Wisconsin · Nonprofit
PARENT CHOICE INC
PARENT CHOICE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,844,676 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT D AND PATRICIA E KERN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($1,907,676). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $331k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Parent Choice Inc does
Mission
Parent choice, inc. Exists to support school choice wisconsin, inc. And other exempt organizations that seek to expand and maintain quality educational options available to families to choose from when creating the best educational environment for their children.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Parent choice, inc. Supported outreach to the hispanic community, with the goal of educating parents about school choice options in wisconsin.
$97,707 spent20% of program spendingParent choice, inc. Supported school choice wisconsin in its effort to empower parents by providing high quality options in education.
$400,000 spentof which $400,000 as grants80% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $497,707.
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 $1.2M to $1.8M (+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.
91% of PARENT CHOICE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Brenda White
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $50k → $835k.
From the IRS filings of PARENT CHOICE 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
PARENT CHOICE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 95%; 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: 2019 100% · 2020 39% · 2021 68% · 2022 50% · 2023 57% — 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.
Where its funders are
85% of PARENT CHOICE 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. 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
PARENT CHOICE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like PARENT CHOICE 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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- School Choice Wisconsin Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PARENT CHOICE 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 PARENT CHOICE INC?
- PARENT CHOICE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,844,676 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT D AND PATRICIA E KERN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($1,907,676). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PARENT CHOICE INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $3,844,676 in grants to PARENT CHOICE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PARENT CHOICE INC?
- THE ROBERT D AND PATRICIA E KERN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,907,676 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PARENT CHOICE 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.
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 4 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