Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,412,074

Total expenses

$1,043,161

Contributions and grants received

$1,399,183

Grants paid

$106,425

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$12,891

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$569,072

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$569,072

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$579,009

Management and general expenses

$336,600

Fundraising expenses

$127,552

Program service expenses (Part III)

$579,009

Program services were 55.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• GRANT PROGRAM - THE WHC'S GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMS THAT STRENGTHEN OUR DEMOCRACY THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS THAT BUILD CONNECTIONS AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND BELIEFS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. GRANTS ARE OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SUPPORT LOCALLY INITIATED PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE REFLECTION, DIALOGUE, AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION. FOR THIS TAX YEAR, 14 NEW GRANTS WERE AWARDED. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 140 GRANT-RELATED EVENTS FUNDED, WITH A TOTAL AUDIENCE REPORTED OF MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE THIS PAST YEAR.

  Expenses $241,575 · Grants $106,425

• COMMUNITY POWERED PROJECT PROGRAM- THE COMMUNITY POWERED PROGRAM, LAUNCHED AS A PILOT IN FALL OF 2021, BUILDS RESILIENCE AMONG WISCONSIN COMMUNITIES BY HELPING THEM RECOGNIZE, COMMUNICATE, AND ACT UPON THEIR STRENGTHS, CHALLENGES, AND HISTORIES TO ENVISION A VIBRANT FUTURE.AS THE PROJECT CONTINUED IN ITS FOURTH YEAR OF PROGRAMMING, 8 FELLOWS WERE HIRED FROM AROUND THE STATE WHO PARTICIPATED IN SIX MONTHS OF TRAINING WORKSHOPS TEACHING THEM SKILLS IN DOCUMENTING LOCAL HISTORY, TELLING COMMUNITY STORIES, AND ACTIVATING COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN LOCAL PROJECTS. THIS TRAINING WAS FOLLOWED BY SIX MONTHS OF MENTORSHIP AS THE WISCONSIN HUMANITIES FELLOWS PUT THEIR TRAINING TO WORK IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, SHARING WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED AND HELPING RESIDENTS WORK TOWARD A MORE VIBRANT FUTURE. AN ADDITIONAL SET OF EIGHT FELLOWS PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING IN THE SPRING OF 2025. DOZENS OF TRAINING WORKSHOPS WERE HELD IN TAX YEAR 2024. ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING UNDER THE COMMUNITY POWERED PROGRAM UMBRELLA INCLUDED THE CONTINUATION OF THE "STAND UP TO HATE" CURRICULUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND A TEACHER GUIDE FOR TEACHERS. 3 SCHOOL EVENTS WERE HELD DURING THIS TAX YEAR, WITH OVER 500 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ATTENDING.

  Expenses $124,969

• LOVE WISCONSIN PROJECT - THE LOVE WISCONSIN PROJECT "CELEBRATES OUR STATE, OUR LIVES AND OUR SHARED FUTURE" VIA A DIGITAL STORYTELLING PROJECT FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON FACEBOOK, USING THE FACEBOOK GROUPS PLATFORM. THIS PLATFORM HAS CREATED AN ONLINE COMMUNITY THAT STRIVES TO BRING ABOUT A MORE CONNECTED, COMPASSIONATE, AND ENGAGED WISCONSIN. THIS PAST YEAR, MANY STORIES HAVE BEEN RE-SHARED, ALONG WITH DOZENS OF INSTAGRAM POSTS, WITH A MONTHLY REACH OF THOUSANDS, RESULTING IN NUMEROUS DIGITAL CONVERSATIONS INVOLVING THOUSANDS OF PARTICIPANTS.

  Expenses $95,204

• PODCAST PROJECT - "HUMAN POWERED" IS A PODCAST SERIES ABOUT HOW PEOPLE MAKE PLACES BETTER. IT'S ABOUT WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN PASSIONATE, CREATIVE PEOPLE ENGAGE DEEPLY WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AND FIND WAYS TO STRENGTHEN THE ROOTS OF COMMUNITY LIVES. THE THIRD SEASON OF THE PODCAST DEBUTED THIS PAST SUMMER, WITH POSTING OF TWO NEW PODCASTS PER MONTH, HIGHLIGHTING RELEVANT AND PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THEIR PASSIONS, SKILLS, AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS TO CREATE HEALTHY CIVIC SPACES FOR ALL TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND MAKE CONNECTIONS. OVER 3,500 PEOPLE LISTENED TO THE WISCONSIN HUMANITIES COUNCIL PODCASTS ON WHC PLATFORMS THIS YEAR, AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE VISITED THE PODCAST WEBSITE.

  Expenses $43,402

• PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP - IN ADDITION TO ITS OWN PROGRAMMING, THE WHC PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT OUTSIDE OF THE GRANT PROGRAM FOR HUMANITIES PROGRAMING BY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. THIS YEAR THE WHC CONTINUED ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO AND "WISCONSIN LIFE" RADIO PROGRAMMING, AIRING RADIO ESSAYS THAT CELEBRATE WHAT MAKES WISCONSIN UNIQUE THROUGH THE DIVERSE STORIES OF ITS PEOPLE, WITH APPROXIMATELY 70,000 RADIO LISTENERS PER WEEK THROUGH THE SPRING OF 2025. THE WHC ALSO CONTINUED ITS SUPPORT OF THE WISCONSIN POET LAUREATE COMMISSION AND THE WISCONSIN POET LAUREATE, THE STATE'S AMBASSADOR FOR POETRY. THE WHC IS ONE OF SIX MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE ON THE POET LAUREATE COMMISSION. FINALLY, AT THE END OF THIS TAX YEAR, THE WHC BEGAN CONDUCTING VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON LISTENING SESSIONS AROUND THE STATE OF WISCONSIN TO HEAR FROM WISCONSINITES ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES, THE STRENGTHS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND THE CHALLENGES THEY ARE FACING.

  Expenses $73,859

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

Listed in Part VII

• JENIFER COLE

  CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• DAVID O'CONNOR

  VICE-CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• JIM O'CONNELL

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• LAURA DAMON-MOORE

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• SUSAN FROST

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• ELOISA GOMEZ

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• JIMMY GUTIERREZ

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• DANIELLE HAIRSTON GREEN

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• ANN HUNTOON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• BRIAN JACKSON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• LARA KARPENKO

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• EVERETT MARSHBURN

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• CHONG MOUA

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• RUTH OLSON

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• KATE RERICHA

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• JOE SALMONS

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• SCOTT SCHULTZ

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• CARRIE VAN HALLGREN

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• DENA WORTZEL

  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

• MICHAEL KEAN

  ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  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

• CAP SERVICES INC

  $10,000

  GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING

• LYNDEN INC

  $10,000

  GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING

• MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART

  $10,000

  GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING

• TRUE SKOOL INC

  $10,000

  GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING

• LUSSIER COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER

  $7,700

  GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING

• MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY

  $7,644

  GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING

• UW-EAU CLAIRE

  $7,436

  GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING

• VILLAGE OF WAUNAKEE

  $5,200

  GRANT IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

5 March 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202630689349300633

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