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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by RUSSELL WILSON FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,312,691
Total expenses
$1,675,866
Contributions and grants received
$1,314,631
Grants paid
$1,050,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$2,241
Other revenue
$301
Total assets, end of year
$226,518
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,626
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$212,892
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,263,207
Management and general expenses
$261,487
Fundraising expenses
$151,172
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,263,207

Program services were 75.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,314,631

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $125,104

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,648 · excluded $2,648

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $120,215

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

    securities $125,104

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$4,889

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$4,889 · excluded -$4,889

  • 11a · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD REWARDS

    total $301 · excluded $301

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $301

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,050,500 · program services $1,050,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $160,219 · program services $72,098 · management and general $32,044 · fundraising $56,077

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $197,678 · program services $88,955 · management and general $39,535 · fundraising $69,188

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,380 · program services $12,321 · management and general $5,476 · fundraising $9,583

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $36,688 · program services $3,479 · management and general $33,209

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,340 · program services $2,498 · management and general $23,842

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $130,420 · program services $12,367 · management and general $118,053

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,444 · program services $2,900 · management and general $1,289 · fundraising $2,255

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,040 · program services $5,868 · management and general $2,608 · fundraising $4,564

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,000 · program services $5,400 · management and general $2,400 · fundraising $4,200

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,990 · program services $895 · management and general $398 · fundraising $697

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $13,167 · program services $5,926 · management and general $2,633 · fundraising $4,608

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $563,716 · end of year $89,540

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $136,978

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $8,013 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,825 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $487 · end of year $13,626

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $576,067 · end of year $212,892

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE RUSSELL WILSON FOUNDATION DBA WHY NOT YOU FOUNDATION ("WNY FOUNDATION") WAS ESTABLISHED TO EMPOWER CHANGE IN THE WORLD, ONE INDIVIDUAL AT A TIME, AND ONE CHILD AT A TIME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EMPOWER CHANGE IN THE WORLD, ONE CHILD AT A TIME.

  • YOUTH EDUCATION: THE WHY NOT YOU FOUNDATION ("WNY FOUNDATION") WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE WHY NOT YOU ACADEMY (THE "ACADEMY") AND HAS DONE SO SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE ACADEMY. THE ACADEMY PROVIDES TOOLS FOR STUDENTS TO WORK OUTSIDE OF THE TYPICAL CLASSROOM AND ALLOWS STUDENTS TO GET INVOLVED IN PROJECTS IN WHICH THEY ARE PASSIONATE. THIS APPROACH REPRESENTS THE WHY NOT YOU FOUNDATION'S MISSION, SCULPTING OUR YOUTH THROUGH BETTER OPPORTUNITIES IN EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND NUTRITION. IN 2022, WITH THE HELP OF THE WNY FOUNDATION, THE WHY NOT YOU ACADEMY RAISED $170,000 FOR AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENTS AND MEALS TO FIGHT FOOD INSECURITY, AND A RECORDING STUDIO FOR YOUTH. THIS $170,000 IS IS IN ADDITION TO GRANTS OF $525,00 TO THE ACADEMY.

    Expenses $525,500 · Grants $525,500

  • CHILDREN'S HEALTH: IN 2022, THE WNY FOUNDATION PARTNERED WITH SAFEWAY FOUNDATION TO RAISE AWARENESS AND FUNDS FOR LOCAL PROGRAMS PROVIDING YOUTH WITH EASIER AND BETTER ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND FOOD. THE WNY FOUNDATION WORKED WITH THE IN-STORE FUNDRAISER ALSO RAISING AWARESS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER TREATMENTS AND RESEARCH, AND THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL HARDSHIPS THAT COME WITH A PEDIATRIC CANCER DIAGNOSIS. THE CAMPAIGN PROMOTED BY WNY FOUNDATION URGED SHOPPERS TO DONATE AT CHECKOUT. WITH EACH DOLLAR RAISED GOING DIRECTLY TO CHARITIES RATHER THAN PASSING THROUGH WNY FOUNDATION TO BE REGRANTED, THE WNY FOUNDATION STRIVES TO REMOVE SUCH BARRIERS THAT HINDER ACTIVATING ASSETS TO HAVE A LASTING IMPACT FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR YOUNGER GENERATION. THROUGH THIS CAMPAIGN, AND MANY OTHER PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE SAFEWAY FOUNDATION, THE WNY FOUNDATION HAS RAISED OVER $10 MILLION THAT HAS GONE DIRECTLY TO CHARITIES.FOR MORE INFORMATION: HTTPS://WHYNOTYOUFDN.ORG/LATEST/2022/6/20/RUSSELL-WILSON-CIARA-FOUNDATION-TEAMS-UP-WITH-SAFEWAY-FOUNDATION-FOR-IN-STORE-FUNDRAISER

    Expenses $525,000 · Grants $525,000

  • SUPPORT FOR PHILANTHROPIC ENGAGEMENT: WNY FOUNDATION STAFF MEMBERS CONDUCT DUE DILIGENCE AND PROVIDE ADVISORY SERVICES AS NEEDED TO SUPPORT DIRECTORS IN THEIR ROLES AS AMBASSADORS OF THE WNY FOUNDATION IN THE SEATTLE AND DENVER COMMUNITIES. SPECIFICALLY, THE STAFF TEAM RESEARCHES POTENTIAL GRANTEES AND LIAISES WITH LOCAL CHARITIES FOR APPEARANCES AND EVENTS INVOLVING RUSSELL AND CIARA WILSON AS WELL AS OTHER LEADERS OF THE FOUNDATION.

    Expenses $212,707

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Russell Wilson

    PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Pickett

    TREASURER/CFO/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $60,000
    From this org
    $60,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Ciara Wilson

    VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sheryl Willert

    SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Larry Estrada

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Rodgers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harry Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Abramson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charly Martin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carly Young

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THRU 08/2022

    Total calculated
    $100,219
    From this org
    $100,219
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Grants on this return

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • WEST2EAST INDUSTRIES INC

    S · WA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323199349331117

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