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Graduate School of Banking Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Madison, WI EIN: 39-1467668 Website

To serve the advanced management development needs of professionals and organizations in the banking and financial services industry.

Graduate School of Banking Inc at a glance

Total assets
$612,657
-48.7% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$3,568,364
-6.8% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$39,375
-40.1% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$4,061,039
-2.0% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who Graduate School of Banking Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Madison

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 0 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 1 grant2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $25K (2020) to $300K (2019). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $225K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Herbert V Prochnow Educational Foundation Inc Madison, WIContribution to hvpef for inclusion in the foundation's investment profile.$225,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$612,657$3,568,364$4,061,039——$39,375
2024$1,193,165$3,830,250$4,145,776$225,0001$65,695
2023$1,525,736$4,036,446$3,795,283——$2,165
2022$1,349,649$4,080,675$3,765,113——$3,515
2021$1,229,337$3,378,911$2,576,955——$3,871
2020$2,009,591$1,424,788$2,169,762$25,0001$640
2019$775,779$3,688,836$3,852,934$300,0001$941

About Graduate School of Banking Inc

Based on IRS filings

Graduate School of Banking Inc is a public charity, based in Madison, WI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $613K in total assets. Net investment income was $39K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Graduate School of Banking Inc is led by Kirby Davidson Former, President & CEO on the 2025 filing; 2 of 23 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Kirby Davidson Former

    President & CEO

    New on the 2025 filing

    36 hrs/week

    $288K (2025)

  • Paul Katz President

    CEO

    New on the 2025 filing

    36 hrs/week

    $133K (2025)

  • Adrian Beverage

    Chair

    Member → Vice Chair, 2024

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Vicki Kraai

    Member - Cac Chair

    Member - Cac Vice Chair → Member - Cac Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julie Redfern

    Member - Bab Chair

    Member - Bab Vice Chair → Member - Bab Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amber Van Til

    Member

    Immediate Past Chair of the Board → Trustee, 2022

    Trustee → Member, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ballard W. Cassady Jr.

    Member

    Trustee → Member, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Doug Wareham

    Member

    Chair of the Board → Immediate Past Chair of the Board, 2022

    Immediate Past Chair of the Board → Member, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joe Witt

    Member

    Trustee → Member, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Sorensen

    Member

    Trustee → Member, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lorrie Trogden

    Member

    Chair of the Board → Immediate Past Chair, 2023

    Immediate Past Chair → Member, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael J. Adelman

    Member

    Treasurer of the Board → Treasurer, 2023

    Treasurer → Member, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Baier

    Member

    Immediate Past Chair of the Board → Trustee, 2020

    Trustee → Member, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rick Clayburgh

    Member

    Trustee → Member, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rose Oswald Poels

    Member

    Trustee → Member, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • T. Rann Paynter

    Treasurer

    Trustee → Member, 2023

    Member → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Randy Hultgren

    Member

    Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2024

    Immediate Past Chair → Member, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Vallabh Sambamurthy

    Uw Representative

    Trustee → Uw Representative, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jenifer Waller

    Vice Chair

    Trustee → Member, 2023

    Member → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jackson Hataway

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karlton Adam

    Immediate Past Chair

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2024

    Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Humphreys

    Member - Bab Vice Chair

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lisa Yaffe

    Member - Cac Vice Chair

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (17)
  • Former: Kirby A. Davidson (2019–2024) — CEO
  • Former: Michael A. Wear (2022–2024) — Member - Cac Chair
  • Former: Kevin Pernick (2024) — Member - Bab Chair
  • Former: Paul Katz (2024) — President & CEO
  • Former: Betsy Johnson (2022–2023) — Member - Bab Chair
  • Former: Sue Black (2022–2023) — Bab Vice Chair
  • Former: Kevin Pernick Member (2023) — Bab Vice Chair
  • Former: Don A. Childears (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Jason Schwartz (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Lance E. Kessler (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Max Cook (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Karl Adam (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Ernest Strube (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Roger M. Beverage (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Curtis A. Everson (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: James M. Johannes (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Linda Koch (2019) — Trustee

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

Kirby Davidson Former — President & CEO (Term 12/2024): $288KKirby Davidson FormerPresident & CEO (Term 12/2024)$288KPaul Katz President — & CEO (EFF. 05/2024): $133KPaul Katz President& CEO (EFF. 05/2024)$133K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $288K, to Kirby Davidson Former (President & CEO (Term 12/2024)). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Graduate School of Banking Inc

How large is Graduate School of Banking Inc?

Graduate School of Banking Inc reported $613K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.6M.

Where does Graduate School of Banking Inc operate?

Graduate School of Banking Inc has awarded grants in Wisconsin.

What is Graduate School of Banking Inc's EIN?

Graduate School of Banking Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 39-1467668. 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

(5)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 28, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 10, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 2, 2025)
  4. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 19, 2026)
  5. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

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