Wisconsin · Nonprofit
MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 83 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,011,112 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,186,075). 58 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
- $23M
- Funders on record
- 83
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $31M
What Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity Inc does
Mission
Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Milwaukee habitat for humanity adheres to a strict non-proselytizing policy and will not offer assistance on the expressed or implied condition that people must adhere to or convert to a particular faith or listen and respond to messaging designed to induce conversion to a particular faith.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
For 40 years, milwaukee habitat for humanity has revitalized neighborhoods by providing safe, decent and affordable homeownership for hardworking families. Our community of volunteers has built, renovated and repaired over 1,500 homes.
$13,880,664 spentof which $336,000 as grants$4,705,198 earned by the program79% of program spendingMilwaukee habitat restores accept donations of new and saleable used building materials and home furnishings, most of which would otherwise be placed in a landfill. Some materials are used to build and renovate homes and the rest is sold to the public at 50-70% off the retail price. This year, the net profits from the milwaukee habitat restores provided enough income to build two homes.
$3,353,216 spent$3,382,294 earned by the program19% of program spendingHome preservation program: our home preservation program is an outreach initiative that seeks to provide a wide range of opportunities for low- to moderate-income homeowners, including veterans and seniors, who are struggling to maintain their homes because of age, disability or family circumstances. We partner with families to help them reclaim their homes with pride and dignity. The program allows families to stay in their home and avoid the uncertainty, trauma and expense of moving. Projects consist of interior and/or exterior repairs intended to alleviate critical health, life and safety issues or code violations. Volunteer teams work along with subcontractors under the direction of milwaukee habitat for humanity staff members to complete repairs.
$342,561 spent$198,737 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,576,441.
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 $29M to $40M (+38%).
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: 2017 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 0% · 2020 6% · 2021 9% · 2022 5% · 2023 14% · 2024 24% · 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% 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
Brian Sonderman
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose $262k → $1.4M.
20 of 83 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 MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 83 funders by total. 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 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
84% 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 MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 61% · 2019 43% · 2020 34% · 2021 24% · 2022 80% · 2023 25% — 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
47% of MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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 MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 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 $6.2M that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from funders outside Wisconsin, across 14 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 449 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 449 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Empower Investments LLC · disregarded
- Greater Milwaukee Community Housing Development Corporation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC?
- MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 83 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,011,112 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,186,075). 58 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 MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 83 organizations giving $14,011,112 in grants to MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC, 58 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $6,186,075 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 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 83 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