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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR LAW & LIBERTY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,604,933
Total expenses
$3,610,660
Contributions and grants received
$3,464,457
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$54,884
Investment income
$126,305
Other revenue
-$40,713
Total assets, end of year
$6,076,165
Total liabilities, end of year
$209,934
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,866,231
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,964,869
Management and general expenses
$324,035
Fundraising expenses
$321,756
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,964,869

Program services were 82.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • JAMES T BARRY III

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL GREBE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTOPHER WOLFE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL H WHITE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD M ESENBERG

    PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSE

    Total calculated
    $460,173
    From this org
    $425,249
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,924
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $425,249
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $33,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,924
    Filer's total
    $460,173

  • STACY A STUECK

    TREASURER & DIRECTOR OF AD

    Total calculated
    $146,628
    From this org
    $114,881
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,747
    Hours/week
    40

  • DAN LENNINGTON

    DEPUTY COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $201,167
    From this org
    $153,272
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,895
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,272
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,895
    Filer's total
    $201,167

  • LUKE BERG

    DEPUTY COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $206,707
    From this org
    $161,797
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,910
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,797
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,110
    Filer's total
    $206,707

  • LUCAS VEBBER

    DEPUTY COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $196,462
    From this org
    $152,797
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,665
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,797
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,065
    Filer's total
    $196,462

  • KYLE KOENEN

    DIRECTOR OF POLICY

    Total calculated
    $152,611
    From this org
    $123,359
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,252
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,359
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,552
    Filer's total
    $152,611

  • LESLIE LUEHRS

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $159,530
    From this org
    $125,567
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,963
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,567
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,363
    Filer's total
    $159,530

  • WILLIAM FLANDERS

    DEPUTY COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $129,795
    From this org
    $108,061
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,734
    Hours/week
    40

  • PATRICK GARRETT

    DEPUTY COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $135,374
    From this org
    $115,457
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,917
    Hours/week
    40

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 · 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

FORM 990 PART I, LINE 3:
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND KEY PERSONNEL IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD. COMPARATIVE DATA IS USED TO REVIEW COMPENSATION LEVELS FOR ALL STAFF.

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
2023
Filed
28 March 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202431019349300813

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