Wisconsin · Nonprofit
WISCONSIN YOUTH COMPANY INC
WISCONSIN YOUTH COMPANY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $516,133 to it, the largest being MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($235,300). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.9M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $516k
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Wisconsin Youth Company Inc does
Mission
Wisconsin youth company's mission is to engage youth in opportunities to encourage them to be their best selves.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth school year and summer programselementary school year/summer day camps: wisconsin youth company provides year round out-of-school time programming for elementary students in school districts in dane and waukesha counties. Programs are conveniently located in the school and summer programs are either all day programs or coordinate with summer school times. Because these are licensed programs, eligible families may qualify for third party funding or financial assistance. Programs are planned specifically for elementary age children and include physical activity and outdoor play, time for individual choice, snack, and engaging projects. Each year over 1,700 children participate in these programs.middle school u: a summer program in madison that offers courses for middle school age students allowing them to pursue their hobbies and interests in a small group setting. Courses and activities are designed for the growing independence of the middle school student. Enrichment programs: there are two types of programs included under the enrichment program category. Wander wisconsin is a summer travel club and outdoor adventure program for grades 3-5. In addition, theater immersion day…
$3,840,649 spent$4,402,766 earned by the program82% of program spendingNeighborhood centers: wyc operates two neighborhood centers on madison's southwest side. Through the work of the centers, wyc helps these neighborhoods to grow in capacity. Elver park neighborhood center (epnc) provides a licensed and city-accredited k-5 after school and all day summer program. In addition, there is a year round program for middle and high school students. Epnc also hosts a food and essential items pantry for residents. The theresa terrace neighborhood center provides program services for elementary children. Both centers are partially funded by the city of madison and the epnc also receives some funding from dane county.
$832,872 spent$65,822 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,673,521.
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.
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 $3.8M to $3.0M (−19%).
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 6% · 2018 6% · 2019 6% · 2020 12% · 2021 45% · 2022 47% · 2023 20% · 2024 15% · 2025 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Rebecca Carlin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $16k → $18k.
3 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 YOUTH COMPANY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 17 funders by total. 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 YOUTH COMPANY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 YOUTH COMPANY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 61% · 2021 88% · 2022 34% · 2023 39% — 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
30% of WISCONSIN YOUTH COMPANY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
91% of WISCONSIN YOUTH COMPANY 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. $241k 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.
Organizations like WISCONSIN YOUTH COMPANY INC
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In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 YOUTH COMPANY 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 YOUTH COMPANY INC?
- WISCONSIN YOUTH COMPANY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $516,133 to it, the largest being MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($235,300). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WISCONSIN YOUTH COMPANY INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $516,133 in grants to WISCONSIN YOUTH COMPANY INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WISCONSIN YOUTH COMPANY INC?
- MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $235,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WISCONSIN YOUTH COMPANY 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 17 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