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WISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY

EIN 39-0810533 MILWAUKEE, WI

Revenue 2024
$18,315,860
Expenses 2024
$19,909,422

Program services were 77.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D200
Classification
4000
Street
4500 W WISCONSIN 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE WISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY IS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR ANIMALS AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM.

  • SHELTERING AND ANIMAL CARE - THE CLIENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT SUCCESSFULLY PLACED 14,123 DOGS, CATS AND SMALL ANIMALS INTO LOVING HOMES. THROUGH ITS COMPREHENSIVE ADOPTION PROGRAM, THE COUNSELORS WORK WITH FAMILIES TO MATCH THEM WITH HOMELESS COMPANION ANIMALS. THEY PROVIDE FOLLOW UP AND SUPPORT TO NEW ADOPTERS. THEY ALSO ASSIST CALLERS WITH INFORMATION RELATED TO TRAINING AND HEALTH ISSUES FOR THEIR COMPANION ANIMALS. THE BEHAVIOR DEPARTMENT PROVIDED BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENTS FOR DOGS AND CATS TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR PLACEMENT IN THE ADOPTION PROGRAM. THEY PROVIDED IN PERSON AND ONLINE TRAINING IN GROUP CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS. THEY ALSO MANAGED AND SUPPORTED BEHAVIORALLY CHALLENGED DOGS AND CATS THROUGH IN SHELTER BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION AND IN HOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS. OUR WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER IS THE LARGEST CENTER IN THE STATE IN TERMS OF ANNUAL ADMITS AND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE NATION. WE ANNUALLY CARE FOR OVER 5,000 INJURED, SICK AND ORPHANED WILD ANIMALS OF ABOUT 150 DIFFERENT SPECIES. OUR GOAL IS TO RESCUE, REHABILITATE AND RETURN THEM TO THE WILD.

    Expenses $8,959,494 · Revenue $2,456,384

  • VETERINARY - THE VETERINARY DEPARTMENT PERFORMED 20,713 STERILIZATION SURGERIES INCLUDING 8,676 SURGERIES AT THE SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC. ALL DOGS, CATS AND RABBITS WERE STERILIZED PRIOR TO PLACING THEM INTO ADOPTION. DOGS AND CATS WERE MICROCHIPPED PRIOR TO ADOPTION. WE PERFORMED 96,052 VETERINARY EXAMS TO ENSURE ALL ANIMALS WERE HEALTHY BEFORE GOING INTO ADOPTION.

    Expenses $4,998,825 · Revenue $1,899,245

  • COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND OUTREACH - OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 2-18 IN OUR MISSION. FROM SCOUT NIGHTS TO AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AND CAMPS, WE SERVED 7,233 YOUNG PEOPLE. EACH PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN THE HUMAN ANIMAL BOND AND ENGAGE OUR NEXT GENERATION OF PET OWNERS. THE PETS FOR LIFE OUTREACH PROGRAM SERVES FAMILIES IN MILWAUKEE'S 53206 ZIP CODE AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, WHERE FAMILIES FACE MANY BARRIERS TO ACCESSING IMPORTANT SERVICES FOR THEIR PETS. THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE DOESN'T HAVE A VETERINARY CLINIC. THROUGH DOOR-TO-DOOR OUTREACH WE REACHED 3,776 FAMILIES AND PROVIDED 1,030 FREE SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES. WE ALSO PROVIDED FREE VACCINATIONS, FLEA TREATMENTS, COLLARS, CRATES, OTHER MEDICATIONS AND SUPPLIES TO THE ANIMALS IN OUR FOCUS COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $1,552,550 · Revenue $213,800

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.

  • DEVIN HAYES

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TONY ENEA

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATY HOOK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RACHEL CHARLES

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SAMANTHA ANDEREGG-BOTICKI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NUNO GOMES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID HECKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK KASS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW KOCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRAD LONG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LIZZY MCCRIGHT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARA MCGUIRE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARISSA MELI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MEGHAN C OCONNOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JODI RISTAU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DON ROBERTSON

    DIRECTOR (THRU 07/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIM SCHULTZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LESLIE STACHOWIAK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNY WANG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PIOTR WASIAK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE WAMSER

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (THRU 04/25)

    Total calculated
    $177,655
    From this org
    $169,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,915
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,740
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,643
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,272
    Filer's total
    $177,655

  • ALISON FOTSCH

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $228,186
    From this org
    $215,398
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,788
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,398
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,276
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,512
    Filer's total
    $228,186

  • JILL BODOH

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • MATT WITTE

    VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $158,772
    From this org
    $141,378
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,394
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,378
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,274
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,120
    Filer's total
    $158,772

  • DR NANCY WEISS

    MEDICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $137,201
    From this org
    $135,005
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,196
    Hours/week
    50

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. 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
    $18,315,860
    Expenses
    $19,909,422
    Contributions
    $12,546,923
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $19,626,376
    Expenses
    $18,414,168
    Contributions
    $14,826,051
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $15,846,245
    Expenses
    $16,818,349
    Contributions
    $11,486,400
    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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,672,836
    Expenses
    $14,906,033
    Assets (EOY)
    $35,776,289

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,852,379
    Expenses
    $13,199,621
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,623,524

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,173,342
    Expenses
    $12,668,919
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,505,034

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.

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.

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