Wisconsin · Nonprofit
PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC
PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 101 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,153,835 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ($4,967,569). 72 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10.0M
- Funders on record
- 101
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $4.9M
What Penfield Children's Center Inc does
Mission
The organization's sole purpose is to help infants and young children with all abilities reach their full potential through education, therapy services and family programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Birth to three program: 1151 children received birth-to-3 early intervention services for children with developmental disabilities or delays. 5 children received specialized nursing services. 5 children received therapy services.
$2,669,662 spent$691,835 earned by the program39% of program spendingAll other programs:380 children under six years of age were served by the behavioral clinic for aggression, serious tantrums, oppositional behavior, property destruction, hyperactivity, self-injury, separation anxiety and children who have experienced trauma. Approximately 30 children ages three years to fourteen years received services in penfield's outpatient clinic. 107 children ages four weeks to nine years were enrolled in penfield's child care program. 1720 children participated in penfield's family programs.
$4,251,781 spent$1,456,481 earned by the program61% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,921,443.
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 $4.2M to $6.5M (+55%).
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 18% · 2018 24% · 2019 43% · 2020 37% · 2021 20% · 2022 31% · 2023 27% · 2024 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Al Araque
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 32 funders to 46 funders, grant income fell $1.4M → $1.2M.
17 of 101 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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $9.6M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Friends of Penfield Children's Center Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC raised.
From the IRS filings of PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 101 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
PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 38% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
59% 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 PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 48% · 2019 51% · 2020 26% · 2021 28% · 2022 28% · 2023 43% — 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
53% of PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
86% of PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER 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. $2.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 8,126 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,126 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $14.7M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$14.7M
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 PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER 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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Pma Building LLC · disregarded
- Pcc Building LLC · disregarded
- Friends of Penfield Children's Center · exempt
- Vmms Building Corporation · exempt
- Penfield Montessori Academy Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC?
- PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 101 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,153,835 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ($4,967,569). 72 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 101 organizations giving $13,153,835 in grants to PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC, 72 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,967,569 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER 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 101 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