Wisconsin · Nonprofit
HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC
HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,555,147 to it, the largest being THE LEOLA CULVER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($630,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Heartland Farm Sanctuary Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to inspire compassion for animals, the earth, and each other. We fulfill this mission through three core programs: farm animal rescue and care, which provides lifelong rehabilitative care to farm animals who have endured neglect, abandonment, or have no other place to go; humane education, designed to nurture children's empathy, appreciation and respect for the environment and the interconnectedness of all living things; and individual therapy, which utilizes the therapeutic benefits of nature and animals to support a variety of mental, physical, and neurodevelopmental disabilities. Our programs are designed to not only function independently but also intertwine and enhance each other, creating a sanctuary where respect and compassion flow in every direction.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Farm animal rescue and care: we provide a safe haven and lifelong rehabilitative care to farm animals who have endured neglect, abuse, or abandonment. As the first farm sanctuary in wisconsin, we are often the last hope for these animals, offering them a chance at a new life where they are respected and valued as individuals. We currently provide care for 69 animals across 14 different species.
$525,556 spent$10,395 earned by the program46% of program spendingTherapy: our child-led therapy approach utilizes the therapeutic benefits of nature and animals to support young people ages 2 to 22 with mental, neurodevelopmental, and physical disabilities. Therapeutic interactions not only benefit the participants but also provide our animals and our land with compassionate care and attention.
$480,872 spent$434,794 earned by the program42% of program spendingHumane education: we offer a range of camps, classes, field trips, and clubs designed to nurture children's natural empathy for people, animals, and our planet. This program empowers students through educational and engaging activities, preparing them to be catalysts for positive change and working towards a healthier world for people, the environment, and animals.
$126,727 spent$39,716 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,133,155.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.8M to $3.1M (+74%).
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 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Jennifer Korz
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $16k → $193k.
10 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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
HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
47% 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 HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 69% · 2019 57% · 2020 40% · 2021 68% · 2022 67% · 2023 52% — 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
38% of HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $673k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC has grown faster than half of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY 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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
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 HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY 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 HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC?
- HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,555,147 to it, the largest being THE LEOLA CULVER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($630,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $1,555,147 in grants to HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY INC?
- THE LEOLA CULVER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $630,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HEARTLAND FARM SANCTUARY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 35 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