Advocap Inc.

Advocap Inc., a Wisconsin-based nonprofit headquartered in Fond du Lac, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering homelessness interventions, microenterprise development, senior volunteer engagement, workforce training, and community economic development services across east central Wisconsin. The organization holds 128 prime federal grants and receives 67 sub-awards across 195 recent awards in the source data, with 64 percent of work flowing through prime grant positions and 36 percent as a sub-recipient under state and local grantees.

Customer concentration centers on HUD's Continuum of Care Program, which dominates Advocap's footprint. The top five funding agencies account for 67 percent of recent awards, led by HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (63 awards addressing homelessness across Fond du Lac, Green Lake, and Winnebago counties), the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (26 awards), USDA Rural Business Cooperative Services (20 awards), the Small Business Administration Office of Capital Access (14 awards), and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (13 awards). Combined dollars obligated across all 202 awards total $114.7 million. HUD's Continuum of Care Program alone represents 62 awards funding permanent housing, permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services only, and homeless management information systems across the three-county region.

Representative prime grant work includes a $125,128 HUD Continuum of Care award (September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027) for eligible costs to establish and operate housing and supportive services projects; a $291,020 AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program award from the Corporation for National and Community Service (July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029, CFDA 94.011) engaging volunteers ages 55 and older to provide tutoring and mentoring to children with special needs; a $345,145 AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program award (June 23, 2026, through March 31, 2029, CFDA 94.002) supporting senior volunteer activities across east central Wisconsin; a $704,000 HHS Administration for Children and Families Community Services Block Grant award (September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2029, CFDA 93.570) for construction of a childcare incubator facility in Oshkosh generating 112 new childcare slots and supporting 16 low-income childcare entrepreneurs; a $600,000 SBA Congressional Grants Program award (July 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025, CFDA 59.059) for business counseling, technical assistance, and workforce training; and multiple $224,000–$225,000 SBA Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs (PRIME) awards (CFDA 59.050) providing training and capacity building for disadvantaged microentrepreneurs.

Sub-recipient activity flows largely through Wisconsin state agencies. Named sub-award prime grantees include the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (multiple National School Lunch Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program sub-awards), the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (Community Services Block Grant contracts), the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (The Emergency Food Assistance Program distributions), and the Wisconsin Department of Administration (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and Broadband Infrastructure and Loan Program awards). Activity has grown year over year—12 awards in 2022 to 31 in 2025—with only three awards completing ultimate performance in the next twenty-four months, indicating limited recompete exposure in that window. Advocap's grant footprint spans 17 distinct federal agencies, with secondary funders including the Department of the Interior, the Department of Labor, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Corporation for National and Community Service, positioning the organization as a high-volume recipient in social services, housing, workforce development, and microenterprise support rather than as a contractor for federal IT, logistics, or defense work.