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← TOGETHER WISCONSIN INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TOGETHER WISCONSIN INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,012,055
Total expenses
$888,206
Contributions and grants received
$1,012,000
Grants paid
$652,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$55
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,682,210
Total liabilities, end of year
$25,380
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,656,830
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$852,216
Management and general expenses
$26,970
Fundraising expenses
$9,020
Program service expenses (Part III)
$852,216

Program services were 95.9% 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

    $1,012,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $55 · excluded $55

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $652,000 · program services $652,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $48,202 · program services $43,382 · fundraising $4,820

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $21,000 · program services $2,100 · management and general $14,700 · fundraising $4,200

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,134 · management and general $3,134

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,319 · management and general $1,319

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $129,500 · program services $129,500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,766 · program services $234 · management and general $1,532

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,866 · management and general $2,866

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,160 · management and general $2,160

  • 24a · Other expenses: STATE LEADERSHIP PROJEC

    total $25,000 · program services $25,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES AND FEES

    total $669 · management and general $669

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOOKS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $590 · management and general $590

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,770,018 · end of year $1,305,210

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $11,000 · end of year $377,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $249,537 · end of year $25,380

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $231,481 · end of year -$140,720

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,300,000 · end of year $1,797,550

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TOGETHER WISCONSIN INC. CONDUCTS RESEARCH, SPONSORS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS, AND DISSEMINATES INFORMATION TO PROMOTE THE GENERAL PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING OF WAYS TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE WI'S COMMON GOOD, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND SOCIAL WELFARE. WORKING WITH ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS, RESEARCH AND ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ON ISSUES OF PRESSING PUBLIC CONCERN INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, THE RIGHT OF ALL CITIZENS TO VOTE, FREELY IN LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, VOTER AND WORKER RIGHTS, RACIAL JUSTICE AND IMMIGRATION POLICY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RESEARCH, SPONSOR ACTIVITIES, AND SPREAD INFORMATION TO IMPROVE WI AND ADDRESS PUBLIC CONCERNS.

  • RELATIONAL ORGANIZER: IN COMMUNITIES AND THROUGH PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, ADVANCE THE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND CAPACITY OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, YOUNG PEOPLE AND WOMEN TO CIVICALLY ENGAGE. GET OUT THE COUNT CENSUS PROJECT: ENSURE AN ACCURATE AND INCLUSIVE US CENSUS THROUGH COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION. THIS PROGRAM WAS FUNDED THROUGH GRANTS PAID IN 2019, HOWEVER PROGRAM ACTIVITIES CONTINUE IN 2020-2023. WITH COVID-19 THREATENING TO DISRUPT TRADITIONAL VOTING METHODS, TOGETHER WISCONSIN, INC. ENGAGED BADGER STATE RESEARCH (BSR) TO CONDUCT POLLING RESEARCH THAT FOUND MANY VOTERS PLANNED TO VOTE ABSENTEE BUT THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HURDLES IN CASTING THEIR BALLOT. BSR FOLLOWED UP ON THOSE FINDINGS WITH FOCUS GROUPS FROM SPECIFIC CONSTITUENCIES INCLUDING: AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINO, HMONG, NATIVE AMERICAN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. A COMPREHENSIVE DIGITAL VOTER OUTREACH PROGRAM FOCUSED ON ABSENTEE, EARLY AND IN-PERSON ELECTION DAY VOTING AND ALSO ADDRESSING OF MISCONCEPTIONS IN THE PROCESS WAS A RESULT OF THE RESEARCH. THE CAMPUS VOTE PROJECT INCLUDES TRAINING ON WISCONSIN'S VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTION.

    Expenses $852,216 · Grants $652,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Martha Love

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phillip Bailey

    TREASURER/SECREATARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Max Duckworth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Couto

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $48,202
    From this org
    $48,202
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423119349300722

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