Lad Lake

What Lad Lake does

Lad Lake is a Wisconsin-based non-profit organization headquartered in Dousman that delivers a bundled portfolio of youth and family services, including education, residential treatment, therapy, and shelter care, alongside awareness and prevention programs. Its mission-oriented service mix targets at-risk youth, families in crisis, and referral sources such as county agencies and schools, positioning it within the state's child welfare and behavioral health continuum. The organization has been continuously operating since 1902, indicating an institutional operating history of more than 120 years, and currently employs between 251 and 500 staff, which suggests a multi-program operating footprint rather than a single-site operation.

Operationally, Lad Lake runs co-located programs — residential treatment, therapeutic services, K-12 or alternative education, and short-term shelter — that share facilities, staffing, and back-office infrastructure. There is no public-facing technology platform, no disclosed pricing or fee schedule, and no evidence of commercial productization, consistent with a publicly funded and philanthropy-supported non-profit model. Revenue mechanics therefore rely on a mix of government contracts, county placements, private-pay or insurance reimbursements, and charitable giving, though no specific funding sources, contract values, or donor data are disclosed in available sources. The company is led by Donelle Hauser as President and CEO.

Strategic and competitive data is thin: no recent acquisitions, partnerships, geographic expansions, product launches, leadership changes beyond the current CEO designation, or capital activities are disclosed. The organization's primary website returned a verification page, limiting enrichment. As a result, any assessment of strategic intent, competitive positioning, or growth direction must rely on the durable fundamentals of a long-standing, multi-service Wisconsin non-profit with no observable offensive strategic moves in the available record.

Name

Lad Lake

Website

https://ladlake.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1902

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Lad Lake is a Dousman, Wisconsin-based non-profit founded in 1902 that provides education, residential treatment, therapy, and shelter care services to at-risk youth and families across Wisconsin.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Residential Care and Treatment Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Child Care Services (62441)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health for Children & Adolescents (Youth Services) (HLAFACAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

School-Based Mental & Behavioral Health Services (EDAJAIAB)

Keywords

• Youth residential care
• Residential treatment services
• Therapeutic education
• Shelter care services
• Youth social services

Headquarters

HQ city

Dousman

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Core offering

Lad Lake is a non-profit organization providing education, residential treatment, therapy, and shelter care services to youth and families. The organization also conducts awareness programs as part of its mission to support at-risk children and adolescents in need of structured care and therapeutic intervention.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Boys Town: National nonprofit operating residential family homes, behavioral health clinics, and K–12 schools for at-risk youth. Closest analog in mission and integrated service model, but operates at significantly greater national scale.
• Childhelp: National nonprofit operating residential treatment villages, advocacy, and child abuse prevention programs. Comparable residential-treatment-for-abused-children mission and service model at larger national scale.
• Bethany Christian Services: Large national nonprofit providing foster care, adoption, refugee services, and family preservation. Competes for the same government contracts and donor dollars that fund Lad Lake's residential and family programs.
• Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health: One of the largest U.S. nonprofits providing residential treatment, special education, and behavioral health services for children and adolescents. Comparable service breadth and operating model, with national reach across multiple states.

Regional players

• Starr Commonwealth: Michigan-based nonprofit providing residential treatment, education, and behavioral health services for at-risk youth. Comparable integrated education-and-residential model serving the upper Midwest foster and juvenile justice population.
• SaintA: Milwaukee-based nonprofit delivering foster care, residential treatment, and community-based services for children and families. Operates in the same Wisconsin ecosystem as Lad Lake and competes for the same county and state contracts.
• Rawhide: Wisconsin-based nonprofit offering residential care, mental health services, and equine-assisted therapy for at-risk youth. Direct geographic overlap with Lad Lake and similar youth-residential treatment program mix.

Others

• Children's Home Society of California: Nonprofit providing foster care, adoption, mental health, and wraparound services for children and families. Comparable service mix (adoption, foster care, therapy) but California-focused rather than Midwest.

Direct peers

• Penfield Children's Center: Milwaukee-based nonprofit providing early education, therapy, and family support services for children with developmental delays and challenges. Comparable mix of on-site education, therapy, and family services within a Wisconsin footprint.
• Koinonia Homes: Nonprofit operating group homes and treatment foster care for youth with emotional and behavioral challenges. Comparable residential care model and youth behavioral health focus, though smaller in scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LadLakeInc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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