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← WISCONSIN PUBLIC EDUCATION ACTION FUND INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WISCONSIN PUBLIC EDUCATION ACTION FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$129,832
Total expenses
$132,363
Contributions and grants received
$129,832
Grants paid
$21,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$38,287
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$38,287
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$61,822
Management and general expenses
$65,180
Fundraising expenses
$5,361
Program service expenses (Part III)
$61,822

Program services were 46.7% 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

    $129,832

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $21,000 · program services $21,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $92,254 · program services $35,272 · management and general $51,757 · fundraising $5,225

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,673 · management and general $8,673

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,357 · program services $1,153 · management and general $68 · fundraising $136

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,955 · management and general $1,955

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,010 · program services $3,010

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,114 · program services $1,387 · management and general $2,727

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $40,818 · end of year $38,287

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $40,818 · end of year $38,287

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO CHAMPION PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH NON-PARTISAN SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL RESOURCES, LEGISLATIVE MEASURES THAT BENEFIT ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, REFERENDA THAT SERVE COMMUNITIES, AND THE ELECTION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION ADVOCATES AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.

  • WISCONSIN'S PUBLIC EDUCATION DEFENSE FUND PROTECTS WISCONSIN PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS AGAINST ATTACKS ON THE FREEDOM TO TEACH AND LEARN IN SAFE, WELCOMING, JOYFUL, INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS THAT ALLOW ALL STUDENTS TO THRIVE. BUILDING A STRONG PUBLIC EDUCATION DEFENSE FUND IS KEY TO FIGHTING BACK AGAINST INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS POLITICAL AGENDAS THAT THREATEN OUR STUDENTS' RIGHT TO SHINE AND SUCCEED IN EXCELLENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.WISCONSIN'S PUBLIC EDUCATION DEFENSE FUND SUPPORTS NONPARTISAN, NONPROFIT WORK TO: SUPPORT ALL STUDENTS AND PROTECT THEM FROM HATEFUL ATTACKS; STOP HARMFUL AND DIVISIVE PRIVATE VOUCHER PROGRAMS; FIGHT BACK AGAINST UNFAIR FUNDING BY HOLDING THE STATE ACCOUNTABLE FOR MEETING ITS CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATION TO OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS; PROTECT PUBLIC EDUCATORS' FREEDOM TO TEACH THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR COMPLICATED HISTORY IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT, AND SUPPORT SCHOOL BOARDS AND DISTRICTS AGAINST ATTACKS ON EQUITY AND RACIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES AND POLICIES THAT PROTECT LGBTQ+ STUDENTS; RECRUIT, ELECT AND SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION CHAMPIONS; EDUCATE VOTERS ON ALL BALLOT QUESTIONS THAT IMPACT OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR PUBLIC SCHOOLS; ORGANIZE COMMUNITIES TO TAKE ACTION AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS AND FUND GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.

    Expenses $61,822 · Grants $21,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Julie Underwood

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Jill Gaskell

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Tom Beebe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Heather Dubois Bourenane

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $114,450
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $104,107
    Other
    $10,343
    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
9 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511299349303261

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