Wisconsin · Nonprofit
WISCONSIN WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION INC
WISCONSIN WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,730 to it, the largest being GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC ($30,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $934k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $740k
What Wisconsin Waterfowl Association Inc does
Mission
The purpose of the association shall be to restore and conserve wisconsin's waterfowl and wetland resources; to educate state waterfowlers during their progression from natural resource consumer to steward; and to promote governmental policies that protect wisconsin's resources and promote the rights of citizens to hunt.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Environment: the association restores/creates shallow wetland systems for use by waterfowl and related species in wisconsin as well as providing matching funds for grant monies provided by state and federal sources in support of the same type of wetland and adjacent upland works by the association and other conservation partners. Funds are also used in the development of facilities to improve access for disabled hunters.
$226,452 spent$322,796 earned by the program40% of program spendingEducation/advocacy: the activities of the staff, independently, as well as in partnership with volunteers to advance awareness of wetland and waterfowl resources in wisconsin.
$169,838 spent$242,097 earned by the program30% of program spendingPublication: creating literature and digital content to report the works of the association staff, accomplishments of volunteer members, and provide information and insight regarding important conservation issues in wisconsin.
$84,919 spent$121,049 earned by the program15% of program spendingDevelopment: activities of the staff, working with the association's volunteers, to perform fundraising through membership as well as the pursuit, application, administration and oversight of various grant funds, and all other means of securing the financial means to continue the works of the association.
$84,919 spent$121,049 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $566,128.
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 2019 to 2020, from $382k to $509k (+33%).
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: 2020 16% · 2021 34% · 2022 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of WISCONSIN WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Bruce Ross
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $7k → $37k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of WISCONSIN WATERFOWL 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.
How concentrated its funding is
WISCONSIN WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
75% 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 WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 77% · 2021 73% · 2022 100% · 2023 81% — diversifying over time.
“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
75% of WISCONSIN WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $13k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $37k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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 WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION INC has grown faster than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding WISCONSIN WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.8M on record.
- Department of the Interior$2.5M
- Department of Agriculture$300k
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 WATERFOWL 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.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 WATERFOWL 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 WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION INC?
- WISCONSIN WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,730 to it, the largest being GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC ($30,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WISCONSIN WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $49,730 in grants to WISCONSIN WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WISCONSIN WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION INC?
- GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WISCONSIN WATERFOWL 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.
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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 7 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