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WISCONSIN CREDIT UNION FOUNDATIONINC

EIN 26-0819612 MADISON, WI

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Revenue 2024
$299,368
Expenses 2024
$245,597

Program services were 96.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B82
Classification
1200
Street
1 E MAIN ST STE 101

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

FOUNDATION RESOURCES PROMOTE CREDIT UNION DEVELOPMENT, HELP EDUCATE CREDIT UNION STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS, SUPPORT PROGRAMMING TO ENHANCE FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND SUPPORT THE CREDIT UNION SYSTEM IN TIMES OF NEED.

  • THE FOUNDATION AWARDED GRANTS TOTALING $80,000 TO 12 WISCONSIN CREDIT UNIONS IN NEED OF SUPPORT FOR TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS RELATED EXPENSES AND UPGRADES THAT WILL MEASURABLY ASSIST THE CREDIT UNION IN SERVING ITS MEMBERS.

    Expenses $80,000 · Grants $80,000

  • THE FOUNDATION INVESTED IN THE FINANCIAL COUNSELING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM (FICEP) THAT CREDENTIALED 21 INDIVIDUALS AS CREDIT UNION CERTIFIED FINANCIAL COUNSELORS (CCUFCS), BRINGING THE PROGRAM TOTAL TO NEARLY 300. IN ADDITION, MORE THAN 20 INDIVIDUALS COMPLETED THE RE-CERTIFICATION PROCESS. THE FOUNDATION ENGAGED WITH SYSTEM PARTNERS TO FACILITATE FICEP. THE PROGRAM USED THE CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION'S CERTIFIED CREDIT UNION FINANCIAL COUNSELOR (CCUFC) TEXTBOOK, WHICH INVOLVES SELF-STUDY AND A SERIES OF WEBINARS, AND ENHANCED IT WITH ADDITIONAL PROGRAM CONTENT. THE ADDITIONAL CONTENT OFFERED INSIGHTS TO HELP PARTICIPANTS INTEGRATE COUNSELING ACROSS MULTIPLE TOUCH-POINTS WITH MEMBERS, THEREBY BROADENING THE SCOPE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR EFFORT. PARTICIPANTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK WITH OTHER CCUFC-CERTIFIED INDIVIDUALS TO DISCUSS EXPANDING COUNSELING PROGRAMS IN THEIR CREDIT UNIONS. THE FOUNDATION PROCTORS THE DESIGNATION EXAMINATION FOR STUDENTS WHO EARN THE CCUFC DESIGNATION FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION. FUNDS FROM THE FOUNDATION CUT THE COST OF PARTICIPATION BY MORE THAN HALF.

    Expenses $60,704 · Revenue $28,434

  • THE FOUNDATION AWARDED THE DIFFERENCE GRANTS TO 6 CREDIT UNIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $49,260 TO IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO HELP BUILD FINANCIALLY STRONG, SELF-SUPPORTING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN WISCONSIN.

    Expenses $49,260 · Grants $49,260

  • THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED $22,500 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO CREDIT UNION EMPLOYEES TO FURTHER THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO BETTER SERVE THEIR MEMBERS.

    Expenses $22,500 · Grants $22,500

  • THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED $13,200 TO THE NATIONAL CREDIT UNION FOUNDATION FOR DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE.

    Expenses $13,200 · Grants $13,200

  • THE FOUNDATION AWARDED $12,150 IN INCLUSION GRANTS TO CREDIT UNIONS TO SUPPORT CREDIT UNIONS IN THEIR MISSION TO REACH UNSERVED AND UNREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES IN WISCONSIN THAT STRUGGLE TO BE SERVED BY TRADITIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES.

    Expenses $12,150 · Grants $12,150

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.

  • Lisa Palma

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19
  • Chris Felton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19
  • Shelly Mellenberger

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19
  • Jami Olcott

    SECRETARY (FROM MAY 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19
  • Brett Thompson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $706,948
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $662,164
    Other
    $44,784
    Hours/week
    0.19 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $547,866 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $78,730 related
    Other
    $0 + $35,568 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $44,784 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $706,948 related
  • Chris Moczynski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19 + 0.3 related
  • Brandon Riechers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19 + 0.3 related
  • Lora Benrud

    VICE CHAIR (THRU MAY 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.19 + 0.3 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $299,368
    Expenses
    $245,597
    Contributions
    $268,802
    Grants paid
    $177,110
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $210,489
    Expenses
    $214,137
    Contributions
    $187,740
    Grants paid
    $149,525
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $210,489
    Expenses
    $214,137
    Contributions
    $187,740
    Grants paid
    $149,525
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $210,253
    Expenses
    $176,882
    Contributions
    $204,172
    Grants paid
    $113,928

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
    $188,905
    Expenses
    $147,851
    Assets (EOY)
    $779,314
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $158,740
    Expenses
    $111,970
    Assets (EOY)
    $748,381
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $135,977
    Expenses
    $112,678
    Assets (EOY)
    $682,836
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $132,238
    Expenses
    $87,309
    Assets (EOY)
    $671,325
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $127,340
    Expenses
    $87,825
    Assets (EOY)
    $611,147
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $144,597
    Expenses
    $79,926
    Assets (EOY)
    $567,817
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $102,985
    Expenses
    $64,252
    Assets (EOY)
    $505,299
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $95,538
    Expenses
    $86,409
    Assets (EOY)
    $462,037
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $95,689
    Expenses
    $120,890
    Assets (EOY)
    $452,336
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $153,517
    Assets (EOY)
    $475,523

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

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 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

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    C · SERVICES TO WISCONSIN CREDIT UNIONS · WI

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.