The Wisconsin Alliance of Artists & Craftspeople Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391413464
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Madison, WI, USA
Phone
6082049129
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$126,552
Expenses
$138,043
Assets
$88,648
Liabilities
$2,218

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ZEB SMITH (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • LEZLIE BLANTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MATT ANDRZEJEWSKI (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • AMY CARANI (SECRETARY)
  • KELLI GREENTREE (DIRECTOR)
  • CYNTHIA KOSHALEK (DIRECTOR)

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

The Wisconsin alliance of artists and craftspeople, inc. Promotes the visual arts by providing opportunities and support for Wisconsin artists and craftspeople, offers full cooperation among members in an effort to cope with and help resolve problems and to address situations unique to artists and craftspeople, and encourages and promotes young artists and craftspeople.

What it reported doing in 2025

In november 2025, waac sponsored the 36th annual winter art fair off the square in madison's frank lloyd wright designed monona terrace convention center. This two-day indoor event promoted the visual arts of Wisconsin andfeatured the exhibition and sale of works of about 120 Wisconsin artists and craftspeople. As an educational benefit for the public, each exhibitor displayedan artist's statement in their booth describing the artwork and the techniques used to create it. A young collectors corner for children under age 12 allowedchildren to purchase higher valued artwork from exhibiting artists for a nominal price. Approximately 5,000 people attended the winter art fair off the square.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.3%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 56.5%; rating input score 57

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.3% of revenue deployed · 56.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $78K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.