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The Wisconsin Union Association Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Madison, WI EIN: 39-6056448 Website

To promote the interests, welfare, and development of the Wisconsin union through its membership programs, financial stewardship and fundraising.

The Wisconsin Union Association Inc at a glance

Total assets
$105,601
+34.7% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$158,794
-8.8% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$159,796
-42.3% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-EZ, 2025 View filing

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

How to apply to The Wisconsin Union Association Inc

Who The Wisconsin Union Association Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K2$50–100K3$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).

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$300K2 grants2019 1 grant2020 0 grants2021 2 grants2022 1 grant2023 2 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $75K (2020) to $214K (2022). In 2024 it made 2 grants totaling $214K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Wisconsin System--Wisconsin Union Madison, WISupport for programming costs, including stipends to student leaders$113,600
University of Wisconsin Foundation Madison, WIFuture General Support of Wisconsin Union$100,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025$105,601$158,794$159,796——
2024$78,376$174,168$277,174$213,6002
2023$166,260$216,764$156,276$81,0001
2022$191,947$248,951$304,146$214,0002
2021$145,877$158,508$108,203——
2020$106,233$128,638$134,770$74,8761
2019$240,210$244,585$247,200$111,8652

About The Wisconsin Union Association Inc

Based on IRS filings

The Wisconsin Union Association Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in Madison, WI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $106K in total assets.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

The Wisconsin Union Association Inc is led by Darren Dematoff, Chair since 2024 (on filings since 2019); none of the 12 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Darren Dematoff

    Chair

    Trustee → Vice Chair, 2022

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adam Briggs

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ken Antaramian

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Brody

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Todd Berry

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chelsea Anderson

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Barnhart

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tyson Banh

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jason Stephens

    Treasurer

    Trustee → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leslie Dinauer

    Past Chair

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2022

    Chair → Past Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Guthier

    Secretary

    Secretary → Secretary & Union Director, 2022

    Secretary & Union Director → Secretary, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Iffat Bhuiyan

    Chair-Elect

    Trustee → Vice Chair, 2024

    Vice Chair → Chair-Elect, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (93)
  • Former: Bill Kasdorf (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Bill Niemeyer (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Brent Helt (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Brian Schmeiser (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Christian Krautkramer (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: David Chaffin (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: David Cross (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: David Maraniss (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: David Nemschoff (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Doris Weisberg (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: George Cutlip (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Glenda Noel-Ney (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Jackson Comeau (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Jim Wessing (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Joe Lillis (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Joseph Chrnelich (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Joseph Davis (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Judy Labiner-Wolfe (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Kathy Dwyer Southern (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Kiley Groose (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Lynn Stathas (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Margaret McCormick (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Margaret Tennessen (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Mark Haebig (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Mark Reischel (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Michael Whelan (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Miguel Esteban Guevara (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Patrick Callan (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Paul Davidsaver (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Peggy Shukur (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Ronald Pisano (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Ruth Shneider Brown (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Shayna Yang Hetzel (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Sheryl Facktor (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Stephanie Thomas (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Steven M. Cohan (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Steven Schaffer (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Susan Dibbell (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Suzy Pursell (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Thomas Gulick (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Tiffany Thom Kenney (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Tom Sylke (2019–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Lori Demeuse (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Rachel O'Leary Carmona (2020–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Liz Preston (2022–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Ted Crabb (2022–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Ben Hawke (2023–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Bess Donoghue (2023–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Caryn Lesser (2023–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: David Milofsky (2023–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Doug Mackaman (2023–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Erin Halbauer (2023–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Gary Brown (2023–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Kramer Endres (2023–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Ralph Russo (2023–2024) — Trustee
  • Former: Allen Kipnes (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Allen Schwartz (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Clayt Freed (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Garry Golden (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Ian Rosenberg (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Lucy Lloyd (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Naomi Rhodes (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Scott E. Frederick (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Susie Weber Younkle (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Tom Smith (2019–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: William Immerman (2020–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Tim Prince (2022–2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Marlene Hartzman (2023) — Trustee
  • Former: Carol Falk (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Peggy Douma (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Sharon Hadary (2019–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Miriam Boell Boegel (2019–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Jeffrey Bartell (2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Carol Ward Knox (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Derek Wilson (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Elizabeth Preston (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Ellie Oppenheim (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Janet Montgomery (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Jeff Kunz (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Pamela Garvey (2019–2020) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Rose Mary Rupnow (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Teri Venker (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Theodore Crabb (2019–2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Theodore Gekas (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Timothy Prince (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Tristan Sather (2019–2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Ann Prisland (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Isabella Marquetti (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Jeffery Bartell (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Ken Antamarian (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Thomas Smith (2020) — Treasurer & Trustee From on
  • Former: Jeff Bartell (2019) — Trustee
  • Former: Rachel O'Leary (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.

Frequently asked questions about The Wisconsin Union Association Inc

How large is The Wisconsin Union Association Inc?

The Wisconsin Union Association Inc reported $106K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-EZ. Its revenue that year was $159K.

What is The Wisconsin Union Association Inc?

The Wisconsin Union Association Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in Madison, WI. It holds $106K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does The Wisconsin Union Association Inc operate?

The Wisconsin Union Association Inc has awarded grants in Wisconsin.

What is The Wisconsin Union Association Inc's EIN?

The Wisconsin Union Association Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 39-6056448. 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 1, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 13, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS October 31, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 4, 2022)
  7. Added Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

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