Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$202,572

Total expenses

$159,568

Contributions and grants received

$87,206

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$101,260

Investment income

$1,429

Other revenue

$12,677

Total assets, end of year

$138,118

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$138,118

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$149,636

Management and general expenses

$9,932

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$149,636

Program services were 93.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• ESTHER RECEIVED MONEY FROM THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES AS PART OF A MOBILIZING COMMUNITIES FOR A JUST RESPONSE GRANT. WE USED THIS MONEY FOR EIGHT HOUSING ADVOCATES WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE TO LEAD OUR HOMELESSNESS EFFORTS. THEY ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FORMERLY INCARCERATED, STRUGGLING WITH HOUSING INSECURITY, YOUNG ADULTS, IMMIGRANTS, INDIVIDUALS FROM THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY AND THE FORMERLY EVICTED. THEY ARE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR WORK, WHICH IS COLLABORATING WITH THEIR PEERS ABOUT HOUSING INSECURITY ISSUES AND THEN MEETING REGULARLY AS A TEAM FOR DEBRIEFING AND TRAINING. MEMBERS OF THE TEAM HAVE SPOKEN PUBLICLY ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND HAVE WRITTEN ARTICLES FOR THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER. THEY HAVE ORGANIZED THEMSELVES INTO A HOUSING ADVOCATE TEAM AND HAVE TAKEN ON THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THEM. THEY WANT TO SEE PUBLIC POLICIES THAT DIRECTLY BENEFIT THEM (THEIR SELF-INTERESTS) AND THOSE WHOM THEY CARE ABOUT. OUR HOUSING ADVOCATES IN OSHKOSH ARE VERY ENGAGED IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING. THEY ARE COLLECTING PERSONAL STORIES FROM THOSE IMPACTED BY INACCESSIBLE HOUSING. THEY COLLECT STORIES FROM PEOPLE AT FOOD PANTRIES, HOMELESS SHELTERS, LONG-TERM HOTELS AND THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY. THOSE STORIES WILL BE THE BASIS OF THEIR ORGANIZING WORK AS THEY CONTINUE IN THEIR ADVOCACY WORK. THE GRANT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MAY, 2024. T

  Expenses $69,845 · Revenue $62,711

• HE VOLUNTEERS FOR CIRCLES OF SUPPORT WORK WITH RETURNING CITIZENS FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THEY MEET WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS AND OFFER THEM SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT AS THEY REINTEGRATE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. CIRCLES OF SUPPORT WILL ON OCCASION HELP OUT WITH ACUTE FINANCIAL NEEDS BUT FOR THE MOST PART IS THERE AS A SUPPORT SYSTEM.

  Expenses $4,622 · Revenue $5,450

• ESTHER'S ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE CO-SPONSORED A BLANKET EXERCISE DESIGNED TO HELP PARTICIPANTS UNDERSTAND HOW COLONIZATION OF THE LAND HAS IMPACTED THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE BEFORE COLUMBUS AND OTHER SETTLERS ARRIVED. THEY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES AND AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF MINING.

  Expenses $4,282 · Revenue $1,881

• THE LEAD ORGANIZER, COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR AND ALL EXPENSES EXCEPT THE OFFICE ASSISTANT AND OFFICE SUPPLIES ARE DEDICATED TO PROGRAM SERVICES. THE LEAD ORGANIZER IS NOT "MANAGEMENT", BUT AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN ALL PROGRAMMING.

  Expenses $70,887 · Revenue $31,218

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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.

• WISDOM INC

  501(C)(3) · EDUCATION · WI

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

8 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202403139349301640

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