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MANUFACTURING SOS ALLIANCE INC

MANUFACTURING SOS ALLIANCE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being THE NORDSON CORPORATION FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$36k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$60k
Net assets
$144k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 25%
01What it does

What Manufacturing Sos Alliance Inc does

Mission

The corporations mission is exposing and educating tomorrows manufacturing workforce."

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Training educators on equipment so the educators can train and educate their students.

    $18,485 spent
    48% of program spending
  2. Training educators on equipment so the educators can train and educate

    $20,404 spent
    52% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $38,889.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($114k) Expenses 100 ($36k) Net assets 100 ($78k)2023 Revenue 138 ($157k) Expenses 144 ($52k) Net assets 235 ($182k)2024 Revenue 31 ($36k) Expenses 204 ($74k) Net assets 185 ($144k)
202220232024
Revenue (31)Expenses (204)Net assets (185)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 2022 to 2023, from $78k to $182k (+135%).

$78k
$182k
$144k
202220232024
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.

2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2023 21% · 2024 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of MANUFACTURING SOS ALLIANCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$78k
’22
$105k
’23
−$39k
’24
3.6
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.

202220232024
Listed333
Joined·+0+0
No longer listed·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $20k → $40k.

From the IRS filings of MANUFACTURING SOS ALLIANCE 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

MANUFACTURING SOS ALLIANCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

83%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 75% — 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

MANUFACTURING SOS ALLIANCE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 2 states in all.

MN
OH

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

’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MANUFACTURING SOS ALLIANCE INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−108% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.6mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−44% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like MANUFACTURING SOS ALLIANCE 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds MANUFACTURING SOS ALLIANCE INC?
MANUFACTURING SOS ALLIANCE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being THE NORDSON CORPORATION FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MANUFACTURING SOS ALLIANCE INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $60,000 in grants to MANUFACTURING SOS ALLIANCE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MANUFACTURING SOS ALLIANCE INC?
THE NORDSON CORPORATION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MANUFACTURING SOS ALLIANCE 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 2 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