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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WMC ISSUES MOBILIZATION COUNCIL.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,272,000
Total expenses
$4,363,450
Contributions and grants received
$4,272,000
Grants paid
$451,127
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$189,262
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$176,262
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,240,159
Management and general expenses
$22,014
Fundraising expenses
$101,277
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,240,159

Program services were 97.2% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $308,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,964,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $451,127 · program services $451,127

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $138,000 · program services $27,158 · management and general $9,565 · fundraising $101,277

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,131 · program services $4,131

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,280 · management and general $6,280

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $327,744 · program services $327,744

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,418,231 · program services $3,418,231

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,694 · program services $10,176 · management and general $3,518

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,592 · program services $1,592

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,453 · management and general $2,453

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBS

    total $120 · management and general $120

  • 24b · Other expenses: LICENSES AND FEES

    total $78 · management and general $78

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $269,981 · end of year $184,831

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,431 · end of year $1,431

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,700 · end of year $13,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $157,712 · end of year $173,262

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $110,000 · end of year $3,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF WISCONSIN BY PROMOTING, DEVELOPING, AND ENCOURAGING DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION ABOUT WISCONSIN'S ECONOMIC CLIMATE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF JOB CREATION AND TO FOSTER AND COORDINATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC POLICIES THAT WILL LEAD TO GREATER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

EDUCATE AND INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY REGARDING PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE IN WISCONSIN.

  • SUCCESSFULLY EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON ISSUES AFFECTING THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE INCLUDING TAXES, LEGAL CLIMATE, PUBLIC SAFETY, REGULATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $4,240,159 · Grants $451,127

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kurt Bauer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $777,450
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $719,914
    Other
    $57,536
    Hours/week
    7.5 + 33.4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $417,455 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $120,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $182,459 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $33,350 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,186 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $777,450 related

  • Scott Manley

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $327,867
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $280,332
    Other
    $47,535
    Hours/week
    3.8 + 34.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $197,265 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $60,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $23,067 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $23,349 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,186 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $327,867 related

  • Wade Goodsell

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $298,224
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $257,668
    Other
    $40,556
    Hours/week
    3.8 + 16.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $194,452 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $63,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $216 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,108 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,448 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $298,224 related

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

None.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
ANNUALLY WISCONSIN MANUFACTURERS AND COMMERCE (WMC) COLLECTS COMPARABLE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS DATA FROM SEVERAL SOURCES INCLUDING OTHER LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS, AN ORGANIZATION OF PEER ASSOCIATIONS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND OTHER SOURCES AVAILABLE. WMC STAFF PROVIDES INFORMATION TO THE WMC COMPENSATION COMMITTEE CHAIR WHO THEN MAKES COMPENSATION RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CHAIR OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF WMC WHO HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING FINAL DETERMINATIONS. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE PROPOSALS BY THE CHAIR REGARDING COMPENSATION CHANGES AND THE FRINGE BENEFIT PACKAGES FOR THE PRESIDENT/CEO AND OTHER OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES. THE PRESIDENT/CEO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING A RECORD OF THIS PROCESS.

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

  • WMC JOBS FUND

    $356,000

    SHARED MISSION OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT LOWER TAXES AND A COMPETITIVE BUSINESS CLIMATE

  • PERSUASION PARTNERS INC

    $26,127

    SHARED MISSION OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES

  • JOBS FIRST COALITION

    $22,000

    SHARED MISSION OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES

  • REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

    $12,000

    SHARED MISSION OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT LOWER TAXES AND A COMPETITIVE BUSINESS CLIMATE, EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES

  • COMMITTEE TO ELECT A REPUBLICAN (CERS)

    $12,000

    SHARED MISSION OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES

  • FAIR COURTS AMERICA

    $10,000

    SHARED MISSION OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202501929349301505

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