Wisconsin · Nonprofit
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation Inc
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $371,114 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($133,669). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $425k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $371k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation Inc does
Mission
To foster excellence within the middleton cross plains area school district by funding innovative educational opportunities, supporting equitable access and building community partnerships.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Facilities Enhancements:Partnering to build one of the most innovative high school stadiums in Wisconsin. Aiming to inspire current and future generations by creating more opportunities for students and the community to be involved in more activities.
$58,800 spent28% of program spendingOther programs:includes providing internet access to all students, supporting equity in the arts through inspiration grants, scholarships for students to attend institutions for higher learning and supporting activities after school at the elementary school level.
$55,819 spentof which $23,700 as grants27% of program spendingCaring Closets and Weekend Meals:Caring closets support those students who need help the most. The goal is to help students focus less on their everyday needs and more on school, extracurriculars, and future opportunities.Weekend meals provides nutritious and easy-to-prepare meals to ensure that children get enough to eat over the weekend when they are not able to depend on school meals.
$48,083 spent23% of program spendingGrowth and Investment: A program designed to provide necessary administrative and investment expertise in order to grow the organization's mission, with intent to secure stability and success.
$32,899 spent16% of program spendingPersonal hygiene: purchase and provide personal hygiene products to students in need. To meet the high demand, the education foundation has partnered with middleton outreach ministry to alternate funding the program on a monthly basis.
$15,000 spent7% of program spendingSupport For The Arts:Supporting programs that increase participation by underrepresented groups in the performing and visual arts. Examples include the inspiration grants we award annually as well as sponsoring musical arts performances for middle school students.
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $210,601.
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 $422k to $1.0M (+139%).
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: 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
John Scherer
Chairman
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $5k → $78k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation 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
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% 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 Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 53% · 2021 58% · 2022 42% · 2023 57% — 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
40% of Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
79% of Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation 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 $79k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $292k 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
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 625 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 625 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Middleton-Cross Plains Area School Distr · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation Inc?
- Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $371,114 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($133,669). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $371,114 in grants to Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation Inc?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $133,669 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Foundation 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), and the filings of 11 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