Wisconsin · Nonprofit
NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC
NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 105 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,828,226 to it, the largest being BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND ($4,372,770). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $23M
- Funders on record
- 105
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Next Door Foundation Inc does
Mission
Next door supports the intellectual, physical and emotional development of children by partnering with their families for success in school and the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Head start: head start is an early childhood education program for children ages 3-5. Head start is based on the idea that children from low income families develop best when education programs are combined with services to support health, nutrition and other social service needs. Each family works with a parent educator in their homes or through center based programming at next door or partner sites. Parent involvement is critical in the head start model. Parents are engaged in the decision making process for the program through committee involvement, are educated on child development stages and connected with community resources. Parents are also provided with educational training opportunities to help them achieve their personal and career goals. Head start served 544 children during fiscal year 2025.
$11,134,127 spent$820,585 earned by the program55% of program spendingEarly head start:early head start is an all-inclusive program working with pregnant women and families with children ages birth to three. Early head start is based on the idea that children from low income families develop best when education programs are combined with services to support health, nutrition and other social service needs. Each family works with a parent educator in their homes or through center based programming at next door or partner sites. Children participate in on-going education, group activities, health and developmental screenings, and nutritional education. The program also provides families with access to mental health services, extended family support, and resources to help strengthen children's social-emotional development. Early head start served 503 children, and 20 expectant moms, during fiscal year 2025.
$7,595,715 spent$330,180 earned by the program37% of program spendingCharter school:the next door charter school provides four-year-old kindergarten through a partnership with milwaukee public schools. Certified kindergarten teachers and teaching assistants provide a nurturing and educational kindergarten experience for children at the center. Four year olds attend a full day of a blended head start and charter model and five year olds participate in a full day of kindergarten. Next door charter school served 125 children during fiscal year 2025.
$1,094,058 spent$1,049,568 earned by the program5% of program spendingOther community services
$556,907 spent$299,315 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $20,380,807.
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 2018 to 2019, from $17M to $20M (+15%).
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 78% · 2018 78% · 2019 75% · 2020 76% · 2021 74% · 2022 71% · 2023 67% · 2024 70% · 2025 81%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 22 funders to 52 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $1.9M.
16 of 105 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 105 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
NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
48% 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 NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 44% · 2019 42% · 2020 36% · 2021 31% · 2022 28% · 2023 30% — 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
55% of NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 22 funders to 52 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 184 recreation & sports nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $172.7M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$172.7M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NEXT DOOR 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION 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 NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC?
- NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 105 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,828,226 to it, the largest being BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND ($4,372,770). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 105 organizations giving $12,828,226 in grants to NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC, 65 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC?
- BUFFETT EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND is the largest funder on record, with $4,372,770 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEXT DOOR 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.
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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 105 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing