A Better Southeast Wisconsin Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
845096077
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Racine, WI, USA
Phone
2622925137
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,500
Expenses
$18,549
Assets
$2,332
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRADLEY M LOIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MARK SOLOWICZ (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BRADLEY M LOIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MARK SOLOWICZ (PRESIDENT)
  • BARBARA SCHERRER (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

A better southeast Wisconsin is a non-profit organization with a pro-growth mentality to help stimulate and encourage economic development in the badger state.

What it reported doing in 2025

We are organized to help make a positive impact on our community, to watch southeast Wisconsin grow, and to build a better southeast Wisconsin. A robust economy means more jobs, increased opportunity, and the gateway to a better life in Wisconsin. During 2025, we provided community engagement programs through direct mail and digital advertising and issue advocacy to educate voters as to positions of the village board trustee candidates regarding economic development, lower taxes, and job creation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.1%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 90.9%; rating input score 91

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.3%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.5% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.6% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -29.7% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.1% of revenue deployed · 90.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.