Wisconsin Dental Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 390716117
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- West Allis, WI, USA
- Phone
- 4142764520
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,247,947
- Expenses
- $2,748,173
- Assets
- $6,558,094
- Liabilities
- $1,820,844
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
25 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MR MARK PAGET (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY)
- MS BRENNA SADLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY)
- DR CHRIS HANSEN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
- DR THOMAS REID (PRESIDENT)
- DR RACHEL STEELE (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
- DR CHESKA AVERY-STAFFORD (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- MR MARK PAGET (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY): $223,814 total reported compensation
- MS BRENNA SADLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY): $139,710 total reported compensation
- MS ABBY SWETS (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $137,139 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Advance the interests of wda members and the dental profession by promoting professional excellence and quality oral health care for the public.
What it reported doing in 2025
Wda and its members are committed to promoting professional excellence and quality oral health care. Wda served members by providing programs and services that its members agree provide them with real value. Wda advocated for public-policy on oral health care. Wda is the advocate for quality oral health care in all public policy issues. Wda educated the public on oral health and delivery of care. Wda is recognized as the public's authoritative source of oral health care information. Wda empowered its members and staff for organizational and member success. Wda has developed governance systems and business processes to empower its members, staff and partners for maximum organizational achievement and member effectiveness in association initiatives. The Wisconsin dental association has 3,000 member dentists and a number of dental hygienists. With over 3,000 member dentists throughout the state, the wda is considered the leading voice for dentistry in Wisconsin.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 80% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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: 95
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -22.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.39; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 22.8%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $224K · 25 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.