Wisconsin · Nonprofit
PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC
PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 83 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,882,149 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ($8,520,457). 55 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.6M
- Funders on record
- 83
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Pathfinders Milwaukee Inc does
Mission
Pathfinders brings safety, hope and healing to youth in crisis through innovative and transformational services. Our vision is to provide a more meaningful voice for youth in crisis and ensure that all youth are safe, healthy, independent, successful and valued.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Supported housing - pathfinders helps homeless and housing insecure youth find and sustain safe housing. Once housed, we offer support to youth as they work towards stability, mental well-being, education, employment and other personal goals. Our programs offer supported housing services that are individualized to the needs of each young person. We place a particular emphasis on serving lgbtq+ identified youth, chronically homeless youth, youth with disabilities, youth with mental health challenges and youth aging out of foster care.
$2,001,484 spentof which $641,537 as grants37% of program spendingClinical services - our team of care coordinators offers support to youth living with mental health and/or substance use diagnoses to reduce negative symptoms, develop life skills and transition into adulthood. Using a harm-reduction approach, pathfinders encourages healthy relationships, self-identified goals and self-empowerment.
$1,690,979 spentof which $20,274 as grants$1,158,778 earned by the program32% of program spendingYouth shelter - our shelter is open 365 days a year and provides emergency short-term shelter for adolescents aged 11-17, plus crisis counseling services for youth aged 18-21. We operate one of only two state-licensed youth shelters serving milwaukee, representing half of the available beds in the city for youth. During and after their shelter stay, we offer youth intensive counseling, case management and basic needs services that help them maintain safety and stability.
$988,474 spentof which $16,520 as grants18% of program spendingThe southeastern education center in now closed.youth anti-violence - pathfinders serves young people who are at high risk of sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking. We work with youth who frequently find themselves at the intersection of sexual violence and homelessness. In addition to providing direct services for youth experiencing sexual violence, our anti-sexual violence team places great emphasis on raising community awareness and ensuring that youth with lived experience have a platform to influence systems change. In this department are:hand-in-hand - this program is now closed.new paths - working specifically with youth and young adults aged 11-25 who have experienced sexual exploitation and trafficking, new paths offer accompaniment and advocacy services for youth as they navigate medical, legal and social service systems.drop-in center - our welcoming and inclusive drop-in center meets youth's basic needs for food, clothing, laundry, showers, hygiene resources and safe social spaces. We also provide case management, employment and education support, sexual health and wellness education and mental health services.street outreach - within the dic program is street…
$677,129 spentof which $188,457 as grants13% of program spendingThe youth homelessness demonstration program (yhdp) is a u.s. Federal initiative by the department of housing and urban development (hud) aimed at preventing and ending homelessness among youth and young adults (ages 24 and under). It funds communities to build youth-led, cross-system housing and support solutions
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,358,066.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.3M to $6.4M (+93%).
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 64% · 2018 65% · 2019 59% · 2020 59% · 2021 63% · 2022 60% · 2023 56% · 2024 64% · 2025 65%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% 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.
Chief executive
Timothy Baack
President & CEO
Board chair
Chuck Moyer
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 38 funders, grant income rose $1000k → $4.2M.
17 of 83 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE 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
PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% 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 PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 65% · 2019 54% · 2020 42% · 2021 52% · 2022 39% · 2023 80% — growing more concentrated.
“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
58% of PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
96% of PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE 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. $2.3M 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
PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC is better cushioned than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10.8M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$5.2M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.1M
- Department of Justice$2.4M
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 PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE 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
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE 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 PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC?
- PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 83 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,882,149 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ($8,520,457). 55 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC have?
- IRS filings report 83 organizations giving $14,882,149 in grants to PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC, 55 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE INC?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $8,520,457 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PATHFINDERS MILWAUKEE 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing