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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON AND DODGE COUNTIES WISCONSIN INC

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON AND DODGE COUNTIES WISCONSIN INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,008,548 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($295,915). 7 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
$3.6M
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$1.0M
Net assets
$3.6M
7/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What Habitat for Humanity of Washington and Dodge Counties Wisconsin Inc does

Mission

Habitat for humanity of washington dodge counties, wisconsin, inc. Is a locally-run affiliate of habitat for humanity international, a nonprofit ecumenical christian housing ministry. Habitat for humanity works in partnership with people in need to build simple, decent, affordable housing.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Bring communities together with volunteers and resources to build simple, decent affordable houses for sale to economically disadvantaged individuals and families.

    $878,731 spent$969,019 earned by the program
    27% of program spending
  2. The restores sell closeout new building materials, donated materials, and slightly used materials including doors, windows, plumbing, cabinets, hardware, and more. The restores accept new and used building-related materials from contractors, suppliers, individuals, remodelers, and property managers. Some materials received are used directly in the construction of homes, but most are offered to the general public to purchase at reduced prices. Proceeds from the restores help provide simple, decent, affordable housing, to economically disadvantaged individuals and families in washington and dodge counties. The restores also provide an avenue to reduce the volume of waste in local landfills and offers a second chance for building materials.

    $1,855,098 spent$2,034,163 earned by the program
    57% of program spending
  3. Habitat for humanity of washington and dodge counties, wisconsin, inc. Mandates that approved families participate in financial counseling, home ownership training, and maintenance skill development through our sweat equity program. Monitored by the family's assigned mentor, these educational ventures prepare our families to be successful homeowners.

    $520,729 spent
    16% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,254,558.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($2.1M) Expenses 100 ($1.9M) Net assets 100 ($2.3M)2021 Revenue 108 ($2.3M) Expenses 88 ($1.6M) Net assets 128 ($3.0M)2022 Revenue 124 ($2.6M) Expenses 109 ($2.0M) Net assets 154 ($3.6M)2023 Revenue 129 ($2.7M) Expenses 125 ($2.3M) Net assets 172 ($4.0M)2024 Revenue 131 ($2.8M) Expenses 159 ($3.0M) Net assets 164 ($3.8M)2025 Revenue 171 ($3.6M) Expenses 207 ($3.8M) Net assets 155 ($3.6M)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (171)Expenses (207)Net assets (155)

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 $5.2M to $5.8M (+13%).

$4.6M
$5.2M
$5.8M
$6.1M
$6.0M
$5.9M
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 8% · 2023 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$259k
’20
$660k
’21
$608k
’22
$407k
’23
−$182k
’24
−$214k
’25
1.2
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.

Chief executive

Russell Wanta

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed161715131518
Joined·+4+0+0+2+5
No longer listed·32202
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $73k → $215k.

9 of 15 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 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON AND DODGE COUNTIES WISCONSIN 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

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON AND DODGE COUNTIES WISCONSIN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% 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

100% 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 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON AND DODGE COUNTIES WISCONSIN INC.

29%
largest funder
65%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 75% · 2019 100% · 2021 40% · 2022 34% · 2023 35% — 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

57% of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON AND DODGE COUNTIES WISCONSIN INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON AND DODGE COUNTIES WISCONSIN 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 $442k that is directly attributable, 79% of it comes from funders outside Wisconsin, across 3 states.

MN
WI
GA

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

’17
’18
’19
’21
’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $567k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON AND DODGE COUNTIES WISCONSIN 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 12%Fundraising 3%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

78%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON AND DODGE COUNTIES WISCONSIN INC?
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON AND DODGE COUNTIES WISCONSIN INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,008,548 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($295,915). 7 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 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON AND DODGE COUNTIES WISCONSIN INC have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,008,548 in grants to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON AND DODGE COUNTIES WISCONSIN INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON AND DODGE COUNTIES WISCONSIN INC?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $295,915 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON AND DODGE COUNTIES WISCONSIN 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 15 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