Wisconsin Preservation Fund Inc

Analysis

Wisconsin Preservation Fund Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Milwaukee, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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 March 2023, Wisconsin Preservation Fund Inc reported income of $1.7m and spending of $570k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2019 to March 2023, income fell from $2.8m to $1.7m (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Wisconsin Preservation Fund Inc sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fundacion de Desarrollo Comunal de P R Inc ($1.7m), Prairie Ridge Village LLP ($1.7m) and Metropolitan Village Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% and program service revenue 26% of the total. At year end it held assets of $13.1m against liabilities of $7.5m, net assets of $5.5m.