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COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN INC

EIN 39-1711388 JANESVILLE, WI

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Revenue 2024
$15,936,756
Expenses 2024
$7,155,028

Program services were 85.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T31
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 8125

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN, INC. IS A TAX-EXEMPT NOT-FOR-PROFIT PHILANTHROPIC GRANTING ORGANIZATION THAT MATCHES PERSONAL PHILANTHROPY WITH COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS FROM ENDOWED AND NON-ENDOWED FUNDS. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS MEETING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS NATIONWIDE BY THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS NATIONAL STANDARDS BOARD. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS NATIONAL STANDARDS BOARD MEASURES QUALITY, INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN SIX KEY AREAS OF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OPERATIONS: MISSION, STRUCTURE, AND GOVERNANCE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; STEWARDSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY; GRANT MAKING AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP; DONOR RELATIONS; AND COMMUNICATIONS. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS NATIONAL STANDARDS BOARD HAS REACCREDITED THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 2026.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN, INC. IS A TAX-EXEMPT NOT-FOR-PROFIT PHILANTHROPIC GRANTING ORGANIZATION THAT MATCHES PERSONAL PHILANTHROPY WITH COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS FROM ENDOWED AND NON-ENDOWED FUNDS.

  • THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN CURRENTLY HAS 955 COMPONENT FUNDS SUPPORTING A VARIETY OF CHARITABLE INTERESTS INCLUDING THE ARTS, EDUCATION, THE ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. DURING THE YEAR THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN PROVIDED GRANTS TO MORE THAN 289 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THEIR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $4,547,049 · Grants $3,575,990 · Revenue $760,326

  • THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ADMINISTERS A VARIETY OF SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED BY INDIVIDUALS, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, AND BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE AREA. EACH SCHOLARSHIP IS UNIQUE AND SUPPORTS STUDENTS WITH A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS, AGES, EDUCATIONAL GOALS, AND ECONOMIC LEVELS. DURING THE YEAR THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO 471 STUDENTS FOR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.

    Expenses $1,535,888 · Grants $1,207,887 · Revenue $256,820

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Mary Jo Villa

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott Gelzer

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Fred Koster

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ginny Bean

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Todd Schluesche

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elle Swart

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Bauer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin Ogden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jim Cripe

    DIRECTOR (THRU OCT)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Winter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ron Spielman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Nelson

    DIRECTOR (THRU OCT)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kim Markham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Palzkill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tim Middleton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wyatt Jackson

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $154,481
    From this org
    $139,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,898
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,583
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,375
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,523
    Filer's total
    $154,481

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $15,936,756
    Expenses
    $7,155,028
    Contributions
    $7,900,104
    Grants paid
    $4,783,877
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,712,688
    Expenses
    $6,343,362
    Contributions
    $5,215,055
    Grants paid
    $4,021,530
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,816,357
    Expenses
    $5,442,482
    Contributions
    $6,351,677
    Grants paid
    $3,421,653

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
    $12,866,517
    Expenses
    $4,893,247
    Assets (EOY)
    $72,404,533

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,538,341
    Expenses
    $5,033,738
    Assets (EOY)
    $78,555,626

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,413,587
    Expenses
    $5,366,566
    Assets (EOY)
    $61,533,009

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,324,897
    Expenses
    $4,883,976
    Assets (EOY)
    $59,717,890

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,599,396
    Expenses
    $5,236,531
    Assets (EOY)
    $55,887,374

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,112,189
    Expenses
    $5,143,386
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,257,055

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,408,278
    Expenses
    $4,524,811
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,054,801

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,923,914
    Expenses
    $3,993,346
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,123,899

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,367,870
    Expenses
    $3,458,686
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,796,520

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,112,179
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,220,164

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

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

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.