Wisconsin Education Association Professional Development Academy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391828141
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Madison, WI, USA
Phone
6082767711
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$100,530
Expenses
$127,523
Assets
$185,030
Liabilities
$63,150

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEANNA NEEDHAM (PRESIDENT)
  • BRENDA MORRIS (VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY)

People named in this filing

  • DEANNA NEEDHAM (PRESIDENT)
  • BRENDA MORRIS (VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY)
  • NATHAN UGORETZ (TREASURER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote high quality public education by providing access to professional and personal learning, education resources, and collaboration.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provides unique trainings delivered by educators to educators.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -26.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.45; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $126K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.