Wisconsin · Nonprofit
WISCONSIN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC
WISCONSIN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,550 to it, the largest being PERKINS COIE FOUNDATION ($15,550). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $917k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $21k
- Net assets
- $105k
What Wisconsin Technology Council Inc does
Mission
To lead wisconsin in development and retention of science and tech-based businesses and to provide policy guidance to lawmakers, the governor of wisconsin, state agencies, and other institutions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Wisconsin early stage symposium - open to technology companies seeking all types of capital, the tech council's annual investment oriented conference is held in november for 300+ attendees.
$321,758 spent$145,640 earned by the program42% of program spendingWisconsin entrepreneurs' conference this annual conference in june attracts about 300 people and focuses in stimulating more entrepreneurial activity, especially with young, pre-revenue, often pre-investment companies. It is where the wisconsin governor's business plan contest and the wisconsin yes contest culminated during the tax year.
$149,094 spent$94,796 earned by the program19% of program spendingWisconsin tech summit - the tech summit is a controlled matchmaking event that brings together major companies and emerging firms, allowing them to build business relationships around technology needs and innovation. Major companies have also invested in emerging companies. There were 200+ participants in the tax year, with 20+ major companies meeting with 60 plus emerging companies in a series of 300, 15 minute meetings.
$108,525 spent$66,646 earned by the program14% of program spendingTech council innovation network held 30 inperson and virtual events held around wisconsin on varying timely topics: madison area, milwaukee area, the fox valley, the chippewa valley, western wisconsin and northwwest wisconisn are recurring locations.
$98,176 spent$60,856 earned by the program13% of program spendingVarious other programs and events including investor hall of fame and women's receptions.
$49,283 spent$9,345 earned by the program6% of program spendingWisconsin governor's business plan contest - the contest is an opportunity to compete for cash and in kind prizes, but its also a chance to get constructive feedback on a business plan and to help move it from "virtual business" to reality. Over 20 years, more than 4,500 people from 330 wisconsin communities have participated. About $2.5 million in cash and service prizes have been awarded since its inception. The business survival rate for finalists in about 75% over five years, according to follow up surveys, which is significant.
$39,004 spent$6,500 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $765,840.
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 2023 to 2024, from $403k to $294k (−27%).
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: 2017 32% · 2018 31% · 2019 27% · 2020 33% · 2021 46% · 2022 33% · 2023 38% · 2024 49% · 2025 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
56% of WISCONSIN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% 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.
Board chair
Gary Frings
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $5k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $20k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Wisys Technology Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money WISCONSIN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC raised.
From the IRS filings of WISCONSIN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL 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 TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% 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
76% 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 TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 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
WISCONSIN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 2 states in all.
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 TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding WISCONSIN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $115k on record.
- Small Business Administration$115k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like WISCONSIN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WISCONSIN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL 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 TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC?
- WISCONSIN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,550 to it, the largest being PERKINS COIE FOUNDATION ($15,550). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WISCONSIN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $20,550 in grants to WISCONSIN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WISCONSIN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL INC?
- PERKINS COIE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WISCONSIN TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL 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