Wisconsin Nurses Association Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
390716168
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Stoughton, WI, USA
Phone
6082210383
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$676,600
Expenses
$722,236
Assets
$102,313
Liabilities
$116,948

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GAIL HANSON BRENNER (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • GEORGINA DENNIK-CHAMPION (EXECUTIVE DI): $79,280 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Wisconsin nurses association advocates for policies that positively impact the nursing workforce. The association also supports workplace standards that promoted safe patient and nursing care.the association advocated for full practice authority for advanced practice nurses, inclusion in medicaid manual as an authorized provider in Wisconsin. The association provides and supports many educational informational opportunities and preceptor to 7 nursing students to assist professional growth of registered nurses. This in turn supports the improvement of health standards and the availability of health care services for all people residing in Wisconsin.the association also supported the role of nurses in the area of chronic disease managment for improving diabetes, hypertension and cholesterol outcomes.

What it reported doing in 2024

Policy: Wisconsin nurses association worked with and implemented the directives of the Wisconsin nurses association board of directors related to gaining legislative support for advanced practice registered nurses to acquire full practice authority, support policies that address workplace violence and working with the Wisconsin board of nursing on proposed changes to the nursing administrative code. Education: the association continued to support the professional development of registered nurses by providing 34 different educational offerings that resulted in over 175 contact hours provided to 900 learners. The association's role as an approver of educational content that is provided by other organizations via the continuing education approver program resulted in the awarding of 10,500 contact hours and 62,100 learners. Member engagement: the membership of the association were offered opportunities to participate in the work of the councils, task forces and committees, and town halls.. Activiies focused on the opioid abuse epidemic, mentoring, patient-centered team based care, workplace violence, healthy nurse, healthcare workforce issues, environmental health, primary care, and anti-human trafficking, . This level of active engagement represented 12 percent of the membership. Members were offered one-on-one technical assistance related to employment, practice, contracts and legal issues. Wna provided 7 learning experiences for undergraduate and graduate level nursing students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • 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: 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -6.7%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.14; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -43% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $79K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.