Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc

Analysis

Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Madison, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 September 2023, Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc reported income of $360k and spending of $575k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $337k to $360k (+6.8%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation Inc sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Texas Agriforestry Small Farmers and Ranchers ($360k), Consumer Education and Training Services ($360k) and Assist the Officer Inc ($360k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $27k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $82k, net assets of $1.6m.