Wisconsin · Nonprofit
WISCONSIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC
WISCONSIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $469,112 to it, the largest being NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ($230,907). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $286k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $469k
- Net assets
- $743k
What Wisconsin Wildlife Federation Inc does
Mission
The wisconsin wildlife federation has a dual mission to engage in conservation education and to advocate for sound conservation policy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The wisconsin wildlife federation holds conferences and supports committees that educate members and the general public on conservation and preservation issues. The wisconsin wildlife federation also engages in lobbying to encourage laws and administrative rules that will promote conservation and preservation issues.
$137,460 spent72% of program spendingThe wisconservation publication is a monthly newsletter that keeps members and subscribers informed about the wisconsin wildlife federation's activities and provides educational articles on conservation and preservation issues.
$28,596 spent15% of program spendingThe wisconsin wildlife federation sponsors several educational programs for youth and provides college scholarships to students majoring in natural resources at the university of wisconsin-stevens point. The wisconsin wildlife federation also sponsors summer camp fees for children attending the environmental education summer camp programs at the central wisconsin environmental station and a traveling education trunk that educates children on topics such as wolf biology, habitats, and predator-prey relationships.
$24,244 spent13% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $190,300.
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 $1.2M to $906k (−27%).
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: 2020 7% · 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
24% of WISCONSIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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 narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $83k → $107.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 WILDLIFE FEDERATION 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 WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 74% · 2019 100% · 2020 45% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — 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
50% of WISCONSIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
WISCONSIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC draws 95% 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. $122k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
WISCONSIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding WISCONSIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $334k on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$174k
- Department of Commerce$160k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like WISCONSIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION 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
59% 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 WILDLIFE FEDERATION 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 WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC?
- WISCONSIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $469,112 to it, the largest being NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ($230,907). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WISCONSIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $469,112 in grants to WISCONSIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WISCONSIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION INC?
- NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION is the largest funder on record, with $230,907 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WISCONSIN WILDLIFE FEDERATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing