Wisconsin · Nonprofit
MILWAUKEE DOMES ALLIANCE INC
MILWAUKEE DOMES ALLIANCE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $745,129 to it, the largest being THE LORI AND DAVID NICHOLAS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($300,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $745k
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What Milwaukee Domes Alliance Inc does
Mission
The mission of milwaukee domes alliance is to provide inspirational experiences that restore connections to nature and community in a one-of-a-kind horticultural oasis at the heart of milwaukee.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education, programs, and domes projects - milwaukee domes alliance manages an education center that is open to the public as well as youth and family programs; adult education; school field trips; cultural events, and other activities. Nearly 50,000 people annually participate in an education activity at the domes, including more than 5,500 school field trip participants. Education programming is offered in english and spanish; and scholarships are available for most programs. In addition, the organization provides funds for a variety of projects that enhance the domes and the visitor experience.
$635,491 spentof which $15,276 as grants$63,136 earned by the program69% of program spendingVolunteerism and membership - milwaukee domes alliance volunteers are involved with all aspects of programming and operations of the mitchell park domes: staffing the education center, serving as school field trip aides, coordinating and staffing special events, and providing gardening support. Milwaukee domes alliance has more than 5,000 volunteers and members who contribute 3,000+ hours of service annually.
$160,116 spent17% of program spendingGift shop - the domes gift shop enhances the experience and offers a wide selection of educational materials, gifts, books, plants, and souvenir items that are related to its exhibitions and programs. The gift shop also provides support to the local economy through sourcing artistic and educational gift items created by milwaukee area businesses and artists.
$126,845 spent$240,217 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $922,452.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $3.0M to $3.4M (+13%).
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 8% · 2022 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of MILWAUKEE DOMES ALLIANCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Christa Beall Diefenbach
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $55k → $43k.
3 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 MILWAUKEE DOMES 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
MILWAUKEE DOMES ALLIANCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 64%; 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 90% · 2018 62% · 2019 100% · 2020 70% · 2021 54% · 2022 61% · 2023 40% — 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
50% of MILWAUKEE DOMES ALLIANCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
97% of MILWAUKEE DOMES ALLIANCE 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. $105k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
MILWAUKEE DOMES ALLIANCE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MILWAUKEE DOMES ALLIANCE INC
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In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MILWAUKEE DOMES ALLIANCE INC?
- MILWAUKEE DOMES ALLIANCE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $745,129 to it, the largest being THE LORI AND DAVID NICHOLAS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($300,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MILWAUKEE DOMES ALLIANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $745,129 in grants to MILWAUKEE DOMES ALLIANCE INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MILWAUKEE DOMES ALLIANCE INC?
- THE LORI AND DAVID NICHOLAS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MILWAUKEE DOMES 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 27 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