Wisconsin · Nonprofit
SOCIAL CURRENT INC
SOCIAL CURRENT INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,385,340 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($3,911,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Social Current Inc does
Mission
Social current's mission as developed and approved by its board of directors is to advocate for and implement equitable solutions to society's toughest challenges through collaboration, innovation, policy, and practice excellence.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Social current's main program is coa accreditation. The accreditation process is an independent, objective and reliable verification that organizations and programs qualify for the confidence and support of their stakeholders. It involves a detailed review and analysis of an organization's or program's administrative functions and service delivery practices. All are measured against international standards of best practice. Social current accredited 351 organizations in 2023.social current accredited 268 organizations under its 8th edition standards, 12 organizations under its public standards and 71 organizations under its child and youth development programs. Social current conducted 413 site visits including 316 8th edition reviews, 15 public reviews, 82 child and youth development reviews. In 2023 coa made 1,518 updates to existing standard sections.
$4,841,159 spent$8,453,226 earned by the program44% of program spendingGrants and donations are used to support social current's work in child, family, and community well-being to transform systems and organizations that interface with children and families and activities that equip policymakers, practitioners, and advocates with the tools they need to fundamentally reform child welfare to working to reduce child abuse and neglect fatalities. The funds also support equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts focused on building organizational capacity for edi. Funds also support our work in workforce resilience and brain science to advance understanding of brain-aware perspectives and stay regulated, build psychological safety, prioritize positive workplace culture, and increase connection.
$2,650,618 spentof which $605,248 as grants$5,000 earned by the program24% of program spendingSpark and engagement packages: spark unites practice excellence, innovation, and federal policy advocacy to advance our sector's impact and help all families and communties thrive. This in-person event elevated important conversations around our most vexing challenges and showcased insight and expertise from the field. This event is designed for leaders who are fueled by a commitment to advance equity and improve the well-being of all people. We shared inspiration and practice tools for implementing innovative practice, policy, and research. Engagement packages provide access to a host of tools, resources, learning, and networking opportunities including spark exchange groups (peer to peer networking), a knowledge and insights center (library and research librarian services), and a range of webinars and self-paced trainings in areas that support the implementation of best practices. We also represent the policy interests of the network to federal and state legislatures and executive branches and departments.
$2,121,117 spent$1,291,921 earned by the program19% of program spendingConsulting and edi: social current's goal is to move towards upstream, integrated solutions that put equity and community at the center of our work and the work of other human and social services organizations. Social current's outcomes-focused lens and partnership approach supports organizations to be high impact. Through its strategic consulting services, social current's team works to create champions for an organization's mission impact and for larger systemic change.
$982,443 spent$1,025,204 earned by the program9% of program spendingPolicy: social current believes our country thrives when everyone can reach their full potential. We work together, with our field and sector, to advocate and mobilize around public policy issues that help all people reach their full potential. Social current's federal public policy agenda powers our policy and advocacy efforts, as we work to build an equitable society where all people thrive.
$468,264 spent4% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,063,601.
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 $9.1M to $26M (+182%).
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: 2021 6% · 2022 5% · 2023 5% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of SOCIAL CURRENT INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Jody Levison-Johnson
President and CEO
Board chair
Annette Rodriguez
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $985k → $921k.
7 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 SOCIAL CURRENT 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
SOCIAL CURRENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
54% 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 SOCIAL CURRENT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 53% · 2019 42% · 2020 37% · 2021 58% · 2022 46% · 2023 67% — 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
33% of SOCIAL CURRENT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
SOCIAL CURRENT INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
SOCIAL CURRENT INC has grown faster than half of the 3,288 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding SOCIAL CURRENT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.9M on record.
- Department of Justice$2.9M
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 SOCIAL CURRENT 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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 SOCIAL CURRENT 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 SOCIAL CURRENT INC?
- SOCIAL CURRENT INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,385,340 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($3,911,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIAL CURRENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $10,385,340 in grants to SOCIAL CURRENT INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIAL CURRENT INC?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $3,911,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIAL CURRENT 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 25 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