Wisconsin · Nonprofit
Thoreau Elementary PTO Inc
Thoreau Elementary PTO Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $93,770 to it, the largest being ENGELKE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($65,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $35k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $94k
- Net assets
- $18k
What Thoreau Elementary PTO Inc does
Mission
The Thoreau Elementary PTO Inc serves as a parent-teacher organization that exists to foster a greater sense of community by increasing access to the school in an all-inclusive approach for families and specifically the children in our community.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Significant portion of our annual service efforts focused on supporting our student's basic safety, emotional and physical health, and learning enrichment. These funds were used to assist students and their families with financial needs such as homelessness and eviction prevention, transportation and other expenses impacting the health and security of our students. The board worked closely with school staff to determine how to direct funds.
$1,500 spent1% of program spendingWe continued to maintain volunteer and financial support of annual or biannual all-school community building activities such as Yearbook, Staff Appreciation luncheons, March Madness Book Tournament, Cultural and Affinity Group Outreach, Health Office support and more. In addition, we added in-person activities including school dance, back to school night and ice cream social.
$35,473 spent23% of program spendingIn collaboration with the school principal, the library was identified as an area of opportunity to benefit 4k - grade 5. Previously, open concept to the main hallway, a new wall was constructed to create a dedicated private space for library programming to take place with less distractions. More areas for group learning were added, as well as AC/hvac. An open and airy brand new library space will create a more comfortable environment for literacy and library learning to take place.
$117,247 spent76% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $154,220.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2025 to 2026, from $137k to $18k (−87%).
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.
100% of Thoreau Elementary PTO Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $51k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 Thoreau Elementary PTO 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
Thoreau Elementary PTO Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 85% · 2021 60% · 2022 90% · 2023 98% — 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.
Where its funders are
91% of Thoreau Elementary PTO 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. $23k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Thoreau Elementary PTO Inc's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,807 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like Thoreau Elementary PTO 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.
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Thoreau Elementary PTO Inc?
- Thoreau Elementary PTO Inc (Wisconsin) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $93,770 to it, the largest being ENGELKE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($65,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Thoreau Elementary PTO Inc have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $93,770 in grants to Thoreau Elementary PTO Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Thoreau Elementary PTO Inc?
- ENGELKE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $65,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Thoreau Elementary PTO 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 FY2026 (financials across 2020–2026), and the filings of 7 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