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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CITIZENS FOR A BETTER WISCONSIN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$280,000
Total expenses
$229,300
Contributions and grants received
$280,000
Grants paid
$59,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$100,509
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$100,509
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$227,500
Management and general expenses
$1,800
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$227,500

Program services were 99.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $280,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $59,500 · program services $59,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $60,000 · program services $60,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $300 · management and general $300

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $108,000 · program services $108,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOARD MEMBER INCENTIVE

    total $1,500 · management and general $1,500

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $44,809 · end of year $100,509

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $44,809 · end of year $100,509

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ESTABLISHED IN 2010, CITIZENS FOR A BETTER WISCONSIN, INC. ("CBW") IS A STATE-BASED INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT CONDUCTS PUBLIC EDUCATION AND GRASSROOTS LOBBYING ON THE IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES FACING WISCONSIN. CBW WORKS TO ADVANCE BETTER PUBLIC POLICIES FOR WISCONSIN. TO ACCOMPLISH ITS SOCIAL WELFARE PURPOSES, CBW WORKS TO ADVANCE PUBLIC POLICIES THAT: PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES, IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND PROMOTE A BETTER WISCONSIN FOR ALL WISCONSIN RESIDENTS. CBW CONDUCTS STATEWIDE PROGRAMS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF BETTER PUBLIC POLICIES. CBW ALSO PROMOTES THE ADOPTION OF BETTER POLICIES BY FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CITIZENS FOR A BETTER WISCONSIN, INC. IS A STATE BASED INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT CONDUCTS GRASSROOTS LOBBYING ON THE IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES FACING WISCONSIN.

  • RESEARCH: CBW CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND PUBLIC OPINION POLLING ON KEY PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES AND IDEAS AFFECTING WISCONSIN RESIDENTS' QUALITY OF LIFE, INCLUDING CLEAN ENERGY, ANTI-GAMING AND GOOD GOVERNMENT REFORMS.

    Expenses $168,000

  • ADVOCACY: CBW SPONSORED LOCAL ADVOCACY PROGRAMS AND MADE GRANTS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES.

    Expenses $59,500 · Grants $59,500

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Wes Rohan

    PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Nathan Pankratz

    TREASURER/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Brad Johnson

    SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202531349349304753

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