Wisconsin · Nonprofit
WISCONSIN WOODLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED
WISCONSIN WOODLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,150 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($62,050). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $297k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $62k
- Net assets
- $629k
What Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association Incorporated does
Mission
The mission of the wisconsin woodland owners association is to conserve and enhance the private woodlands of the state through the following actions: sustainably manage our woodlands with informed management plans that utilize best silviculture practices; assist private landowners in achieving their management goals by connecting them with natural resource professionals and fellow woodland owners; educate the public on the value of woodlands for economic, environmental, recreational, and wildlife habitat purposes. These actions will ensure future generations can enjoy the natural beauty and benefits of our woodlands. Our vision is to be the "go-to" organization to assist woodland owners in achieving their sustainable forestry goals. Silviculture - the care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization publishes a 44-page quarterly magazine with educational articles on sustainable forest management techniques, managing wisconsin's timber types, timber harvesting and taxes, landowner assistance programs, forest health issues (insects, diseases, invasives), wildlife habitat and management, forest regeneration and tree planting, legacy and estate planning, and forest recreation.
$58,036 spent$3,300 earned by the program35% of program spendingThe organization holds a 4 day educational annual meeting for our members. The meeting included tours of forest industries, archeological and cultural sites, a tree farm, convervancy property to learn more about bird habitat and prescribed fire. Member presentations included recovery from a wind storm, panel of women in natural resources, and options after mature pine is harvested. Keynote was the wi dnr secretary designee on partnering with private woodland owners. Concurrent sessions included transferring your land to the next generation, marketing your timber, mapping applications for woodland owners, forestry for the birds - maximizing diversity and health in your woods. Field day session included dealing with woodland emergencies, timber harvesting after a storm, tree identification, creating trails on your woodlands, improving wildlife habitat and woodland legacy.
$68,454 spent$40,134 earned by the program41% of program spendingAssociation awarded one 5,000 forestry leader scholarships for a forestry student attending the university of wi-stevens point.
$5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants3% of program spendingCommunicate with members regularly using our weekly learn something educational topics and member newsletters, website, and facebook to inform members of educational experiences and landowner resources to assist them in caring for their woodlands.
$36,653 spent$8,431 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $168,143.
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 $424k to $578k (+36%).
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 5% · 2018 0% · 2021 5% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
52% of WISCONSIN WOODLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED’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 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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $11k → $10k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 WOODLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED’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 WOODLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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 WOODLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — 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
100% of WISCONSIN WOODLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED'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 $100 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Wisconsin, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $62k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 WOODLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WISCONSIN WOODLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED
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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WISCONSIN WOODLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED?
- WISCONSIN WOODLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,150 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($62,050). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WISCONSIN WOODLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $62,150 in grants to WISCONSIN WOODLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WISCONSIN WOODLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $62,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WISCONSIN WOODLAND OWNERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 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