Wisconsin · Nonprofit
THE WHA FOUNDATION INC
THE WHA FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $314,280 to it, the largest being WISCONSIN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC ($250,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $168k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $314k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What The Wha Foundation Inc does
Mission
The wha foundation, inc. Was formed to carry on educational, literacy, research, and charitable program related to the field of health, including but not limited to hospital care and administration, with the following specific objects: to assist the health care system in insuring that it has adequate workforce to meet the needs of wisconsin's citizens; to conduct and sponsor educational programs of all types for training of health career personnel and consumers interested in a better understanding of the health care system; to foster the accumulation and exchange of health information and to publish and disseminate such information; to assist, sponsor, and encourage individuals pursuing and education in health careers, scientific research, and literacy endeavor by providing scholarships and grants-in-aid or making loans to worthy individuals in pursuit of these objects; to support the mission of wisconsin hospital association, inc. And its affiliated related organizations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Program funding focuses on health care quality & safety initiatives, health care workforce development initiatives, and collaborative community health initiatives that have a statewide impact:health care quality & safety initiatives - the foundation has supported a variety of quality and safety initiatives for more than 10 years, starting with the funding to develop, launch and upgrade checkpoint, the first public website to provide consumers with clinical quality measures and error prevention practices for all hospitals in wisconsin. Most recently, in 2014, the foundation provided funding for start-up costs and five partial scholarships for the quality residency program, co-sponsored by wisconsin hospital association (wha) and the rural wisconsin health cooperative. This program is designed to engage new and novice hospital quality improvement directors in a two-year track of education, leadership training and networking. In addition, beginning in 2016, the foundation provided funding for the development of a scholarship program to cover the cost of hospital teams participating in simulation training at one of five partnering simulation labs in wisconsin. In 2016, all scholarship…
$65,014 spentof which $37,000 as grants59% of program spendingHealth care workforce development - addressing the workforce needs of wisconsin health care providers has been a focus of the foundation over the past decade. Most recently, the foundation provided funding to develop, launch and maintain the bachelor of science in nursing (bsn) completion program (website http://bsn.wha.org). This site provides nurses looking to take the next step in their education and move from an associate's degree to a bachelor's degree with one, online location to learn more about each bsn completion program that recruits and enrolls wisconsin nurses. The foundation also supports the annual foundation scholars' program, providing two annual scholarships to each of the 16 technical colleges in wisconsin. The unique twist is the scholarship covers expenses incurred in the student's final semester, to assist and encourage students to make that one final push toward graduation and a career in health care. Since its inception in 2003, more than 475 scholarships have been awarded, worth more than $850,000.
$46,003 spentof which $46,003 as grants41% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $111,017.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.4M to $1.0M (−26%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Kristie Mccoic
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $150k → $11k.
From the IRS filings of THE WHA FOUNDATION 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
THE WHA FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 THE WHA FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 THE WHA FOUNDATION 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.
Organizations like THE WHA FOUNDATION 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
54% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Wisconsin Hospital Association Inc · exempt
- Wha Financial Solutions Inc · corp_trust
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE WHA FOUNDATION 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 THE WHA FOUNDATION INC?
- THE WHA FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $314,280 to it, the largest being WISCONSIN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC ($250,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WHA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $314,280 in grants to THE WHA FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WHA FOUNDATION INC?
- WISCONSIN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WHA FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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