Wisconsin · Nonprofit
THE RAINBOW PROJECT INC
THE RAINBOW PROJECT INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,939,132 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC ($1,061,802). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What The Rainbow Project Inc does
Mission
The rainbow project provides restorative healing and hope for young children and their families who have experienced trauma, helping them build a foundation for the mastery of life sustaining skills.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Early intervention and prevention services - a core project program that includes a comprehensive, individualized service model which provides assessment, referral advocacy, play therapy, parent education, individual and family therapy, in-home services and consultation in daycares, schools and foster homes.
$1,092,247 spent91% of program spendingConsultation, observation, resources & education (core) project - therapists partner with early childhood educators and child care providers offering in-depth training, support, and consultation for selected daycare centers. The purpose of this special program is to help prevent future, more serious problems from occuring with the children and families they serve.
$25,937 spent2% of program spendingRainbow rapid response team (rrr) - the special team provides immediate response and support for children and families involved in community violence and/or trauma crisis situations. Rrr provides first response services, including crisis support, trauma screening, referral, and follow-up to ensure stabilization for children and families. The team also provides trauma focused training presentations to help raise awareness and understanding in the community of best practice responses to trauma.
$44,364 spent4% of program spendingOther programs - includes the following programs: children of violent homes, project face - kids groups for children and youth (face), spanish speaking, cognitive behavioral intervention for trauma in schools (cbits), coach's corner - emotion coaching, grandparents raising grandchildren, and other.
$39,144 spent$113,224 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,201,692.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $2.5M to $3.3M (+28%).
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 33% · 2018 46% · 2019 36% · 2020 61% · 2021 61% · 2022 46% · 2023 38% · 2024 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Chief executive
Sharyl Kato
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $329k → $1.1M.
4 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 THE RAINBOW PROJECT 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
THE RAINBOW PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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
78% 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 THE RAINBOW PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 86% · 2019 47% · 2020 57% · 2021 62% · 2022 44% · 2023 29% — 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
17% of THE RAINBOW PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
71% of THE RAINBOW PROJECT 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. $1.6M 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.
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In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE RAINBOW PROJECT 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 THE RAINBOW PROJECT INC?
- THE RAINBOW PROJECT INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,939,132 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC ($1,061,802). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE RAINBOW PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $3,939,132 in grants to THE RAINBOW PROJECT INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE RAINBOW PROJECT INC?
- UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,061,802 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE RAINBOW PROJECT 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 26 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