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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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MANAGEMENT FEE INCOME

    total $269,484 · related or exempt $269,484

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUDIT AND TAX REIMBURS

    total $47,004 · related or exempt $47,004

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROFESSIONAL FEE REIMB

    total $8,736 · related or exempt $8,736

  • 2d · Program service revenue: INVESTMENT IN CDE

    total $94 · related or exempt $94

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $251 · program services $251

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $123,390 · program services $123,390

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $81 · program services $81

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE-CDE FE

    total $31,583 · program services $31,583

  • 24b · Other expenses: LOSS ON UNWIND TRANSACT

    total $3,699 · program services $3,699

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $50 · program services $50

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,672,422 · end of year $4,652,989

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $209 · end of year $128

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $105,725 · end of year $9,893

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $431,307 · end of year $149,697

  • 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).

  • 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

  • Brett Gerber

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Willie Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Terese M Caro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicole Harrison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Zerwer

    TREASURER AND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacey Wagner

    ASSISTANT TREASURER/SECRET

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Patzman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wendy K Baumann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elmer Moore Jr

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary 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.

  • WHEDA FOUNDATION INC

    501(C)(3) · FINANCING · WI

  • 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.

  • GWOF 3

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 1 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 2 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 10 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 11 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 12 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 14 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 15 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 16 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · share of income $2 · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 17 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · share of income $17 · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 18 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · share of income $2 · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 19 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · share of income $1 · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 25 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · share of income $3 · share of assets $893 · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 3 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 4 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 6 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 7 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner

  • GWOF SUB CDE 8 LLC

    RELATED · LENDING · WI · 0.01% owned · general or managing partner

  • 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.

  • GWOF SUB CDE 20 LLC

    C · LENDING · WI

  • GWOF SUB CDE 21 LLC

    C · LENDING · WI

  • GWOF SUB CDE 22 LLC

    C · LENDING · WI

  • GWOF SUB CDE 23 LLC

    C · LENDING · WI

  • 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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