Weac Region 6
Assist Wisconsin education association council-affiliated local associations in collective bargaining, member rights, public relations, professional development, political action, and other areas.
Weac Region 6 at a glance
- Total assets
- $1,709,535
- +5.8% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $1,302,918
- +2.6% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $78,438
- +93.3% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,256,722
- -7.3% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Weac Region 6 funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
1 grant across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2021, annual grant giving ranged from $6K (2020) to $8K (2019). In 2021 it made 1 grant totaling $7K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools Monona, WI | General Support | $6,546 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,709,535 | $1,302,918 | $1,256,722 | — | — | $78,438 |
| 2024 | $1,615,177 | $1,269,454 | $1,355,726 | — | — | $40,587 |
| 2023 | $2,005,616 | $1,210,136 | $1,253,006 | — | — | $3,207 |
| 2022 | $1,897,900 | $1,294,503 | $1,152,078 | — | — | $6,855 |
| 2021 | $1,837,453 | $1,316,853 | $1,220,895 | $6,546 | 1 | $11,769 |
| 2020 | $1,656,133 | $1,277,938 | $1,196,611 | $6,000 | 1 | $23,504 |
| 2019 | $1,482,107 | $1,244,673 | $1,275,515 | $7,500 | Total only | $28,391 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Weac Region 6
Based on IRS filings
Weac Region 6 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 $1.7M in total assets. Net investment income was $78K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Weac Region 6 is led by Meredith Smith, President since 2022 (on filings since 2019); 6 of 105 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Meredith Smith
President
Treasurer → President, 2022
On filings since 2019
5 hrs/week
$5K (2019) → $3K (2025)
Dustin Beilke
Uniserv Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$113K (2019) → $0 (2025)
John Wedge
Uniserv Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$114K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Jon A. Buslaff
Director
Zone II Representative → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$2K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Melinda Dorris
Uniserv Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$109K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Kimberly Noyce
Uniserv Director
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$45K (2020) → $0 (2025)
Kurt Handrich
Uniserv Director
At-Large Member → At-Large Member & Uniserv Director, 2024
At-Large Member & Uniserv Director → Uniserv Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$833 (2022) → $0 (2025)
Aimee K. Fish
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bradley A. Klotz
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cherilyn K. Janisch
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David A. Fridley
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Diane R. Schmid
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Greg Titus
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jasen L. Scanlan
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jason J. Troxel
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karla K. Ray
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kevin J. Steele
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kristine K. Buschor
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Larry D. Wilson
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laura L. Anderson
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Linda J. Heins
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maiwa Lor
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark A. Ludlum
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael J. Goecks
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ryan A. Petersen
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shane C. Seefeld
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tom R. Steger
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Warren S. Kinnick
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Edge
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Diane Weinheimer-Webber
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Emily Fraser
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jill Whale
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Justin Kamp
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Angela Boldt
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Beth Zimmerman
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jenna Miland
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kathryn Heiser
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kristine Adams
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laura Mattison
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matthew Mascal
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Melanie Loterbauer
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ian Sullivan
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michele Storkson
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Molly Grupe
Director
At-Large Member → Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rachel Showers
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rebecca Saeman
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jami Brown
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kurt Easterday
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Regina Pagel
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sara McGlasson
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tammy Brand
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ainsley Anderson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Allison Sefcik
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Amanda Ryan
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Angela Seger
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barbara Winger-Rourke
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Becky Kiefer
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Benjamin Brueggen
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brenda Degenhardt
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bucky Boland
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Diana Lehnherr
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Douglas Simons
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Miller
Uniserv Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Erika Meyer
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Erin Sipe
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Erinn Holloway
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gregory Rauls
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gregory Vossekuil
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Hoey
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jay Brower
Uniserv Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Julie Berndt
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Justin Steger
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kate Gigstad
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kelly Traver
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kelsey Hunt
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kerry Niemuth
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lance Annen
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Latisha Muldrow
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Laura McCarty
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lindsay Reese
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Melissa Olmsted
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Melissa Rohrbeck
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Velasquez-Klopp
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Molly Kruger
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nolan Otremba
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rebecca Brethouwer
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Renee Mitchell
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ruth Suthers
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Samantha Swanborg
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Brechtl
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shane Kieffer
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephanie Hurt
