Wisconsin · Nonprofit
WAUSAU CHILD CARE INC
WAUSAU CHILD CARE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $431,038 to it, the largest being Childcaring Inc ($171,071). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $431k
- Net assets
- $121k
What Wausau Child Care Inc does
Mission
The mission of Wausau Child Care Inc. Is to strengthen child development, families and the community by providing access to safe, high quality early learning for children.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Wausau child care receives the majority of its revenue through parent tuition for child care services provided. We serve approximately 140 regular paying tuition children ages 6 weeks to five years in our two preschool child care locations. We also provide before and after school care for approximately 150 regular paying tuition children in the two programs am & pm care in 6 elementary schools. We also serve approximately 60 children for the full day 2025 school-age summer program within the wausau school district.
$1,794,756 spent$1,759,726 earned by the program82% of program spendingWausau child care receives and accepts parents who qualify for the wisconsin shares child care assistance program. This program is for low income families who want to send their children to high quality, licensed child care but would not otherwise be able to afford it. An estimated 20 children were served in this fiscal year ending 6/30/25. We also maintained our naeyc accreditation which entitles us to a 25% increase in child care subsidies through the state for our preschool locations. We renewed our naeyc accrediation december of 2024 at our westside location, which needs to be renewed at each site every 5 years.
$207,450 spent$203,401 earned by the program10% of program spendingWausau child care participates in other miscellaneous programs. The dpi cacfp (child and adult care food program) provides assistance with grocery costs in our preschool and summer school-age programs throughout the year, enabling us to serve 3 quality meals/day. The organization collaborates with the two area school districts to provide 4k programs in each of our two preschool centers during the school year. We served approx. 300 children in 2024-2025.
$137,312 spent$134,632 earned by the program6% of program spendingThe sliding fee program provided tuition assistance to 5 children within wausau child care that do not qualify for the wisconsin shares but would not otherwise be able to afford quality care or for those going through a personal tragedy, death or illness. Effective january 1, 2014 united way funds are now allocated through the marathon county childcaring organization. Childcaring receives the annual funding and disperses it among youngstar rated (3-5 star) family and childcare providers within marathon county. Youngstar is a rated program utilized through the state of wisconsin w2 childcare program. Families must apply every 6 months and the applications are accepted as the first ones arriving u.s. Mail. Families may qualify for only 6 months if their application isn't received in time for the next 6 month review.
$38,328 spent$37,579 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,177,846.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.1M to $633k (−40%).
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: 2021 12% · 2022 10% · 2023 18% · 2024 12% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
16% of WAUSAU CHILD CARE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Jake Schalow
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $31k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $76k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Wausau Child Care Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money WAUSAU CHILD CARE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of WAUSAU CHILD CARE 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
WAUSAU CHILD CARE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
68% 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 WAUSAU CHILD CARE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 57% · 2020 71% · 2021 79% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of WAUSAU CHILD CARE 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. $122k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
WAUSAU CHILD CARE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like WAUSAU CHILD CARE 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Wausau Child Care Foundation Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WAUSAU CHILD CARE INC?
- WAUSAU CHILD CARE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $431,038 to it, the largest being Childcaring Inc ($171,071). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WAUSAU CHILD CARE INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $431,038 in grants to WAUSAU CHILD CARE INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WAUSAU CHILD CARE INC?
- Childcaring Inc is the largest funder on record, with $171,071 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WAUSAU CHILD CARE 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing