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WISPIRG FOUNDATION INC

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2021 · Form 990EZ · revenue $11K · expenses $2K · assets $0

EIN
39-1926253
Address
333 W Brown Deer Rd Unit G 443, Milwaukee, WI 53217
Website
www.wispirgfoundation.org
NTEE code
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Subsection
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Ruling year
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Mission

The purpose of the corporation is to engage in public education within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The corporation's activities may include public education, research, and litigation on issues affecting the public interest.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Peter Skopec (former) State Director2015-2017 $29,932$87,369 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

12 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Anne Ditzler Director2017-2021 1 $0 reported 2
Mia Scampini Moore President, Director2015-2021 1 $0 reported 2
Stacey Hafner Vice President, Director2015-2021 1 $0 reported 1
Nancie Koenigsberg Director2020-2021 1 $0 reported 2
Sarah Dobjensky Secretary, Treasurer, Director2017-2021 1 $0 reported 1
Nancie Koenigsburg (former) Director2015-2017 0 $0 reported 2
Sarah Dobjensky at 51717 (former) Sec/Treas2016 0 $0 reported 1
Zach Korrigan to71016 (former) Sec/Treas2016 0 $0 reported 1
Anne Ditzler as of 111616 (former) Director2016 0 $0 reported 1
Bruce Speight (former) Director2015 0 $0 reported 2
Phineas Baxandall (former) Director2015 0 $0 reported 1
Zach Korrigan (former) Treasurer2015 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2021 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Mia Scampini Moore President, Director1 $0-$0 $02
Stacey Hafner Vice President, Director1 $0-$0 $01
Nancie Koenigsberg Director1 $0-$0 $02
Sarah Dobjensky Secretary, Treasurer, Director1 $0-$0 $01
Anne Ditzler Director1 $0-$0 $02
2020 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Mia Scampini Moore President, Director1 $0-$0 $02
Stacey Hafner Vice President, Director1 $0-$0 $01
Nancie Koenigsberg Director1 $0-$0 $02
Sarah Dobjensky Secretary, Treasurer, Director1 $0-$0 $01
Anne Ditzler Director1 $0-$0 $02
2017 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $30K · 1 employee
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Peter Skopec State Director20 $25,153$0$4,779 $29,9321
Mia Scampini Moore President0 $0$0$0 $02
Stacey Hafner Vice President0 $0$0$0 $01
Nancie Koenigsburg Director0 $0$0$0 $02
Sarah Dobjensky Sec/Treas0 $0$0$0 $01
Anne Ditzler Director0 $0$0$0 $02
2016 · 7 people listed · 1 paid, $31K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Peter Skopec State Director16 $24,984-$5,559 $30,5431
Mia Scampini Moore President0 $0-- $02
Stacey Hafner Vice President0 $0-- $01
Nancie Koenigsburg Director0 $0-- $02
Sarah Dobjensky at 51717 Sec/Treas0 $0-- $01
Zach Korrigan to71016 Sec/Treas0 $0-- $01
Anne Ditzler as of 111616 Director0 $0-- $01
2015 · 7 people listed · 1 paid, $27K · 2 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Peter Skopec Director16 $21,928$0$4,966 $26,8941
Mia Scampini Moore President0 $0$0$0 $02
Stacey Hafner Vice President0 $0$0$0 $01
Nancie Koenigsburg Director0 $0$0$0 $02
Phineas Baxandall Director0 $0$0$0 $01
Zach Korrigan Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $01
Bruce Speight Director0 $0$0$0 $02

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2017 · 3 grants to organizations · $40K
2015 · 4 grants to organizations · $87K

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$11,471$1,693 $0$0 $11,471$0 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$70,146$77,514 $244,617$203,663 $69,960$0 ---
2017 · Form 990 period ending 2018-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$294,745$201,755 $354,464$246,018 $294,745$0 $25,8501-
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$135,738$186,858 $196,651$153,028 $134,622- ---
2015 · Form 990 period ending 2016-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$237,899$205,042 $342,363$204,148 $237,198$0 $21,9282-

Funders of this organization

8 grantors reported grants to this organization, $704,685 in all, tax years 2009 to 2022. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor Exact 2017-2018 2$270,400 2018$90,350
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UNITED STATES PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP EDUCATION FUND Public charity Exact 2009-2013, 2015-2017 8$265,685 2017$13,500
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AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORM EDUCATION FUND Public charity Exact 2018-2020, 2022 4$74,700 2022$10,000
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MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2016, 2018 2$48,900 2018$30,000
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WISCONSIN VOICES INC Public charity Exact 2010, 2012 2$18,000 2012$10,000
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FIRST FOCUS ON CHILDREN Public charity Exact 2017-2019 3$10,000 2019$0
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ENVIRONMENT AMERICA RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER INC Public charity Exact 2009 1$10,000 2009$10,000
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CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC Public charity Exact 2020 1$7,000 2020$7,000
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Who funds organizations like this

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2021 · Form 990EZ · $1,693 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $1,193 70.5%
Printing, publications, postage $500 29.5%
Total$1,693100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $77,514 spent · pay $26,062 · grants $15,720 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $26,062 33.6%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $18,916 24.4%
Grants and similar amounts paid $15,720 20.3%
Fees to independent contractors $9,968 12.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $6,741 8.7%
Printing, publications, postage $107 0.1%
Total$77,514100%

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2017 · Form 990 · $201,755 spent · pay $35,603 · grants $40,500 · events $1,333
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $71,522$38,024$31,126$2,372 35.4%
Grants to US organizations and governments $40,500$40,500-- 20.1%
Other (as described)Citizen outreach $38,709$38,709-- 19.2%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $25,850$20,680$2,585$2,585 12.8%
Other employee benefits $5,511$4,410$549$552 2.7%
Occupancy $2,756$2,204$276$276 1.4%
Fees: accounting $2,650-$2,650- 1.3%
Travel $2,521$2,017$252$252 1.2%
Other (as described)Grants out$5,000 $2,000$2,000-- 1.0%
Payroll taxes $1,995$1,596$200$199 1.0%
Information technology $1,372$1,098$137$137 0.7%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $1,333$1,333-- 0.7%
Other salaries and wages $1,213$970$122$121 0.6%
Other (as described)Recruitment $1,178$942$118$118 0.6%
Pension plan contributions $1,034$827$104$103 0.5%
Insurance $809-$809- 0.4%
Office expenses $478$307$141$30 0.2%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $298$240$29$29 0.1%
All other expenses $26$20$3$3 0.0%
Total$201,755100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $186,858 spent · pay $31,161 · grants $66,800 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Fees to independent contractors $69,650 37.3%
Grants and similar amounts paid $66,800 35.7%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $31,161 16.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $16,884 9.0%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,953 1.0%
Printing, publications, postage $410 0.2%
Total$186,858100%

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2015 · Form 990 · $205,042 spent · pay $28,640 · grants $87,223 · events $240
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Grants to US organizations and governments $87,223$87,223-- 42.5%
Other (as described)Public education outreach $39,770$39,770-- 19.4%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $21,928$17,542$2,193$2,193 10.7%
Fees: management $14,468$3,617$10,851- 7.1%
Other (as described)Other grants & donations $11,600$11,600-- 5.7%
Other (as described)Printing and Publications $5,492$4,394$549$549 2.7%
Occupancy $4,668$3,734$467$467 2.3%
Other employee benefits $4,061$3,249$406$406 2.0%
Other (as described)Dues & memberships $3,694$3,694-- 1.8%
Fees: accounting $3,323-$3,323- 1.6%
Travel $2,727$2,181$273$273 1.3%
Payroll taxes $1,746$1,397$175$174 0.9%
Insurance $1,423-$1,423- 0.7%
Information technology $1,354$1,084$135$135 0.7%
Pension plan contributions $905$724$90$91 0.4%
Office expenses $314$250$32$32 0.2%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $240$240-- 0.1%
All other expenses $106$86$10$10 0.1%
Total$205,042100%

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