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← THE WISCONSIN INITIATIVE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE WISCONSIN INITIATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,078,000
Total expenses
$2,121,884
Contributions and grants received
$2,078,000
Grants paid
$467,250
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$138,080
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$138,080
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,096,314
Management and general expenses
$22,071
Fundraising expenses
$3,499
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,096,314

Program services were 98.8% 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

    $2,078,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $467,250 · program services $467,250

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $60,000 · program services $48,000 · management and general $12,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $32,145 · program services $25,716 · management and general $6,429

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,519 · management and general $2,519

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $3,499 · fundraising $3,499

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $123,000 · program services $123,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,429,315 · program services $1,429,315

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,123 · management and general $1,123

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $813 · program services $813

  • 17 · Travel

    total $986 · program services $986

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $1,234 · program services $1,234

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $181,964 · end of year $138,080

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $181,964 · end of year $138,080

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE WISCONSIN INITIATIVE SUPPORTS COMMONSENSE POLICIES AND SOLUTIONS TO ISSUES FACING WISCONSIN WORKING FAMILIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT COMMONSENSE POLICIES & SOLUTIONS TO ISSUES FACING WISCONSIN WORKING FAMILIES.

  • BEYOND ADMINISTRATIVE AND OVERHEAD EXPENSES FOR THE ORGANIZATION, THE WISCONSIN INITIATIVE SPONSORED EDUCATIONAL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAMS AROUND ECONOMIC SECURITY ISSUES POPULAR WITH WISCONSINITES, SUCH AS PAID LEAVE, CHILD CARE AND MATERNAL CARE.

    Expenses $1,629,064

  • IN 2024, THE WISCONSIN INITIATIVE PROVIDED SUBGRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE STATE TO GROW ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS, SUPPORT EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE BETTER REPRESENTATIVE IN GOVERNMENT, AND TO RUN PAID COMMUNICATIONS TO EDUCATE WISCONSINITES ABOUT ISSUES IMPACTING THEM RELATED TO ECONOMIC SECURITY AND DEMOCRACY.

    Expenses $467,250 · Grants $467,250

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nicole Safar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Andy Buck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Martha Collins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tricia Zunker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Morgan Grunow

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • THE WISCONSIN INITIATIVE PAC

    527 · POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · WI · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by THE WISCONSIN INITATIVE INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
23 April 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202541139349302054

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