Wisconsin · Nonprofit
SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA INC
SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $201,965 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN INC ($175,711). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $308k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $202k
- Net assets
- $732k
What Swiss Center of North America Inc does
Mission
Preserve, connect, and celebrate swissness in north america.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The preservation of swiss cultural heritage continues with the aquisition of historical records and material goods that were donated throughout 2025. Donations came from across the country including washington, illinois, and ohio. Highlights of the donations include: historical family records and genealogies, graphic art posters, swiss paper cutting art, immigrant letters and documents, and immigrant trunk and clothing. Organizational events included the winter celebration of silvesterchlausen in january, an annual members dinner in august, an open house in august, and adventsfenster, a community open house event in december. During the year, the swiss center welcomed visitors from the united states, canada, japan, south korea, and switzerland. In addition, several hundred people contacted the swiss center through e-mail, telephone and social media seeking advice about their swiss roots. We worked to provide suggestions and tools for these individuals to begin or further their search into their swiss ancestry.
$57,305 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $57,305.
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 2024 to 2025, from $568k to $734k (+29%).
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: 2020 12% · 2021 23% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Rebekah Stauffacher
President/CEO
Board chair
Dan Zimmerman
Chair of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $9k → $69k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA 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
SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 88% · 2020 100% · 2021 66% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
97% of SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA 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 $6k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $196k 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
SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA 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
39% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
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 SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA 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 SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA INC?
- SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $201,965 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN INC ($175,711). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $201,965 in grants to SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN INC is the largest funder on record, with $175,711 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SWISS CENTER OF NORTH AMERICA 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 6 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