Weac Region 6

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391175651
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Madison, WI, USA
Phone
8003972287
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,302,918
Expenses
$1,256,722
Assets
$1,709,535
Liabilities
$174,298

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

105 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MEREDITH SMITH (PRESIDENT)
  • TRACEY LEIDER (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MEREDITH SMITH (PRESIDENT): $2,734 total reported compensation
  • TIMOTHY VEDRA (TREASURER): $1,829 total reported compensation
  • BRENDA MORRIS (SECRETARY): $1,823 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Assist Wisconsin education association council-affiliated local associations in collective bargaining, member rights, public relations, professional development, political action, and other areas.

What it reported doing in 2024

The objectives of weac region 6 shall be to aid teachers and educational support professionals (esp) in obtaining improved wages, hours and working conditions: to develop among the membership and the public a better understanding of the issues and problems in the area of teachers and esp rights; to advance the civil, human, and academic rights of the membership; to provide for the involvement of ethnic minority members in association activities; to promote the human and civil rights and educational welfare of all students; to improve educational systems in weac region 6 by improving curriculum and instruction activities; and to encourage teachers and esp to register and vote, and to exercise their full rights and responsibilities of citizenship and to participate in the political life of local, state and national communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 81% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 75
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 96.9%; rating input score 97; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.5%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.36; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.7%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 94 of 97 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3K · 105 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $1.2M reported
  • Consistency: 10 of 11 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.