Wisconsin · Nonprofit
WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC
WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $115,500 to it, the largest being BAIRD FOUNDATION INC ($95,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $116k
- Net assets
- $7.3M
What Wisconsin Technical College System Foundation Inc does
Mission
The wisconsin technical college system (wtcs) foundation, inc., seeks to advance the wisconsin technical college system, its constituent technical colleges and public and private sector career, technical and workplace education. The foundation focuses on providing products and services, distributing and licensing intellectual property, operating and managing programs and projects and soliciting and accepting gifts in support of its mission.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Wisconsin technical college system foundation's instructional design and planning program develops and implements curriculum design software and materials and provides curriculum development training and consulting for the wisconsin technical college system (wtcs), wisconsin's technical colleges, and other institutions and educational programs.the worldwide instructional design system (wids) combines performance-based curriculum design software and training with professional consulting services to deliver engaging, effective and innovative courses, programs and modules.
$1,270,395 spent$1,269,467 earned by the program96% of program spendingWisconsin technical college system foundation makes mission-related product and monetary gifts including, for example, providing math courses to wisconsin adults seeking careers in the apprenticeship-based trades, and providing monetary gifts to the wisconsin technical college system in support of its statewide student ambassador leadership development program and enhanced statewide communications capabilities.
$52,500 spentof which $52,500 as grants4% of program spendingWisconsin technical college system foundation acquires and develops video-based courses, interactive video courseware, and other instructional materials, and distributes video training materials.
$301 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,323,196.
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 2020 to 2021, from $6.1M to $7.2M (+19%).
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.
1% of WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $25k.
From the IRS filings of WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM 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 TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 65% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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
83% of WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM 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 TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM 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· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION 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
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
47%
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 TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM 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 TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC?
- WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $115,500 to it, the largest being BAIRD FOUNDATION INC ($95,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $115,500 in grants to WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC?
- BAIRD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $95,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WISCONSIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM 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.
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