Wisconsin · Nonprofit
WISCONSIN WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC
WISCONSIN WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,241,900 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($410,050). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $856k
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $822k
What Wisconsin Wetlands Association Inc does
Mission
Wisconsin Wetlands Association is dedicated to the protection, restoration, and enjoyment of wetlands and associated ecosystems through science-based programs, education, and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Wetland Outreach and Education: in 2023-24, WWA developed and presented education and outreach programs to diverse audiences of laypersons and experts and advanced the use of wetland science on matters related to wetland conservation. Programs include a bi-weekly webinar called the Wetland Coffee Break featuring short wetland-related presentations; workshops, field trips, and presentations; advising landowners about wetland preservation, restoration, and management; distribution of two books, My Healthy Wetlands (to help landowners care for their wetlands), and "Way Will Open" (a book of poetry, including wetland poetry, by a WWA member ), and an annual wetlands science conference. More than 400 people attended and participated in WWA's 2024 Wetland Science Conference in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
$307,825 spentof which $7,015 as grants$146,629 earned by the program40% of program spendingPublic Policy Advocacy: In 2023-24, WWA's policy program work emphasized building the policy and program supports needed to increase the use of wetland restoration to solve problems. Highlights included advocating for enactment of a bill to establish a state-based grant program to help flood prone communities identify and implement opportunities to restore wetlands and floodplains to increase resilience (2023 WI Act 265, enacted in April 2024), and helping the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources draft a new general permit for hydrologic restoration projects. Our Executive Director continued to serve as Vice Chair of the governor's Wetland Study Council. This council, representing private, agricultural, conservation, and other diverse interests discusses and develops recommendations on statewide wetland issues.
$230,227 spentof which $99,405 as grants$99,405 earned by the program30% of program spendingPlace-based Projects: In 2023-24 WWA continued work with the Village of Plover, local growers, and others in the Little Plover River watershed to restore river flows and conserve groundwater. WWA also worked to expand our efforts to help Lake Superior Basin communities identify and prioritize areas where restoring wetlands and floodplains could help reduce downstream flood risks and vulnerabilities. Those efforts included working with partners in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota to scope a project and prepare a funding proposal for a NOAA Climate Resilience Regional Challenge grant. The award was approved, but work did not begin this fiscal year. It is part of a longer-term effort to develop and promote methods to help Wisconsin's flood-prone communities assess and address areas where degraded wetland and floodplain condition contribute to road and culvert damages during runoff events.
$153,418 spentof which $152,857 as grants$152,857 earned by the program20% of program spendingProgram Development: In 2023-24 WWA continued working with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection on efforts to build capacity to restore wetlands and floodplains in agricultural landscapes. The work included development of a core curriculum and preliminary planning for a series of trainings to be delivered in 2025.
$69,678 spent9% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $761,148.
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 $594k to $953k (+61%).
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 28% · 2018 24% · 2020 27% · 2021 27% · 2022 26% · 2023 28% · 2024 20% · 2025 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of WISCONSIN WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (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
Tracy Hames
Executive Director
Board chair
Alison Pena
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $44k → $296k.
6 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 WETLANDS 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 WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
72% 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 WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 35% · 2019 56% · 2020 36% · 2021 55% · 2022 56% · 2023 66% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
47% of WISCONSIN WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
WISCONSIN WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC draws 65% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $505k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,606 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,606 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding WISCONSIN WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $306k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$306k
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 WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC
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In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WISCONSIN WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC?
- WISCONSIN WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,241,900 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($410,050). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WISCONSIN WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,241,900 in grants to WISCONSIN WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WISCONSIN WETLANDS ASSOCIATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $410,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WISCONSIN WETLANDS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 27 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing