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Jefferson County Literacy Council Inc

Jefferson County Literacy Council Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $108,962 to it, the largest being EARL AND EUGENIA QUIRK FOUNDATION INC ($64,486). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$147k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$109k
Net assets
$248k
5/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What Jefferson County Literacy Council Inc does

Mission

Tutoring programs for adults in reading

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Tutoring programs for adults in basic reading and writing

    $145,072 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $145,072.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($158k) Expenses 100 ($143k) Net assets 100 ($225k)2021 Revenue 119 ($188k) Expenses 108 ($155k) Net assets 115 ($259k)2022 Revenue 100 ($159k) Expenses 103 ($147k) Net assets 90 ($204k)2023 Revenue 108 ($170k) Expenses 100 ($143k) Net assets 105 ($238k)2024 Revenue 94 ($149k) Expenses 99 ($141k) Net assets 109 ($246k)2025 Revenue 93 ($147k) Expenses 101 ($145k) Net assets 110 ($248k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (93)Expenses (101)Net assets (110)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 $267k to $208k (−22%).

$241k
$267k
$208k
$241k
$249k
$250k
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

65% of Jefferson County Literacy Council Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 25,057 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$15k
’20
$33k
’21
$11k
’22
$27k
’23
$8k
’24
$2k
’25

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Pamela Waters

Sec & Exec Dir

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $2k → $12k.

2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 Jefferson County Literacy Council 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

Jefferson County Literacy Council Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

59%
largest funder
90%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 83% · 2021 45% · 2022 83% · 2023 81% — 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.

Where its funders are

84% of Jefferson County Literacy Council Inc's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.

WI
TN

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

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’21
’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

Against its field

Jefferson County Literacy Council Inc's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

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

WI

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Jefferson County Literacy Council 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 Jefferson County Literacy Council Inc?
Jefferson County Literacy Council Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $108,962 to it, the largest being EARL AND EUGENIA QUIRK FOUNDATION INC ($64,486). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Jefferson County Literacy Council Inc have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $108,962 in grants to Jefferson County Literacy Council Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Jefferson County Literacy Council Inc?
EARL AND EUGENIA QUIRK FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $64,486 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Jefferson County Literacy Council 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 6 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing