Wisconsin · Nonprofit
WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC
WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $337,000 to it, the largest being WBD INC ($337,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $477k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $337k
- Net assets
- $232k
What Wisconsin Economic Development Association Inc does
Mission
The mission of wisconsin economic development association, inc. Is to enhance economic development in wisconsin through professional development, networking, and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Networking - wisconsin economic development association, inc's (weda) biggest education and networking event of the year is its governor's conference on economic development held every february. It is a three-day conference including educational sessions, exhibits, receptions, and other networking opportunities. Weda also hosts community reinvestment act sessions at various locations around the state twice each year as well as a fall conference.
Professional development - weda, in partnership with wisconsin economic development corporation (wedc), hosts a series of educational events. The goals of these offerings complement and support wedc's goals for fostering a "best-in-class" environment for economic development practitioners and business in the state of wisconsin.
Public affairs - weda endorses and is proactive in supporting studies and creating public awareness of issues of concern to members such as the "be bold" wisconsin report.legislative issues - weda employs a legislative affairs director who coordinates the association's efforts to monitor and act on bills and administrative rules that impact wisconsin's economy.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2022 to 2023, from $281k to $421k (+50%).
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: 2021 13% · 2022 5% · 2023 11% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Melissa Hunt
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $150k → $0.
From the IRS filings of WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 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.
Where its funders are
100% of WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 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. 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 WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 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.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 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 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC?
- WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $337,000 to it, the largest being WBD INC ($337,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $337,000 in grants to WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INC?
- WBD INC is the largest funder on record, with $337,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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