Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by GREATER WISCONSIN OPPORTUNITIES FUND INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $325,318
- Total expenses
- $159,054
- Contributions and grants received
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $325,318
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,663,010
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $149,697
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $4,513,313
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $159,054
- Management and general expenses
- $0
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $159,054
Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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2a · Program service revenue: MANAGEMENT FEE INCOME
total $269,484 · related or exempt $269,484
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2b · Program service revenue: AUDIT AND TAX REIMBURS
total $47,004 · related or exempt $47,004
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2c · Program service revenue: PROFESSIONAL FEE REIMB
total $8,736 · related or exempt $8,736
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2d · Program service revenue: INVESTMENT IN CDE
total $94 · related or exempt $94
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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11b · Fees: legal
total $251 · program services $251
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11g · Fees: other
total $123,390 · program services $123,390
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $81 · program services $81
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24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE-CDE FE
total $31,583 · program services $31,583
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24b · Other expenses: LOSS ON UNWIND TRANSACT
total $3,699 · program services $3,699
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24e · All other expenses
total $50 · program services $50
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $4,672,422 · end of year $4,652,989
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $209 · end of year $128
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $105,725 · end of year $9,893
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $431,307 · end of year $149,697
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $4,347,049 · end of year $4,513,313
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION SHALL BE TO ENGAGE IN ALL LAWFUL ACTIVITIES UNDER THE WISCONSIN NONSTOCK CORPORATION LAW, SO LONG AS SUCH ACTIVITIES SUPPORT THE CORPORATION'S MISSION OF PRINCIPALLY LOW-INCOME PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN 66 FR 65807), INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION: (A) TO MAKE QUALIFIED LOW INCOME COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF WISCONSIN (THE "SERVICE AREA"), OR OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH QUALIFY FOR THE NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT ("NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT") UNDER SECTION 45D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"); AND (B) TO ENGAGE IN ALL ACTIVITIES NECESSARY, CUSTOMARY, CONVENIENT OR INCIDENT TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (I) FORMING SUBSIDIARY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES IN WHICH IT SERVES AS MANAGING MEMBER OR SUBSIDIARY LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS IN WHICH IT SERVES AS GENERAL PARTNER, (II) APPLYING ON BEHALF OF SUCH SUBSIDIARIES FOR THEIR CERTIFICATION AS QUALIFIED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENTITIES, AS DEFINED
Activities or mission (Part I)
SERVICING LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES (AS DEFINED IN 26 U.S.C. SECTION 45D) OR LOW-INCOME PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN 66 FR 65807).
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NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT
Expenses $159,054 · Revenue $325,318
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Brett GerberBRETT GERBER
VICE-PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Willie SmithWILLIE SMITH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Terese M CaroTERESE M CARO
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nicole HarrisonNICOLE HARRISON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ryan ZerwerRYAN ZERWER
TREASURER AND SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Stacey WagnerSTACEY WAGNER
ASSISTANT TREASURER/SECRET
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tom PatzmanTOM PATZMAN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Wendy K BaumannWENDY K BAUMANN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Elmer Moore JrELMER MOORE JR
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Gary MejcharGARY MEJCHAR
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, 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. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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501(C)(3) · FINANCING · WI
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WISCONSIN HOUS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOP AUTH
115 · FINANCING · WI
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Related partnerships
Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.
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GWOF 3
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 1 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 2 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 10 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 11 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 12 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 14 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 15 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 16 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · share of income $2 · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 17 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · share of income $17 · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 18 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · share of income $2 · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 19 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · share of income $1 · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 25 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · share of income $3 · share of assets $893 · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 3 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 4 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 6 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 7 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 8 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner
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GWOF SUB CDE 9 LLC
RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner
Related corporations and trusts
Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.
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GWOF SUB CDE 20 LLC
C · LENDING · WI
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GWOF SUB CDE 21 LLC
C · LENDING · WI
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GWOF SUB CDE 22 LLC
C · LENDING · WI
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GWOF SUB CDE 23 LLC
C · LENDING · WI
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GWOF SUB CDE 24 LLC
C · LENDING · WI
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 13 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503189349312640
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