Wisconsin · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT INC
FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $188,238 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC ($80,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $432k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $188k
- Net assets
- $272k
What Friends of the Uw Odyssey Project Inc does
Mission
Support the missions of the University of Wisconsin Odyssey and Odyssey Beyond Bars project as well as the Odyssey Junior, Onward Odyssey programs and Odyssey Beyond Wars as an extension of the Odyssey Project.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Payment of expenses supporting participation of the 30 students in the University of Wisconsin Madison Odyssey Project where such expenses cannot be paid by the University. Examples include rent, utilities, internet, child care, transportation, food and medical expenses.
$304,220 spentof which $153,995 as grants$143,997 earned by the program64% of program spendingPayment of program costs of the Odyssey Junior educational program for about 50 relatives of current and former UW Madison Odyssey Project participants. Examples include supplies, books and field trips.
$78,622 spentof which $4,810 as grants$104,675 earned by the program17% of program spendingPayment of program costs for the Onward Odyssey program for about 260 former participants in the UW Madison Odyssey Project allowing them to continue in higher education. Examples include rent, tuition, books, tutoring and related educational expenses
$38,282 spentof which $23,419 as grants$91,363 earned by the program8% of program spendingPayment of support for the Odyssey Beyond Bars program for about 100 participants and Odyssey Beyond Wars. This program assists incarcerated individuals in obtaining higher education degrees. Payments support guest speakers, supply and printing needs.
$53,812 spentof which $34,400 as grants$70,200 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $474,936.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $222k to $412k (+86%).
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: 2021 0% · 2022 30% · 2023 41% · 2024 38% · 2025 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $13k → $93.
6 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 12 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
FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
89% 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 FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 55% · 2020 100% · 2021 73% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
25% of FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 17% 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
85% of FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT 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. $53k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT INC is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT INC
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In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% 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
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $188,238 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC ($80,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $188,238 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT INC?
- UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 12 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