Wisconsin · Nonprofit
MANNA FOR LIFE MINISTRIES INC
MANNA FOR LIFE MINISTRIES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $334,451 to it, the largest being THE MULVA FAMILY FOUNDATION ($125,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $392k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $334k
- Net assets
- $194k
What Manna for Life Ministries Inc does
Mission
Manna for life ministries is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to provide relief to families and those who are victims of poverty. The organization provides food and basic health and hygiene items essential to those they serve.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Organization serves over 10,000 people annually providing counseling and spiritual guidance to assist clients in finding employment, providing transportation to meet their obligations, assist in budgeting their finances and getting back into society. The organization also provides a soup kitchen, food pantry and thrift store to those in need.
$293,484 spentof which $1,656 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $293,484.
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 2019 to 2020, from $417k to $504k (+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.
30% of MANNA FOR LIFE MINISTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
James Hogenson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $24k → $96k.
From the IRS filings of MANNA FOR LIFE MINISTRIES 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
MANNA FOR LIFE MINISTRIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 54% · 2019 100% · 2020 49% · 2021 60% · 2022 69% · 2023 78% — 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
63% of MANNA FOR LIFE MINISTRIES INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
MANNA FOR LIFE MINISTRIES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MANNA FOR LIFE MINISTRIES 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
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 MANNA FOR LIFE MINISTRIES 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 MANNA FOR LIFE MINISTRIES INC?
- MANNA FOR LIFE MINISTRIES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $334,451 to it, the largest being THE MULVA FAMILY FOUNDATION ($125,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MANNA FOR LIFE MINISTRIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $334,451 in grants to MANNA FOR LIFE MINISTRIES INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MANNA FOR LIFE MINISTRIES INC?
- THE MULVA FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MANNA FOR LIFE MINISTRIES 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 5 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