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Wisconsin Education Association Council

Advocate for great public education for the common good.

$259k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Benefit$439kEducation$423kCivil Rights$333kEmployment$176kArts & Culture$176kCommunity Improvement$135kMembership Benefit$30k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $158,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $259,485 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $101,485 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAW FORWARD INC$100,000
CITIZEN ACTION OF WISCONSIN INC$20,000
KENOSHA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION$10,000
RACINE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS ASSOCIATION$10,000
WISCONSIN ALLIANCE FOR EXCELLENT SCHOOLS INC$10,000
EAU CLAIRE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS$8,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND: $72k → 14%GREAT LAKES CENTER FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH AND PRACTICE: $10k → 16%WEAC REGION 7: $44k → 5%RACINE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $33k → 10%KENOSHA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $46k → 10%WISCONSIN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT NOW INC: $55k → 10%WEAC REGION 2: $20k → 11%EAU CLAIRE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS: $16k → 12%WEAC REGION 4: $32k → 12%WEAC REGION 1: $20k → 13%MILWAUKEE TEACHERS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $50k → 17%GREAT LAKES CENTER FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH AND PRACTICE: $10k → 16%RACINE EDUCATION UNISERVE COUNCIL: $12k → 10%KENOSHA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $10k → 10%EAU CLAIRE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS: $16k → 12%MILWUAKEE TEACHERS EA: $43k → 17%RACINE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS ASSOCIATION: $12k → 10%LAW FORWARD INC: $100k → 10%EAU CLAIRE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS: $11k → 12%MILWAUKEE TEACHERS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $22k → 17%RACINE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS ASSOCIATION: $10k → 10%LAW FORWARD INC: $100k → 10%EAU CLAIRE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS: $11k → 12%CITIZEN ACTION OF WISCONSIN INC: $20k → 17%LAW FORWARD INC: $50k → 10%EAU CLAIRE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS: $11k → 12%MILWAUKEE TEACHERS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $13k → 17%LAW FORWARD INC: $50k → 10%EAU CLAIRE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS: $11k → 12%MILWAUKEE TEACHERS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $11k → 17%DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WI-SEGREGATED FUND: $36k → 10%MILWAUKEE TEACHERS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $10k → 17%WISCONSIN PROGRESS: $15k → 10%DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WI-SEGREGATED FUND: $12k → 10%CITIZEN ACTION OF WISCONSIN INC: $38k → 17%DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WI-SEGREGATED FUND: $12k → 10%CITIZEN ACTION OF WISCONSIN INC: $25k → 17%A BETTER WISCONSIN TOGETHER INC: $150k → 10%CITIZEN ACTION OF WISCONSIN: $10k → 17%DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WI-SEGREGATED FUND: $12k → 10%A BETTER WISCONSIN TOGETHER INC: $50k → 10%DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WI-SEGREGATED FUND: $12k → 10%WEAC REGION 7: $34k → 10%MADISON TEACHERS INCORPORATED: $30k → 10%WEAC REGION 7: $27k → 10%WEAC REGION 6: $15k → 10%WEA MEMBER BENEFIT FOUNDATION: $14k → 10%WEAC REGION 6: $10k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 18 repeat orgs$227k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
9

Total granted

$1.5M
$227k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
0%

Still filing today

78%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EmploymentEducationCivil RightsCrime & LegalFood & NutritionPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AB
    A BETTER WISCONSIN TOGETHER INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $200k · revenue +62%
  • MT
    MILWAUKEE TEACHERS' EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $144k · revenue +25%
  • CA
    CITIZEN ACTION OF WISCONSIN INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $133k · revenue +104%

Funded once

  • FO
    FOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $72k · revenue +7%
  • RE
    RACINE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION UA
    one grant, 2017 · $33k
  • CR
    CRUEWEAC REGION 4
    one grant, 2018 · $32k · revenue -20%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Wisconsin Retired Educators Association Inc

Provide member services, educational programs, support of public education in wisconsin, and improve benefits for retired educators.

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2
Wisconsin Association of Agricultural Educators Inc

The corporation is organized exclusively for educational purposes, to improve and advance agricultural education efforts in the state of wisconsin at the secondary and post-secondary levels. programs and activities aim to provide…

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3
Wisconsin Education Association Council

Advocate for great public education for the common good.

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4
Milwaukee Public Schools Admin and Supervisors Council Inc

Milwaukee public school administrators and supervisors council inc. was formed in 1971 to serve as the exclusive bargaining agent for its membership, via collection of dues as the primary source of revenue.

