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← WISDOM INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WISDOM INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,225,637
Total expenses
$3,817,741
Contributions and grants received
$2,221,861
Grants paid
$379,606
Program service revenue
$1,997,093
Investment income
$2,564
Other revenue
$4,119
Total assets, end of year
$1,507,924
Total liabilities, end of year
$400,981
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,106,943
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,804,809
Management and general expenses
$708,266
Fundraising expenses
$304,666
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,804,809

Program services were 73.5% 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

    $2,221,861

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STAFFING FEES

    total $1,757,925 · related or exempt $1,757,925

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PASS THROUGH INCOME

    total $107,968 · related or exempt $107,968

  • 2c · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES AND AS

    total $104,037 · related or exempt $104,037

  • 2d · Program service revenue: EVENTS ACTION AND TRAI

    total $19,453 · related or exempt $19,453

  • 2e · Program service revenue: DATABASE FEES

    total $7,710 · related or exempt $7,710

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,564 · excluded $2,564

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $4,119 · related or exempt $4,119

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,119

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $379,606 · program services $379,606

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $90,669 · program services $63,468 · management and general $18,134 · fundraising $9,067

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,036,548 · program services $1,425,583 · management and general $407,310 · fundraising $203,655

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $254,513 · program services $178,159 · management and general $50,904 · fundraising $25,450

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $236,758 · program services $165,731 · management and general $47,351 · fundraising $23,676

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $70 · management and general $70

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $48,148 · management and general $48,148

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $77,369 · program services $7,765 · management and general $69,604

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $102,391 · program services $60,494 · management and general $25,366 · fundraising $16,531

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,192 · program services $5,397 · management and general $5,396 · fundraising $5,399

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $47,909 · program services $33,536 · management and general $9,581 · fundraising $4,792

  • 17 · Travel

    total $150,713 · program services $120,569 · management and general $15,074 · fundraising $15,070

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $22,862 · program services $22,862

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,328 · management and general $2,328

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,265 · program services $7,186 · management and general $2,053 · fundraising $1,026

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAINING EXPENSE

    total $175,095 · program services $175,095

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $80,626 · program services $80,626

  • 24c · Other expenses: AFFILIATION FEES

    total $70,300 · program services $70,300

  • 24d · Other expenses: EVENTS AND ACTION EXPEN

    total $8,432 · program services $8,432

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,947 · management and general $6,947

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $180,499 · end of year $159,259

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $48,703 · end of year $28,858

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $429,488 · end of year $934,804

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $25,736 · end of year $66,020

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $282,501 · end of year $282,501

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $47,116 · end of year $36,482

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $130,172 · end of year $220,851

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $184,824 · end of year $180,130

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $555,639 · end of year $963,535

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $143,408 · end of year $143,408

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WISDOM WORKS WITH CONGREGATION-BASED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE UNDERSTANDING AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS BOUNDARIES, TO TRAIN LEADERS, AND TO ORGANIZE PEOPLE TO ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE THAT IS IN ACCORD WITH THEIR VALUES.

  • WISDOM AND ITS AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONS RETOOLED QUICKLY IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. INTENTIONAL VOTER ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN PROJECTS AROUND THE STATE CHANGED THE GET OUT THE VOTE OUTREACH TO VIRTUAL FORMATS AND PHONEBANK PROJECTS. LEADERSHIP TRAINING WORKSHOPS ALSO WENT VIRTUAL, INCLUDING THE SIGNATURE FIVEWEEK LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE OF WHICH THERE WERE FIVE SEPARATE SESSIONS. THIS ALLOWED FOR VERY DIVERSE PARTICIPATION AS SESSIONS WERE OPEN TO PEOPLE AROUND THE STATE. WE INITIATED THE WISDOM SCHOOL OF DEMOCRACY, A SERIES OF TUESDAY NIGHT SESSIONS FOR VOTER EDUCATION, AS WELL AS A SERIES OF SATURDAY MORNING WORKSHOPS FOCUSING ON VARIOUS WISDOM ISSUE CAMPAIGNS. WE CONTINUED TO HOLD BOARD, CORE TEAM AND TASK FORCE MEETINGS, BY ZOOM. WISDOM LEADERS CONTINUED TO LEAD PUBLIC ACTIONS MASKED AND DISTANCED FOR EXAMPLE AGAINST RACISM IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN BURLINGTON, AROUND THE STATE FOR RACIAL EQUITY, AND AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION AND 9 WISCONSIN PRISONS CALLING FOR PROTECTION FOR THOSE IN PRISON AGAINST COVID.

    Expenses $2,804,809 · Grants $379,606 · Revenue $2,001,212

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rev Marian Boyle-Rohloff

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sue Spicer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachael Kincaid

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Talib Akbar

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Dr Richard Shaw

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Monica Cummins

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bernie Gonzalez

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Betty Groenewold

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Wagner

    FINANCIAL SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Crevier

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Warner

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Saundra Brown

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bruce Chopp

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ivy Summers

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Walter Herman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Kolasinski

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pastor Jen Barnet

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Liners

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $90,669
    From this org
    $87,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,627
    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.

Grants on this return

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
20 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543249349301304

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