EIN 39-0977152

Variety - The Children's Charity of Wisconsin

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
4
Year formed
1935
Most recent tax filings
2023-09-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
Variety - The Children's Charity of Wisconsin enriches the lives of children with physical or developmental special needs and their families. The Chatter Matters Communication Camp partners with UW-Whitewater to give children a voice by teaching families how to incorporate a speech generating device into their everyday activities. The Freedom Program improves a child's mobility, confidence, independence, and community involvement by providing funding for mobility and other enabling equipment such as adaptive bikes, wheelchairs, walkers, lifts, ramps, and vehicles.
Total revenues
$564,221
2023
Total expenses
$614,685
2023
Total assets
$641,869
2023
Num. employees
4
2023

Program areas at Variety - The Children's Charity of Wisconsin

The freedom program improves a child's mobility, confidence, independence and community involvement by providing funding for mobility and other enabling equipment. Examples of funded equipment include adaptive bikes, wheelchairs, walkers, lifts, ramps, vehicle modifications adn more. The organization assists when families are unable to cover The expensive cost of The mobility equipment and they are denied access to insurance coverage.
Other, including discover program - Variety sponsors free, quarterly events and activities that provide children and their families a way to connect, discover new friends and scocialize through fun, casual experiences.
Chatter matters communication camp gives children a voice by teaching families how to incorporate a speech generating device into their everyday activities. Through a partnership with uw-whitewater, graduate speech pathology students and other student volunteers and instructors host this overnight camp for children with special needs who use assistive communication devices and their immediate families. Through camp activities The child improves his or her device use to become a more competent communicator. Learning occurs through fun camp activities including arts and crafts, adaptive sports, games, music, stories campfire and more.
Care program focuses on providing funding for specialized care, such as respite care, youth development programs, and more.

Grants made by Variety - The Children's Charity of Wisconsin

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Children's Wisconsin / Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc (CHW)Go Baby Go Program$10,000

Who funds Variety - The Children's Charity of Wisconsin

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Annex Charitable FoundationUnrestricted Charitable Grant$15,000
WispactFor the Benefit of Persons With Disabilties.$10,000
Kolaga Family Charitable TrustOperating Exp$5,500
...and 8 more grants received

Personnel at Variety - The Children's Charity of Wisconsin

NameTitleCompensation
Catherine KenneyExecutive Director$13,300
Nancy Seidl NelsonPrior Interim Executive Director$78,500
Holly NelsonDirector Community Outreach and Events
Lois TrongardPresident$0
Joanne BlaesingVice President / Director$0
...and 12 more key personnel

Financials for Variety - The Children's Charity of Wisconsin

RevenuesFYE 09/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$589,794
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$10,173
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$11,401
Net income from fundraising events$-47,147
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$564,221

Form 990s for Variety - The Children's Charity of Wisconsin

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-092024-08-06990View PDF
2022-092023-07-31990View PDF
2021-092022-03-05990View PDF
2021-092022-03-02990View PDF
2021-092022-02-10990View PDF
...and 10 more Form 990s

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Data update history
October 20, 2024
Received grants
Identified 6 new grant, including a grant for $15,000 from Annex Charitable Foundation
September 29, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
September 23, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
July 10, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $5,500 from Kolaga Family Charitable Trust
October 23, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $10,000 from Wispact
Nonprofit Types
SchoolsYouth service charitiesCharities
Issues
EducationChildren
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsState / local levelCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
12425 Knoll Rd
Elm Grove, WI 53122
Metro area
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
County
Waukesha County, WI
Website URL
varietywi.org/ 
Phone
(262) 777-2090
IRS details
EIN
39-0977152
Fiscal year end
September
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1935
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
B00: Education: General
NAICS code, primary
624110: Child and Youth Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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