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5
Aft - Wisconsin

The mission of aft-wisconsin is to improve the lives of our members and their families, to give voice to their legitimate professional, economic and social aspirations, to strengthen the institutions in which we work, to improve the…

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6
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund Inc

Citizen action of wisconsin education fund is an issue-focusedgrassroots organization committed to achieving social, racial,economic and environmental justice and works on developing a moreinformed, engaged and empowered public.

Public Benefit
7
Wisconsin School Counselor Association Inc

Our vision is for wisconsin to be the model for excellence in equitable school counseling practice, exemplified by the advocacy, leadership, and expertise of the members of the wsca.

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8
Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials Inc

Provide professional growth opportunities for members, provide a network of support for its members, work for adequate funding, and advocate for educational opportunities for children in the state of wisconsin.

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9
Washington Education Association

The mission of the washington education association is to advance the professional interests of its members in order to make public education the best it can be for students, staff, and communities.

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10
Wisconsin Eschool Network Inc

To partner with wisconsin school districts to provide and share online teaching and learning resources

Education
11
Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators Inc

To promote the educational welfare of wisconsin students and the professional growth of their teachers and administrators.

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12
Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Sch

Government advocacy association serving over 600 private schools and 100,000 students.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Weac Region 6; the most unlike its peers is National Public Pension Coalition. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
13/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITIZEN ACTION OF WISCONSIN INC: $133,000 · OtherCITIZEN ACTION OF WISCONSIN INCWEAC REGION 7: $104,221 · OtherWEAC REGION 7DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WI-SEGREGATED FUND: $84,470 · OtherDEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WI-SEGREGATED FUNDFOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND: $72,000 · OtherFOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUNDRACINE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION UA: $33,000 · OtherWEAC REGION 6: $32,451 · OtherCRUEWEAC REGION 4: $32,139 · OtherMADISON TEACHERS INC: $30,000 · OtherWEAC REGION 1: $26,132 · OtherSTATE SENATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE: $24,000 · OtherASSEMBLY DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE: $24,000 · OtherRACINE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS ASSOCIATION: $21,691 · Other+2 more: $17,809 · OtherLAW FORWARD INC: $300,000 · Crime & LegalLAW FORWARD INCMILWAUKEE TEACHERS' EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $144,004 · EmploymentMILWAUKEE TEACHE…KENOSHA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $55,833 · EmploymentKENOSHA EDUCATIO…RACINE EDUCATION UNISERV COUNCIL INC: $29,347 · EmploymentRACINE EDUCATION…WEAC REGION 2: $19,820 · EmploymentWEAC REGION 2A BETTER WISCONSIN TOGETHER INC: $200,000 · Civil RightsA BETTER WISCO…WISCONSIN PROGRESS INC: $15,000 · Civil RightsWISCONSIN PROG…WISCONSIN ALLIANCE FOR EXCELLENT SCHOOLS INC: $60,000 · EducationWISCONSIN…Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice: $60,000 · EducationGreat Lak…WEA MEMBER BENEFITS FOUNDATION INC: $24,000 · EducationWEA MEMBE…EAU CLAIRE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS: $99,983 · Food & NutritionWISCONSIN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT NOW INC: $62,500 · Community ImprovementNational Public Pension Coalition: $7,000 · Public Benefit
Other$634,913Crime & Legal$300,000Employment$249,004Civil Rights$215,000Education$144,000Food & Nutrition$99,983Community Improvement$62,500Public Benefit$7,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLAW FORWARD INC: $300,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetA BETTER WISCONSIN TOGETHER INC: $200,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetMILWAUKEE TEACHERS' EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $144,004 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetCITIZEN ACTION OF WISCONSIN INC: $133,000 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetWEAC REGION 7: $104,221 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetEAU CLAIRE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS: $99,983 over 9y, 12% of budgetFOR OUR FUTURE ACTION FUND: $72,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWISCONSIN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT NOW INC: $62,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetWISCONSIN ALLIANCE FOR EXCELLENT SCHOOLS INC: $60,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetGreat Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice: $60,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetKENOSHA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: $55,833 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetRACINE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION UA: $33,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetWEAC REGION 6: $32,451 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCRUEWEAC REGION 4: $32,139 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetMADISON TEACHERS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetRACINE EDUCATION UNISERV COUNCIL INC: $29,347 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetWEAC REGION 1: $26,132 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetWEA MEMBER BENEFITS FOUNDATION INC: $24,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetWISCONSIN PROGRESS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetWEAC REGION 3: $7,009 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNational Public Pension Coalition: $7,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Education As…Our Children Our Futu…
National Education Association of the United StatesDC21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Wisconsin Education Association Council funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wisconsin Education Association Council. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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