Wisconsin · Nonprofit
Worldwise Microfinance
Worldwise Microfinance (Wisconsin) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,871 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($10,100). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $105k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $23k
- Net assets
- $136k
What Worldwise Microfinance does
Mission
Our mission is to provide access to capital at a reasonable rate to individuals primarily women who aspire to lift their families out of poverty by starting and running a small business.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
WorldWise Microfinance opened a new program in Uganda working with Nsimbi Impact a registered charity in Uganda. Nsimbi Impact screens potential loan recipients and identifies candidates for small loans equivalent of US 95. After loans are distributed Nsimbi Impact collects monthly repayments and reports to WorldWise Microfinance the status of the loan collections including how much money Nsimbi Impact has on hand.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
In very early 2025 we closed the program in Pakistan at the request of our partner there. All money originally provided to Pakistan was returned to WorldWise Microfinance.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Ghana - Working with the municipality of Moree approximately 73,000 in loans have been made with 100% of loans going to women. First round loans are larger in Ghana than any other country but the repayment rate is 100%.
$15,000 spentof which $15,000 as grants42% of program spendingDominican Republic - Working with Fundacion Guanin approximately 115,000 in loans have been made in the DR with 83% of loans going to women. Survey results report that loan recipients are healthier than the surrounding community their children are in school more often and they eat more often and eat healthier.
$10,500 spentof which $10,500 as grants30% of program spendingUganda - Working with Nsimbi Impact a charity in Ghana approximately 5,000 in loans were made. All loans went to women and the repayment rate in Ghana is 100%.
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants28% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $35,500.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $107k to $136k (+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.
97% of Worldwise Microfinance’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $63.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 Worldwise Microfinance’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
Worldwise Microfinance leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 95%; 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 Worldwise Microfinance.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 92% · 2021 82% · 2022 99% · 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
88% of Worldwise Microfinance'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 $3k that is directly attributable, 63% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k 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.
Against its field
Worldwise Microfinance runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Worldwise Microfinance
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
100% 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 Worldwise Microfinance: 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 Worldwise Microfinance?
- Worldwise Microfinance (Wisconsin) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,871 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($10,100). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Worldwise Microfinance have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $22,871 in grants to Worldwise Microfinance, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Worldwise Microfinance?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Worldwise Microfinance 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 6 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