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WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES INC

WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,930 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC ($27,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$382k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$73k
Net assets
$519k
6/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Wisconsin State Journal Youth Services Inc does

Mission

Wisconsin state journal youth services, inc. (wsjys) is dedicated to nurturing the well-being and literacy of childern and families in dane county and beyond. Our longstanding empty stocking club is part of a year-round commitment to brighten futures for all children through compassion, collective generosity, and creating sparks of joy.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Empty stocking club - provided 10,012 toys at the holidays to 3,007 families in the wisconsin state journal readership area, primarily dane county.

    $237,313 spentof which $224,901 as grants
    52% of program spending
  2. Grants - provided $9,375 in helping hands to individuals and families in dane county, and $205,422 to other nonprofit organizations in dane county.

    $214,797 spentof which $214,797 as grants
    48% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $452,110.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($389k) Expenses 100 ($378k) Net assets 100 ($370k)2018 Revenue 87 ($338k) Expenses 85 ($322k) Net assets 100 ($371k)2019 Revenue 73 ($284k) Expenses 78 ($295k) Net assets 98 ($364k)2020 Revenue 109 ($424k) Expenses 69 ($260k) Net assets 146 ($540k)2021 Revenue 92 ($359k) Expenses 65 ($246k) Net assets 177 ($655k)2022 Revenue 86 ($336k) Expenses 69 ($260k) Net assets 180 ($668k)2023 Revenue 84 ($328k) Expenses 92 ($350k) Net assets 183 ($677k)2024 Revenue 71 ($275k) Expenses 109 ($414k) Net assets 171 ($632k)2025 Revenue 98 ($382k) Expenses 140 ($528k) Net assets 140 ($519k)
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Revenue (98)Expenses (140)Net assets (140)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 2019 to 2020, from $372k to $553k (+49%).

$373k
$380k
$372k
$553k
$702k
$837k
$688k
$733k
$619k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

94% of WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,940 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$11k
’17
$16k
’18
−$11k
’19
$164k
’20
$113k
’21
$77k
’22
−$22k
’23
−$139k
’24
−$146k
’25
3.6
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.

Chief executive

Lynn Wood

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed65567910108
Joined·+0+1+1+2+3+2+1+0
No longer listed·11011112
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $1k → $826.

3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES 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 STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

87% 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 WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES INC.

37%
largest funder
87%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 88% · 2021 56% · 2022 81% · 2023 61% — 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

60% of WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

50% of WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $36k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.

WI
DE

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

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’20
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’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $37k 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

WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES INC receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $73k to it.

Operating margin−38% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,917 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 13%Fundraising 2%

Governance

8
board members
88%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

94%

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

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Wisconsin State Journal · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES INC?
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,930 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC ($27,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $72,930 in grants to WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES INC?
UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $27,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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