Wisconsin · Nonprofit
National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin Inc
National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $233,441 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($94,725). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $351k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $233k
- Net assets
- $305k
What National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin Inc does
Mission
To prevent kidney and urinary tract disease, improve the health and well being of persons and families affected, and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Direct Svcs to Patients and their Families, Public Education The National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin NKFW provides many free services to patients in the kidney and organ transplant community, including free medical ID jewelry for all kidney patients, organ recipients or living organ donors across Wisconsin. We manage a helpline where patients can call in with questions relating to kidney disease and are then directed to appropriate resources. NKFW also works to identify people who are unaware that they have kidney disease and direct them to care through free kidney health screenings with on-site urinalysis testing and immediate consultations with a nephrologist.NKFW builds public awareness of kidney disease through virtual in-person learning opportunities on the risk of kidney disease, maintaining kidney health, as well as organ donation and transplantation. This includes presence at health and wellness events in the community, generating and sharing educational content to boost public awareness of this public health crisis, and presenting community groups around the state.
$97,720 spent37% of program spendingProvide Professional Education The National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin NKFW works with renal and transplant professionals around the state to share and promote best practices and foster their professional development. This includes serving as the convening body for the Council of Nephrology Social Workers - Wisconsin Chapter and the Council for Renal Nutrition - Wisconsin Chapter. NKFW also provides accredited continuing education credits to a range of renal and transplant professionals through an annual conference. NKFW also convenes health professionals for periodic education events both virtually and in-person.
$88,938 spent$69,265 earned by the program34% of program spendingProvide Community Services The National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin provides a robust kidney screening program for early detection of kidney disease, with the goal of reducing the frequency and severity of kidney disease in Wisconsin. Screening locations are targeted to traditionally under-served areas of the state, particularly in the major metro areas of Milwaukee and Madison. Between 6 and 12 free community screenings are held each year, benefiting hundreds of individuals.
$73,132 spent28% of program spendingProgram Service Expenses 5,108, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Research
$5,108 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $264,898.
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 2020 to 2021, from $627k to $855k (+36%).
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: 2022 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Michael A Crowley
Chief Executive Officer
Board chair
John Meier
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $39k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin 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
National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% 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
77% 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 National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 37% · 2019 42% · 2020 58% · 2021 35% · 2022 35% · 2023 55% — 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
56% of National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
57% of National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin 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 $100k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside Wisconsin, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $133k 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
National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin Inc's revenue fell 21% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin 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
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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 National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin 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 National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin Inc?
- National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $233,441 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($94,725). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin Inc have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $233,441 in grants to National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin Inc, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin Inc?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $94,725 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin 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 12 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