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← GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$87,591,185
Total expenses
$89,876,571
Contributions and grants received
$60,150,279
Grants paid
$75,223,665
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$26,752,678
Other revenue
$688,228
Total assets, end of year
$894,352,035
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,082,190
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$881,269,845
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$80,376,377
Management and general expenses
$6,567,126
Fundraising expenses
$2,933,068
Program service expenses (Part III)
$80,376,377

Program services were 89.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $14,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $60,136,279

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $20,496,685

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,642,554 · unrelated business -$417,870 · excluded $18,060,424

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $302,704,412

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $293,594,288

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $9,110,124

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $9,110,124 · excluded $9,110,124

  • 11a · Other revenue: ADMINISTRATIVE FEES

    total $688,228 · excluded $688,228

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $688,228

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $75,219,496 · program services $75,219,496

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,169 · program services $4,169

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $851,442 · program services $217,771 · management and general $608,744 · fundraising $24,927

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,503,015 · program services $1,985,686 · management and general $1,840,397 · fundraising $1,676,932

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $358,022 · program services $126,712 · management and general $121,826 · fundraising $109,484

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $686,039 · program services $225,273 · management and general $273,851 · fundraising $186,915

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $423,380 · program services $148,621 · management and general $157,040 · fundraising $117,719

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $75,927 · program services $23,952 · management and general $46,201 · fundraising $5,774

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $171,469 · management and general $171,469

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $54,207 · program services $54,207

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,159,184 · management and general $2,157,672 · fundraising $1,512

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,019,719 · program services $1,731,926 · management and general $102,906 · fundraising $184,887

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $143,162 · program services $34,937 · management and general $41,000 · fundraising $67,225

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $218,741 · program services $14,610 · management and general $101,756 · fundraising $102,375

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $441,410 · program services $50,212 · management and general $362,067 · fundraising $29,131

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $524,786 · program services $185,450 · management and general $199,037 · fundraising $140,299

  • 17 · Travel

    total $36,343 · program services $14,323 · management and general $15,807 · fundraising $6,213

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $291,990 · program services $107,623 · management and general $115,638 · fundraising $68,729

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $55,855 · program services $19,309 · management and general $21,436 · fundraising $15,110

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $299,818 · program services $160,943 · management and general $112,140 · fundraising $26,735

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNITY EVENTS

    total $182,042 · program services $14,946 · management and general $6,394 · fundraising $160,702

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & MEMBESHIPS

    total $108,152 · program services $19,930 · management and general $79,823 · fundraising $8,399

  • 24d · Other expenses: D&O LIABILITY INSURANCE

    total $31,922 · management and general $31,922

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $16,281 · program services $16,281

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $44,494,700 · end of year $52,719,482

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,828,965 · end of year $6,028,305

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $12,286,692 · end of year $11,319,885

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $889,050 · end of year $885,779

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,025,816

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $852,938

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $212,190 · end of year $172,878

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $604,426,450 · end of year $817,474,219

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $443,153,769 · end of year $2,737,407

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $1,415,143 · end of year $2,387,605

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $626,475

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,099,818 · end of year $2,384,170

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $19,205,354 · end of year $10,006,139

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $87,833 · end of year $691,881

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,082,832,048 · end of year $875,781,454

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,481,906 · end of year $5,488,391

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

INSPIRING PHILANTHROPY, SERVING DONORS, STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES, NOW AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

  • INSPIRING PHILANTHROPY, SERVING DONORS, STRENGHTHENING COMMUNITIES, NOW AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.FOR OVER 100 YEARS, THE GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION HAS HELPED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES COMMITTED TO PHILANTHROPY LEAVE A LEGACY, AND BUILD A STRONGER AND MORE VIBRANT COMMUNITY - NOW AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THANKS TO THE GENEROUS, ONGOING INVESTMENTS OUR DONORSMAKE, WE AS A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ARE ABLE TO STRONGLY INFLUENCE AND IMPACT OUR REGION THROUGH OUR DISCRETIONARY GRANTMAKING.

