Wisconsin · Nonprofit
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,297,155 to it, the largest being THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC ($1,430,406). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program Inc does
Mission
We work to mitigate the causes and conditions of poverty in southwestern wisconsin, building resilience and self-sufficiency by providing supportive services and programs, and by collaborating with partners.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Child education -in collaboration with community service agencies, provides expectant parents and families with children ages birth through five, opportunities for child development education, health and nutrition services, parent and program partnerships, and family support, resource and referral in an effort to promote school readiness, positive parent-child interactions, self-sufficiency, and healthy lifestyles. Parent involvement is essential in all aspects of these programs. The family's success in the program is dependent upon parent participation. In 2023, 324 children were enrolled, 124 children completed age-appropriate health exams, 123 children completed dental exams and 324 children were screened for developmental delays.
$4,499,570 spentof which $60,810 as grants34% of program spendingIn collaboration with community partners, swcap health programs provide services that ensure low-income individuals and families are able to meet their basic needs related to physical, mental, and behavioral health. The health programs recognize the challenge social determinants of health create for people in poverty, and work to eliminate barrier for individuals and families. Food security and adequate medical care assist individuals and families in their quest for social and economic mobility as they work to become self-sufficient.
$3,210,449 spent$146,876 earned by the program24% of program spendingSupportive housing and household stability provide assistance to people in our area facing housing challenges including eviction assistance, hotel vouchers, and finding permanent housing. Affordable housing works with individuals who are looking to purchase their first home, providing comprehensive home purchase and mortgage application counseling and down payment assistance. Mortgage assistance offers assistance to homeowners facing financial difficulties helping with mortgage payments, property taxes, and utilities. Infill housing will be building affordable homes throughout the region to support workforce housing development property tax growth, and homeownership throughout southwest wisconsin.
$2,926,493 spentof which $822,572 as grants$933,490 earned by the program22% of program spendingWeatherization/energy assistance -provides weatherization and energy assistance to reduce energy costs for low-income families, particularly the elderly, people with disabilities and children, by improving the energy efficiency of their homes while ensuring their health and safety. Our services include insulating attics and sidewalls to reduce air leakage, insulating orreplacing water heaters, repairing or replacing furnaces, replacing refrigerators, installing energy-efficient lighting, and performing health and safety inspections. In 2023, 480 households were weatherized and 482 households served with home repair including emergency furnaces.
$1,449,397 spentof which $783,492 as grants$166,302 earned by the program11% of program spendingCommunity services -community services matches income-qualifying people with available services; provides emergency food and assistance for homeless and near homeless; assures adequate supply of food for those in need. In 2023, 8,782 individuals were served through community services programs.
$1,158,939 spentof which $470,560 as grants$929,227 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,244,848.
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 2019 to 2020, from $12M to $15M (+24%).
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 71% · 2018 71% · 2019 73% · 2020 76% · 2021 75% · 2022 80% · 2023 78% · 2024 81%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Carol Beals
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $216k → $334k.
6 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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: $915k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Wisconsin Community Action Program Association Incorporated). These are real filings, and they are not money SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC raised.
From the IRS filings of SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 26 of 27 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
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 73% · 2019 81% · 2020 68% · 2021 66% · 2022 62% · 2023 48% — 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
33% of SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
83% of SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM 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. $159k 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
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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 SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $44.0M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$38.4M
- Department of Agriculture$4.1M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$811k
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$750k
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 SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM 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
87% 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
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Community Action Ventures LLC · disregarded
- Swcap Real Estate LLC · disregarded
- Swcap Properties LLC · disregarded
- Brodhead Senior Village LLC · disregarded
- Lancaster Senior Village LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC?
- SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,297,155 to it, the largest being THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC ($1,430,406). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $2,297,155 in grants to SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM INC?
- THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,430,406 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM 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 27 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