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WAUSAU SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC

WAUSAU SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $746,257 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC ($253,955). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$64k
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$746k
Net assets
$306k
6/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 73%
01What it does

What Wausau School Foundation Inc does

Mission

To support innovation and excellence in education and student success through partnerships with the wausau school district and the community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Wausau school forest fund helps fund the development of an education center at the wausau school forest.

    $12,088 spentof which $12,088 as grants
    15% of program spending
  2. Graduation parties fund to provide a graduation party for students at wausau east and wausau west.

  3. Reach for the stars program which awards grants, innovative learning grants, and recognition to educators for going beyond their job with caught in the act awards.

    $21,687 spentof which $21,687 as grants
    27% of program spending
  4. The john a waldron fund and other special funds and scholarships. The john a waldron fund, administered by the foundation, provides emergency grants for students in the form of health, transportation, school supplies, and short term lodging for homeless students.

    $45,297 spentof which $10,509 as grants
    57% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $79,072.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($284k) Expenses 100 ($260k) Net assets 100 ($173k)2022 Revenue 29 ($83k) Expenses 12 ($30k) Net assets 121 ($209k)2023 Revenue 161 ($456k) Expenses 58 ($150k) Net assets 347 ($599k)2024 Revenue 19 ($54k) Expenses 120 ($312k) Net assets 198 ($341k)2025 Revenue 23 ($64k) Expenses 38 ($99k) Net assets 178 ($306k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (23)Expenses (38)Net assets (178)Peer revenue range

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 $294k to $666k (+127%).

$328k
$294k
$666k
$341k
$306k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

79% of WAUSAU SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$24k
’21
$53k
’22
$306k
’23
−$258k
’24
−$35k
’25
43
months of
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.

202120222023
Listed121111
Joined·+5+1
No longer listed·61
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $33k → $333k.

3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 WAUSAU SCHOOL FOUNDATION 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 SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

38% 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 SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC.

34%
largest funder
80%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 76% · 2019 57% · 2020 55% · 2021 71% · 2022 92% · 2023 30% — 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

75% of WAUSAU SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

96% of WAUSAU SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.

MN
WI
MO

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $264k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

WAUSAU SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 9 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−54% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−31% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like WAUSAU SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

85%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WI

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Questions and answers

Who funds WAUSAU SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC?
WAUSAU SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $746,257 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC ($253,955). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WAUSAU SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $746,257 in grants to WAUSAU SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WAUSAU SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC?
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC is the largest funder on record, with $253,955 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WAUSAU SCHOOL FOUNDATION 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 14 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