    Expenses $80,376,377 · Grants $75,223,665

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dave Drury

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Mary Ellen Stanek

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Paul Jones

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Gregory Oberland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Wendy Bosworth

    BOARD MEMBER (RETIRED 6/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Cecelia Gore

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dave Kundert

    BOARD MEMBER (RETIRED 6/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Jackie Herd-Baber

    BOARD MEMBER (RETIRED 6/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Cory Nettles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Greg Marcus

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Marie O'Brien

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Susan Ela

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dale Kent

    BOARD MEMBER (RETIRED 9/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Gregory Wesley

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Pedro Colon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Thomas Florsheim

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Darryl Morin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Derek Tyus

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Naryan Leazer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Ken Robertson

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $242,974
    From this org
    $214,320
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,654
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,320
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,766
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,888
    Filer's total
    $242,974
  • Ellen Gilligan

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $402,593
    From this org
    $335,274
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,319
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $335,274
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $49,663
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,656
    Filer's total
    $402,593
  • Kathryn Dunn

    VP OF COMM. INVEST.

    Total calculated
    $205,875
    From this org
    $173,810
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,065
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,810
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,456
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,609
    Filer's total
    $205,875
  • Janel Hines

    VP COMMUNITY IMPACT

    Total calculated
    $142,379
    From this org
    $130,045
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,334
    Hours/week
    40
  • Laura Glawe

    VP MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $169,139
    From this org
    $132,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,159
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,980
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,159
    Filer's total
    $169,139
  • Michael Hoffman

    VP OF HR

    Total calculated
    $170,630
    From this org
    $134,944
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,686
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,944
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,686
    Filer's total
    $170,630
  • Kristen Mekemson

    VP DEV/PHIL SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $173,277
    From this org
    $141,572
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,705
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,572
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,705
    Filer's total
    $173,277
  • Danae Davis

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $197,239
    From this org
    $175,611
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,628
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,611
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,628
    Filer's total
    $197,239

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE ADMIN & AUDIT COMMITTEE WILL ANNUALLY REQUEST COMPARABLE COMPENSATION DATA FROM THE GMF VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING (VP, HROL) FOR THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) POSITION AT THE FOUNDATION. THE COMPARABLE COMPENSATION DATA WILL GENERALLY COME FROM SALARY SURVEY DATA PROVIDED BY THE COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS AND SPECIFIC COMPARABLES OBTAINED FROM OTHER SURVEYS SUCH AS MRA AND THE NON PROFIT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY MRA, AND GUIDESTAR POSTED 990'S. THE VP, HROL WILL SITE COMPARABLES IN A REPORT AND REFERENCE WHERE DATA WAS OBTAINED. THE ADMIN & AUDIT COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THE COMPARABLE DATA AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND THEN TO THE FULL BOARD FOR ANY CHANGES IN THE CEO'S COMPENSATION, WITHOUT PARTICIPATION OR DISCUSSION WITH THE CEO. THE CEO MAY ANSWER QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD THAT MAY BE USED IN LATER DELIBERATIONS AND DECISION-MAKING. THE BOARD MUST DOCUMENT THE BASIS FOR DETERMINATION OF THE CEO'S SALARY. THE DOCUMENTATION MUST CONTAIN THE DATE AND TERMS OF THE COMPENSATION TRANSACTION, THE MEMBERS PRESENT FOR THE DECISION, AND WHAT COMPARABLE DATA WAS USED FOR THE DECISION. THE ADMIN & AUDIT COMMITTEE WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A TEMPLATE TO THE DOCUMENT PROCESS AND DECISION. THE ADMIN & AUDIT COMMITTEE WILL DRIVE THE PROCESS FOR DECISION-MAKING AND ASSURE THE DOCUMENTATION IS OBTAINED AND RECORDED IN BOTH THE BOARD MINUTES AND THE PERSONNEL FILE OF THE CEO. A SIMILAR PROCESS WILL BE USED FOR OTHER POSITIONS WITHIN THE FOUNDATION. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE THE CEO AND THE VP, HROL CONFERRING ON THESE OTHER POSITIONS.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
9 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313179349308301

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