Wisconsin · Nonprofit
SUNSHINE HOUSE INC
SUNSHINE HOUSE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $825,509 to it, the largest being DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($246,918). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $826k
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What Sunshine House Inc does
Mission
Sunshine resources of door county provides quality experiences that promote growth and independence for individuals with disabilities and disadvantages.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Our adult day service programs include both the sunshine house and sunflower cottage. The sunshine house provides opportunities for clients of all abilities, whether they need more one-to-one care or wish to participate in group programing. Each day is filled with exploration, adventure, and creativity. Activities are specifically designed to meet the abilities and interests of all to ensure full participation. Reading, playing games, arts, and crafts, researching topics of interest as well as off-site day trips to attractions and events are some of the fun activities available. Sunflower cottage provides day services for individuals who may be diagnosed with parkinsons, alzheimer's or dementia; or seniors looking for socialization and companionship. Our private, home-like setting provides a peaceful atmosphere to provide the comfortable feeling of home, with their own kitchen, restroom and living area to relax by the fireplace. Compassionate caregivers assist in ensuring participants have a comfortable and meaningful day. Lifelong learning activities are happening throughout the day.
$652,055 spent$544,458 earned by the program35% of program spendingSunshine resources employment services offers specialized training to prepare participants for community employment. This includes job skill classes, resume writing, interview preparation, and employment opportunities. We collaborate with the division of vocational rehabilitation to provide job coaching and exploration. Each participant has a specific plan that is developed to reach their chosen goals and job coach assistance is provided for as long as needed to ensure the participants success. Training occurs both at sunshine resources and in the community with on-the-job support. Our team partners with individuals support networks and local employers to identify employment opportunities that meet the community needs and the employment goals of our participants. Our resale store also provides employment candidates interview attire free of charge.
$231,082 spent$73,191 earned by the program12% of program spendingOur youth services provide programs designed to expand opportunities and enhance the lives of youth with special needs and their families. We provide outreach and instructional support through summer camps, after school care, tutoring, family activities and parent support and education.
$145,176 spent$182,891 earned by the program8% of program spendingSunshine resources of door county offers safe and dependable transportation to all individuals that we serve. This initiative is to eliminate any barriers that may prevent participation in our services. Busses are equipped with lifts and all necessary safety features. Our fleet consists accessible buses, transit and minivans and sedans. This fleet provided rides for seniors or individuals with disabilities in door county. Riders included sunshine resources participants and job seekers as well as local schools, nursing home and hospital groups.
$844,952 spent$873,980 earned by the program45% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,873,265.
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 $2.6M to $3.1M (+19%).
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 2% · 2018 4% · 2019 4% · 2020 16% · 2021 18% · 2022 5% · 2023 9% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
36% of SUNSHINE HOUSE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Barry Metzentine
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $68k → $133k.
9 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 SUNSHINE HOUSE 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
SUNSHINE HOUSE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
69% 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 SUNSHINE HOUSE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 52% · 2019 52% · 2020 56% · 2021 35% · 2022 48% · 2023 38% — 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 SUNSHINE HOUSE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
62% of SUNSHINE HOUSE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $312k that is directly attributable, 54% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $514k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
SUNSHINE HOUSE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SUNSHINE HOUSE 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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
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 SUNSHINE HOUSE 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 SUNSHINE HOUSE INC?
- SUNSHINE HOUSE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $825,509 to it, the largest being DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($246,918). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SUNSHINE HOUSE INC have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $825,509 in grants to SUNSHINE HOUSE INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUNSHINE HOUSE INC?
- DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $246,918 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUNSHINE HOUSE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 29 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing