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German-American Cultural Foundation of Wisconsin Inc

RegisteredEIN 27-0059508Brookfield, WIArts, culture, heritage and science
Income$414k2023-12
Spending$436ksame year
Spent / received103%5-year average
Size in its cause74th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Exempt since2004Publicly supported organisat
Employees4latest return

Analysis

German-American Cultural Foundation of Wisconsin Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brookfield, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, German-American Cultural Foundation of Wisconsin Inc reported income of $414k and spending of $436k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $484k to $414k (-14%), an average of -3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, German-American Cultural Foundation of Wisconsin Inc sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Making Gay History Inc ($414k), Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice ($414k) and Historic Waco Foundation Inc ($414k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.0% and program service revenue 92% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $69k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $190k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 4 employees.

Income and spending

$0$122k$243k$365k$486k2019 Income: $483,6722019 Spending: $484,11020192020 Income: $266,1222020 Spending: $313,59620202021 Income: $270,3712021 Spending: $330,21320212022 Income: $486,2292022 Spending: $420,65920222023 Income: $413,9302023 Spending: $435,6242023
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Contributions & grants 2.0%
  • Program services 92%
  • Other 5.8%

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