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GREEN LAKE COUNTY BASIC NEEDS FOUNDATION INC

GREEN LAKE COUNTY BASIC NEEDS FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,797 to it, the largest being THOMAS J AND CAROL J JOSEPH FOUNDATION INC ($60,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$116k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$82k
Net assets
$765k
2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 39%
01What it does

What Green Lake County Basic Needs Foundation Inc does

Mission

The Green Lake County Basic Needs Foundation Inc distribtues funds for the benefit of citizens of green lake county, wisconsin; this includes, but is not limited to, supporting local food pantries, advocap, christine ann center, tri county boys & girls club, etc.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.

Program

Green Lake County Basic Needs Foundation Inc was formed on april 13, 2016 as a non-stock corporation and as a non-profit, tax-exempt, non-private foundation. The directors of the organization recognized that the residents of green lake county community were in need of a formal vehicle to generate financial support for the basic needs of the communitys residents. The only activity in 2021 was general donations.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

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 ($155k) Expenses 100 ($40k) Net assets 100 ($284k)2018 Revenue 83 ($128k) Expenses 62 ($25k) Net assets 132 ($375k)2019 Revenue 101 ($156k) Expenses 225 ($90k) Net assets 208 ($591k)2021 Revenue 75 ($116k) Expenses 59 ($23k) Net assets 270 ($765k)
2017201820192021
Revenue (75)Expenses (59)Net assets (270)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 2018 to 2019, from $375k to $591k (+58%).

$284k
$375k
$591k
$765k
2017201820192021
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.

2017
2018
2019
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

29% of GREEN LAKE COUNTY BASIC NEEDS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$115k
’17
$104k
’18
$66k
’19
$93k
’21
2.6
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.

201820192021
Listed343
Joined·+3·
No longer listed·2·
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $60k → $3k.

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 GREEN LAKE COUNTY BASIC NEEDS FOUNDATION 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

GREEN LAKE COUNTY BASIC NEEDS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

73%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 64% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — 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.

Where its funders are

100% of GREEN LAKE COUNTY BASIC NEEDS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.

WI

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

’17
’20
’21
’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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

GREEN LAKE COUNTY BASIC NEEDS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 18,396 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin80% · top quartile
Months of reserve2.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−7% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 18,396 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2021

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 16%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

85%

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

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GREEN LAKE COUNTY BASIC NEEDS FOUNDATION 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 GREEN LAKE COUNTY BASIC NEEDS FOUNDATION INC?
GREEN LAKE COUNTY BASIC NEEDS FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,797 to it, the largest being THOMAS J AND CAROL J JOSEPH FOUNDATION INC ($60,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GREEN LAKE COUNTY BASIC NEEDS FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $81,797 in grants to GREEN LAKE COUNTY BASIC NEEDS FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GREEN LAKE COUNTY BASIC NEEDS FOUNDATION INC?
THOMAS J AND CAROL J JOSEPH FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GREEN LAKE COUNTY BASIC NEEDS FOUNDATION 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 4 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