Wisconsin Community Services

Legal name: Wisconsin Community Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
390808464
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Phone
(414) 290-0400
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Rehabilitation Services for Offenders

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,559,777
Expenses
$54,194,957
Assets
$24,201,862
Liabilities
$9,410,657

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANDREAS PACK (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • STACI YOUNG (BOARD PRESIDENT-ELECT/VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CLARENCE JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CLARENCE JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $227,684 total reported compensation
  • KRISTINE RADEZTSKY (VP - FINANCE & ACCOUNTING/CFO): $192,968 total reported compensation
  • CHAD MEINHOLDT (VP - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES): $183,946 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

WCS is a nonprofit human service organization that addresses the individual and systemic barriers that prevent many in our communities from leading productive and healthy lives. We empower individuals to take ownership of their role in pursuing a positive future by providing a continuum of human services and encouraging them as they bridge the gap between where they are today and where they would like to be.

What it reported doing in 2024

Court services: court services provides services to both youth and adults at risk of, or involved with, the justice system by providing accountability and guidance through pretrial and post-conviction supervision, monitoring and treatment services. Services primarily involve case management and supervision services, provided with varying levels of intensity. Some services may require individuals served to be electronically monitored or to submit to drug testing, which are additional services offered under the court services umbrella. Several programs have staff on-call 24/7/365 for the individuals served. The 21 court services programs operated in multiple counties in the state of Wisconsin, including milwaukee, waukesha, jefferson, kenosha, ozaukee, Washington, and manitowoc county. Most of the funding comes from the county where the services take place. These programs served approximately 5,000 individuals during the year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 73% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.4%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 88%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $94.16 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 87.4% of revenue deployed · 88% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 8 filed program accomplishments · $47.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $228K · 23 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.4M reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.