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← WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR LAW & LIBERTY INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR LAW & LIBERTY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,985,573
Total expenses
$4,347,898
Contributions and grants received
$3,485,381
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
not reported
Investment income
not reported
Other revenue
not reported
Total assets, end of year
not reported
Total liabilities, end of year
not reported
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
not reported
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,488,434
Management and general expenses
$362,346
Fundraising expenses
$497,118
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,488,434

Program services were 80.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • JAMES T BARRY III

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL W GREBE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTOPHER WOLFE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL H WHITE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICK ESENBERG

    PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSE

    Total calculated
    $445,145
    From this org
    $408,721
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,424
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $408,721
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,924
    Filer's total
    $445,145

  • MICHAEL M GREBE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STACY A STUECK

    TREASURER & DIRECTOR OF AD

    Total calculated
    $152,101
    From this org
    $119,521
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,580
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,521
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,580
    Filer's total
    $152,101

  • DAN LENNINGTON

    DEPUTY COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $230,957
    From this org
    $179,547
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,410
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,547
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,610
    Filer's total
    $230,957

  • LUKE BERG

    DEPUTY COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $242,119
    From this org
    $194,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,072
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,047
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,072
    Filer's total
    $242,119

  • LUCAS VEBBER

    DEPUTY COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $226,631
    From this org
    $180,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,584
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,047
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,984
    Filer's total
    $226,631

  • KYLE KOENEN

    DIRECTOR OF POLICY

    Total calculated
    $168,763
    From this org
    $138,009
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,754
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,009
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,554
    Filer's total
    $168,763

  • LESLEY LUEHRS

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $172,709
    From this org
    $136,967
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,742
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,967
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,942
    Filer's total
    $172,709

  • WILLIAM FLANDERS

    DEPUTY COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $141,452
    From this org
    $118,062
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,390
    Hours/week
    40

  • PATRICK GARRETT

    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $153,018
    From this org
    $124,861
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,157
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,861
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,650
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,507
    Filer's total
    $153,018

  • CARA TOLLIVER

    DEPUTY COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $142,181
    From this org
    $119,127
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,054
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

FORM 990 PART I, LINE 3:
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND KEY PERSONNEL IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD. COMPARATIVE DATA IS USED TO REVIEW COMPENSATION LEVELS FOR ALL STAFF.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202531049349300943

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