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← WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$382,248
Total expenses
$528,424
Contributions and grants received
$357,624
Grants paid
$439,698
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$24,324
Other revenue
$300
Total assets, end of year
$618,811
Total liabilities, end of year
$99,445
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$519,366
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$452,110
Management and general expenses
$67,082
Fundraising expenses
$9,232
Program service expenses (Part III)
$452,110

Program services were 85.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $357,624

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $24,324 · excluded $24,324

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $194,118

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $194,118

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $300 · excluded $300

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $300

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $205,422 · program services $205,422

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $234,276 · program services $234,276

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $33,500 · management and general $33,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $550 · management and general $550

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,605 · management and general $2,605

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,785 · management and general $6,785

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,295 · management and general $6,295

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,564 · management and general $4,564

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,887 · program services $12,412 · management and general $2,475

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $912 · management and general $912

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,198 · management and general $2,198

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRIBUTION ENVELOPES

    total $9,232 · fundraising $9,232

  • 24b · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $3,119 · management and general $3,119

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $1,875 · management and general $1,875

  • 24d · Other expenses: DEPOT SERVICE

    total $1,410 · management and general $1,410

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $794 · management and general $794

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $149,693 · end of year $157,107

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,483 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $24,490 · end of year $9,833

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

    $4,561

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

    $2,591

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,882 · end of year $1,970

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $551,956 · end of year $449,901

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,889 · end of year $30,172

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $88,851 · end of year $69,273

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $631,489 · end of year $519,366

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $275 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL YOUTH SERVICES, INC. (WSJYS) IS DEDICATED TO NURTURING THE WELL-BEING AND LITERACY OF CHILDERN AND FAMILIES IN DANE COUNTY AND BEYOND. OUR LONGSTANDING EMPTY STOCKING CLUB IS PART OF A YEAR-ROUND COMMITMENT TO BRIGHTEN FUTURES FOR ALL CHILDREN THROUGH COMPASSION, COLLECTIVE GENEROSITY, AND CREATING SPARKS OF JOY.

  • EMPTY STOCKING CLUB - PROVIDED 10,012 TOYS AT THE HOLIDAYS TO 3,007 FAMILIES IN THE WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL READERSHIP AREA, PRIMARILY DANE COUNTY.

    Expenses $237,313 · Grants $224,901

  • GRANTS - PROVIDED $9,375 IN HELPING HANDS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN DANE COUNTY, AND $205,422 TO OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN DANE COUNTY.

    Expenses $214,797 · Grants $214,797

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kirsten Adshead

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Bauer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $3,500
    From this org
    $3,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Teryl Franklin

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Marquardt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deirdre Steinmetz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Lecker

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Adrians

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lynn Wood

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $30,000
    From this org
    $30,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

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

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 corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
4 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202612449349300121

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