Wisconsin · Nonprofit
THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC
THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 106 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,628,086 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ($1,949,249). 67 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 106
- Grants received
- $5.6M
- Net assets
- $9.4M
What The Women's Center Inc does
Mission
To provide safety, shelter and support to empower all impacted by domestic abuse, sexual violence, child abuse & trafficking.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Child advocacy center: the child advocacy resources and empowerment (c.a.r.e.) center is an accredited child advocacy center providing children and adults with developmental disabilities who have been victimized, as well as their families, with advocacy, investigation and medical resources with a multi-disciplinary team. Rapid rehousing: rapid rehousing program supports survivors of domestic violence and their children to quickly secure safe and affordable housing. The program has a dedicated case manager with experience and expertise in advocating for and securing affordable housing for clients. The case manager also works closely with local housing programs to strengthen referral systems and connect clients to housing resources.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Shelter and transitional living: shelter - this program provides safe, confidential housing and supportive services to adults and their children who are homeless as a result of domestic violence, sexual assault or human trafficking. A confidential 24-hour hotline is run out of the shelter. This program also offers domestic violence or sexual assault or abuse legal advocacy and support to individuals seeking legal remedy in the civil and criminal justice systems.during 2024, the shelter provided 7,348 nights of care to 88 adults and 96 children. The shelter operates a confidential 24-hour hotline responding to 6422 calls in 2024. In 2024, we received 679 referrals from law enforcement, of which 276 were deemed to be at high risk of homicide as determined by the lethality assessment protocol. Advocates further provided support to 450 adults and children in non-shelter related programming.transitional living - this program helps adults and their children transition from an abusive environment toindependent living by providing safe, affordable housing and support services.during 2024, the agency provided services to 10 households through the transitional living program.
$1,659,681 spentof which $25,225 as grants$44,330 earned by the program70% of program spendingAdvocacy and family support: advocacy - the program provides short-term individual or group advocacy to adults and child survivors of sexual assault, abuse, domestic violence and trafficking.in 2024, the agency provided non-residential advocacy services to 744 adults and children and responded to 49 rape crisis calls at local hospitals.family support - this program area works with survivors and their children on positive ways to handle stress and anger resulting from abuse. Effective communication and coping skills for healthier family dynamics are taught as well as positive parenting techniques as the family transitions from abuse to independence. This program also provides onsite child care for clients participating in programming.
$367,647 spentof which $13,600 as grants16% of program spendingChild advocacy center:the child advocacy resources and empowerment (c.a.r.e.) center is an accredited child advocacy center providing children and adults with developmental disabilities who have been victimized, as well as their families, with advocacy, investigation and medical resources with a multi-disciplinary team. During the final six months of 2024, the cac served 99 adults and 119 children. 108 forensic interviews and 37 medical evaluations were completed.
$160,646 spentof which $1,200 as grants7% of program spendingRapid rehousing:rapid rehousing program supports survivors of domestic violence and their children to quickly secure safe and affordable housing. The program has a dedicated case manager with experience and expertise in advocating for and securing affordable housing for clients. The case manager also works closely with local housing programs to strengthen referral systems and connect clients to housing resources. During the final three months of 2024, the rrh program served 20 clients. Three households enrolled in the program and began to look for housing.
$63,760 spent3% of program spendingEducation - this program provides community education in the form of presentations to local schools, community groups, service clubs, and others. In 2024 the program made 93 presentations to a total of 7,481 participants.
$49,403 spent2% of program spendingEmployment - the program helps clients identify their skills and employment objectives through workshops and advocacy.
$68,351 spent3% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,369,488.
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 2020 to 2021, from $6.3M to $7.7M (+23%).
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 34% · 2019 28% · 2020 38% · 2021 37% · 2022 32% · 2023 34% · 2024 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% 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.
Chief executive
Angela Mancuso
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 23 funders to 52 funders, grant income rose $633k → $809k.
24 of 106 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 WOMEN'S CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 106 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
THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
73% 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 WOMEN'S CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 55% · 2019 59% · 2020 38% · 2021 40% · 2022 31% · 2023 25% — 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
56% of THE WOMEN'S CENTER 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
85% of THE WOMEN'S CENTER 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. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE WOMEN'S CENTER 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 WOMEN'S CENTER 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 WOMEN'S CENTER INC?
- THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 106 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,628,086 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC ($1,949,249). 67 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 106 organizations giving $5,628,086 in grants to THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC, 67 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WOMEN'S CENTER INC?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,949,249 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WOMEN'S CENTER 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 106 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