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← UWM FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UWM FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$48,555,450
Total expenses
$29,109,878
Contributions and grants received
$39,915,988
Grants paid
$25,245,002
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$8,596,821
Other revenue
$42,641
Total assets, end of year
$275,760,206
Total liabilities, end of year
$23,501,970
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$252,258,236
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$25,768,752
Management and general expenses
$2,554,778
Fundraising expenses
$786,348
Program service expenses (Part III)
$25,768,752

Program services were 88.5% 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

    $10,970

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $73,185

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $34,899

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $39,796,934

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $179,553

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,604,338 · excluded $5,604,338

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $13,480

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $13,480

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $13,480 · excluded $13,480

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $48,156,048

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

    securities $45,163,565

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,992,483

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,992,483 · excluded $2,992,483

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $54,848

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $73,185

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $28,900

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $25,948 · excluded $25,948

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $3,213 · excluded $3,213

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,213

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $25,245,002 · program services $25,245,002

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $586,236 · program services $146,558 · management and general $439,678

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $429,726 · program services $107,432 · management and general $322,294

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $97,213 · program services $24,303 · management and general $72,910

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $299,359 · program services $74,840 · management and general $224,519

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $123,119 · program services $30,780 · management and general $92,339

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $18,068 · management and general $18,068

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,715 · management and general $32,715

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $230,602 · management and general $230,602

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $344,342 · program services $13,637 · management and general $330,705

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,553 · program services $3,638 · management and general $10,915

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,030 · management and general $11,030

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $382,191 · program services $95,548 · management and general $286,643

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $54,618 · program services $14,690 · management and general $39,928

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $20,974 · program services $5,244 · management and general $15,730

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $28,320 · program services $7,080 · management and general $21,240

  • 24a · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTIONS - CAMPAIG

    total $537,196 · fundraising $537,196

  • 24b · Other expenses: DISTRIBUTIONS - CHANCEL

    total $249,152 · fundraising $249,152

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $124,671 · management and general $124,671

  • 24d · Other expenses: CAMPAIGN EXPENSES

    total $88,974 · management and general $88,974

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $191,817 · management and general $191,817

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,430,667 · end of year $1,298,670

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $79,561 · end of year $144,804

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $11,500,406 · end of year $24,077,610

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $388,184 · end of year $138,601

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $117,572 · end of year $126,634

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

    $1,676,470

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

    $817,715

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $671,424 · end of year $858,755

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $173,395,983 · end of year $194,102,160

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $52,119,429 · end of year $51,506,954

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,138,830 · end of year $3,506,018

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $798,790 · end of year $664,222

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,665,000 · end of year $1,500,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $19,432,908 · end of year $21,337,748

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,763,098 · end of year $3,311,717

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $218,182,260 · end of year $248,946,519

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE UWM FOUNDATION, INC. IS TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL, LITERARY, AND SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE BY RECEIVING, MANAGING, AND DISTRIBUTING GIFTS TO BENEFIT THE UNIVERSITY'S STUDENTS, FACULTY, PROGRAMS, AND COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION, THE UWM FOUNDATION PROVIDES LEADERSHIP, OVERSIGHT, AND DIRECTION TO ITS AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS, THE UWM REAL ESTATE FOUNDATION, INC. AND THE UWM RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. THESE CORPORATIONS CREATE NEW UNIVERSITY FACILITIES TO SUPPORT STUDENT LIFE, RESEARCH, ACADEMICS AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND PROVIDE NEW SOURCES OF REVENUE FROM RESEARCH, COMMERCIALIZATION, AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES.

  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS: SPECIAL PROJECTS INCLUDING SPONSORSHIP OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE'S PUBLIC RADIO STATION, HONORS PROGRAM, PERFORMING ARTS CONCERT HALL, SCIENCE BAG SERIES, AND INNER CITY NURSING CLINIC.

    Expenses $10,041,828 · Grants $10,041,828

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $7,820,092 · Grants $7,820,092

  • EDUCATION: GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE'S ADMINISTRATION, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, LIBRARY, ETC. FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF.

