TOTAL REVENUE - FISCAL 2025
$14,762,286
Up 39.2% from $10,608,269 in fiscal 2024.
Door County Community Foundation Inc
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin - EIN 39-1980685 - Latest filing: fiscal 2025 (Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025)
HOW TO READ THIS PAGE
How to read this page: every figure below is from the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 5, 2026. People named below are shown as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 5, 2026 - the filing is a snapshot of that fiscal year, not a list of current officeholders.
THE FILING IN ONE PARAGRAPH
Door County Community Foundation Inc reported $14,762,286 in revenue and $10,283,501 in expenses in fiscal 2025, a surplus of $4,478,785 for the year. Program services took $9,738,477 of expenses, or 94.7%. The organization closed the year with $48,997,231 in net assets - about 57.2 months of expenses at the fiscal-2025 spending level.
At a Glance - Fiscal 2025
All values are fiscal 2025 unless a tile says otherwise.
TOTAL EXPENSES - FISCAL 2025
$10,283,501
Revenue minus expenses: $4,478,785 in fiscal 2025.
PROGRAM EXPENSE SHARE - FISCAL 2025
94.7%
$9,738,477 of $10,283,501 went to program services.
NET ASSETS - END OF FISCAL 2025
$48,997,231
Total assets $63,628,140 minus total liabilities $14,630,909.
TOP EXECUTIVE PAY - FISCAL 2025
$174,228
Bret Bicoy, President & CEO, as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 5, 2026. Total across all compensation columns.
PEOPLE REPORTED - FISCAL 2025
8 Employees
Plus 75 volunteers reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990.
Money In, Money Out - Fiscal 2025
Revenue and expenses as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 5, 2026. Donated goods are separated from cash so food and supply donations do not read as cash income.
Where the Money Went - Fiscal 2025
Management and general is the figure reported on the filing (Part IX total); where a filing does not carry it, it is computed as the residual of total expenses minus program and fundraising expenses. Cost to raise a dollar in fiscal 2025: $0.01 - $109,318 in fundraising expenses divided by $10,509,104 in total contributions. On cash contributions only: $0.01.
Where the Money Came From - Fiscal 2025
| Source | Fiscal 2025 |
|---|---|
| Total Contributions | $10,509,104 |
| Of Which Cash Contributions | $7,837,350 |
| Of Which Donated Goods (Noncash) | $2,671,754 |
| All Other Contributions | $10,509,104 |
| Program Service Revenue | $0 |
| Investment Income | $4,146,251 |
| Other Revenue | $106,931 |
| Total Revenue (All Sources) | $14,762,286 |
Government Grants - Not Broken Out
The fiscal-2025 Form 990 does not break out government grants as a separate line for this organization. This page shows Not Broken Out instead of estimating a figure.
The fiscal-2025 Form 990 does not break out government grants as a separate line for this organization. This page shows Not Broken Out instead of estimating a figure.
Donated Goods Are a Large Share Here
For this organization, donated goods were $2,671,754 of $10,509,104 in contributions in fiscal 2025 - a large share of reported contributions is goods valued in dollars, not cash. The cash and noncash split is shown above, and any cost-to-raise-a-dollar figure is shown both ways.
Reserves and Balance Sheet - Fiscal 2025
Reserves and Runway
57.2 Months
of reserves - $48,997,231 in net assets at the end of fiscal 2025, divided by average monthly expenses of about $856,958 in fiscal 2025.
Net assets can include donor-restricted funds, buildings and other assets that cannot be spent like cash. Treat months of reserves as a scale measure, not as cash in the bank.
Balance Sheet - End of Fiscal 2025
| Total Assets | $63,628,140 |
| Total Liabilities | $14,630,909 |
| Liabilities as Share of Assets | 23.0% |
| Net Assets | $48,997,231 |
Leadership Pay - Fiscal 2025
Pay is the summed total across all compensation columns on the Form 990 - pay from the organization, pay from related organizations, and other compensation. People are shown as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 5, 2026.
| Name and Title, as Reported | Total Pay - Fiscal 2025 | Share of Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Bret Bicoy - President & CEO | $174,228 | 1.69% |
The full Part VII table lists every officer, director, trustee and key employee named on the filing, with hours and the same summed total. Compensation is reported for the calendar year ending within the fiscal year, per the Form 990.
