Inc does
Mission
Creating, educating and supporting rural low-income households to become self-sufficient.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025, the critical assistance and other direct assistance program received over 2,600 requests.the program provided $284,182 in direct financial assistance to prevent homelessness. The amounts were paid on behalf of 625 households and included assistance with first-time security deposits to move into affordable housing for 169 households, assistance with delinquent rent for 286 households to avoid eviction, assistance with past-due mortgage payments for 144 households, and assistance with past-due property taxes for 26 households to avoid tax liens being placed on their properties.for the rubber ducky diaper depot program we provided 219 families with 276 children being served with supplemental diapers and wipes each month.
$784,875 spentof which $431,633 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $784,875.
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 2023 to 2024, from $762k to $1.3M (+67%).
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 97% · 2018 97% · 2019 93% · 2020 88% · 2021 92% · 2022 65% · 2023 88% · 2024 48% · 2025 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of FOUNDATION FOR RURAL HOUSING INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Jenny Fasula
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 2 funders, grant income rose $9k → $143k.
From the IRS filings of FOUNDATION FOR RURAL HOUSING 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 RURAL HOUSING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
29% 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 RURAL HOUSING INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2019 100% · 2020 77% · 2021 100% · 2022 70% · 2023 95% — 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
0% of FOUNDATION FOR RURAL HOUSING INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
FOUNDATION FOR RURAL HOUSING INC draws 62% 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. 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 RURAL HOUSING INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,367 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,367 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR RURAL HOUSING 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
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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 RURAL HOUSING 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 RURAL HOUSING INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR RURAL HOUSING INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $696,849 to it, the largest being THE ROOTS AND WINGS FOUNDATION INC ($435,375). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR RURAL HOUSING INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $696,849 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR RURAL HOUSING INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR RURAL HOUSING INC?
- THE ROOTS AND WINGS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $435,375 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR RURAL HOUSING 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 8 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