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Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Green Bay, WI EIN: 39-1490219 Website

The Bay Area Workforce Development Board, inc., consisting of selected community representatives, develops a skilled workforce by strategically allocating and coordinating resources to address community needs by working through others for the benefit of all.

Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc at a glance

In short: Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc gave $1.9M across 8 grants in 2025 (avg $241K), mostly in Wisconsin. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$1,928,391
-8.9% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
8
-33.3% vs 2024
Average grant
$241,049
+36.7% vs 2024
Median grant
$163,705
Total assets
$776,681
-4.5% vs 2024
Primary geography
Wisconsin (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 8 recipients in 2025

Forward Service Corporation: $920KForward Service Corporation$920KGreat Lakes Training and Development Corporation: $363KGreat Lakes Training andDevelopment Corporation$363KWisconsin Early Childhood Association: $256KWisconsin Early ChildhoodAssociation$256KFox Valley Technical College: $181KFox Valley Technical College$181KNicolet Federated Library System: $146KNicolet Federated LibrarySystem$146KNortheast Wisconsin Technical College: $40KNortheast Wisconsin TechnicalCollege$40KGENER8TOR: $11KGENER8TOR$11KCollege of the Menominee Nation: $10KCollege of the MenomineeNation$10K

The largest 2025 recipient was Forward Service Corporation ($920K). Together the top 8 received $1.9M.

Grant Size Distribution

47 grants across all recorded years

16<$50K5$50–100K9$100–250K12$250–500K5$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 16 grants of 47 (34%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 8 itemized grants.

States

Cities

Green BayMadisonAppletonKeshenaSheboyganBowlerOcontoSturgeon BayClevelandJanesvilleDe PereFitchburg

How Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+9%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$1M$2M$3M11 grants2019 10 grants2020 9 grants2021 7 grants2022 11 grants2023 12 grants2024 8 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.8M (2022) to $2.8M (2019). In 2025 it made 8 grants totaling $1.9M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Forward Service Corporation Madison, WIEmployment and Training Services$920,347
Great Lakes Training and Development Corporation Sheboygan, WIEmployment and Training Services$363,003
Wisconsin Early Childhood Association Fitchburg, WIEmployment and Training Services$256,061
Fox Valley Technical College Appleton, WIEmployment and Training Services$181,120
Nicolet Federated Library System Green Bay, WIEmployment and Training Services$146,289
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Green Bay, WIEmployment and Training Services$40,000
GENER8TOR Madison, WIEmployment and Training Services$11,415
College of the Menominee Nation Keshena, WIEmployment and Training Services$10,156
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025$776,681$3,935,122$3,936,101$1,928,3918
2024$813,052$4,406,170$4,323,414$2,116,10712
2023$1,044,227$5,128,391$5,092,028$2,760,51311
2022$532,124$4,087,094$4,102,946$1,761,1947
2021$475,372$3,248,065$3,243,190$1,807,0999
2020$388,012$4,090,686$4,088,703$2,198,25910
2019$583,593$5,124,415$5,123,195$2,830,45711

About Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc

Based on IRS filings

Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc is a public charity focused on Employment, based in Green Bay, WI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $777K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 8 grants totaling $1.9M.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc is led by Vickie Patterson, Executive Director on every filing since 2023; 2 of 35 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Vickie Patterson

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $73K (2023) → $97K (2025)

  • Cheri Galecke

    Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2021

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mistine Habeck

    Director of Finance

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $70K (2023) → $81K (2025)

  • Ann Schermetzler

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Pelon

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cheryl Detrick

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matt Rentmeester

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Troyer

    Director

    Chairman → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Ruminski

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Myrna Warrington

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Norman Shawanokasic

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ron Christensen

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tara Carr

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bruce Russell

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Claudia Krepsky

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gerald Schomaker

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Heller

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Will Robinson

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amber Collegnon

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bethany Wilde

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elizabeth Burns

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michelle Lawrie

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Printz

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Price

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Josh Bartoszuk

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julie Bulin

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kathryn Rogalski

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Madalyn Foscato

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Meredith Sauer

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Marlyere

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pam Berkovitz

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Whitney Hostettier

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dustin Delsman

    Vice Chair

    Secretary → Vice Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mercedes Olson

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tim Beno

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (46)
  • Former: Chuck Dallas (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Kris Chosa (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Meridith Jaeger (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Paul Carlsen (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Andy Ford (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Jennifer Bscherer (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Debra Warga (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Ed Kelley (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Jennifer Short (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Nicole Tritt (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Aaron Augustian (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Christopher Matheny (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Deborah Buckley (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Edwin Kelley (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Guy Meyerhofer (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Heather Martin (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Kim Holmes (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Loretta Shellman (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Marcia Christiansen (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Robert Pontius (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Ron Kadlubowski (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Shirley Aviles (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Timothy Beno (2019–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Brian Schauf (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Dan Keyzers (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Steve Jenkins (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Matthew Valiquette (2022) — Executive Director
  • Former: James Golembeski (2019–2021) — Executive Director
  • Former: Matt Valiquette (2021) — Executive Director
  • Former: Carol Karls (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Collen Koski (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Greg Middlesworth (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Jennifer Mikalowsky (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Jim Schuessler (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Larry Harkness (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Manny Vasquez (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Penny Helmle (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Shelly Ghere (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Thomas Schmidt (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Tony Marcelle (2019–2020) — Secretary
  • Former: Trevor Martin (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Wendy Dzurick (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Craig Treichel (2019) — Director
  • Former: Grailing Jones (2019) — Director
  • Former: Joe Hilke (2019) — Director
  • Former: Stephen West (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Vickie Patterson — Executive Director: $97KVickie PattersonExecutive Director$97KMistine Habeck — Director of Finance & HR: $81KMistine HabeckDirector of Finance & HR$81K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $97K, to Vickie Patterson (Executive Director). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc

How much does Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc give each year?

Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc gave $1.9M across 8 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.1M across 12 grants.

What is Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc's typical grant size?

Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc's median grant in 2025 was $163,705, and its average grant was $241,049, across 8 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc give grants?

Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc gives mostly in Wisconsin: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Madison, WI (2 grants) and Green Bay, WI (2 grants).

Does Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 8 grants with a stated purpose on Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Employment and Training Services" (8 grants).

Who are Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc's largest grantees?

Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Forward Service Corporation ($920,347), Great Lakes Training and Development Corporation ($363,003) and Wisconsin Early Childhood Association ($256,061), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 80% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc?

Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc reported $777K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.9M.

What is Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc?

Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc is a public charity focused on Employment, based in Green Bay, WI. It holds $777K in total assets as of 2025.

What is Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc's EIN?

Bay Area Workforce Development Board Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 39-1490219. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 20, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 3, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 10, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 27, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 13, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS January 27, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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