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← WELLS COUNTY FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WELLS COUNTY FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,323,351
Total expenses
$1,902,283
Contributions and grants received
$1,120,192
Grants paid
$1,543,877
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,106,837
Other revenue
$96,322
Total assets, end of year
$39,895,401
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,569,393
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$38,326,008
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,623,991
Management and general expenses
$207,120
Fundraising expenses
$71,172
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,623,991

Program services were 85.4% 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

    $1,120,192

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,580

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $645,741 · excluded $645,741

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $16,448,857

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

    securities $13,987,761

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,461,096

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,461,096 · related or exempt $2,461,096

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: CHANGE IN PERPETUAL TRUST

    total $87,781 · related or exempt $87,781

  • 11b · Other revenue: OPERATING FEES

    total $8,541 · related or exempt $8,541

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $96,322

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,015,603 · program services $1,015,603

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $528,274 · program services $528,274

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $88,500 · program services $29,500 · management and general $29,500 · fundraising $29,500

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $106,574 · program services $37,526 · management and general $53,287 · fundraising $15,761

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,853 · program services $2,011 · management and general $2,484 · fundraising $1,358

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,922 · program services $5,127 · management and general $6,333 · fundraising $3,462

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $52,299 · management and general $52,299

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,496 · management and general $14,496

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,814 · management and general $5,814

  • 17 · Travel

    total $301 · management and general $301

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $22,372 · management and general $22,372

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,626 · management and general $6,626

  • 24a · Other expenses: DONOR DEVELOPMENT

    total $16,237 · fundraising $16,237

  • 24b · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATION FEES

    total $5,950 · program services $5,950

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $4,886 · management and general $4,886

  • 24d · Other expenses: AMORTIZATION

    total $4,854 · fundraising $4,854

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,722 · management and general $8,722

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $25 · end of year $25

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,264,875 · end of year $1,797,941

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,594 · end of year $638

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

    $495,678

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

    $184,338

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $333,712 · end of year $311,340

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $32,846,902 · end of year $36,984,400

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $733,661 · end of year $801,057

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,805 · end of year $7,238

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $229,682 · end of year $389,648

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $905,315 · end of year $1,172,507

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,862,226 · end of year $2,074,519

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $32,177,741 · end of year $36,251,489

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED TO ENHANCE THE PRESENT AND FUTURE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE WELLS COUNTY, IN COMMUNITY.

  • PROVIDE BENEFITS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE WELLS COUNTY COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING PROGRAM/PROJECT FUNDING FOR QUALIFIED CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS PURSUANT TO THE PURPOSE OF DONOR INTENTIONS AND BY FUNDING PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $1,052,685 · Grants $1,015,603

  • AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO WELLS COUNTY RESIDENTS TO ASSIST IN PURSUING POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. 162 STUDENTS RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIPS IN 2024.

    Expenses $571,306 · Grants $528,274

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • TAMMY SLATER

    EXEC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $88,500
    From this org
    $88,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • ALAN GUNKEL

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • BRAD JOHNSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • JESSICA BRICKER

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • SARAH MCNEILL

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • RICK GENTIS

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • KODY KUMFER

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • STEPHEN PASTORE

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • SETH WHICKER

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • MICHAEL TOWNE

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • LUANN GARTON

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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

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

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • WEST MARKET CENTRE LLC

    RENTAL OF OFFICE BUILDING TO THE FOUNDATION · IN · assets $295,567

    Directly controlled by WELLS COUNTY FOUNDATION INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513179349308401

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