Totals
- Total revenue
- $172,228
- Total expenses
- $155,341
- Contributions and grants received
- $145,252
- Grants paid
- $45,415
- Program service revenue
- $19,831
- Membership dues (line 3)
- $6,430
- Investment income (line 4)
- $715
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $88,490
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $8,525
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $79,965
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $126,387
Program services were 81.4% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2024
Primary exempt purpose
To expand the promise of worker ownership to marginalized communities, and to ensure that cooperative development in those communities is strategic, effective, and adequately resourced. A Wisconsin only version of the Democracy at Work Institute.
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Capacity support: contracting with other cooperative organizations to meet their mission, serving as a fiscal sponsors for cooperatives and solidarity economy projects operating cooperatively
Expenses $109,416 · Grants $45,415
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Outreach including tabling at events, publishing a newsletter, education about and promotion of cooperatives to the general public, and attending/presenting at conferences and trainings
Expenses $9,051
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Educational training: educational programs and trainings, including semi-annual Regional Rendezvous conference, class for trade school students, and trainings for existing cooperatives
Expenses $5,731
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Technical assistance: peer networking, new cooperative development, and focused support for cooperatives
Expenses $2,189
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part IV
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Adam Chern
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Charity Schmidt
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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George Rothdrake
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ole Olson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rebecca Kemble
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Susan Hessel
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Grant Phipps
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Steve Herrick
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 3 July 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202501909349201355
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