WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

A340

Classification

2000

Street

821 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

4 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.

• ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS MADISON INC

  EIN 33-1260664

• DAILY CARDINAL MEDIA CORPORATION

  EIN 39-1598186

• FRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN INC

  EIN 23-7300462

• WCIJ INC

  EIN 26-2143608

Mission and programs · 2024

• THE WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION RAISES FUNDS TO SUPPORT WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO (WPR). WPR'S NEWS, MUSIC, CONVERSATION AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS INFORM, INSPIRE AND BUILD COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN ON TWO NETWORKS -WPR NEWS AND WPR MUSIC - AND 39 STATIONS. MORE THAN 300,000 LISTEN ON AIR EACH WEEK AND WPR'S WEBSITE, WPR.ORG, SERVES MORE THAN 10 MILLION PAGEVIEWS EACH YEAR. WPR'S COMMITMENT TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF NEWS AND CULTURAL CONTENT REFLECTS ITS BELIEF THAT PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES THRIVE WITH AN OPEN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND INFORMATION.PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:WPR NEWS - FEATURING WPR, NPR AND BBC REPORTERS - OFFERS WISCONSINITES AN UNPARALLELED MIX OF JOURNALISM FROM WISCONSIN, THE NATION AND THE WORLD ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. REPORTERS AND LOCALLY HOSTED PROGRAMS BUILD STATEWIDE CONNECTIONS AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES FROM BUREAUS IN MILWAUKEE, MADISON, GREEN BAY, WAUSAU, LA CROSSE, EAU CLAIRE AND SUPERIOR. TALK SHOWS LIKE "WISCONSIN TODAY AND "THE LARRY MEILLER SHOW" DIG DEEPER ON THE ISSUES WITH EXPERT GUESTS AND AUDIENCE INPUT.WPR PARTNERS WITH STATE AND REGIONAL MEDIA PROJECTS, INCLUDING WISCONSIN WATCH AND HARVEST PUBLIC MEDIA, TO EXPLORE COMPLICATED ISSUES WITH A DIVERSITY OF PERSPECTIVES. WPR IS TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF REPORTERS WITH PUBLIC MEDIA'S HIGH STANDARDS OF ETHICS AND INTEGRITY VIA FELLOWSHIPS FOCUSED ON EARLY CAREER JOURNALISTS.REPORTERS, PRODUCERS, HOSTS AND STAFF REGULARLY GATHER INPUT ON COMMUNITY ISSUES, PROGRAMMING DECISIONS AND OTHER CONCERNS OF LISTENERS AND THE BROADER PUBLIC. STAFF AND LEADERSHIP RELY ON STATE AND NATIONAL SURVEY RESULTS TO HELP GUIDE THE PRODUCTION OF NEWS AND INFORMATION COVERAGE.WPR JOURNALISTS OFFER GROUNDED AND ENGAGING COVERAGE, WITH THOUGHTFUL INTERVIEWS AND ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING WISCONSIN COMMUNITIES. WISCONSINITES RELY ON WPR FOR ACCURATE, UNBIASED NEWS ABOUT PERSONAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH, THE ENVIRONMENT, POLICING, POLITICS, EDUCATION, PRISON REFORM, BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY, CULTURAL LIFE AND MORE.WPR MUSIC OFFERS LOCALLY-HOSTED CLASSICAL MUSIC SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, WITH JAZZ, WORLD AND FOLK MUSIC EACH WEEKEND. ALONG WITH OUTSTANDING MUSIC, LISTENERS STAY INFORMED WITH BRIEF, TOP-OF-THE-HOUR NEWSCASTS FROM NPR AND WPR ON WEEKDAYS. WPR MUSIC ALSO CARRIES LIVE METROPOLITAN OPERA BROADCASTS, MADISON OPERA PERFORMANCES, AND OTHER BROADCASTS FEATURING WISCONSIN-BASED PERFORMERS AND PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.THOUSANDS OF WISCONSINITES ATTEND WPR'S COMMUNITY EVENTS HELD IN CITIES AROUND THE STATE EACH YEAR. WPR ALSO HELPS LOCAL NONPROFITS PROMOTE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT CELEBRATE LOCAL TREASURES AND OUR HOSTS MAKE SPECIAL APPEARANCES THAT ENCOURAGE LITERACY, MUSIC EDUCATION, CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND MORE.WPR'S WEBSITE, WWW.WPR.ORG, OFFERS NEWS, COMMUNITY CALENDARS, AND STATION INFORMATION ALONG WITH LIVE WPR NEWS AND WPR MUSIC STREAMS AND MORE THAN 50,000 ARCHIVED AUDIO PROGRAMS. WPR'S MOBILE APP MAKES IT EASY TO READ AND LISTEN TO LIVE AND ARCHIVED CONTENT WHEREVER AUDIENCES ARE. WPR PODCASTS - AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS - INCLUDE A 15-MINUTE NEWS SUMMARY EACH WEEKDAY, IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATIONS AND PODCASTS OF PROGRAMS FOUND ON OUR BROADCAST SCHEDULE. WPR'S CONVENIENT DAILY EMAIL NEWSLETTER HELPS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STAY ON TOP OF THE NEWS ON THEIR OWN SCHEDULE.

  Expenses $8,442,582 · Grants $834,358 · Revenue $5,715

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.

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

  $17,050,803

  Expenses

  $11,481,528

  Contributions

  $15,833,514

  Grants paid

  $834,358

• 2023

  Revenue

  $13,002,122

  Expenses

  $11,412,232

  Contributions

  $12,510,197

  Grants paid

  $1,165,937

• 2022

  Revenue

  $12,775,655

  Expenses

  $12,329,458

  Contributions

  $12,448,449

  Grants paid

  $672,250

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

  $13,336,665

  Expenses

  $11,533,465

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,978,603

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,302,250

  Expenses

  $10,173,219

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,483,447

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,638,307

  Expenses

  $10,452,982

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,268,907

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,638,307

  Expenses

  $10,452,982

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,268,907

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,960,592

  Expenses

  $10,246,580

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,311,380

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,465,501

  Expenses

  $9,633,893

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,599,134

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,275,096

  Expenses

  $9,045,462

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,861,443

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,959,252

  Expenses

  $8,059,832

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,370,984

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,296,067

  Expenses

  $7,491,722

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,835,034

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,855,024

  Expenses

  $7,373,902

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,751,521

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

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON

  $1,065,936

  2023 · PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT, MUSIC FUND, JOURNALISM FUND, SCHOLARSHIP FUND, AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON

  $834,358

  2024 · WPR NEWS AND MUSIC SUPPORT, WI LIFE, SECOND CENTURY AND SIMONSON FELLOWSHIPS

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON

  $277,119

  2022 · CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON

  $200,000

  2022 · PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT

• EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD

  $100,000

  2022 · CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

• EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD

  $100,000

  2023 · CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON

  $35,131

  2022 · SIMONSON FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON

  $30,000

  2022 · SUPERIOR REGION

• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON

  $25,000

  2022 · WISCONSIN LIFE RADIO PROGRAM SUPPORT

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $372,242

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $289,544

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $239,365

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $133,327

  2024 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $88,780

  2023 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $78,590

  2022 · ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $75,550

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $52,867

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $52,508

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $43,469

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

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