2026-07-13T14:48:38-04:00 2025-12-31 990 2025-01-01 923161907 FREE WISCONSIN LLC FREE 7152049573 PO Box 412 Ashland WI 54806 Anthony Justich Executive Director 7152049573 2026-07-13 false 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Anthony Justich PO Box 412 Ashland WI 54806 619064 false X www.free-wisconsin.org X LLC 2023 WI We support justice impacted individuals in living more positive lives. 3 3 3 16 0 0 1912 578502 0 126 0 70 0 366 1912 579064 1200 504415 0 0 0 14046 0 0 0 154 25325 1354 543786 558 35278 2008 186129 1150 110356 858 75773 At Free Wisconsin, we provide assistance to justice-impacted individuals who are returning to their families and communities to live their best lives. We are a non-profit devoted to supporting those directly affected by the criminal justice system, serving as a stabilizing force to ensure fair, equal opportunities for rehabilitation, reintegration, and a positive path forward. false false 13338 0 0 Pathways to Progress Reintegration Center - Chequamegon Bay. Pathways to Progress provides vital reentry assistance and short-term transitional housing to criminal justice-impacted individuals being released from incarceration who face immediate housing instability or homelessness. The program specifically targets Ashland and Bayfield counties, alongside the Bad River and Red Cliff Indian reservations, filling a critical regional safety net vacancy. Operated largely by justice-impacted organizers and volunteers, the center provides residents with safe, temporary lodging (housing 6-8 participants concurrently), individualized stability plans, 1-on-1 peer support, and a part-time Reentry Support Specialist to manage facility operations. Program participants are also supplied with basic needs, supplementary food, a clothing exchange, and municipal transportation passes to facilitate community reintegration. The program serves an estimated 14 to 20 individuals per month, prioritizing veterans, those facing mental health challenges, and vulnerable populations. 0 504415 0 Revolving Bail Fund. The Revolving Bail Fund operates to mitigate systemic inequalities within the pretrial justice system by providing direct financial assistance to cash-strapped, legally presumed-innocent individuals held in pretrial detention. Recognizing that cash bail disproportionately penalized low-income communities and disrupts housing, family stability, and employment before a conviction is every secured, Free Wisconsin utilizes charitable contributions to post bail for indigent individuals. This grant assistance allows recipients to return to their families, sustain employment, and safely navigate their pending legal proceedings from within their communities. By securing pretrial freedom, the fund prevents arbitrary job losses and housing evictions, restoring due process equity for individuals who lack the independent financial resources to purchase their release. 214493 0 126 Reentry Client Assistance. The Reentry Client Assistance program supplies immediate, direct-to-individual emergency aid to justice involved individuals navigating the fragile transition back into public life following incarceration. This program delivers critical wrap-around support through targeted financial assistance, including client-specific reentry grants, gift cards for groceries and basic physiological necessities, emergency client meal provisions, and specialized Institutional "inreach" project expenses designed to connect with individuals prior to their release dates. By lowering the financial barriers to immediate post-release survival, this program acts as an essential bridge toward stabilizing program participants during their first critical days back in the community. 227831 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 0 0 true 3 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 3 3 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false false false false MO WI X Anthony Justich 7152049573 PO Box 412 Ashland WI 54806 Anthony Justice Executive Director / Board Chairperson 32 X X X 6032 0 0 Jackson Gardner Program Assistant 32 X X 1428 0 0 Kandis Voelske Director of Finance / Board of Director 10 X X 0 0 0 Richard Keller Board Director 5 X 0 0 0 Xhristobel Romero Ramirez Director of Operations / Board Director 5 X X 0 0 0 Debra Ruane Executive Assistant 32 X 4355 0 0 11815 0 0 false false false 0 0 0 0 0 578502 40000 578502 Channel Sales 126 0 0 0 0 126 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Credit Card Reward 366 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 366 579064 504415 504415 0 0 11815 9452 2363 0 2231 1784 447 328 328 0 0 114 114 5446 3994 1452 13338 13338 1251 1251 0 0 4848 4848 0 0 17 17 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 543786 539196 4590 0 301 17889 0 4067 1212 0 400 0 164173 0 164173 95 0 2008 186129 1150 1006 0 99529 0 9821 1150 110356 X 858 75773 858 75773 2008 186129 35278 -296 X false false false X 1230 1356 618628 621214 1230 1356 618628 621214 621214 621214 1 1 1230 1356 618628 621214 1230 1356 618628 621214 621214 436 436 436 436 1230 1356 619064 621650 X 1 0.0007 0.0007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 35000 35000 125000 125000 4173 4173 164173 Pathways to Progress Reintegration Center - Chequamegon Bay provides vital reentry aid and short-term transitional housing for people leaving incarceration who face immediate homelessness. Serving Ashland and Bayfield counties, plus the Bad River and Red Cliff reservations, it fills a critical safety net gap. Run largely by justice-impacted organizers and volunteers, the center offers safe, temporary lodging for 6-8 concurrent participants. Residents receive individualized stability plans, 1-on-1 peer support, and assistance from a part-time Reentry Support Specialist. The center also provides basic needs, food, a clothing exchange, and bus passes to help folks reintegrate. Serving an estimated 14-20 individuals per month, the program prioritizes veterans, those with mental health challenges, and vulnerable populations. 36 13338 Other Temporary lodging, individualized stability plans, 1-on-1 peer support, basic needs, supplementary food, a clothing exchange and municipal transportation passes. The Revolving Bail Fund operates to mitigate systemic inequalities within the pretrial justice system by providing direct financial assistance to cash-strapped, legally presumed-innocent individuals held in pretrial detention. Recognizing that cash bail disproportionately penalizes low-income communities and disrupts housing, family stability, and employment before a conviction is ever secured, Free Wisconsin utilizes charitable contributions to post bail for indigent individuals. This grant assistance allows recipients to return to their families, sustain employment, and safely navigate their pending legal proceedings from within their communities. By securing pretrial freedom, the fund prevents arbitrary job losses and housing evictions, restoring due process equity for individuals who lack the independent financial resources to purchase their release. 4 504415 Other Revolving Bail Funding Reentry Client Assistance program supplies immediate, direct-to-individual emergency aid to justice-involved individuals navigating the fragile transition back into public life following incarceration. This program delivers critical wrap-around support through targeted financial assistance, including client-specific reentry grants, gift cards for groceries and basic physiological necessities, emergency client meal provisions, and specialized institutional "inreach" project expenses designed to connect with individuals prior to their release dates. By lowering the financial barriers to immediate post-release survival, this program acts as an essential bridge toward stabilizing program participants during their first critical days back in the community 101 2535 Other Reentry Services Client Specific, Reentry Services Gift Card Expense & Meals Part III, line b This program serves an estimated 14 to 20 individuals per month, prioritizing veterans, those facing mental health challenges and vulnerable populations. X 1 40000 Fair Market Value false Part VI, line 11b Free Wisconsin LLC Part VI, Sec B, 11(b) - Completed and distributed to Board of Directors. Part VI, Sec B, 12(c) - Yearly review and signing of Conflict of Interest Disclosure form by Directors/Officers. Part VI, Sec C, 19 - All documents available upon request and hard copy available with 24 hours notice at office of record.