Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1984.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
9 people listed on the 990; $251K paid to officers and key staff.
Christian Blaisdell’s $99K as CEO (termed 11/2024) is at the 25th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1245 $1–10M employment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Blaisdell | $98,584 | $92,472 | $67,685 | $46,019 | — | — |
| Debra Leslie | — | — | — | — | $91,194 | $88,203 |
| Richard Price | $76,882 | $69,450 | $87,989 | $66,574 | $66,001 | $65,928 |
| Yolanda Lecount | $75,092 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bambi Penning | — | — | — | — | — | $70,875 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Helps people find jobs and build careers.
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Wisconsin Works (w-2) Programs
Workforce resource, inc. Is contracted with the state of wisconsin department of children and families to operate wisconsin works (w-2) programs in ashland, barron, bayfield, burnett, chippewa, clark, douglas, dunn, eau claire, iron, pierce, polk, rusk, ST.
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The independent living program provides services to youth who are aging out of foster care. The program was awarded region 6 in 2024 - now have region 6 & region 7FAST forward grants focus on industry training and basic job skills.
Food Share Employment and Training (fset)
The fset program is an employment and training program operated as part of the federal supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap), which is known as foodshare (FS) in wisconsin. Both FS and its fset component are administered by the wisconsin department of health services (DHS).ACCORDING to the federal food and nutrition act of…
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $2.3M | $1.4M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $706K | $736K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $4.9M | $4.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.1M | $753K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $3.8M | $3.3M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $2.3M | $2.3M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $268K | $244K | $21K | $2K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $4.6M | $4.2M | $370K | $41K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $217K | $198K | $17K | $2K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $776K | $708K | $62K | $7K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $367K | $335K | $29K | $3K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $1K | $1K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $48K | $48K | ||
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $40K | $40K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $398K | $316K | $82K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $1K | $1K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $182K | $173K | $9K | $412 |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $54K | $54K | ||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $150K | $106K | $44K | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $104K | $102K | $2K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $58K | $58K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $64K | $64K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $32K | $32K | $112 | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $146K | $117K | $29K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $9.8M | $9.0M | $714K | $96K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest Viewing | $9.0M | $9.8M | −$834K | $3.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $10.8M | $10.9M | −$106K | $3.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $8.8M | $9.3M | −$538K | $3.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $8.0M | $8.0M | −$73K | $4.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $7.3M | $6.9M | $488K | $4.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $8.7M | $7.8M | $924K | $4.0M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $8,967,215 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $8,967,215 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $9,801,057 across 19 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $4,071,791 assets, 14 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,318,910 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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