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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by WMC ISSUES MOBILIZATION COUNCIL.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,495,200
Total expenses
$5,758,970
Contributions and grants received
$5,495,200
Grants paid
$58,900
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$9,654
Total liabilities, end of year
$97,162
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$87,508
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,653,385
Management and general expenses
$26,611
Fundraising expenses
$78,974
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,653,385

Program services were 98.2% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $284,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,211,200

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $58,900 · program services $58,900

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $133,000 · program services $43,406 · management and general $10,620 · fundraising $78,974

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,155 · management and general $1,155

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,278 · management and general $6,278

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $278,782 · program services $278,782

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,271,980 · program services $5,271,980

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,533 · management and general $3,533

  • 17 · Travel

    total $317 · program services $317

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,711 · management and general $2,711

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,110 · management and general $2,110

  • 24a · Other expenses: LICENSES AND FEES

    total $204 · management and general $204

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $184,831 · end of year $8,704

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,000 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,431 · end of year $950

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $13,000 · end of year $97,162

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $173,262 · end of year -$87,508

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,000 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF WISCONSIN BY PROMOTING, DEVELOPING, DEFINING AND ENCOURAGING DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION ABOUT WISCONSIN'S ECONOMIC CLIMATE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF JOB CREATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF WISCONSIN; TO FOSTER, ENCOURAGE AND COORDINATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC POLICIES THAT WILL LEAD TO GREATER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND A HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR WISCONSIN CITIZENS; TO ENGAGE IN OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT FACILITATE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PROMOTE THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EDUCATE AND INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY REGARDING PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE IN WISCONSIN.

  • SUCCESSFULLY EDUCATED THE PUBLIC ABOUT JOBS, THE ECONOMY, REGULATIONS, TAXES, AND WHICH POLITICIANS ARE PRO-BUSINESS AND WHICH ARE NOT. WMC ISSUE MOBILIZATION COUNCIL, INC. GIVES THE INFORMATION TO WISCONSIN RESIDENTS, AND LETS THE PEOPLE DECIDE. THE ISSUE ADVOCACY PROGRAM DOES NOT ENGAGE IN ELECTION ADVOCACY, BUT INSTEAD EDUCATES WISCONSIN RESIDENTS ABOUT THE PUBLIC POLICY CHOICES CONFRONTING OUR FAMILIES.

    Expenses $5,653,385 · Grants $58,900

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • KURT BAUER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $678,211
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $620,025
    Other
    $58,186
    Hours/week
    1.9 + 33.4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $440,284 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $148,303 related
    Other
    $0 + $31,438 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $34,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,186 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $678,211 related

  • SCOTT MANLEY

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $341,012
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $292,479
    Other
    $48,533
    Hours/week
    3.3 + 34.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $204,257 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $65,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $23,222 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $24,347 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,186 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $341,012 related

  • WADE GOODSELL

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $297,097
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $256,536
    Other
    $40,561
    Hours/week
    2.9 + 20.3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $201,320 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $55,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $216 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,113 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,448 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $297,097 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. 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

None.

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)

PART I, LINE 3
ANNUALLY WISCONSIN MANUFACTURERS AND COMMERCE (WMC) COLLECTS COMPARABLE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS DATA FROM SEVERAL SOURCES INCLUDING OTHER LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS, AN ORGANIZATION OF PEER ASSOCIATIONS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND OTHER SOURCES AVAILABLE. WMC STAFF PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE WMC COMPENSATION COMMITTEE CHAIR WHO THEN MAKES COMPENSATION RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CHAIR OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF WMC WHO HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING FINAL DETERMINATIONS. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE PROPOSALS BY THE CHAIR REGARDING COMPENSATION CHANGES AND THE FRINGE BENEFIT PACKAGES FOR THE PRESIDENT/CEO AND OTHER OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES. THE PRESIDENT/CEO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING A RECORD OF THIS PROCESS.

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

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
2025
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602119349301655

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