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← WISCONSINEYE PUBLIC AFFAIRS NETWORK INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WISCONSINEYE PUBLIC AFFAIRS NETWORK INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$856,507
Total expenses
$1,201,419
Contributions and grants received
$856,495
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$12
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$837,148
Total liabilities, end of year
$813,114
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$24,034
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$737,969
Management and general expenses
$354,423
Fundraising expenses
$109,027
Program service expenses (Part III)
$737,969

Program services were 61.4% 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

    $856,495

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $12 · excluded $12

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $277,012 · program services $163,547 · management and general $93,416 · fundraising $20,049

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $362,731 · program services $214,158 · management and general $122,321 · fundraising $26,252

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $17,433 · program services $10,292 · management and general $5,879 · fundraising $1,262

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $55,834 · program services $32,964 · management and general $18,829 · fundraising $4,041

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $41,532 · program services $24,520 · management and general $14,006 · fundraising $3,006

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,028 · management and general $4,028

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $52,650 · fundraising $52,650

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $60,782 · program services $60,782

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,269 · program services $464 · management and general $3,805

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,473 · program services $12,494 · management and general $5,929 · fundraising $1,050

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $35,761 · program services $35,761

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $128,819 · program services $85,020 · management and general $43,799

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,379 · program services $5,505 · management and general $3,617 · fundraising $257

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $72,543 · program services $47,967 · management and general $24,576

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $23,020 · program services $13,495 · management and general $9,525

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $6,902 · program services $5,300 · management and general $1,602

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $29,251 · program services $25,700 · management and general $3,091 · fundraising $460

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $249,317 · end of year $36,475

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $18,021 · end of year $13,032

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,025 · end of year $1,025

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,500 · end of year $2,500

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

    $3,825,747

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

    $3,767,238

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $130,776 · end of year $58,509

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $798,379 · end of year $725,607

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $68,391 · end of year $112,475

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $762,681 · end of year $700,639

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $333,478 · end of year -$11,434

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $35,468 · end of year $35,468

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO KEEP STATE RESIDENTS EDUCATED AND INFORMED, IN A NONPARTISAN MANNER, ON A BROAD RANGE OF WISCONSIN PUBLIC ISSUES AND POLICY MATTERS.

  • WISCONSINEYE PUBLIC AFFAIRS NETWORK, INC. PROVIDES THE PUBLIC WITH UNEDITED, NONPARTISAN ACCESS TO THE ACTIONS OF STATE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY DISCUSSION STATEWIDE AND ALSO PROVIDES ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND OTHERS WHO WOULD INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY A DIRECT 24/7 ACCESS TO ARCHIVED PROGRAMMING.

    Expenses $737,969

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark O'Connell

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brandon Scholz

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jim Riordan

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Todd Streicher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Meyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bob Vanden Burgt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Huebsch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Melissa Kampmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Fields-Bower

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Henkes

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $277,010
    From this org
    $267,814
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,196
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $267,814
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,596
    Filer's total
    $277,010

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

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
31 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533169349308263

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