Wisconsin · Nonprofit
WISCONSIN CENTER FOR NURSING INC
WISCONSIN CENTER FOR NURSING INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,021 to it, the largest being DAVID & MARY ANDERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($19,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $234k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $19k
- Net assets
- $42k
What Wisconsin Center for Nursing Inc does
Mission
The mission of wisconsin center for nursing, inc. Is to assure an adequate, well-prepared and diverse nurse workforce for the people of wisconsin. The work of the wisconsin center for nursing continues to be focused in five core nursing areas: data, education, diversity, partnerships, and leadership. Highlights for this year include publication of the rn survey and educator survey reports, a successful annual conference focused on strategies to strengthen wisconsin's nursing workforce; continued emphasis on health equity as a cornerstone of nursing workforce development; strengthened partnerships including receiving a single source 4 year contract from dwd and establishing opportunities for increased collaboration with the data survey teams; and implementation of nursing workforce leadership awards recognizing nurse leaders from across the state in the areas of community impact, emerging nurse leader, nurse educator excellence and lifetime achievement. In addition, wcn continues to be
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The wisconsin 2024 rn survey was conducted on 97,100 rns as they renewed their licenses. The wi 2021 lpn workforce survey was completed by 10,885 licensed practical nurses (lpns). These surveys are required by wisconsin state statute and conducted by the wisconsin department of safety and professional services, the wisconsin department of workforce development and the wisconsin center for nursing. A research team from the university of wisconsin- madison completed analysis for the reports. Wcn provides data analysis and detailed reports with recommendations for strategies to ensure that there is an adequate nursing force by: 1. Monitoring trends, 2. Evaluating the effectiveness of nursing education programs that increase access to those programs, 3. Enhancing career mobility for nurses especially in underrepresented populations of nurses, 4. Facilitating partnerships between the nursing community and other health care providers, 5. Promoting diversity within the nursing profession, 6. Enhancing leadership development for nurses, and 7. Achieving consensus regarding policies aimed at ensuring adequate nursing workforce in this state. (per legislative language)
$144,768 spent$18,550 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $144,768.
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 $189k to $91k (−52%).
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 82% · 2018 86% · 2019 83% · 2021 69% · 2022 85% · 2023 76% · 2024 78% · 2025 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of WISCONSIN CENTER FOR NURSING INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $16.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 WISCONSIN CENTER FOR NURSING 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
WISCONSIN CENTER FOR NURSING INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 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 WISCONSIN CENTER FOR NURSING 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. $21 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
WISCONSIN CENTER FOR NURSING INC receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $19k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WISCONSIN CENTER FOR NURSING 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
60% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WISCONSIN CENTER FOR NURSING 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 WISCONSIN CENTER FOR NURSING INC?
- WISCONSIN CENTER FOR NURSING INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,021 to it, the largest being DAVID & MARY ANDERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($19,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WISCONSIN CENTER FOR NURSING INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $19,021 in grants to WISCONSIN CENTER FOR NURSING INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WISCONSIN CENTER FOR NURSING INC?
- DAVID & MARY ANDERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $19,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WISCONSIN CENTER FOR NURSING 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 2 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