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A BETTER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC

A BETTER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being WISCONSIN HOMEOWNERS ALLIANCE INC ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$19k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$50k
Net assets
$2k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 82%
01What it does

What A Better Southeast Wisconsin Inc does

Mission

A better southeast wisconsin is a non-profit organization with a pro-growth mentality to help stimulate and encourage economic development in the badger state.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. We are organized to help make a positive impact on our community, to watch southeast wisconsin grow, and to build a better southeast wisconsin. A robust economy means more jobs, increased opportunity, and the gateway to a better life in wisconsin. During 2025, we provided community engagement programs through direct mail and digital advertising and issue advocacy to educate voters as to positions of the village board trustee candidates regarding economic development, lower taxes, and job creation.

    $16,857 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $16,857.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($61k) Expenses 100 ($53k) Net assets 100 ($8k)2023 Revenue 258 ($157k) Expenses 305 ($160k) Net assets 51 ($4k)2024 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 4 ($2k) Net assets 28 ($2k)2025 Revenue 30 ($19k) Expenses 35 ($19k) Net assets 28 ($2k)
2020202320242025
Revenue (30)Expenses (35)Net assets (28)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $4k to $2k (−45%).

$8k
$4k
$2k
$2k
2020202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2020
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$8k
’20
−$3k
’23
−$2k
’24
−$49
’25

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Bradley M Lois

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'20
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of A BETTER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of A BETTER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.

WI

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for A BETTER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds A BETTER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC?
A BETTER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being WISCONSIN HOMEOWNERS ALLIANCE INC ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does A BETTER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $50,000 in grants to A BETTER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC.
Who is the largest funder of A BETTER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC?
WISCONSIN HOMEOWNERS ALLIANCE INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like A BETTER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing