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GREATER WATERTOWN COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION INC

EIN 39-1030310 WATERTOWN, WI

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Revenue 2024
$37,133,573
Expenses 2024
$31,955,537

Program services were 96.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E220
Classification
1000
Street
672 JOHNSON ST STE 300

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

TO INSPIRE COLLABORATION, MOBILIZE RESOURCES AND ENCOURAGE INNOVATION THAT MEASURABLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

  • GREATER WATERTOWN COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION OPERATES AS A HEALTH FOUNDATION, SERVING AS A CATALYST FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH. WE LEAD OUR OWN FOUNDATION-DIRECTED HEALTH PROGRAMMING AND OFFER RESPONSIVE GRANT CYCLES. THE FOUNDATION HOLDS A 20% INTEREST IN WATERTOWN HOLDING COMPANY, LLC. THE FOUNDATION ALSO HOLDS MAJORITY OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN TWO SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES, WATERTOWN SENIOR HOUSING, LLC AND WATERTOWN SENIOR HOUSING II, LLC. THE FOUNDATION HOLDS 100% INTEREST IN GWCHF HOLDINGS LLC, WHICH OPERATES A NONPROFIT CENTER AS WELL AS LAND FOR HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.

    Expenses $30,757,201 · Grants $1,203,311 · Revenue $25,957,338

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Deb Portman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $76,422
    From this org
    $49,378
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,044
    Hours/week
    40
  • Benjamin Whemeier

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $16,788
    From this org
    $10,528
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,260
    Hours/week
    40
  • Margaret Hanrahan

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steven Battenberg

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Elliot Clark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Orlando Dominguez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Grajewski MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Barb Gudgeon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karla Mullen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Randy Phelps

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carol Quest

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tim Schuler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mick Selck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mike Sullivan MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Marcy Tessmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tina Crave

    CHIEF TRANSFORMATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $233,027
    From this org
    $199,838
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,189
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $199,838
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,240
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,949
    Filer's total
    $233,027
  • Nathan Peters

    CFO/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $173,025
    From this org
    $142,474
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,551
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,474
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,272
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,279
    Filer's total
    $173,025
  • Kimberly Melcher

    CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $150,605
    From this org
    $120,548
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,057
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,548
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,108
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,949
    Filer's total
    $150,605

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
    $37,133,573
    Expenses
    $31,955,537
    Contributions
    $2,925,970
    Grants paid
    $1,203,311
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $31,092,438
    Expenses
    $30,731,222
    Contributions
    $545,727
    Grants paid
    $5,033,523
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $31,092,438
    Expenses
    $30,731,222
    Contributions
    $545,727
    Grants paid
    $5,033,523
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $26,319,032
    Expenses
    $26,379,805
    Contributions
    $288,398
    Grants paid
    $1,769,211

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
    $43,510,687
    Expenses
    $26,345,206
    Assets (EOY)
    $104,353,166
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,282,807
    Expenses
    $23,190,289
    Assets (EOY)
    $105,090,216
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,880,772
    Expenses
    $20,049,104
    Assets (EOY)
    $93,509,651
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,145,862
    Expenses
    $24,503,092
    Assets (EOY)
    $88,719,395
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,569,071
    Expenses
    $21,175,262
    Assets (EOY)
    $87,668,774
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,165,880
    Expenses
    $20,295,211
    Assets (EOY)
    $85,044,639
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,473,012
    Expenses
    $20,757,152
    Assets (EOY)
    $74,787,444
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $61,610,699
    Expenses
    $100,843,351
    Assets (EOY)
    $73,080,286
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $103,536,795
    Expenses
    $96,924,995
    Assets (EOY)
    $162,549,616
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $91,220,071
    Assets (EOY)
    $161,013,891

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

  • 2023 BOARD GIFT 2023, EMPLOYER SPONSORED CARE, 2024 ECT FOCUS GROUP, ASQ HUB GRANT, DHS SOCIAL ISOLATION AND LONELINESS

  • 2022 MANAGEMENT TRANSITION, BOARD GIFT 2022 RRCC, GRANT WRITING SERVICES

  • 2024 MANAGEMENT TRANSITION, FOUNDATION FOR GROWTH, GRANT WRITING SERVICES, BOARD GIFT 2024 RRCC

  • 2023 MANAGEMENT TRANSITION, BOARD GIFT 2023, MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS GRANT WRITER

  • 2024 COLLECTIVE TRANSITION, YMCA BUILDING COMMUNITY, EMPLOYER SPONSORED CARE, YMCA DHS SOCIAL ISOLATION & LONELINESS (PG), BOARD GIFT 2024 WTTN YMCA

  • CITY OF JEFFERSON PARKS AND RECREATION

    $171,895

    2022 TALKREADPLAY PLAY SPACE JEFFERSON, PATH AT LUBAHN PARK

  • 2024 COMPEER FINANCIAL RURAL COLLABORATION GRANT, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY; BUILDING A BETTER JEFFERSON COUNTY

  • WATERTOWN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

    $121,000

    2023 BOARD GIFTS 2023 RMS PANTHER DEN, 2024 ECT FOCUS GROUP, EARLY LEARNING SYSTEMS COORDINATOR, WUSD MENTAL HEALTH / SEL COORDINATOR

  • 2023 PYRAMID MODEL IMPLEMENTATION

  • 2022 FAMILY RESOURCE NETWORK, EXECUTIVE COACH & BOARD DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT PHASE 1 & 2, WFC CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT, ASQ HUB GRANT - WFC

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

Related partnerships on its 2024 return

  • WATERTOWN SENIOR HOUSING LLC

    RELATED · LOW INCOME SENIOR HOUSING · WI · 60% owned · share of income $312,634 · share of assets $1,256,496

  • WATERTOWN SENIOR HOUSING II LLC

    RELATED · LOW INCOME SENIOR HOUSING · WI · 60% owned · share of income $348,465 · share of assets $1,415,150

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.