Board and Governance - Fiscal 2025
Board and policy answers as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990, filed May 5, 2026.
Board Roster - as Reported on the Fiscal-2025 Form 990
15 voting members, 15 independent - independence count as reported on the fiscal-2025 Form 990.
| Name, as Reported | Role, as Reported |
|---|---|
| Bret Bicoy | President & CEO |
| Vicki Wilson | Secretary |
| Donna Scattergood | Director |
| Stephen O'Hearn | Vice Chair |
| Keith Mutchler | Director |
| John Herlache | Director |
| Inge Alverson Bacon | Director |
| Fred Anderson | Director |
| Dick Egan | Emeritus Director |
| Jim Vander Heiden | Chair |
| Jeff Ottum | Past Chair |
| John McGinnis | Treasurer |
| John Bykowski | Director |
| Natalie Gorchynsky | Director |
| Kristen Jeanquart | Director |
| Dan Westbrook | Director |
Governance Policy Flags - Fiscal 2025
Conflict of Interest PolicyYes - Reported
Whistleblower PolicyYes - Reported
Document Retention PolicyYes - Reported
Audited Financial StatementsYes - Reported
Audit CommitteeYes - Reported
Board Size and Independence15 voting / 15 independent
Flags report what the organization answered on the Form 990. A Yes means the policy was reported on the filing; it is not an outside review of how the policy works in practice.
Grants - Fiscal 2025
Grants Made - Fiscal 2025
This organization reported $9,054,329 in grants paid in fiscal 2025.
| Recipient, as Reported | Amount |
|---|---|
| Adelante Mujer Inc CHARITABLE | $16,000 |
| Aging & Disability Resource Center Of Door County CHARITABLE | $8,009 |
| Altrusa Club Of Door County Foundation Inc CHARITABLE | $6,750 |
| American Heart Association CHARITABLE | $7,252 |
| American Red Cross - Northeast Chapter CHARITABLE | $15,100 |
| Back Roads Church CHARITABLE | $19,000 |
| Baileys Harbor Fish Company LLC CHARITABLE | $5,448 |
| Bay View Lutheran Church CHARITABLE | $10,250 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Northeast Wisconsin CHARITABLE | $27,200 |
| Big Dog Ranch Rescue CHARITABLE | $20,000 |
| Birch Creek Music Performance Center Inc CHARITABLE | $139,673 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs Of The Bay & Lakes Region CHARITABLE | $55,088 |
| Boys Hope Girls Hope CHARITABLE | $52,000 |
| Bug Firefighters Inc CHARITABLE | $40,000 |
| Carleton College CHARITABLE | $11,500 |
| Catholic Foundation For The Diocese Of Green Bay CHARITABLE | $11,765 |
| Catholic Relief Services CHARITABLE | $30,200 |
| Children First Development Center Inc CHARITABLE | $140,245 |
| Christ Child Society CHARITABLE | $6,750 |
| Christ The King Lutheran Church CHARITABLE | $7,000 |
| City Of Sturgeon Bay CHARITABLE | $55,350 |
| City Relief Inc CHARITABLE | $13,000 |
| Colin And Friends Concerts Inc CHARITABLE | $15,000 |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Church CHARITABLE | $46,500 |
| County Of Door CHARITABLE | $204,433 |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc CHARITABLE | $20,000 |
| Crossroads At Big Creek Inc CHARITABLE | $63,381 |
| Doctors Without Borders CHARITABLE | $20,275 |
| Door Cancer Inc CHARITABLE | $13,570 |
| Door Community Auditorium CHARITABLE | $636,429 |
| Door Community Child Development Center CHARITABLE | $57,000 |
| Door County Fire Chiefs Inc CHARITABLE | $16,901 |
| Door County Habitat For Humanity CHARITABLE | $23,850 |
| Door County Historical Society Inc CHARITABLE | $56,227 |
| Door County Housing Partnership Inc CHARITABLE | $14,500 |
