Wisconsin Library Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
396064538
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Monona, WI, USA
Phone
6082453640
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$556,197
Expenses
$488,967
Assets
$727,858
Liabilities
$302,120

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATHARINE CLARK (PRESIDENT)
  • KARA SULLIVAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FROM SEPTEMBER))
  • LAURA SAUSER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU MAY))

Highest reported compensation

  • THOMAS KLEMENT (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $68,910 total reported compensation
  • LAURA SAUSER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU MAY)): $41,147 total reported compensation
  • KARA SULLIVAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FROM SEPTEMBER)): $24,923 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Wisconsin library association engages, inspires and advocates for library workers and supporters to improve and promote library services for the people of Wisconsin.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Wisconsin library association produced a statewide live library conference with attendance of approximately 443, providing programming for all types of librarians on topics including trends in library service, new technologies, literacy, literature, advocacy, and ideas to improve service and programs in libraries across the state. In addition, annual library legislation day had 236 attendees, the wla academic library division spring conference had 60 attendees, and the wla pulic library division had 134 attendees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% 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: 82
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 60

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: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • 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: 12.1%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.49; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.6%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $69K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.