Wishin
Legal name: Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 274344294
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Fitchburg, WI, USA
- Phone
- 608-910-5570
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health, General and Financing
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,903,407
- Expenses
- $6,070,164
- Assets
- $3,001,831
- Liabilities
- $1,123,231
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEVEN ROTTMANN JR (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- STEVEN ROTTMANN JR (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $298,576 total reported compensation
- LAURA WIDDER (PROJECT DIRECTOR): $185,181 total reported compensation
- MATT GIGOT (DIR. OF POP. HEALTH & ANALYTICS): $157,251 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To improve health and healthcare in Wisconsin through the secure and efficient exchange of health information.
What it reported doing in 2024
Health information exchange (hie) -health information exchange (hie) is technology that supports the flow of health information among physician practices, hospitals, labs, and others, regardless of the type of electronic medical record (emr) systems they may use. Hie allows delivery of the right health information to the right place, at the right time - providing safer, more timely, and efficient patient-centered care.Wisconsin statewide health information network, inc. (wishin), Wisconsin's state-designated entity for hie, is responsible for developing hie capability throughout the state. Wishin's products and services allow health care providers to securely share a patient's medical information with other health care providers who have seen the patient - even if those providers are not part of the same practice or health system.over time, as Wisconsin's health care providers join wishin to share data, the benefits to patients and providers will be substantial. Combined with the widespread adoption of emrs by hospitals and physicians, hie is a critical component of a truly connected health care delivery system.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 13
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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; 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: -23.8%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 17.4%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $299K · 22 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.6M reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 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.
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.