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stephen Austin
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Thomas Bindl
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tiffany Signer
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Timothy Gollup
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brenda Morris
Secretary
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
$2K (2019) → $2K (2025)
Denise C. Engstrom
At-Large Member
Zone I Representative → Zone I East, 2020
Zone I East → At-Large Member, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$2K (2019) → $667 (2025)
Duane Draper
At-Large Member
Zone III Representative → Zone III Mid West, 2020
Zone III Mid West → At-Large Member, 2021
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$2K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Timothy G. Vedra
Treasurer
Vice President → Treasurer, 2022
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
$5K (2019) → $2K (2025)
Tracey Leider
Vice President
At-Large Member → Vice President & At-Large Member, 2022
Vice President & At-Large Member → Vice President, 2023
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
$2K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Deanna Needham
At-Large Member
Zone II West → At-Large Member, 2021
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
$2K (2020) → $0 (2025)
Amelia McConnell
At-Large Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
$833 (2024) → $667 (2025)
Heather Balsamo
At-Large Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
$500 (2024) → $1K (2025)
Jennifer Ehrlich
At-Large Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (88)
- Former: Aimee A. Koppensteiner (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Ann E. Miehe (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Ashley K. Taylor (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Brian L. Fredrick (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Catherine A. Schuett (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Laura Stoller (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Mary E. Smith (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Nancy O'Brion (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Natalie J. Slaby (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Richard J. Gage (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Sara L. Williams (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Sarah Greenlaw (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Stacy L. Tremaine (2019–2024) — Uniserv Director
- Former: Teresa M. Lattimer (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Travis Signer (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Becky Sitts (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Dawn Church (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Jennifer Smith (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Sherry Jenkel (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Allison Murphy (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Chandra Deprez (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Heather Terrill Stotts (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Jennifer Kramer (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Rochelle Cashman (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Staci Hahn (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Angela Schmelzer (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Cody Stingley (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Daniel Machovec (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: John Wethall (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Julene Elmer (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Kathy Phelps (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Katie Audetat (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Mallory Isbell (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Sally Nealis (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Sandra Zahn (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Shane Kinnick (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Thomas Butusov (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Tricia Wagner (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Victoria Leonard (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Jack Bernfeld (2021–2023) — Uniserv Director
- Former: Nailah Adama (2023) — At-Large Member
- Former: Yamileth Reyes (2023) — At-Large Member
- Former: Jill A. Hazen-Leary (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Kirah Zeilinger (2019–2022) — President · Filing note: Through May
- Former: Sara C. McGlasson-Maynard (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Kasey Maxwell (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Kelly Sullivan (2022) — At-Large Member · Filing note: Through May
- Former: Yamileth Ruiz (2022) — At-Large Member · Filing note: From August
- Former: Barb E. Winger-Rourke (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Christopher Koller (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Cindy Hertrampf (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: David J. Groth (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Deborah L. Flynn (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Dee Jay Redders (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Dennis R. Baumann (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Dunnell Kendrick-Parker (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: James Allan Cassidy (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Janice G. Stone (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Joel A. Schullo (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Joellen M. Pauls (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Karen Frey (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Kari L. Egan (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Karlan R. Johnson (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Kyle Emmert (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Melissa M. Martinez (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Michael T. Jansen (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Monika Brown (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Patricia Halverson (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Renee D. Stieve-Busch (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Rita M. Trevorrow (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Shelley R. Anderson (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Stacie C. Christensen (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Amanda Prigge (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Lisa Bell (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Tim Vedra (2020–2021) — Vice President
- Former: Elizabeth Stalder (2021) — At-Large Member
- Former: Suzanne Fischer (2021) — Director
- Former: Nicole C. Ubersox (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Betsy Stalder (2020) — Zone V Janesville Area
- Former: Michele Crull-Hanke (2020) — Director
- Former: Betsy Sitts (2019) — Director
- Former: Heidi Weisensel (2019) — Zone V Representative
- Former: Joan M. Fitzgerald (2019) — Director
- Former: Loretta M. Stietz (2019) — Director
- Former: Michael Walsh (2019) — Uniserv Director
- Former: Sharon L. Maas (2019) — Director
- Former: Teresa Dolson (2019) — Director
- Former: Wendall A. Bean (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
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $3K, to Meredith Smith (President). 6 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Weac Region 6
How large is Weac Region 6?
Weac Region 6 reported $1.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.3M.
What is Weac Region 6?
Weac Region 6 is a public charity focused on Education, based in Madison, WI. It holds $1.7M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Weac Region 6 operate?
Weac Region 6 has awarded grants in Wisconsin.
What is Weac Region 6's EIN?
Weac Region 6's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 39-1175651. 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
(4)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 8, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS January 28, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 28, 2022)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 4, 2026)
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