| Door County Land Trust CHARITABLE | $122,877 |
| Door County Maritime Museum CHARITABLE | $7,055 |
| Door County Medical Center Foundation CHARITABLE | $1,353,510 |
| Door County Sheriff'S Department CHARITABLE | $13,634 |
| Door County Therapy Dog Teams Inc CHARITABLE | $20,000 |
| Door County Trails CHARITABLE | $14,476 |
| Door County YMCA CHARITABLE | $153,728 |
| Door Peninsula Astronomical Society CHARITABLE | $7,750 |
| Door Shakespeare Inc CHARITABLE | $6,527 |
| Door-Tran Inc CHARITABLE | $6,450 |
| Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church CHARITABLE | $5,356 |
| Ephraim Historical Foundation Inc CHARITABLE | $7,750 |
| Ephraim Moravian Church CHARITABLE | $16,750 |
| Episcopal Church Of Christ The King And Holy Nativity CHARITABLE | $7,000 |
| Family Services Of Northeastern Wi Inc CHARITABLE | $8,250 |
| Fisc Consumer Credit Counseling Of Door County Inc CHARITABLE | $10,283 |
| Forward Theater Company CHARITABLE | $8,000 |
| Foundation For Children In Need CHARITABLE | $20,000 |
| Francis Hardy Center For The Arts CHARITABLE | $20,106 |
| Freedom For Heroes CHARITABLE | $10,000 |
| Friends Of PBS Wisconsin CHARITABLE | $23,125 |
| Friends Of Peninsula State Park CHARITABLE | $152,000 |
| Friends Of Potawatomi State Park CHARITABLE | $22,750 |
| Friends Of The Door County Park System Inc CHARITABLE | $150,000 |
| Friends Of The Elisha D Smith Public Library Inc CHARITABLE | $500,000 |
| Greater Escarpment Organization Of Door County CHARITABLE | $15,000 |
| Greater Green Bay YMCA Inc CHARITABLE | $13,000 |
| H S Baird #174 Masonic Lodge CHARITABLE | $12,790 |
| Heartland Business Systems LLC CHARITABLE | $14,223 |
| Help Of Door County Inc CHARITABLE | $69,533 |
| Hope United Church Of Christ Of Sturgeon Bay CHARITABLE | $21,139 |
| Horseshoe Bay Farms Inc CHARITABLE | $107,738 |
| Ja Worldwide CHARITABLE | $15,000 |
| Jan Liss - Door County Food Pantry Coalition CHARITABLE | $12,975 |
| Jesuit Refugee Service CHARITABLE | $7,500 |
| Kahilu Theatre Foundation CHARITABLE | $75,000 |
| Keller Inc CHARITABLE | $359,532 |
| Kolberg Athletic Club Inc CHARITABLE | $100,500 |
| Lakeshore Cap Inc CHARITABLE | $34,020 |
| Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership CHARITABLE | $56,175 |
| Lawrence University CHARITABLE | $19,325 |
| Literacy Door County CHARITABLE | $8,769 |
| Midsummer'S Music Ltd CHARITABLE | $163,179 |
| Miller Art Museum CHARITABLE | $187,682 |
| Muse Sturgeon Bay Inc CHARITABLE | $74,350 |
| Namur Belgian Heritage Center CHARITABLE | $11,440 |
| Newport Wilderness Society CHARITABLE | $13,000 |
| Northeast Wisconsin Technical College CHARITABLE | $10,000 |
| Northern Door Children'S Center CHARITABLE | $33,901 |
| Northern Door Pride CHARITABLE | $8,400 |
| Northern Sky Theater CHARITABLE | $210,902 |
| Open Door Bird Sanctuary CHARITABLE | $31,590 |
| Open Door Pride CHARITABLE | $5,490 |
| Parker School CHARITABLE | $110,000 |
| Peninsula Music Festival Inc CHARITABLE | $27,969 |
| Peninsula Players Theatre Inc CHARITABLE | $30,400 |
| Peninsula Pulse LLC CHARITABLE | $6,219 |
| Peninsula School Of Art CHARITABLE | $71,169 |
| Peninsula State Park Golf Course CHARITABLE | $7,555 |
| Peninsula Symphonic Band CHARITABLE | $5,100 |
| Recreational Aviation Foundation CHARITABLE | $10,000 |
| Salvation Army- Wisconsin & Upper Michigan Division CHARITABLE | $9,194 |
| Sandi Soik - Door County Food Pantry Coalition CHARITABLE | $9,499 |
