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WISCONSIN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ARTS & LETTERS

EIN 39-1054856 MADISON, WI

Revenue 2024
$1,033,018
Expenses 2024
$1,037,452

Program services were 63.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A70Z
Classification
2000
Street
1922 UNIVERSITY AVE

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

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists 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 · 2024

Mission

TO CULTIVATE CIVIL DISCOURSE, INCREASE UNDERSTANDING, AND CREATE COMMON GROUND BY CONNECTING WISCONSIN PEOPLE AND IDEAS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENCOURAGE INVESTIGATION & DISSEMINATE CORRECT VIEWS OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE & THE ARTS.

  • WISCONSIN INITIATIVES-PROVIDES CONFERENCES, BLOGS, VIDEOS, AND OTHER RESOURCES TO BRING WISCONSIN CITIZENS TOGETHER WITH A DIVERSE ARRAY OF EXPERTS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO STATEWIDE PROBLEMS, SUCH AS CLIMATE, ENERGY, AND WATER.

    Expenses $219,361 · Revenue $164,642

  • ACADEMY EVENTS AND FELLOWS-PROVIDES PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AROUND WISCONSIN THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO MEET LEADING WISCONSIN THINKERS AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE ACROSS DISCIPLINES IN THE EFFORT TO CREATE A BRIGHTER WISCONSIN.

    Expenses $172,958 · Revenue $118,978

  • WISCONSIN ARTS-PROVIDES VARIOUS EXHIBITS AND CURATED SHOWS AT THE JAMES WATROUS GALLERY LOCATED IN THE OVERTURE CENTER THAT SHOWCASES CONTEMPORARY ART FROM WISCONSIN ARTISTS.

    Expenses $116,822 · Revenue $1,000

  • WISCONSIN READ AND WRITES-PROVIDES A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE ENTITLED WISCONSIN PEOPLE AND IDEAS THAT HIGHLIGHTS CURRENT AND HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE SCIENCES, ARTS AND LETTERS.

    Expenses $114,551 · Revenue $3,126

  • PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT-PROVIDES STRUCTURE NECESSARY TO RESEARCH AND STRATEGICALLY PLAN FOR FUTURE PROGRAM ENDEAVORS.

    Expenses $32,015 · Revenue $28,058

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.

  • Roberta Filicky-Peneski

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Frank Byrne

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kim Blaeser

    VICE PRESIDENT OF LETTERS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Mathieu

    VICE PRESIDENT OF SCIENCES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Horst

    VICE PRESIDENT OF ARTS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Still

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Kollath

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Tom Luljak

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT (THRU DECEMBER)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mark Bradley

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Bj Hollars

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Morgan

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Ackerman

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Donkle

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ruben Anthony

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jay Handy

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Rusinow

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brent Smith

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angela Trudell Vasquez

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Kvalo

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Savino

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Honold

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nyra Jordan

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Toni Sikes

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Reilly

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andy Richards

    COUNCILOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,033,018
    Expenses
    $1,037,452
    Contributions
    $691,731
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $797,956
    Expenses
    $927,489
    Contributions
    $694,350
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $961,124
    Expenses
    $968,410
    Contributions
    $692,119
    Grants paid
    $0

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $792,015
    Expenses
    $832,555
    Assets (EOY)
    $712,983
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $911,298
    Expenses
    $629,251
    Assets (EOY)
    $728,418
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,006,659
    Expenses
    $939,866
    Assets (EOY)
    $428,225
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $778,945
    Expenses
    $766,035
    Assets (EOY)
    $339,267
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $738,066
    Expenses
    $732,234
    Assets (EOY)
    $321,447

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

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

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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.