    Expenses $6,285,760 · Grants $6,285,760

  • EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS: RESEARCH PROJECTS CONDUCTED BY FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS IN VARIOUS SCHOOLS AT THE UNIVERISTY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE INCLUDING HEALTH SCIENCES, ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, LETTERS & SCIENCES, NURSING, AND GRADUATE SCHOOL. EDUCATION: COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS INCLUDING SEMINARS, LECTURES, AND PERFORMANCES SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE FOR THE ENRICHMENT OF THE METRO-MILWAUKEE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $1,621,072 · Grants $1,097,322

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • James Blinka

    DIRECTOR/PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $81,355
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $81,355
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 35 related
  • Matthew Rinka

    CHAIR (BEGAN 12/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Kissinger

    VICE CHAIR (BEGAN 12/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christina Fiasca

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lisa J Van Landeghem

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Putz

    EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Joah Tucker

    EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Michael Aldana

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Allen

    DIRECTOR (BEGAN 12/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Barnett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Bear MD

    DIRECTOR (THRU 11/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Bukowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Censky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephanie Chedid

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Craig

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Deguire

    DIRECTOR (THRU 12/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donna Drosner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Fenlon

    DIRECTOR (BEGAN 12/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Hembrok

    DIRECTOR (BEGAN 12/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jacqueline Herd-Barber

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Hung

    DIRECTOR (BEGAN 12/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roger Kamau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimberly Kane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Margaret Kelsey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebekah Kowalski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Kulasa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ronald Luskin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Keri McConnell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ronald Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Misky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Myers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ugo Nwagbaraocha

    DIRECTOR (BEGAN 12/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike Orgeman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Dennis J Webb

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Peggy Williams-Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Gilbert

    PRESIDENT; EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $364,911
    From this org
    $304,491
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,420
    Hours/week
    26 + 27 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $274,491
    Bonus
    $30,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,406
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,014
    Filer's total
    $364,911
  • Curtis Stang

    COO; EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $210,692
    From this org
    $174,354
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,338
    Hours/week
    37 + 15 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,774
    Bonus
    $10,580
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,208
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,130
    Filer's total
    $210,692
  • Brian D Thompson

    FORMER UWM RESERACH PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $137,374
    From this org
    $127,353
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,021
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related
  • Jessica Silvaggi

    PRESIDENT - UWM RESEARCH FDN

    Total calculated
    $224,976
    From this org
    $182,553
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,423
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,553
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,306
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,117
    Filer's total
    $224,976
  • Enrique Pahm

    IT SYSTEMS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $155,212
    From this org
    $110,580
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,632
    Hours/week
    38 + 12 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $110,580
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,911
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,721
    Filer's total
    $155,212
  • Brian Walsh

    SR. TECH MANAGER (UWM RESEARCH FDN)

    Total calculated
    $134,843
    From this org
    $107,378
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,465
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
DUES PAID FOR DAVID GILBERT - $4,873
PART I, LINE 7
A DISCRETIONARY BONUS IS PAID TO SOME INDIVIDUALS BASED ON ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND IS BOARD APPROVED. THE BONUS IS REPORTED ON PART II, COLUMN(B)(II).

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

  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MILWAUKEE

    $25,245,002

    TEACHING AND DEPARTMENTAL PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY SERVICE, RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROJECTS

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.

  • THE UWM REAL ESTATE FOUNDATION INC

    501(C)(3) · REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT · WI · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by THE UWM FOUNDATION INC

  • THE UWM RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC

    501(C)(3) · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MILWAUKEE IP MANAGER · WI · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by THE UWM FOUNDATION INC

  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MILWAUKEE

    EDUCATION INSTITUTION · WI

  • THE UWM ALUMNI ASSOC

    501(C)(3) · ALUMNI ORGANIZATION · WI · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by THE UWM FOUNDATION INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501289349302420

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