Wisconsin · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL INC
UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,671,093 to it, the largest being FOUR-FOUR FOUNDATION INC ($18,831,170). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $25M
What University Lake School Inc does
Mission
University lake school is a college preparatory school that delivers an incomparable education driven by high standards and a unique approach to learning. Our dynamic and rigorous curriculum challenges the whole student by integrating innovative academic, leadership, athletic, artistic, and service learning experiences within a vibrant and joyful community. We inspire: intellectual curiosity, original thinking, personal integrity, and character through service.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Instruction & student activities: this past year, uls provided over 300 students with a rigorous yet well-rounded education that blends strong academics, fine arts, athletics, leadership, language, and outdoor experiences. Our curriculum fosters critical thinking and leadership, while students develop a global perspective through diverse experiences. Graduates move forward as well-prepared, compassionate global citizens, ready for success in college and life.
$5,299,599 spent$6,203,390 earned by the program67% of program spendingFinancial aid and discounts - the school indexed tuition model allows for families to make the investment in their child's education in a way that is meaningful and attainable for their circumstances. Approximately 116 students were served by this program. The programs are non-discriminatory and in fact allow a broad range of students with diverse backgrounds and experiences to attend uls.
$1,947,905 spentof which $1,947,905 as grants25% of program spendingConsumable educational materials, experiences, off-campus and on-campus leadership excursions, field trips, artistic and athletic items used by the faculty and students in support of the mission.
$669,329 spent$59,901 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,916,833.
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 2023 to 2024, from $12M to $20M (+69%).
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: 2022 16% · 2023 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
51% of UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
John Griner
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $32k → $735k.
11 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 28 of 29 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
UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 94%; 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: 2017 56% · 2018 78% · 2019 69% · 2020 93% · 2021 88% · 2022 56% · 2023 64% — 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.
How long its funders stay
47% of UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL INC draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL 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 UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL INC?
- UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,671,093 to it, the largest being FOUR-FOUR FOUNDATION INC ($18,831,170). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL INC have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $22,671,093 in grants to UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL INC?
- FOUR-FOUR FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $18,831,170 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY LAKE SCHOOL 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing