Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$2,025,439

Total expenses

$1,862,012

Contributions and grants received

$2,017,284

Grants paid

$564,941

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$8,155

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$402,768

Total liabilities, end of year

$18,192

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$384,576

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,388,237

Management and general expenses

$378,085

Fundraising expenses

$95,690

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,388,237

Program services were 74.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• GRANT PROGRAM - THE WHC'S GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMS THAT STRENGTHEN OUR DEMOCRACY THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS THAT BUILD CONNECTIONS AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND BELIEFS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. GRANTS ARE OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SUPPORT LOCALLY INITIATED PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE REFLECTION, DIALOGUE, AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION.FOR THIS TAX YEAR, 42 NEW GRANTS WERE AWARDED. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 210 GRANT RELATED EVENTS FUNDED, WITH A TOTAL AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 70,000 PEOPLE THIS PAST YEAR. IN ADDITION, WITH FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES AS PART OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021, THE WHC PROVIDED GRANT FUNDING TO NONPROFIT HUMANITIES AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING AS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THEIR MISSION, TO HELP THEM "PREVENT, PREPARE FOR, RESPOND TO, AND RECOVER" FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. A TOTAL OF 99 GRANTS WERE AWARDED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS AND SUCCESSFUL GRANT APPLICANTS RECEIVED $278,785 IN GRANT FUNDS THIS TAX YEAR.

  Expenses $740,619 · Grants $554,941

• COMMUNITY POWERED PROJECT PROGRAM- THE COMMUNITY POWERED PROGRAM LAUNCHED AS A PILOT IN FALL OF 2021, BUILDS RESILIENCE AMONG WISCONSIN COMMUNITIES BY HELPING THEM RECOGNIZE, COMMUNICATE, AND ACT UPON THEIR STRENGTHS, CHALLENGES, AND HISTORIES TO ENVISION A VIBRANT FUTURE. RESIDENTS OF FOUR PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCED NEW WAYS TO UNEARTH AND TELL STORIES OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND TOOK CONCRETE STEPS TOWARD MAKING THEIR HOMETOWNS EVEN BETTER PLACES TO LIVE. INITIAL PROGRAMMING INCLUDED HIRING AND TRAINING OF FOUR RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES AND PAIRING THEM WITH LOCAL LIBRARIANS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE HOMETOWN COMMUNITIES OF APPLETON, RACINE, SPOONER, AND THE FOREST COUNTY POTAWATOMI TRIBAL COMMUNITY. WITH THE LIBRARY SERVING AS THE ANCHOR ORGANIZATION, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR LIBRARIAN PARTNERS WERE TRAINED IN HUMANITIES AND DIGITAL MEDIA SKILLS AND WERE SUPPORTED AS THEY COLLABORATED WITH LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, AND CITIZENS TO CREATE LOCALLY MEANINGFUL PROJECTS. 51 EVENTS, INCLUDING HISTORY HARVESTS, STORY CIRCLES, WORKSHOPS AND AN EXHIBITION WERE CARRIED OUT DURING THIS YEAR, WITH MORE THAN 700 PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN OR ATTENDING PROGRAMMING.

  Expenses $366,407

• LOVE WISCONSIN PROJECT - THE LOVE WISCONSIN PROJECT "CELEBRATES OUR STATE, OUR LIVES AND OUR SHARED FUTURE" VIA A DIGITAL STORYTELLING PROJECT FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON FACEBOOK, USING THE FACEBOOK GROUPS PLATFORM. THIS PLATFORM HAS CREATED AN ONLINE COMMUNITY THAT STRIVES TO BRING ABOUT A MORE CONNECTED, COMPASSIONATE, AND ENGAGED WISCONSIN. THIS PAST YEAR, 19 STORIES HAVE BEEN SHARED, ALONG WITH HUNDREDS OF INSTAGRAM POSTS, WITH A MONTHLY REACH OF OVER 50,000 PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK, RESULTING IN NUMEROUS DIGITAL CONVERSATIONS INVOLVING THOUSANDS OF PARTICIPANTS.

  Expenses $186,217

• PODCAST PROJECT - "HUMAN POWERED" IS A PODCAST SERIES ABOUT HOW PEOPLE MAKE PLACES BETTER. IT'S ABOUT WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN PASSIONATE, CREATIVE PEOPLE ENGAGE DEEPLY WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AND FIND WAYS TO STRENGTHEN THE ROOTS OF COMMUNITY LIVES. THREE EPISODES OF THE SECOND SEASON OF THE PODCAST DEBUTED THIS YEAR FOCUSING ON PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. OVER 2,700 PEOPLE LISTENED TO THE WISCONSIN HUMANITIES COUNCIL PODCASTS THIS YEAR, AND AN ADDITIONAL 1,300 PEOPLE VISITED THE PODCAST WEBSITE. THREE MORE EPISODES WILL BE PRODUCED IN THE COMING YEAR.

  Expenses $46,708

• PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP - IN ADDITION TO ITS OWN PROGRAMMING, THE WHC PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT OUTSIDE OF THE GRANT PROGRAM FOR HUMANITIES PROGRAMING BY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. THIS YEAR THE WHC CONTINUED ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO AND "WISCONSIN LIFE" RADIO PROGRAMMING, AIRING RADIO ESSAYS THAT CELEBRATE WHAT MAKES WISCONSIN UNIQUE THROUGH THE DIVERSE STORIES OF ITS PEOPLE, WITH APPROXIMATELY 70,000 RADIO LISTENERS PER WEEK. THE WHC ALSO CONTINUED ITS SUPPORT OF THE WISCONSIN POET LAUREATE COMMISSION AND THE WISCONSIN POET LAUREATE, THE STATE'S AMBASSADOR FOR POETRY. THE WHC IS ONE OF SIX MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE ON THE POET LAUREATE COMMISSION.

  Expenses $33,729

• WILLIAM A. WENNINGER FUND FOR THE PUBLIC HUMANITIES - THESE GRANT FUNDS SUPPORT WHC-FUNDED PROGRAMMING THAT SERVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACROSS WISCONSIN, WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO PROGRAMMING THAT SERVES NORTHERN WISCONSIN.

  Expenses $10,000 · Grants $10,000

• IMMIGRANT JOURNEYS PROJECT - PROGRAMMING INCLUDES A TRAVELLING EXHIBIT TITLED "IMMIGRANT JOURNEYS FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER" SHOWCASING THE STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE IMMIGRATED TO WISCONSIN FROM COLOMBIA, HONDURAS, MEXICO AND URUGUAY, AND A WEBSITE DEDICATED TO THE PROGRAM. IN TAX YEAR 2022, THE EXHIBIT TRAVELED TO 1 LOCATION IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, AND OVER 500 PEOPLE VIEWED THE EXHIBIT.

  Expenses $4,557

As filed on the 2022 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

• UW-MADISON

  $31,999

  GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING; RECOVERY GRANT IN SUPPORT HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING AND ORGANIZATION

• UW-MILWAUKEE

  $18,444

  GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING; RECOVERY GRANT IN SUPPORT HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING AND ORGANIZATION

• BEMBE DRUM & DANCE INC

  $15,000

  RECOVERY GRANT IN SUPPORT HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING AND ORGANIZATION; GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING

• CITY OF LA CROSSE

  $14,700

  RECOVERY GRANT IN SUPPORT HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING AND ORGANIZATION; GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING

• UW-STEVENS POINT

  $14,390

  GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING; RECOVERY GRANT IN SUPPORT HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING AND ORGANIZATION

• ARTS AT LARGE INC

  $10,000

  GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING

• CITY OF VIROQUA

  $10,000

  GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING

• COUNTY OF DOOR

  $10,000

  GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING

• EAU CLAIRE CITY OF

  $10,000

  RECOVERY GRANT IN SUPPORT HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING AND ORGANIZATION

• FEAST OF CRISPIAN INC

  $10,000

  GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

6 February 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202420389349301957

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