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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WISCONSIN 4-H FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,182,622
Total expenses
$1,317,964
Contributions and grants received
$1,186,674
Grants paid
$961,765
Program service revenue
$8,937
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$12,989
Total assets, end of year
$4,917,955
Total liabilities, end of year
$605,195
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,312,760
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,110,858
Management and general expenses
$132,109
Fundraising expenses
$74,997
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,110,858

Program services were 84.3% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $129,559

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $26,748

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,030,367

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,575

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMINISTRATIVE FEES

    total $8,937 · related or exempt $8,937

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $129,559

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $18,039

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$18,039 · excluded -$18,039

  • 11a · Other revenue: LICENSE PLATE SALES

    total $4,050 · excluded $4,050

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $1,000 · excluded $1,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,050

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $932,815 · program services $932,815

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $28,950 · program services $28,950

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $122,646 · program services $73,588 · management and general $24,529 · fundraising $24,529

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $62,615 · program services $32,786 · management and general $24,222 · fundraising $5,607

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,063 · program services $10,343 · management and general $4,790 · fundraising $2,930

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $13,699 · program services $7,844 · management and general $3,633 · fundraising $2,222

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,003 · management and general $7,003

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,800 · management and general $44,800

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,313 · fundraising $4,313

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $368 · management and general $368

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,147 · program services $7,683 · management and general $15,182 · fundraising $1,282

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,469 · program services $13,100 · management and general $4,658 · fundraising $3,711

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,488 · program services $1,518 · management and general $540 · fundraising $430

  • 17 · Travel

    total $29,101 · fundraising $29,101

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,566 · management and general $1,566

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,706 · program services $1,041 · management and general $370 · fundraising $295

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,950 · program services $1,190 · management and general $423 · fundraising $337

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $265 · management and general $25 · fundraising $240

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $86,701 · end of year $55,453

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $21,615

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,533 · end of year $2,963

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $34,976 · end of year $34,490

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $5,118

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $4,549

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,275 · end of year $569

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,692,077 · end of year $4,802,865

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $23,433 · end of year $29,780

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $226,400 · end of year $72,101

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $671,047 · end of year $503,314

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,828,920 · end of year $4,160,776

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $70,762 · end of year $151,984

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE WISCONSIN 4-H FOUNDATION GENERATES RESOURCES TO INVEST IN THE POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF 4-H YOUTH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FURTHER THE NEEDS, DEVELOP THE ACTIVITIES AND AUGMENT AND ADVANCE THE PROGRAMS AND INTERESTS OF 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.

  • THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES RESOURCES TO WISCONSIN 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THROUGH GRANTS, SUPPORTING WORK OF STATE AND COUNTY LEVEL UW-EXTENSION 4-H PROGRAMS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, ADMINISTRATION OF COUNTY LIVESTOCK AUCTIONS, AND WISCONSIN 4-H MISSION-FOCUSED ENDOWMENTS MANAGED BY THE FOUNDATION.THE WISCONSIN 4-H FOUNDATION ANNUALLY PROVIDES MORE THAN $350,000 TO THE WISCONSIN 4-H PROGRAM. THIS SUPPORT HELPS 4-H CREATE CUTTING-EDGE, RELEVANT PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN REAL-WORLD SKILLS THAT WILL PREPARE THEM FOR THE CHALLENGES OF TODAY AND TOMORROW, MOVING COMMUNITIES, THE STATE, OUR COUNTRY AND THE WORLD FORWARD IN WAYS NO OTHER YOUTH ORGANIZATION CAN. THE WISCONSIN 4-H FOUNDATION ALSO ADMINISTERS TWO LIVESTOCK AUCTIONS IN THE WAUSHARA AND WAUPACA COUNTIES.

    Expenses $1,110,858 · Grants $961,765 · Revenue $8,937

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Charles Crave

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian Peter

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Bilz

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deb Ivey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ron Gerrits

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pam Jahnke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Preder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brenda Scheider

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU NOV)

    Total calculated
    $122,646
    From this org
    $119,885
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,761
    Hours/week
    45

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

  • EQUITY COOPERATIVE LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION

    $628,178

    LIVESTOCK AUCTION PROCEEDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF THE SOLD ANIMALS

  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EXTENSION

    $201,990

    SUPPORT 4-H ACTIVITIES

  • SUPPORT 4-H ACTIVITIES

  • LIVESTOCK AUCTION PROCEEDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF THE SOLD ANIMALS

  • WAUPACA COUNTY LARGE MARKET ANIMAL SALE COMMITTEE DBA UW-EXTENSION WAUPACA

    $14,076

    LIVESTOCK AUCTION PROCEEDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF THE SOLD ANIMALS

  • SUPPORT 4-H ACTIVITIES

  • FRIENDS OF ROCK COUNTY FAIR

    $8,000

    SUPPORT 4-H ACTIVITIES

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543219349323609

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