1139 East Knapp Street Mi?waukee, WI 53202 Mr. Richard M. Esenherg AMGUNT STAFF MEETENG BATE: HEW: Emi?mm fer Law mm ?mm; $500,000 $500,000 T0 support general Operations Janet Riordan 1111 0/20? 5 20150667 ifthe Wisconsin Network had an MVP it would be Wisconsin institute for Law and Liberty It is, as founder Rick. Esenberg likes to say, counsel to the movement. Nearly all of the organizations of the conservative ?infrastructure come to WILL for ad vice. has represented School Choice Wisconsin in various actions against the Department of Public instruction; stood with Maciver?s Brett i-iealy in his challenge to the iviitwaukee streetcar; explained the legal prescriptions against undercover photography in other states for one of our research teams; and represented individuai schools in their attempts to force Miiwaukee Public Schools to release empty schoot buildings. These are just a few examples. particular emphases are in the topics of schools and school reform, and most recentty, federalism. in the former WILL has lately been particulariy active in defending the parental Choice movement against the US. Justice Departments allegations of discrimination, an unjust charge based either on a misunderstanding of funding ruies for special education or a deliberate attempt to undermine and harm the program. In the latter is working to build Wisconsinwbased cases establishing States? rights which can be exported elsewhere to challenge federal overreach. new Center for Competitive Federalism is supported with capacity building monies from the Bender Fund. As the public interest law firm of the Right, portfolio has included defending free speech rights for property owners with yard signs, and the property rights of an innkeeper who wanted to serl her Inn to someone from out of state WILL has been front and center in the fight against the John Doe investigations, and is in the process of defending the free speech rights of Marquette University professor, John McAdams. WELL's attorneys? opinion pieces can regularly be found in the press, and President Rick Esenberg appears regularly on conservative talk radio around the state. Given the amount of work being done by this single organization, it is dif?cuit to imagine what Wisconsin would be like without it. 2015 revenues are budgeted at $7,485,000. $1.125 million is from grants; $350,000 from other donations; $10,000 from case fees. The top three expenses are payroti at $6?0,000; Heaith insurance at $100,000; retirement benefits at $67,000. A grant of $500,000 is requested. start: espoeesnosnoa: WILL has done a good job of diversifying its funding sources, even as those sources increasingly target those funds to specific kinds of work As the work grows, however, the need for general operations funding grows with it. A grant of $500,000 is recommended. .E Gram History Wajeaz ?S?Et?g. I I I I I Grant Amaunt g?ppmvet? ?rm To suppo? the Carrier for Cozrlpelitive Federallesm I 31155355 m6l2l2015 I Regular To support genera? operations $500,000 712014 Regular To supper! general operations $500,000 SET 12201 3 Regular To supper: general operations $250,000 1%13442012 Regular Tc support general operations $250,000 2l'2812012 Regular To supporl general operations $500,000 21222201 1 Regular grams ?reams (6 items; $3,155,355 Page 1 of 1