| Shepherd Of The Bay Lutheran Church CHARITABLE | $7,000 |
| Shriner'S Hospital For Children CHARITABLE | $5,300 |
| Southern Door County School District CHARITABLE | $15,725 |
| Southwest Section Of The Ninety Nines CHARITABLE | $10,000 |
| Ssm Health Cardinal Glennon Children'S Foundation CHARITABLE | $10,000 |
| St John Bosco Catholic School CHARITABLE | $9,200 |
| St Pauls Lutheran Church CHARITABLE | $7,000 |
| St Louis Life CHARITABLE | $6,500 |
| Stauber Electric Inc CHARITABLE | $14,364 |
| Stella Maris Parish CHARITABLE | $9,800 |
| Stone Harbor Resort & Conference Center CHARITABLE | $6,744 |
| Sturgeon Bay Historical Society CHARITABLE | $106,003 |
| Sturgeon Bay Moravian Church CHARITABLE | $8,875 |
| Sturgeon Bay School District CHARITABLE | $11,833 |
| Sturgeon Bay United Methodist Church CHARITABLE | $12,012 |
| Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club Sail Training Foundation CHARITABLE | $28,500 |
| Sunshine House Inc CHARITABLE | $28,875 |
| The Clearing Folk School CHARITABLE | $62,516 |
| The Nature Conservancy - Wisconsin CHARITABLE | $13,800 |
| The Naval Institute Foundation Inc CHARITABLE | $7,000 |
| The Ridges Sanctuary Inc CHARITABLE | $42,615 |
| The Salvation Army CHARITABLE | $12,062 |
| Third Avenue Playhouse CHARITABLE | $75,677 |
| Town Of Baileys Harbor CHARITABLE | $109,700 |
| Town Of Gibraltar CHARITABLE | $75,000 |
| Town Of Nasewaupee CHARITABLE | $27,403 |
| Town Of Sevastopol CHARITABLE | $70,000 |
| Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church CHARITABLE | $7,650 |
| Tunnels To Towers Foundation CHARITABLE | $20,000 |
| Unicef CHARITABLE | $5,500 |
| United Way Of Door County CHARITABLE | $276,349 |
| Unity Hospice CHARITABLE | $5,100 |
| University Of Wisconsin Eau Claire Foundation CHARITABLE | $5,250 |
| University Of Wisconsin-Lacrosse CHARITABLE | $11,500 |
| University Of Wisconsin-Madison CHARITABLE | $11,500 |
| University Of Wisconsin-Stevens Point CHARITABLE | $10,625 |
| Village Of Ephraim CHARITABLE | $50,000 |
| Wartburg College CHARITABLE | $53,000 |
| Washington Island Foundation CHARITABLE | $11,750 |
| Washington Island Government CHARITABLE | $100,000 |
| We Are Hope Inc CHARITABLE | $9,266 |
| Wi Humane Society CHARITABLE | $10,870 |
| Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary CHARITABLE | $6,500 |
| Wisconsin Public Radio CHARITABLE | $15,105 |
| Write On Door County Inc CHARITABLE | $187,723 |
| Zion Lutheran Church CHARITABLE | $56,200 |
| Emmanuel Lutheran Church CHARITABLE | $10,000 |
| The Nature Conservancy CHARITABLE | $25,450 |
| Ducks Unlimited CHARITABLE | $6,200 |
| St Jude Children Research Hospital Inc CHARITABLE | $15,000 |
Trend - Revenue
Years are shown only where a filing is held. Missing years are absent, never filled in.
| Fiscal Year | Revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Fiscal 2024 (Prior-Year Column on the Fiscal-2025 Filing) | $10,608,269 | - |
| Fiscal 2025 | $14,762,286 | +39.2% |
This table grows to a 10-year view (revenue, expenses, net assets and top pay) as earlier filings for this organization are added to the record. Missing years are absent, never filled in.
Filings on Record
| Tax Period | Form | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025 | Form 990 | In Force - Filed May 5, 2026 | Original Filing at the IRS |
If an amended return is filed, the newest amended return supersedes the earlier one and the table marks which filing is in force.