Wisconsin · Nonprofit
WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC
WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,000 to it, the largest being THE EVJUE FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $131k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $16k
- Net assets
- $-92777
What Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation Inc does
Mission
To increase newspaper readership in the state, develop the industry's future workforce, and advance awareness and exercise of the public's first amendment rights.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Writing contest to recognize quality articles that have been written for wisconsin newspapers.
$56,391 spent49% of program spendingProvide newspaper readership for students at primary, secondary, and post-secondary levels.
$49,978 spentof which $4,000 as grants43% of program spendingHall of fame to honor and recognize visionaries and innovators in the wisconsin newspaper industry.
$7,165 spent6% of program spendingTrees retreat to honor former publishers each year at a ceremony and by visiting the memorial pylon throughout the year.
$1,972 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $115,506.
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.
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 $154k to $375k (+143%).
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.
23% of WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 9 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Beth Bennett
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER 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 NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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
63% 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 NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 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 WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION 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.
Against its field
WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC
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In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION 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 WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC?
- WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,000 to it, the largest being THE EVJUE FOUNDATION INC ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $16,000 in grants to WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC?
- THE EVJUE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WISCONSIN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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