Wisconsin · Nonprofit
SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION OF MADISON AND DANE COUNTY INC
SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION OF MADISON AND DANE COUNTY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,316,310 to it, the largest being Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc ($455,500). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $240k
What Safe Community Coalition of Madison and Dane County Inc does
Mission
The coalition's main purpose is to reduce injuries in dane county, wi. The organization coordinates county-wide, collaborative campaigns and evidence-based injury prevention programs to address dane county's top causes of serious injury and injury-related deaths- drug poisoning, suicide, traffic crashes and falls among older adults. To conduct these activities, the coalition builds partnership among diverse organizations that share the coalition's purpose.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Recovery coaching:safe communities manages a recovery coaching/peer support program for people struggling with addiction. Recovery coaches are people in recovery themselves who have received training to link coachees with resources to address domestic violence, attain educational goals, gain access to benefits, foster self care, strengthen and mend relationships with family and friends, access transportation and pregnancy and parenting supports. Safe communities partners with hospital emergency rooms, addiction treatment and primary care providers, community organizations, jails and prisons to match recovery coaches with people seeking recovery.
$1,103,954 spent$399,412 earned by the program56% of program spendingDrug poisoning prevention: the african american opioid coalition (aaoc) of safe communities is a coalition of black leaders representing organizations with a role to play to prevent drug harm in dane county's black community. Activities include meddrop sundays, a partnership between black churches and law enforcement to offer safe collection and disposal of unwanted medicines after church services; and distribution of medication lock boxes at community events to encourage safe storage and prevent diversion of prescription medicines. Safe communities manages the meddrop program, which, through a partnership of police departments and health and safety organizations, offers dane county residents 14 locations to safely drop off unused medicines. Through the ending deaths from despair task force, convened by the dane county executive and staffed by safe communities, 30 diverse partner organizations are collaborating to prevent drug harm through public webinars and education, distribution of naloxone and fentanyl test strips, special outreach to at-risk groups.
$483,453 spent$137,029 earned by the program24% of program spendingTraffic safety:safe communities launches annual traffic safety campaigns thanks to much planning and input from many community members and traffic safety stakeholders. Neighborhoods, police departments, citizen groups, local transportation agencies, and interested citizens are invited to "plug into" these campaigns by organizing their own activities. Planning kits for each of the campaigns include ideas for local projects, as well as sample newsletter articles and other resources. For each of these campaigns, the safe community coalition raises funds, provides planning and logistical support, and coordinates media and public education efforts.
$207,904 spentof which $1,242 as grants$73,253 earned by the program10% of program spendingSuicide prevention:safe communities is coordinating a zero suicide partnership that includes all area health care systems, as well as community organizations with a role to play in suicide prevention. Safe communities offers a free gatekeeper training where participants learn the warning signs for suicide, how to offer hope, and how to seek help to save a life. Safe communities launched a replication of new hampshire's project connect guns shop project in 2016. Falls prevention:the safe communities falls prevention task force collaborates to find ways to reduce falls among older adults in our community at both the system and grassroots levels. Thanks to the efforts of safe communities falls prevention task force members and partner organizations, resources are available in dane county to help older adults stay safe and independent.
$188,228 spent$55,170 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,983,539.
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 2023 to 2024, from $455k to $907k (+99%).
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 76% · 2018 78% · 2019 52% · 2020 57% · 2021 56% · 2022 55% · 2023 48% · 2024 50%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION OF MADISON AND DANE COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (69% 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.
Chief executive
Cheryl Wittke
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $85k → $144k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION OF MADISON AND DANE COUNTY 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
SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION OF MADISON AND DANE COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
62% 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 SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION OF MADISON AND DANE COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 76% · 2019 46% · 2020 57% · 2021 53% · 2022 48% · 2023 52% — 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
71% of SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION OF MADISON AND DANE COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
55% of SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION OF MADISON AND DANE COUNTY 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. $66k 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
SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION OF MADISON AND DANE COUNTY INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 804 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 804 public safety & disaster nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION OF MADISON AND DANE COUNTY 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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION OF MADISON AND DANE COUNTY INC?
- SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION OF MADISON AND DANE COUNTY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,316,310 to it, the largest being Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc ($455,500). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION OF MADISON AND DANE COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $1,316,310 in grants to SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION OF MADISON AND DANE COUNTY INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION OF MADISON AND DANE COUNTY INC?
- Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $455,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAFE COMMUNITY COALITION OF MADISON AND DANE COUNTY 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 12 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