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WISCONSIN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC

WISCONSIN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $97,160 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC ($80,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$328k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$97k
Net assets
$2.0M
3/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 33%
01What it does

What Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation Inc does

Mission

The wisconsin broadcasters association foundation contribution to broadcasting in wisconsin encompasses a strategic, long term vision for enhancing, promoting and supporting the broadcast industry by encouraging the preservation of broadcast history, participating in public affairs activities in the state of wisconsin and providing educational opportunities for professional broadcasters and those who seek future careers in the broadcast industry.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Educational seminars for broadcasters, including: management institute, sports workshops, general sales workshops, engineers workshops, news reporters workshops, student seminars, and eeo-job fairs and student awards.

    $116,190 spent$66,515 earned by the program
    90% of program spending
  2. Scholarships to assist students enrolled in media-related educational programs at public or private colleges/universities, broadcast/media schools, and wisconsin technical colleges. Higher education support grants to various universities.

    $13,000 spentof which $13,000 as grants
    10% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $129,190.

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 ($167k) Expenses 100 ($281k) Net assets 100 ($746k)2018 Revenue 129 ($214k) Expenses 105 ($295k) Net assets 89 ($666k)2019 Revenue 109 ($181k) Expenses 73 ($205k) Net assets 86 ($641k)2020 Revenue 57 ($96k) Expenses 14 ($38k) Net assets 97 ($726k)2021 Revenue 189 ($316k) Expenses 25 ($69k) Net assets 160 ($1.2M)2022 Revenue 209 ($348k) Expenses 52 ($145k) Net assets 166 ($1.2M)2023 Revenue 216 ($359k) Expenses 46 ($128k) Net assets 215 ($1.6M)2024 Revenue 197 ($328k) Expenses 62 ($174k) Net assets 263 ($2.0M)
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Revenue (197)Expenses (62)Net assets (263)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 2020 to 2021, from $726k to $1.2M (+67%).

$746k
$666k
$641k
$726k
$1.2M
$1.3M
$1.6M
$2.0M
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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

66% of WISCONSIN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$115k
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−$81k
’18
−$24k
’19
$58k
’20
$246k
’21
$203k
’22
$231k
’23
$154k
’24
14
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.

Chief executive

Michelle Vetterkind

President and CEO

Board chair

Chris Bernier

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2019182021202022
Joined·+1+1+4+2+0+2+2
No longer listed·2221120
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $2k → $2k.

Funder
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total
funders
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2

2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $500k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money WISCONSIN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC raised.

From the IRS filings of WISCONSIN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION 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

WISCONSIN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% 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

82% 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 BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC.

82%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 94% · 2020 94% · 2021 100% · 2022 99% · 2023 98% — 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

82% of WISCONSIN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION 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. Of the $17k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Wisconsin, across 1 state.

FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $80k 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

WISCONSIN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin47% · top quartile
Months of reserve14.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)10% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture 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

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 14%Fundraising 11%

Governance

21
board members
95%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WI

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds WISCONSIN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC?
WISCONSIN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $97,160 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC ($80,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does WISCONSIN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $97,160 in grants to WISCONSIN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WISCONSIN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC?
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE FOX VALLEY REGION INC is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WISCONSIN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
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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 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