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HISTORIC THIRD WARD ASSOCIATION INC

HISTORIC THIRD WARD ASSOCIATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being MILWAUKEE DOWNTOWN INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$900k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$0
Net assets
$514k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Historic Third Ward Association Inc does

Mission

Non-profit neighborhood association

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Marketing of the neighborhood through three magazine, advertisements, website, mailing, social media and the guide

    $71,930 spent
    13% of program spending
  2. Events to promote the area including, christmas in the ward, quartley gallery night & day, shop the ward, coffee break, gather and the art festival

    $93,067 spent$211,198 earned by the program
    17% of program spending
  3. Membership services including information, annual gatherings, etc.

    $375,138 spentof which $8,622 as grants$52,152 earned by the program
    69% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $540,135.

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 ($364k) Expenses 100 ($408k) Net assets 100 ($215k)2018 Revenue 131 ($477k) Expenses 120 ($490k) Net assets 94 ($202k)2019 Revenue 165 ($599k) Expenses 140 ($571k) Net assets 107 ($230k)2020 Revenue 148 ($540k) Expenses 120 ($490k) Net assets 130 ($280k)2021 Revenue 176 ($639k) Expenses 162 ($663k) Net assets 122 ($262k)2022 Revenue 190 ($689k) Expenses 160 ($654k) Net assets 132 ($283k)2023 Revenue 198 ($721k) Expenses 180 ($737k) Net assets 125 ($267k)2024 Revenue 225 ($820k) Expenses 178 ($728k) Net assets 167 ($359k)2025 Revenue 248 ($900k) Expenses 182 ($745k) Net assets 239 ($514k)
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Revenue (248)Expenses (182)Net assets (239)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 2021 to 2022, from $330k to $609k (+85%).

$316k
$254k
$295k
$328k
$330k
$609k
$543k
$588k
$702k
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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
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 80% · 2021 68% · 2022 63% · 2023 60% · 2024 53% · 2025 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

62% of HISTORIC THIRD WARD ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$45k
’17
−$13k
’18
$28k
’19
$50k
’20
−$24k
’21
$35k
’22
−$16k
’23
$92k
’24
$155k
’25
7.3
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.

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Listed292419202020202020
Joined·+8+1+3+2+5+4+3+3
No longer listed·136225433
03Who funds it
04Its place in the field

Against its field

HISTORIC THIRD WARD ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin17% · above the median
Months of reserve7.3mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 25%Fundraising 3%

Governance

19
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

97%

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

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Htwa Catalano Square LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds HISTORIC THIRD WARD ASSOCIATION INC?
HISTORIC THIRD WARD ASSOCIATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being MILWAUKEE DOWNTOWN INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HISTORIC THIRD WARD ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to HISTORIC THIRD WARD ASSOCIATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of HISTORIC THIRD WARD ASSOCIATION INC?
MILWAUKEE DOWNTOWN INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HISTORIC THIRD WARD ASSOCIATION 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 1 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