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THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNCILS INC

THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNCILS INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,385 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($17,991). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$313k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$18k
Net assets
$-117409
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What The Wisconsin Association of School Councils Inc does

Mission

The wisconsin association of school councils is deeply committed to the continuation and expansion of leadership development and student responsibilities in schools and to assist school councils in meeting these commitments.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The wisconsin association of school council's programming for students and adults included attendees at the fall leadership institute, the elementary leadership institute, the ignite leadership summit, the state conference for middle, junior high and high school students and students from around the world at the leadership camp. The association also provides members with website access, a monthly newsletter, a directory, special publications regarding membership, and promotional materials, the spirit of excellence program, competitive programs related to leadership development, high impact leadership for adult college credits, and extensive service awards associated with various events.

    $314,506 spent$284,665 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $314,506.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($508k) Expenses 100 ($520k) Net assets 100 ($112k)2018 Revenue 89 ($450k) Expenses 87 ($453k) Net assets 97 ($109k)2019 Revenue 87 ($442k) Expenses 90 ($466k) Net assets 75 ($84k)2020 Revenue 25 ($127k) Expenses 44 ($227k) Net assets -13 ($-14993)2021 Revenue 29 ($147k) Expenses 32 ($166k) Net assets -30 ($-33661)2022 Revenue 38 ($193k) Expenses 37 ($195k) Net assets -31 ($-34959)2023 Revenue 62 ($314k) Expenses 71 ($369k) Net assets -80 ($-89506)2024 Revenue 62 ($313k) Expenses 66 ($341k) Net assets -104 ($-117409)
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Revenue (62)Expenses (66)Net assets (-104)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $211k to $127k (−40%).

$219k
$217k
$211k
$127k
$73k
$92k
$84k
$93k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 17% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

9% of THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNCILS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$11k
’17
−$3k
’18
−$25k
’19
−$99k
’20
−$19k
’21
−$1k
’22
−$55k
’23
−$28k
’24
2.8
months of
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

Darla Brendemuehl

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.

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Listed4749495310888
Joined·+36+32+34+7+0+2+0
No longer listed·34323050220
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $18k → $105.

Funder
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1

2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNCILS 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 WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNCILS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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 WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNCILS INC.

98%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 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

100% of THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNCILS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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

Against its field

THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNCILS INC's revenue fell 38% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−9% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−7% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNCILS INC?
THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNCILS INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,385 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($17,991). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNCILS INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $18,385 in grants to THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNCILS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNCILS INC?
NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $17,991 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNCILS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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