New Hampshire · Nonprofit
WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY INC
WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY INC (New Hampshire) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,318,092 to it, the largest being New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence ($3,439,990). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 46
- Grants received
- $7.3M
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What Women's Information Service (Wise) of the Upper Valley Inc does
Mission
Wise is the primary provider of support services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, and human trafficking in twenty-three communities in the northern new england counties of grafton (nh), windsor (vt), and orange (vt).
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The wise crisis and advocacy program provides a free and confidential response to survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, and human trafficking. The program includes a 24-hour crisis line, safety planning resources, emergency shelter options, housing and legal assistance, court and law enforcement advocacy, hospital accompaniment and support groups. During the year ended june 30, 2025, wise provided advocacy support to 1,341 victims.wise offers comprehensive housing support to the many survivors of domestic and sexual violence seeking safe and stable housing. Wise owns and manages two confidential emergency shelter facilities, which are available to survivors and their children who have emergency need of housing. When space is not available in the shelter, wise will provide short-term stays at local motels to ensure immediate safety for survivors. Wise advocates also support survivors with community referrals, application support, landlord meetings, and other resources in order to assist in the location of affordable, safe, and permanent housing.
$1,013,189 spent52% of program spendingThe wise prevention and education program offers comprehensive online and printed resources to youth, professionals, and community adults to share information and expand understanding regarding domestic and sexual violence. Wise develops prevention curricula that focus on building knowledge, skills, and behaviors that encourage safe, healthy, and respectful relationships. Wise also provides trainings to medical, legal, and law enforcement professionals on the complex issues related to trauma and violence and their impact on survivors. Additionally, wise's prevention and education program uses social media, radio programming, community events, and other venues and sources to engage the community in learning. During the year ended june 30, 2025, wise delivered 855 presentations and reached 7,387 youth and adult community members including professionals.
$442,297 spent23% of program spendingWise offers family court representation and comprehensive legal services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence. During the year ended june 30, 2025, wise provided legal support to 196 people, and provided training to 236 people.
$327,949 spent17% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$147,494 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,930,929.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.7M to $4.8M (+30%).
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 30% · 2018 27% · 2019 34% · 2020 46% · 2021 35% · 2022 37% · 2023 46% · 2024 46% · 2025 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Margaret O'Neil
Executive director
Board chair
Jenny Levy
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $272k → $1.0M.
11 of 46 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 46 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
WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
82% 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 WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 58% · 2019 33% · 2020 56% · 2021 44% · 2022 54% · 2023 56% — 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.
How long its funders stay
53% of WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 83% 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
81% of WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY INC's grant income comes from New Hampshire funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $490k on record.
- Department of Justice$490k
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 WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY 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 New Hampshire
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY INC?
- WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY INC (New Hampshire) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,318,092 to it, the largest being New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence ($3,439,990). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY INC have?
- IRS filings report 46 organizations giving $7,318,092 in grants to WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY INC, 38 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY INC?
- New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence is the largest funder on record, with $3,439,990 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE (WISE) OF THE UPPER VALLEY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. 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 46 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