Wisconsin · Nonprofit
OUTREACH INC
OUTREACH INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $658,728 to it, the largest being MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($253,091). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $659k
- Net assets
- $684k
What Outreach Inc does
Mission
Our mission is a commitment to equity and quality of life for all lgbtq+ people through community building, health and human services, and economic, social, and racial justice advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Everstrong (youth homelessness demonstration program) a city of madison/ hud-funded program that provides supportive services to youth ages 17.5 to 24 who are at-risk of or currently unhoused. The program has 48 clients and transitioned 8 people into housing from homelessness. The program expanded to include a drop in center and two additional staff people in 2024. 42% of clients self-identify as people of color and 25% are part of the lgbtq+ community.
$416,087 spentof which $69,218 as grants35% of program spendingHarm reduction/opioid overdose prevention - programming that provides supportive services and resources to people who use substances, including a naloxone training and distribution, a syringe service program, and additional supplies for self-care and harm reduction. Our program also provides information and referral services to recovery centers and treatment options with a focus on reducing deaths from opioid overdoses. Through this program we distributed hundreds of supply kits that include naloxone, fentanyl test strips, and other harm reduction supplies as well as other hiv prevention and safer sex supplies.
$233,648 spentof which $1,307 as grants20% of program spendingWillma's fund - a housing program that provides short-term rental and security deposit assistance to lgbtq+ adults in dane county, to prevent and alleviate homelessness. In 2024, we provided over $60,000 in grants through this program to 91 individuals. The people served by willma's fund are low-income. The majority of clients for this program are people of color, and around one-third self-identify as transgender.
$135,020 spentof which $69,085 as grants11% of program spendingTrans advocacyto create a better quality of life for transgender individuals through counseling, advocacy efforts, education, and other support services.
$118,152 spentof which $9,869 as grants10% of program spendingSenior advocacyto create a better quality of life for lgbtq older adults by building partnerships with senior service providers and providing intergenerational social opportunities.
$52,387 spentof which $409 as grants4% of program spendingInformation and referralreply to inquiries from members of the lgbtq community, make needed referrals to human service and other agencies, and ensure that members of the lgbtq community are connected to available resources.
$34,403 spentof which $947 as grants3% of program spendingOther programsoutreach provides peer counseling, facilitation of support groups on matters of interest to the lgbtq community, and space for public meetings and activities. In addition, outreach produces an annual directory of services of interest to lgbtq community members, maintains a website that connects lgbtq community members to a variety of resources, and engages in advocacy on public policy issues of concern to the lgbtq community.
$188,660 spentof which $36,345 as grants$65,458 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,178,357.
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 2022 to 2023, from $467k to $673k (+44%).
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 29% · 2018 32% · 2019 36% · 2020 44% · 2021 47% · 2022 32% · 2023 36% · 2024 46%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of OUTREACH INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Steven Starkey
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $35k → $189k.
4 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 OUTREACH 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
OUTREACH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% 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 OUTREACH INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 94% · 2019 91% · 2020 52% · 2021 61% · 2022 62% · 2023 53% — broadly stable.
“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
60% of OUTREACH INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
87% of OUTREACH 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. $280k 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
OUTREACH INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 976 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like OUTREACH 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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 OUTREACH 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 OUTREACH INC?
- OUTREACH INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $658,728 to it, the largest being MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($253,091). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OUTREACH INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $658,728 in grants to OUTREACH INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OUTREACH INC?
- MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $253,091 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OUTREACH 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 19 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