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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DIFFERENCE PRINCIPLE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,379,892
Total expenses
$2,948,314
Contributions and grants received
$250
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,319,577
Investment income
$36,134
Other revenue
$23,931
Total assets, end of year
$4,646,512
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,070,107
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,576,405
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$151,797
Management and general expenses
$2,796,517
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$151,797

Program services were 5.1% 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

    $250

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADMIN SERVICES INCOME

    total $2,868,440 · related or exempt $2,868,440

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MN JUSTICE EMPLOYMENT

    total $451,137 · related or exempt $451,137

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $36,134 · excluded $36,134

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $2,823

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2,823

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $2,823 · related or exempt $2,823

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $21,108 · excluded $21,108

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $21,108

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $692,939 · program services $34,647 · management and general $658,292

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,417,874 · program services $70,895 · management and general $1,346,979

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $79,552 · program services $3,977 · management and general $75,575

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $212,503 · program services $10,625 · management and general $201,878

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $148,670 · program services $7,434 · management and general $141,236

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,635 · program services $1,854 · management and general $781

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,862 · program services $1,543 · management and general $29,319

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15 · management and general $15

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $45,536 · program services $3,300 · management and general $42,236

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $32,630 · program services $2,011 · management and general $30,619

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $77,284 · program services $352 · management and general $76,932

  • 17 · Travel

    total $42,581 · program services $2,490 · management and general $40,091

  • 20 · Interest

    total $13,461 · management and general $13,461

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $37,936 · program services $1,897 · management and general $36,039

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,340 · program services $717 · management and general $13,623

  • 24a · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $43,211 · program services $1,840 · management and general $41,371

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $41,799 · program services $7,263 · management and general $34,536

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $9,571 · program services $493 · management and general $9,078

  • 24d · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT AND TRAININ

    total $4,915 · program services $459 · management and general $4,456

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $38,153 · end of year $38,394

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $823,263

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,501,701 · end of year $896,611

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $811 · end of year $2,465

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

    $2,754,231

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

    $45,536

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,708,695

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $19,754

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $522,410 · end of year $157,330

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $349,991 · end of year $309,750

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $2,586,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $534,616 · end of year $174,357

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,178,468 · end of year $1,576,405

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ORGANIZED TO ACT AS THE PARENT CORPORATION FOR ITS SUBSIDIARY 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATION, PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.

  • THE DIFFERENCE PRINCIPLE PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING HUMAN RESOURCES, ACCOUNTING AND CONSULTING.

    Expenses $151,797 · Revenue $3,322,400

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Doe Gregersen

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Linda Anick

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Jim Sawyer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Nicholas Sayner

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $257,578
    From this org
    $233,646
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,932
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,646
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,314
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,618
    Filer's total
    $257,578
  • Dennis Skrypchak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Edward Gordon

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $257,580
    From this org
    $233,646
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,934
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,646
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,316
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,618
    Filer's total
    $257,580
  • Julie Murdock

    CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCE OFFIC

    Total calculated
    $177,781
    From this org
    $165,208
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,573
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,708
    Bonus
    $7,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,573
    Filer's total
    $177,781
  • Nicole Leicht

    PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $156,522
    From this org
    $141,078
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,444
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,078
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,917
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,527
    Filer's total
    $156,522
  • Sarah Wang

    PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $124,027
    From this org
    $120,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,777
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related
  • Justin Terrell

    DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY

    Total calculated
    $126,626
    From this org
    $108,283
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,343
    Hours/week
    40
  • Joseph Steinhaus

    VP OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $109,623
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $107,292
    Other
    $2,331
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related
  • Michael Kahler

    PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR

    Total calculated
    $115,486
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $106,021
    Other
    $9,465
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

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

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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 BOARD REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION. SALARY SURVEY DATA AND FORM 990 SALARY INFORMATION IS USED TO DETERMINE REASONABLE COMPENSATION. THE SALARY DETERMINATION PROCESS AND APPROVAL IS RECORDED IN THE BOARD MINUTES.

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.

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.

  • JUSTICE INITIATIVE INSTITUTE INC

    501(C)(3) · PROMOTE THE USE OF EVIDENCE BASED CRIMINAL JUSTICE · WI

    Directly controlled by THE DIFFERENCE PRINCIPLE

  • JUSTICEPOINT INC

    501(C)(3) · PROMOTE EVIDENCE BASED CRIMINAL JUSTICE · WI

    Directly controlled by THE DIFFERENCE PRINCIPLE

  • SIRONA RECOVERY INC

    501(C)(3) · PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO INDIVIDUALS IN RECOVERY · WI

    Directly controlled by THE DIFFERENCE PRINCIPLE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
25 September 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502839349300035

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