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Wiscnet FY2020 filing

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Madison, WI501(c)(3)Since 1990Science & Technology EIN 39-1705442Revenue $8.5M in FY2020

On file with the IRSwiscnet.net605 Science Dr, 53711-1074 · Madison, WITax-exempt since Nov 1994Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To advance education, research, economic development and public service by assisting in the exchange of information among its members by means of highspeed digital communication techniques, and to assist those members in gaining access to scientific and educational resources. The network will support collaborative instruction, research, economic development and public service; facilitate access to regional and national networks and hence to national resources such as supercomputer centers; and generally support the education, service and research mission of the members.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
73¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$861K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.5M a year · 16% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
73%
of spending
Fine: 73% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$861K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $7.8M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 6.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$973K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.5M
Spent
$7.5M
To programs
73%
Net assets
$16.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$8.5M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$8.5M
FY2021$9.8M
FY2022$9.1M
FY2023$9.7M
FY2024$9.9M
FY2025$10.6M
Expenses
$7.5M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$7.5M
FY2021$8.4M
FY2022$7.8M
FY2023$7.8M
FY2024$7.9M
FY2025$8.9M
Net assets
$16.4M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$16.4M
FY2021$17.7M
FY2022$18.8M
FY2023$20.8M
FY2024$23.1M
FY2025$25.0M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1994.

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Where the money goes

73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 73% · $5.5M Management & general 21% · $1.6M Fundraising 6% · $438K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $861K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
David Lois
Chief Executive Officer
$249,155Pt VII · Sec A
Brian Remer
Chief Technology Officer
$151,399Pt VII · Sec A
Isabel Barr
Senior Director of Operations
$130,119Pt VII · Sec A
Christopher Wopat
Senior Network Engineer
$118,472Pt VII · Sec A
John Pederson
Director of Marketing and Communications
$106,376Pt VII · Sec A
James Young
Senior Engineer of Network Services
$105,828Pt VII · Sec A
Sarah Lipke
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Brian Remer’s $215K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 13th percentile of top reported officer pay among 139 $10–100M science & technology 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
David Lois—$277,093$267,620$259,520$259,768$249,155
Brian Remer$215,479$185,424$173,230$160,000$163,139$151,399
Isabel Barr$210,475$185,799$172,434$157,631$160,448$130,119
John Pederson$138,511$135,965$126,982$111,883$122,583$106,376
Christopher Wopat$136,173$132,512$128,976$129,786$125,750$118,472
Aneta Kosturova$128,019$108,011————
Joshua Gorton$121,080$112,630$107,307$103,211——
James Young————$112,252$105,828

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Connects members for education, research, and public service using digital communication and resource access.

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1 program · $5.5M · in their own filed words · FY2019
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The primary program service offered by wiscnet is to advance education, research, economic development and public service by assisting in the exchange of information among its members by means of high-speed digital communication techniques, and to assist those members in gaining access to scientific and educational resources.

$5.5Mprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$268K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Money outPt IX
$7.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.5M
Managementcol C$1.6M
Fundraisingcol D$438K
Owns and owesPt X
$16.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.8M
Total assetsLn 16$17.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$973K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$268K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$24K
Total revenueLn 12$8.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.1M
SavingsLn 2$2.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$17.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$973K
Net assetsLn 32$16.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 525
VolunteersI 69
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.6M$3.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7.8M$7.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.5M$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$16.0M$17.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$540K$973K
Net assetsLn 32$15.5M$16.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$302K$182K$78K$42K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.6M$954K$409K$218K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$157K$94K$40K$22K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$242K$146K$63K$33K
Payroll taxesLn 10$145K$88K$38K$20K
Accounting feesLn 11c$76K$76K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$36K$36K
Investment management feesLn 11f$26K$26K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$248K$219K$26K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$50K$45K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$1.5M$1.2M$263K
OccupancyLn 16$272K$164K$70K$38K
TravelLn 17$1.5M$1.4M$155K$7K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$23K$4K$17K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$894K$723K$133K$38K
InsuranceLn 23$30K$20K$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$403K$288K$105K$11K
All other expensesLn 24e$8K$22$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.5M$5.5M$1.6M$438K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $10.6M$8.9M$1.7M$25.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $9.9M$7.9M$2.0M$23.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $9.7M$7.8M$1.9M$20.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $9.1M$7.8M$1.3M$18.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $9.8M$8.4M$1.4M$17.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $8.5M$7.5M$956K$16.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $8,451,316 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,999,688$8,179,141
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $173,144$267,701
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $6,467$4,474
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,179,299$8,451,316
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,531,776$2,426,703
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,077,491$5,068,367
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,609,267$7,495,070
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $570,032$956,246
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $8,451,316 across 4 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $4,474 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $8,179,141$8,179,141
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $291,852$291,852
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$24,151−$24,151
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $8,179,141 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $272,175$8,451,316
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,495,070 across 18 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $181,943 · Management $77,976 · Fundraising $41,618$301,537
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $953,922 · Management $408,824 · Fundraising $218,199$1,580,945
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $94,436 · Management $40,472 · Fundraising $21,601$156,509
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $146,156 · Management $62,638 · Fundraising $33,432$242,226
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $87,784 · Management $37,622 · Fundraising $20,080$145,486
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $75,704$75,704
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $36,000$36,000
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $25,573$25,573
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $218,734 · Management $25,506 · Fundraising $3,775$248,015
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $45,334 · Fundraising $5,036$50,370
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,221,510 · Management $263,312$1,484,822
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $164,081 · Management $70,320 · Fundraising $37,532$271,933
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,356,604 · Management $154,505 · Fundraising $6,859$1,517,968
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,347 · Management $16,572 · Fundraising $1,617$22,536
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $723,063 · Management $133,267 · Fundraising $38,134$894,464
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $20,456 · Management $9,522$29,978
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $288,275 · Management $104,654 · Fundraising $10,512$403,441
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $22 · Management $7,541$7,563
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,461,333 · Management $1,595,342 · Fundraising $438,395$7,495,070
Part X · Balance sheet $17,389,831 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,005,980$1,078,677
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,601,600$2,737,786
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,490,407$1,695,054
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,622,155$2,086,623
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,496,242$2,021,805
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $7,810,373$7,710,948
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$58,938
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $16,026,757$17,389,831
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $397,415$397,639
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $80,167$28,920
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $62,458$546,065
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $540,040$972,624
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $15,486,717$16,417,207
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $15,486,717$16,417,207
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $16,026,757$17,389,831
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $16,417,207 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,451,316
XI-2 Total expenses$7,495,070
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$956,246
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$15,486,717
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$25,756
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$16,417,207

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