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PRAIRIE DU CHIEN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION INC

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,250 to it, the largest being BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION ($23,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$98k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$26k
Net assets
$116k
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 16%
01What it does

What Prairie Du Chien Police Department Foundation Inc does

Mission

To prevent and combat crime in our neighborhoods, promote safety, and protect our lives and the lives of the citizens we serve.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. To prevent and combat crime in our neighborhoods, promote safety, and protect our lives and the lives of the citizens we serve.

    $105,840 spent
    99% of program spending
  2. To prevent and combat crime in our neighborhoods, promote safety, and protect our lives and the lives of the citizens we serve.

    $1,450 spent
    1% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $107,290.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($50k) Expenses 100 ($22k) Net assets 100 ($97k)2021 Revenue 127 ($64k) Expenses 388 ($85k) Net assets 77 ($75k)2022 Revenue 187 ($93k) Expenses 175 ($39k) Net assets 134 ($130k)2023 Revenue 163 ($81k) Expenses 283 ($62k) Net assets 154 ($148k)2024 Revenue 143 ($71k) Expenses 429 ($95k) Net assets 130 ($125k)2025 Revenue 196 ($98k) Expenses 491 ($108k) Net assets 120 ($116k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (196)Expenses (491)Net assets (120)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $75k to $130k (+73%).

$97k
$75k
$130k
$148k
$125k
$116k
202020212022202320242025
Total assets

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of PRAIRIE DU CHIEN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,020 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$28k
’20
−$22k
’21
$55k
’22
$19k
’23
−$23k
’24
−$10k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $11k.

From the IRS filings of PRAIRIE DU CHIEN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION 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

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

90%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 81% — 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

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION INC draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 2 states in all.

WI
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,052 crime & legal nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−11% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)14% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,052 crime & legal nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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In Wisconsin

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WI

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Questions and answers

Who funds PRAIRIE DU CHIEN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION INC?
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,250 to it, the largest being BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION ($23,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PRAIRIE DU CHIEN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $26,250 in grants to PRAIRIE DU CHIEN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PRAIRIE DU CHIEN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION INC?
BNSF RAILWAY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $23,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PRAIRIE DU CHIEN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
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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 2020–2025), and the filings of 3 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