Wisconsin · Nonprofit
STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE
STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE (Wisconsin) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,291,306 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($10,646,630). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 69
- Grants received
- $47M
- Net assets
- $7.8M
What State Innovation Exchange does
Mission
The State Innovation Exchange (six) makes collaborative governance the norm among values-aligned state legislators in their partnership with issue advocates and grassroots leaders. Through this practice, we commit to centering the people most impacted by systemic and structural oppression to transform the conditions of power at the state level. When we do this, we will secure and sustain meaningful racial, gender, social and economic justice outcomes that are fully realized in the lived experience of these communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Reproductive health, rights and justice - a program that educates and engages legislators and the general public on issues related to reproductive health, rights and justice, through skill and issue-based training, convenings, public opinion research, and public policy education.
$2,724,673 spentof which $122,000 as grants33% of program spendingConvenings - a key way through which six brings legislators, movement partners and other key stakeholders to advance our mission is through convenings. These convenings equip legislators and partners with a great understanding of the most pressing issues of our time and prepare them to pave the way forward. These are ongoing projects to unlock the power and vision toward valued-aligned gov
$1,911,907 spent$111,000 earned by the program23% of program spendingSpecial projects - our special project initiative houses work in partnership with other movement aligned partners or pilot programs.
$1,332,341 spentof which $490,000 as grants16% of program spendingEconomy - a program that realizes economic justice policies and deepens our programmatic footprint by further organizing state legislators and movement groups in order to advance policies rooted in economic justice. Legislators and movement partners have looked to six to be a visionary convener and driver of change.
$1,009,479 spent12% of program spendingAgriculture and food systems - a program that focuses on supporting policies that promote healthy and thriving rural communities through ecologically and socially-responsible agriculture and local, direct-market food systems.
$681,314 spent$2,105 earned by the program8% of program spendingLegislative - a program that provides local technical assistance and educational support to state legislators, the general public, and grassroots movements on a wide array of progressive public policy topics. This includes developing customized policy research, creating policy education materials, conducting issue briefings, hosting skill-based training, conducting public opinion research, and facilitating local, regional, and national convenings.
$523,570 spent6% of program spendingOther programs - general
$0 spent$141,475 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,183,284.
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 $4.4M to $7.8M (+78%).
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%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (96% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $3.1M → $6.6M.
20 of 69 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 69 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
STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
39% 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 STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 38% · 2019 38% · 2020 27% · 2021 32% · 2022 22% · 2023 19% — 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
40% of STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE is better cushioned than half of the 152 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 152 civil rights nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
60%
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 1 related entity
- Six Action · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE: 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 STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE?
- STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE (Wisconsin) receives grants from 69 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,291,306 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($10,646,630). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE have?
- IRS filings report 69 organizations giving $47,291,306 in grants to STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE?
- THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,646,630 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STATE INNOVATION EXCHANGE 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 69 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