Wisconsin · Nonprofit
FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND INC
FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $177,500 to it, the largest being INTL UNION OF OPERATING ENGIN LOCAL 139 ($65,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $216k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $178k
- Net assets
- $51k
What Fair Rates for Wisconsin's Dairyland Inc does
Mission
Fair rates for wisconsin's dairyland (frwd) brings together representatives of organized labor with large and small energy providers and consumers.it is our mission to promote the value of wisconsin's electric system, champion equitable funding and lead the discussion - including an emphasis on fairness, affordability, and reliability.an important focus of the organization is to advocate for the hard-working men and women who build, operate, and maintain the electric system and for workers whose jobs and livelihood depend on reliable electricity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Our publications and media communications provide information to the general public and policymakers on important issues and policies that directly impact wisconsin energy policy. We educate wisconsin residents regarding the benefits of a centralized power system and grid for wisconsin. We undertake a wide range of education and advocacy activities to ensure that it reaches a broad spectrum of the public on important energy issues. Part of this education effort may be participation in proceedings before the public service commission of wisconsin and/or wisconsin courts.
$99,924 spent56% of program spendingWe engage in proactive community engagement and outreach to key stakeholders across wisconsin. This is designed to foster dialogue between local communities, policymakers, industry experts, and other important stakeholders on energy issues that affect the state. By hosting public forums, roundtable discussions, and workshops, frwd facilitates an open exchange of ideas and promotes collaboration on energy initiatives that will shape wisconsin's future.
$78,632 spent44% of program spendingWe conduct information-gathering and research on public policy issues in wisconsin central to our purposes and mission. This research involves monitoring current events and mainstream media sources, conducting independent research from various sources within and outside of wisconsin, including opinion research polling, and communicating directly with community members and leaders on timely issues related to our purposes. These research initiatives provide us the information we need to fulfill our exempt purpose through our various advocacy and educational communication initiatives.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $178,556.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $153k to $43k (−72%).
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.
100% of FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Thad Nation
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $14k → $23k.
From the IRS filings of FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND 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.
How concentrated its funding is
FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 72% · 2021 50% · 2023 63% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
92% of FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND 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 FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND INC?
- FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $177,500 to it, the largest being INTL UNION OF OPERATING ENGIN LOCAL 139 ($65,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $177,500 in grants to FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND INC?
- INTL UNION OF OPERATING ENGIN LOCAL 139 is the largest funder on record, with $65,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAIR RATES FOR WISCONSIN'S DAIRYLAND 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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