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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HUMOROLOGY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$560,545
Total expenses
$574,714
Contributions and grants received
$538,540
Grants paid
$501,000
Program service revenue
$21,988
Investment income
$17
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$11,257
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,257
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$552,862
Management and general expenses
$21,852
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$552,862

Program services were 96.2% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $12,214

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $526,326

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TICKET SALES

    total $21,988 · related or exempt $21,988

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17 · excluded $17

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $501,000 · program services $501,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,550 · management and general $17,550

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $24,705 · program services $24,705

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29 · management and general $29

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $27,157 · program services $27,157

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $4,273 · management and general $4,273

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $19,887 · end of year $2,550

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,539 · end of year $8,707

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $25,426 · end of year $11,257

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PHILANTHROPIC SERVICE THROUGH CREATIVITY AND DEDICATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO RAISE MONEY FOR A LOCAL CHARITY IN NEED. WE ARE DEDICATED TO SIX CORE VALUES: CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY, EXCELLENCE, INTEGRITY, LEADERSHIP, AND LOCAL PHILANTHROPY.

  • HUMOROLOGY, OR "HUMO" FOR SHORT, IS AN ANNUAL MUSICAL/VARIETY SHOW THAT TAKES PLACE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON IN APRIL OF EACH YEAR. HUMOROLOGY HAS BEEN A UW - MADISON TRADITION SINCE 1948, TOUCHING THE LIVES OF STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT ARE MADE, AND FUNDS THAT ARE RAISED. EACH YEAR, OVER 600 STUDENTS SPEND THE COURSE OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR ON A TEAM (CAST), WRITING, COMPOSING, CHOREOGRAPHING, AND DIRECTING ORIGINAL MINI-MUSICAL COMEDIES. THIS YEAR, NINE CASTS WILL COMPETE FOR SIX SPOTS IN THE FINAL SHOW. THE CASTS ALSO COMPETE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER TO RAISE THE MOST MONEY FOR THE PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS HUMOROLOGY CHOOSES TO DONATE TO THAT YEAR.THIS COMPETITIVE SPIRIT HAS ALLOWED HUMOROLOGY TO DONATE $185,000 TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DANE COUNTY AND THE DANE COUNTY CHAPTER OF UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY, $195,000 TO THE RAINBOW PROJECT, $234,500 TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE, OVER $400,000 TO THE BADGER CHILDHOOD CANCER NETWORK, OVER $335,000 FOR BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK, OVER $145,000 FOR BIG BROTHER BIG SISTERS OF DANE COUNTY, OVER $449,000 FOR RISE, AND OVER $536,000 FOR CANOPY CENTER. THIS PAST YEAR, WE RAISED OVER $501,000 FOR LOGAN'S HEART AND SMILES.

    Expenses $552,862 · Grants $501,000 · Revenue $21,988

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tatiana Vidakovich

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Rodney McCullum Jr

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Olivia Ross

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Charles Feeney

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Shaylin Vogt

    PHILANTHROPY CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Justin Galler

    OUTREACH CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Aaron Speed

    PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Julia Dallenbach

    DANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Emily Ebenhoeh

    MUSIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Taylor Wild

    FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202532249349301528

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