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WMC ISSUES MOBILIZATION COUNCIL

EIN 39-1743887 MADISON, WI

Largest nonprofits in Wisconsin

Revenue 2025
$5,495,200
Expenses 2025
$5,758,970

Program services were 98.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
Classification
1000
Street
2 BUTTONWOOD CT

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF WISCONSIN BY PROMOTING, DEVELOPING, DEFINING AND ENCOURAGING DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION ABOUT WISCONSIN'S ECONOMIC CLIMATE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF JOB CREATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF WISCONSIN; TO FOSTER, ENCOURAGE AND COORDINATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC POLICIES THAT WILL LEAD TO GREATER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND A HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR WISCONSIN CITIZENS; TO ENGAGE IN OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT FACILITATE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PROMOTE THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

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 EDUCATED THE PUBLIC ABOUT JOBS, THE ECONOMY, REGULATIONS, TAXES, AND WHICH POLITICIANS ARE PRO-BUSINESS AND WHICH ARE NOT. WMC ISSUE MOBILIZATION COUNCIL, INC. GIVES THE INFORMATION TO WISCONSIN RESIDENTS, AND LETS THE PEOPLE DECIDE. THE ISSUE ADVOCACY PROGRAM DOES NOT ENGAGE IN ELECTION ADVOCACY, BUT INSTEAD EDUCATES WISCONSIN RESIDENTS ABOUT THE PUBLIC POLICY CHOICES CONFRONTING OUR FAMILIES.

    Expenses $5,653,385 · Grants $58,900

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Kurt Bauer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $678,211
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $620,025
    Other
    $58,186
    Hours/week
    1.9 + 33.4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $440,284 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $148,303 related
    Other
    $0 + $31,438 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $34,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,186 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $678,211 related

  • Scott Manley

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $341,012
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $292,479
    Other
    $48,533
    Hours/week
    3.3 + 34.1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $204,257 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $65,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $23,222 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $24,347 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,186 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $341,012 related

  • Wade Goodsell

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $297,097
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $256,536
    Other
    $40,561
    Hours/week
    2.9 + 20.3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $201,320 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $55,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $216 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,113 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $23,448 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $297,097 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $5,495,200
    Expenses
    $5,758,970
    Contributions
    $5,495,200
    Grants paid
    $58,900
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,272,000
    Expenses
    $4,363,450
    Contributions
    $4,272,000
    Grants paid
    $451,127
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,709,100
    Expenses
    $7,039,080
    Contributions
    $6,709,100
    Grants paid
    $129,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,479,293
    Expenses
    $4,437,483
    Contributions
    $4,479,293
    Grants paid
    $62,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $698,817
    Expenses
    $157,313
    Assets (EOY)
    $555,916

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,153,050
    Expenses
    $3,447,488
    Assets (EOY)
    $59,734

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $502,631
    Expenses
    $255,806
    Assets (EOY)
    $318,316

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,370,173
    Expenses
    $8,994,457
    Assets (EOY)
    $67,268

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $906,129
    Expenses
    $335,183
    Assets (EOY)
    $723,941

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,521,045
    Expenses
    $3,568,133
    Assets (EOY)
    $133,220

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,546,400
    Expenses
    $1,413,245
    Assets (EOY)
    $175,336

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,599,325
    Expenses
    $2,391,061
    Assets (EOY)
    $278,384

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $7,074,224
    Assets (EOY)
    $97,253

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,392,846
    Assets (EOY)
    $368,183

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • WMC JOBS FUND

    $356,000

    2024 SHARED MISSION OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT LOWER TAXES AND A COMPETITIVE BUSINESS CLIMATE

  • HUNTER NATION

    $100,000

    2023 SHARED MISSION OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES

  • WMC JOBS FUND

    $31,900

    2025 SHARED MISSION OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT LOWER TAXES AND A COMPETITIVE BUSINESS CLIMATE

  • WMC JOBS FUND

    $30,000

    2022 SHARED MISSION OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT LOWER TAXES AND A COMPETITIVE BUSINESS CLIMATE

  • PERSUASION PARTNERS INC

    $26,127

    2024 SHARED MISSION OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES

  • JOBS FIRST COALITION

    $22,000

    2024 SHARED MISSION OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES

  • REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

    $12,000

    2024 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

    2024 SHARED MISSION OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES

  • COMMITTEE TO ELECT A REPUBLICAN SENATE

    $12,000

    2022 CONTRIBUTION SHARED MISSION OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES.

  • REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

    $12,000

    2022 CONTRIBUTION SHARED MISSION OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2025 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.