Guided by values of equity, opportunity, shared stewardship, and social justice, Incourage partners with residents, businesses and civic leaders in rural central wisconsin to co-create an inclusive, adaptive and sustainable Community that works well for all people. Incourage is a values-led, user-centered, place-based philanthropic and Community development organization that promotes Community-led philanthropy in furtherance of building Community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 87 volunteers and 7 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.2M a year · 45% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$118K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
20 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $32.7M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 19.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $223K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.8M
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.0M
+44% vs prior year
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$33.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$3.0M
FY2024▲ +44%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$5.7M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$3.0M
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2024▼ -3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.5M
Net assets
$33.6M
FY2024▲ +10%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$26.1M
FY2021$31.9M
FY2022$27.1M
FY2023$30.5M
FY2024$33.6M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 1994.

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Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $1.3M Management & general 13% · $191K Fundraising 2% · $26K

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

6 people listed on the 990; $118K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Managing Director
$66,504Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$51,952Pt VII · Sec A
Director/Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director/Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Betsy Wood’s $67K as Managing Director is at the 11th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1690 $1–10M philanthropy & grantmaking 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Betsy Wood$66,504$64,445$69,850$73,298$72,827
Dawn Neuman$51,952$42,267$49,367$54,858$54,583
Heather McKellips————$11,149

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

Partners with rural residents and leaders to build an inclusive, sustainable community for all.

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3 programs · $1.3M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Strategic Philanthropy

Incourage promotes collective and strategic philanthropy principally in the south wood county area in central wisconsin. This rural area includes ten municipalities located in parts of wood and adams counties, with a combined population of about 45,000.

$975Kprogram expense
02

Alignment of Community Capitals

Recognizing that grants alone cannot support the needs of an innovative, emerging economy, incourage has committed to align and leverage all of its capitals, including moral, human, social, intellectual, reputational, natural, and financial, to advance its mission.

$229Kprogram expense
03

Community Engagement and Leadership

Incourage is known nationally for encouraging, organizing, developing, and leading programs and community initiatives that leverage resources, build self-confidence and a sense of agency among residents, and aim to rebuild and diversify our local economy.

$79Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$223K
Grants paid · 114 grants · $4.1M · 2020–2024
International Scholarship and Tuition ServicesFY2024$121,500
St Vincent De Paul ParishWI · FY2024$60,631
Community Property INCWI · FY2024$58,000
Aging and Disability Resource Center of Central WisconsinFY2024$26,124
Wisconsin Rapids Public SchoolsFY2024$8,841
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.0M
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$1.9M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$675
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$191K
Fundraisingcol D$26K
Owns and owesPt X
$33.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.4M
Total assetsLn 16$35.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$377K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$675
Investment incomeLn 3$1.9M
Other incomeLn 4–11$175
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.2M
Total revenueLn 12$3.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$86K
SavingsLn 2$2.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$32.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$21K
Other assetsLn 15$215K
Total assetsLn 16$35.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M
Net assetsLn 32$33.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 687
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.1M$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$29.7M$32.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$25K$21K
Total assetsLn 16$32.2M$35.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.6M$1.8M
Net assetsLn 32$30.5M$33.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$890K$890K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1K$1K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$144K$104K$27K$13K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$67K$60K$4K$3K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2K$1K$79$56
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2K$2K$236$160
Payroll taxesLn 10$15K$12K$2K$1K
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$113$19$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$17K$17K
Investment management feesLn 11f$123K$123K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$127K$126K$887$433
Advertising and promotionLn 12$398$312$59$27
Office expensesLn 13$14K$9K$2K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$48K$37K$7K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$11K$9K$858$418
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$690$648$42
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$3K$584$284
InsuranceLn 23$6K$2K$4K$177
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$27K$25K$1K$54
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$1.3M$191K$26K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $3.0M$1.5M$1.5M$33.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.1M$1.5M$534K$30.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.4M$1.4M−$39K$27.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $5.7M$1.5M$4.2M$31.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.1M$1.4M−$301K$26.1M 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,988,089 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $659,093$1,066,853
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $275$675
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,412,958$1,920,386
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $225$175
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,072,551$2,988,089
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,006,334$890,656
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $216,384$229,762
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $315,733$379,538
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,538,451$1,499,956
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $534,100$1,488,133
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
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 $2,988,089 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $175 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,066,853
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$376,635
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,066,853
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $675$675
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $3,204 · Excluded from tax $711,411$714,615
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsUnrelated business −$52 · Excluded from tax $1,205,823$1,205,771
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $850 · Unrelated business $3,152 · Excluded from tax $1,917,234$2,988,089
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,499,956 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $889,656$889,656
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,000$1,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $104,007 · Management $27,491 · Fundraising $12,777$144,275
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $60,093 · Management $4,133 · Fundraising $2,576$66,802
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,398 · Management $79 · Fundraising $56$1,533
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,041 · Management $236 · Fundraising $160$2,437
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $11,554 · Management $2,119 · Fundraising $1,042$14,715
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $113 · Management $19 · Fundraising $1,704$1,836
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $17,225$17,225
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $123,139$123,139
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $125,701 · Management $887 · Fundraising $433$127,021
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $312 · Management $59 · Fundraising $27$398
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $9,170 · Management $1,964 · Fundraising $2,788$13,922
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $37,264 · Management $7,064 · Fundraising $3,366$47,694
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $9,365 · Management $858 · Fundraising $418$10,641
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $648 · Fundraising $42$690
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,105 · Management $584 · Fundraising $284$3,973
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,937 · Management $4,046 · Fundraising $177$6,160
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $25,408 · Management $1,377 · Fundraising $54$26,839
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,282,772 · Management $191,280 · Fundraising $25,904$1,499,956
Part X · Balance sheet $35,404,811 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $70,941$86,451
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,071,334$2,361,437
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $19,970$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $281$237
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $32,469$35,316
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $24,697$20,724
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $26,447,246$29,493,255
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $233,182$98,387
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $3,057,117$3,088,542
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $5,014$5,014
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $215,615$215,448
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $32,177,866$35,404,811
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $11,880$12,972
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $97,344$1,800
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,527,022$1,771,333
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,636,246$1,786,105
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $30,256,154$33,342,448
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $285,466$276,258
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $30,541,620$33,618,706
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $32,177,866$35,404,811
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $33,618,706 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,988,089
XI-2 Total expenses$1,499,956
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,488,133
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$30,541,620
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,587,203
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$1,750
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$33,618,706

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