Community Foundation of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Analysis

Community Foundation of South Central Wisconsin Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Baraboo, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Community Foundation of South Central Wisconsin Inc reported income of $3.5m and spending of $822k, leaving 76% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $559k to $3.5m (+519%), an average of +58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 493%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Community Foundation of South Central Wisconsin Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Washington County Community Foundation Inc ($3.5m), World Giving Foundation ($3.5m) and Fremont Area Community Foundation Inc ($3.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 0.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $99k. At year end it held assets of $13.3m against liabilities of $1.7m, net assets of $11.6m. It reported 1 employees.