Wisconsin · Nonprofit
WISCONSIN BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC
WISCONSIN BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,766,279 to it, the largest being LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION OF BARRON COUNTY INC ($1,465,729). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $508k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $393k
What Wisconsin Badger State Sheriffs Association Inc does
Mission
To enhance and protect the constitutional office of sheriff and to be a resource for the seventy-two wisconsin county sheriffs so that they may better protect those they are elected to serve.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Training programs and conferences specific to 1) the duties and responsibilities associated with the management of the office of sheriff and 2) the constant enhancement and protection of public safety in the state of wisconsin. Provide additional resources to sheriffs including: new hire testing, leadership academies, newsletters and alerts within the sheriffs and law enforcement agencies, and create a free-flowing network of sheriffs in the state of wisconsin to data share and assist sheriffs and law enforcement agencies with emergency management and response planning for their county, regions and state.
$429,091 spentof which $269,397 as grants$24,423 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $429,091.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2023 to 2024, from $244k to $633k (+159%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 21% · 2019 4% · 2020 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of WISCONSIN BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $1.5M → $250.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 WISCONSIN BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION 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
WISCONSIN BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% 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 WISCONSIN BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2023 80% — 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
100% of WISCONSIN BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION 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. $300k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Against its field
WISCONSIN BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WISCONSIN BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION 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
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WISCONSIN BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION 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 WISCONSIN BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC?
- WISCONSIN BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,766,279 to it, the largest being LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION OF BARRON COUNTY INC ($1,465,729). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WISCONSIN BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,766,279 in grants to WISCONSIN BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WISCONSIN BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC?
- LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION OF BARRON COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,465,729 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WISCONSIN BADGER STATE SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 5 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