Wisconsin · Nonprofit
FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC
FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $677,861 to it, the largest being GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC ($268,224). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $678k
- Net assets
- $658k
What Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance Inc does
Mission
We are an independent nonprofit organization that identifies issues and advocates effective policies and actions that protect, restore, and sustain the water resources of the fox-wolf river basin.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Restoration - fox-wolf identifies resource concerns and finds solutions, providing resources for technical staff and funding for implementation of practices on the land that reduce sediment and nutrient pollution from entering our waterways.
$582,445 spentof which $525,825 as grants$251,762 earned by the program41% of program spendingWatershed recovery coordination - fox-wolf believes in wholistic watershed and works across the 21 county basin with a variety of partners, including elected officials, property owners, business & industry, farmers, volunteers and conservation professionals in the urban, rural and agriculture landscapes to promote cost effective solutions to improve water quality.
$423,880 spent30% of program spendingOutreach and education - to meet our mission, fox-wolf connects with people where they are. We exhibit at local festivals and community events, provide presentations in schools and to community groups and have one-on- one meetings with property owners. We provide trainings, workshops and conferences to educate those that have a direct impact on our waterways.
$352,486 spentof which $97,444 as grants25% of program spendingResearch - fox-wolf relies on sound science to advance its restoration and outreach efforts. We partner with local universities, colleges and agencies to guide investment in local research and support research needs when necessary.
$52,147 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,410,958.
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 $597k to $1.1M (+81%).
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 76% · 2018 83% · 2019 85% · 2020 82% · 2021 80% · 2022 76% · 2023 71% · 2024 80% · 2025 79%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $53k → $139k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE 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
FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% 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 FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 55% · 2021 99% · 2022 71% · 2023 90% — 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
40% of FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
56% of FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE 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 $298k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside Wisconsin, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $380k 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
FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 210 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 210 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.4M on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$5.7M
- Department of the Interior$694k
- Department of Agriculture$25k
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.
Organizations like FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE 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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE 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 FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC?
- FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $677,861 to it, the largest being GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC ($268,224). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $677,861 in grants to FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE INC?
- GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $268,224 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOX-WOLF WATERSHED ALLIANCE 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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing