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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2022

Filed by WISDOM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$114,599
Total expenses
$81,907
Contributions and grants received
$86,806
Grants paid
not reported
Program service revenue
$500
Membership dues (line 3)
$10,220
Investment income (line 4)
$219
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
not reported
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$13,780
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
not reported
Other revenue (line 8)
$3,074
Total assets, end of year
$212,692
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$212,692
Program service expenses (Part III)
$66,768

Program services were 81.5% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2022

Primary exempt purpose

MOSES IS A COALITION OF FAITH COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS SHARING A PASSION FOR JUSTICE, A COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY, AND A PRACTICE OF HOPE. IT EXISTS TO DEEPEN RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN AND AMONG FAITH COMMUNITIES; AND TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO ACT TOGETHER FOR JUSTICE IN PURSUIT OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE VALUES. MOSES, AS A LOCAL ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE STATE ORGANIZATION WISDOM, INC., IS ORGANIZED TO FURTHER ITS PURPOSE BY: 1. INCREASING THE CAPACITY FOR GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP TO BRING ABOUT SYSTEMIC CHANGE THROUGH ONGOING TRAINING, EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND FUNDRAISING. 2. EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF INFLUENCE OF EACH MEMBER THROUGH CREATION OF A LOCAL FAITH-LED ORGANIZATION. 3. IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL LEADERS AMONG MEMBERS FOR TRAINING ON LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND STATE ISSUE DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED ACTION STRATEGIES. 4. ENGAGING MEMBERS IN LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND STATEWIDE ISSUES CAMPAIGNS.

  • MOSES WORKS ON REFORM OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. OUR WORK INCLUDES PUBLIC EDUCATION AND EDUCATING PUBLIC OFFICIALS FOR BOTH DANE COUNTY AND THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. OUR ISSUES CAN BE BROADLY CATEGORIZED AS: 1) EFFORTS TO DIVERT PEOPLE WHO DO NOT NEED TO GO TO PRISON OR ARE NOT GOING TO BE HELPED BY PRISON SUCH AS MINOR CRIMES, INDIVIDUALS WITH AODA ISSUES OR MENTAL ILLNESS. 2) HUMANE TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INCARCERATED. EXAMPLES WOULD INCLUDE ELIMINATION OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, AND AN EFFECTIVE PAROLE BOARD. 3) SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE RETURNING FROM INCARCERATION TO OUR COMMUNITIES. EXAMPLES WOULD INCLUDE SUPPORT FOR HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT, ELIMINATION OF FEES THAT FORCE PEOPLE INTO POVERTY AND COMMON SENSE RULES OF SUPERVISION.

    Expenses $66,768

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

  • Rachel Kincade-Morgan

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Saundra Brown

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Cindy Lovell

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Pat Watson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Fawn Bilgere

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ann Lacy

    FINANCIAL SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joan Duerst

    RELIGIOUS LEADER CAUCUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marsha Bawldridge

    RELIGIOUS LEADER CAUCUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patricia Lacross

    RELIGIOUS LEADER CAUCUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2022
Filed
4 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202322169349201402

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