Wisconsin · Nonprofit
LOAVES & FISHES OF THE FOX VALLEY INC
LOAVES & FISHES OF THE FOX VALLEY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $423,527 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC ($139,140). 6 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
- $285k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $424k
- Net assets
- $499k
What Loaves & Fishes of the Fox Valley Inc does
Mission
We are committed to providing free nutritious evening meals to anyone in need, in a safe and welcoming environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Loaves & fishes of the fox valley operates a community meal program that provides free, nutritious evening meals to anyone in need within the fox valley region. During the reporting year, the program served 15,389 meals, reflecting its ongoing commitment to addressing food insecurity among individuals and families, including seniors, low-income households, people experiencing homelessness, veterans, and others facing economic hardship. Meals are offered three evenings per week - mondays, wednesdays, and fridays from 5:00-6:00 p.m. - and are available through both eat-in and take-out service, ensuring flexibility and accessibility for all guests. The program maintains a safe, caring, and (see schedule o)inclusive environment, consistent with the organization's mission of welcoming all who seek assistance. Program delivery relies on a combination of staff oversight, approximately 200 active volunteers, donated food, and community partnerships. Volunteers support meal preparation and service, helping the organization serve an average of 90-110 individuals per meal night. This model enables the organization to maximize community impact while maintaining fiscal responsibility. Through…
$201,248 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $201,248.
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 2023 to 2024, from $385k to $468k (+21%).
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.
96% of LOAVES & FISHES OF THE FOX VALLEY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Shannon Krahn
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $38k → $71k.
4 of 14 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 LOAVES & FISHES OF THE FOX VALLEY 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
LOAVES & FISHES OF THE FOX VALLEY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
60% 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 LOAVES & FISHES OF THE FOX VALLEY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 61% · 2019 47% · 2020 47% · 2021 37% · 2022 36% · 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
67% of LOAVES & FISHES OF THE FOX VALLEY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
56% of LOAVES & FISHES OF THE FOX VALLEY 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 $186k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $237k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
LOAVES & FISHES OF THE FOX VALLEY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LOAVES & FISHES OF THE FOX VALLEY 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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LOAVES & FISHES OF THE FOX VALLEY INC?
- LOAVES & FISHES OF THE FOX VALLEY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $423,527 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC ($139,140). 6 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 LOAVES & FISHES OF THE FOX VALLEY INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $423,527 in grants to LOAVES & FISHES OF THE FOX VALLEY INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LOAVES & FISHES OF THE FOX VALLEY INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC is the largest funder on record, with $139,140 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LOAVES & FISHES OF THE FOX VALLEY 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 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