Wisconsin · Nonprofit
Journey 21 Inc
Journey 21 Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,313,445 to it, the largest being WAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($4,721,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $7.3M
- Net assets
- $9.7M
What Journey 21 Inc does
Mission
The mission of Journey21 is to provide safe, supportive, and enriching living and learning options for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities IDD in Waukesha County and surrounding communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The mission of Journey21 is to provide safe, supportive, and enriching living and learning options for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities IDD. We do this within a framework that includes five pillars 1 Community Opportunities Recreational Experiences CORE small and large group programs and social outings that facilitate individual growth and socialization skill development 2 employment we provide career readiness training and opportunities for internships 3 advocacy/partnerships we offer support and information to parents as they navigate the post-age 21 realities with their young adult, and we offer partnerships with dozens of businesses and community organizations 4learning/education delivered through four learning academies-18-21 Transition, Summer, Life Academies, and LAUNCH Acedemy which are all age-dependent and 5 over the next 3 years, we will offer opportunities to purchase and/or lease condominiums and/or apartments in our residential community, The Journey at Pabst Farms.
$1,288,441 spent$1,412,420 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,288,441.
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.
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 $3.6M to $8.2M (+127%).
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: 2023 0% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of Journey 21 Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Judith Taylor
President/CEO
Board chair
Adam Puzach
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $44k → $974k.
13 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 Journey 21 Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 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
Journey 21 Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% 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 Journey 21 Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 57% · 2022 75% · 2023 64% — growing more concentrated.
“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
71% of Journey 21 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 $2.1M that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.2M 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
Journey 21 Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,978 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,978 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Journey 21 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
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Jouney21 Services LLC · disregarded
- The Journey at Pabst Farms LLC · disregarded
- Journey21 Enrichment Center LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Journey 21 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 Journey 21 Inc?
- Journey 21 Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,313,445 to it, the largest being WAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($4,721,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Journey 21 Inc have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $7,313,445 in grants to Journey 21 Inc, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Journey 21 Inc?
- WAUKESHA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,721,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Journey 21 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 43 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