Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GROUNDWORK MILWAUKEE INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 11 November 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue: $722,368 changed to $638,649
Total expenses: $814,042 changed to $816,993
Contributions and grants received: $553,509 changed to $469,790
Total assets, end of year: $263,021 changed to $214,962
Total liabilities, end of year: $463,002 changed to $368,613
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: -$199,981 changed to -$153,651
Program services expenses: $694,548 changed to $677,952
Management and general expenses: $107,146 changed to $126,660
Fundraising expenses: $12,348 changed to $12,381
Program service expenses (Part III): $694,548 changed to $677,952

Totals

Total revenue: $638,649
Total expenses: $816,993
Contributions and grants received: $469,790
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $92,251
Investment income: $0
Other revenue: $76,608
Total assets, end of year: $214,962
Total liabilities, end of year: $368,613
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: -$153,651
Program services expenses (Part IX): $677,952
Management and general expenses: $126,660
Fundraising expenses: $12,381
Program service expenses (Part III): $677,952

Program services were 83.0% 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.

1a · Federated campaigns

$0
1b · Membership dues

$0
1c · Fundraising events

$0
1d · Related organizations

$0
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$14,132
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$455,658
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
2f · All other program service revenue

total $92,251 · related or exempt $92,251 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $0 · other assets $0
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$0
11d · All other revenue

total $76,608 · related or exempt $76,608 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11e · Other revenue, total

$76,608

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $0 · program services $0
2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $0 · program services $0
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $0 · program services $0
4 · Benefits paid to or for members

total $0 · program services $0
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $472,530 · program services $454,720 · management and general $17,810 · fundraising $0
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
9 · Other employee benefits

total $36,223 · program services $34,858 · management and general $1,365 · fundraising $0
10 · Payroll taxes

total $39,382 · program services $37,898 · management and general $1,484 · fundraising $0
11a · Fees: management

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11b · Fees: legal

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11c · Fees: accounting

total $22,402 · program services $0 · management and general $22,402 · fundraising $0
11d · Fees: lobbying

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $0 · fundraising $0
11f · Fees: investment management

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
11g · Fees: other

total $18,496 · program services $17,512 · management and general $984 · fundraising $0
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
13 · Office expenses

total $1,746 · program services $882 · management and general $761 · fundraising $103
14 · Information technology

total $13,948 · program services $6,975 · management and general $6,973 · fundraising $0
15 · Royalties

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
16 · Occupancy

total $17,996 · program services $8,998 · management and general $8,998 · fundraising $0
17 · Travel

total $18,423 · program services $15,231 · management and general $3,192 · fundraising $0
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
20 · Interest

total $7,870 · program services $0 · management and general $7,870 · fundraising $0
21 · Payments to affiliates

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $3,873 · program services $3,873 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
23 · Insurance

total $32,129 · program services $0 · management and general $32,129 · fundraising $0
24a · Other expenses: Program Expenses

total $104,457 · program services $92,444 · management and general $0 · fundraising $12,013
24e · All other expenses

total $27,518 · program services $4,561 · management and general $22,692 · fundraising $265

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $139,264 · end of year $20,354
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $5,000
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $53,411 · end of year $63,632
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 $0 · end of year $0
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $2,500 · end of year $2,500
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$153,065
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$29,589
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $42,330 · end of year $123,476
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $46,125 · end of year $53,273
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $142,500 · 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 $149,900 · end of year $234,900
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $12,287 · end of year $80,440
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year -$161,679 · end of year -$312,844
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $53,372 · end of year $159,193

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Bring about the sustained regeneration, improvement, and management of the physical environment by developing community-based partnerships that empower people, businesses, and organizations to promote environmental, economic, and social well-being.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL WELL BEING

Coordinated and maintained a network of 100 community gardens in Milwaukee by providing maintenance and technical support, fundraising, insurance, and administrative services.

Expenses $589,762 · Revenue $8,991
Maintained 13,815 square feet of bioswales for the City of Milwaukee and diverted 4,500 gallons of stormwater from the sewer system.

Expenses $78,011 · Revenue $82,976
Engaged 1539 residents in educational programming related to urban water systems, civic engagement, urban agriculture, brownfield redevelopment, and climate adaption.

Expenses $10,179

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

Young Kim

Executive Director

Total calculated

$67,913

From this org

$67,913

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$67,913

Bonus

$0

Other

$0

Deferred

$0

Nontaxable benefits

$0

Filer's total

$67,913
Damien DeBuhr

Executive Director

Total calculated

$64,886

From this org

$64,886

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Lawrence Towers

Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Tim McCollow

Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Nancy Frank

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Danya Almoghrabi

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Jyoti Chetri

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Alexis Countryman

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Justin Goodrum

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Jake Spence

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Robert Williams

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2

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

None.

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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 30 July 2025
IRS schema version: 2023v6.0
Source object: 202512129349301336

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