Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by WISCONSINEYE PUBLIC AFFAIRS NETWORK INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,240,639
- Total expenses
- $1,162,550
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,199,222
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $39,093
- Investment income
- $16
- Other revenue
- $2,308
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,200,018
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $831,072
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $368,946
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $706,433
- Management and general expenses
- $392,555
- Fundraising expenses
- $63,562
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $706,433
Program services were 60.8% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,199,222
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2a · Program service revenue: SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $38,143 · related or exempt $38,143
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2b · Program service revenue: BROADCAST SERVICES
total $950 · related or exempt $950
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3 · Investment income
total $16 · excluded $16
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11d · All other revenue
total $2,308 · excluded $2,308
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11e · Other revenue, total
$2,308
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $298,934 · program services $170,314 · management and general $106,017 · fundraising $22,603
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $353,303 · program services $201,290 · management and general $125,298 · fundraising $26,715
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $18,179 · program services $10,357 · management and general $6,447 · fundraising $1,375
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $50,442 · program services $28,739 · management and general $17,889 · fundraising $3,814
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $41,968 · program services $23,911 · management and general $14,884 · fundraising $3,173
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $14,655 · management and general $14,655
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $3,856 · fundraising $3,856
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11g · Fees: other
total $59,607 · program services $59,125 · management and general $482
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $3,529 · program services $142 · management and general $3,387
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13 · Office expenses
total $24,742 · program services $14,024 · management and general $9,354 · fundraising $1,364
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14 · Information technology
total $40,580 · program services $40,580
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16 · Occupancy
total $127,796 · program services $84,345 · management and general $43,451
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17 · Travel
total $6,298 · program services $4,050 · management and general $1,586 · fundraising $662
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20 · Interest
total $174 · management and general $174
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $73,926 · program services $36,963 · management and general $36,963
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23 · Insurance
total $21,555 · program services $12,744 · management and general $8,811
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24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $11,073 · program services $8,484 · management and general $2,589
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24e · All other expenses
total $11,933 · program services $11,365 · management and general $568
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $115,279 · end of year $249,317
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $18,004 · end of year $18,021
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $75 · end of year $1,025
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $2,500 · end of year $2,500
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$3,825,487
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$3,694,711
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $204,517 · end of year $130,776
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $183 · end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $255,921 · end of year $798,379
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $80,393 · end of year $68,391
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $225,229 · end of year $762,681
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $255,389 · end of year $333,478
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $35,468 · end of year $35,468
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
TO KEEP STATE RESIDENTS EDUCATED AND INFORMED, IN A NONPARTISAN MANNER, ON A BROAD RANGE OF WISCONSIN PUBLIC ISSUES AND POLICY MATTERS.
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WISCONSINEYE PUBLIC AFFAIRS NETWORK, INC. PROVIDES THE PUBLIC WITH UNEDITED, NONPARTISAN ACCESS TO THE ACTIONS OF STATE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY DISCUSSION STATEWIDE AND ALSO PROVIDES ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND OTHERS WHO WOULD INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY A DIRECT 24/7 ACCESS TO ARCHIVED PROGRAMMING.
Expenses $706,433 · Revenue $39,093
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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MARK O'CONNELL
CHAIRPERSON
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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BRANDON SCHOLZ
VICE CHAIRPERSON
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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JIM RIORDAN
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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TODD STREICHER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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MARK MEYER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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BOB VANDEN BURGT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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MICHAEL HUEBSCH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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MELISSA KAMPMANN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JAMES FIELDS-BOWER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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JONATHAN HENKES
PRESIDENT AND CEO
- Total calculated
- $298,933
- From this org
- $290,417
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,516
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $290,417
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $1,400
- Nontaxable benefits
- $7,116
- Filer's total
- $298,933
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
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
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
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
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 25 June 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202501789349301405
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