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WISCONSIN PRINCIPLES INC

WISCONSIN PRINCIPLES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,384,000 to it, the largest being WISCONSIN HOMEOWNERS ALLIANCE INC ($1,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.8M
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$1.4M
Net assets
$86k
1/3 repeat funders
01What it does

What Wisconsin Principles Inc does

Mission

Wisconsin principles (wp) is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization dedicated to preserving conservative values in the state of wisconsin. Committed to fiscal conservatism, educational choice, and individual liberty, we strive to empower citizens and promote policies that uphold core values essential to the prosperity and well-being of our state. Through earned and paid communications, research, and grassroots mobilization, wp advocates for constitutional integrity, fiscal responsibility, educational choice, and individual liberty.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Wisconsin principles, inc. Is dedicated to safeguarding and preserving the principles enshrined in the wisconsin constitution. Committed to fostering fiscal conservatism, advancing educational choice, upholding the rule of law, and championing individual liberty, we strive to empower citizens and promote policies that uphold the core values essential to the prosperity and well-being of our great state. Wisconsin principles, inc. Will utilize earned and paid communications, research, and grassroots mobilization to build awareness of our core principles. Core principles:preserving constitutional integrity - we are devoted to upholding the integrity of the wisconsin constitution, ensuring that the fundamental rights and liberties of every citizen are protected and respected. Through education and advocacy, we aim to build awareness of constitutional principles and defend against threats that may compromise them. Advocating fiscal conservatism - recognizing the importance of responsible fiscal policies, we advocate for measures that promote sound economic principles, efficient government spending, and the prudent management of public resources. We believe in a financially responsible…

    $2,537,410 spentof which $915,000 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,537,410.

02The organization over time

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

Stephan Thompson

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of WISCONSIN PRINCIPLES 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 PRINCIPLES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% 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 PRINCIPLES INC.

72%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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 PRINCIPLES INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.

WI

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

WISCONSIN PRINCIPLES INC receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1.4M to it.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Months of reserve0.4mo · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 976 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like WISCONSIN PRINCIPLES 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 4%Fundraising 1%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WISCONSIN PRINCIPLES 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 PRINCIPLES INC?
WISCONSIN PRINCIPLES INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,384,000 to it, the largest being WISCONSIN HOMEOWNERS ALLIANCE INC ($1,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WISCONSIN PRINCIPLES INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,384,000 in grants to WISCONSIN PRINCIPLES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WISCONSIN PRINCIPLES INC?
WISCONSIN HOMEOWNERS ALLIANCE INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WISCONSIN PRINCIPLES 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 2024–2024), 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