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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LIFESCAPE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$28,624,636
Total expenses
$2,299,221
Contributions and grants received
$20,958,703
Grants paid
$1,051,316
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,610,556
Other revenue
$55,377
Total assets, end of year
$148,435,215
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,446,525
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$146,988,690
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,113,832
Management and general expenses
$442,228
Fundraising expenses
$743,161
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,113,832

Program services were 48.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $366,695

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $37,400

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $31,821

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $20,522,787

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $411,257

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,562,633 · excluded $4,562,633

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $35,684

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $37,596

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$1,912

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$1,912 · excluded -$1,912

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $18,508,182

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

    securities $15,460,259

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $3,047,923

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,047,923 · excluded $3,047,923

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $69,330

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

    $366,695

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $12,041

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $57,289 · excluded $57,289

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,017,173 · program services $1,017,173

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $34,143 · program services $34,143

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $171,794 · management and general $85,897 · fundraising $85,897

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $488,837 · program services $7,237 · management and general $85,325 · fundraising $396,275

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,444 · program services $183 · management and general $2,195 · fundraising $10,066

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $52,985 · program services $563 · management and general $13,315 · fundraising $39,107

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,843 · program services $528 · management and general $12,317 · fundraising $34,998

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $167 · program services $103 · management and general $64

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,789 · management and general $29,789

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $201,488 · management and general $201,488

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $689 · management and general $120 · fundraising $569

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,118 · management and general $2,100 · fundraising $6,018

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $23,175 · program services $12,600 · management and general $2,697 · fundraising $7,878

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,295 · management and general $2,295

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $32,997 · program services $22,283 · fundraising $10,714

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,358 · management and general $1,004 · fundraising $354

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $59,169 · fundraising $59,169

  • 24b · Other expenses: CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

    total $25,617 · fundraising $25,617

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS

    total $19,113 · program services $18,159 · fundraising $954

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $70,027 · program services $860 · management and general $3,622 · fundraising $65,545

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $101,884 · end of year $112,076

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $887,279 · end of year $2,292,148

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $237,707 · end of year $388,643

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,468 · end of year $1,468

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

    $287,300

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

    $101,089

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $399,956 · end of year $186,211

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $61,485,895 · end of year $73,594,172

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $53,557,565 · end of year $71,765,797

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $123,193 · end of year $94,700

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $239,398 · end of year $185,388

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,301,620 · end of year $1,261,137

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $62,239,057 · end of year $75,755,585

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $53,014,872 · end of year $71,233,105

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

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

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS SERVED BY LIFESCAPE.

  • LIFESCAPE FOUNDATION PROVIDED RESOURCES THAT SUPPORTED THE MISSION, GOALS AND OPERATIONS OF THE CHILDREN'S CARE HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL, DBA LIFESCAPE, SOUTH DAKOTA ACHIEVE, DBA LIFESCAPE, AND LIFESCAPE. ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS MISSION INCLUDED HOLDING FIVE MAJOR FUNDRAISING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCREASED DONOR COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH NEWSLETTERS AND PHONE CALLS, AND CONTINUED STRONG PLANNED GIVING PARTICIPATION. THE LIFESCAPE FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTED $691,506 THROUGH DONOR-RESTRICTED GIFTS RESULTING IN DIRECT PROGRAM SUPPORT TO LIFESCAPE.

    Expenses $1,113,832 · Grants $1,051,316

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

  • Steve Watkins

    LIFESCAPE CEO & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $426,832
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $345,926
    Other
    $80,906
    Hours/week
    1 + 59 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $344,533 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,393 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $50,651 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,718 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $427,295 related
  • Steve Wilson

    LIFESCAPE CFO

    Total calculated
    $231,018
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $198,415
    Other
    $32,603
    Hours/week
    1 + 59 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $197,225 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,190 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $5,192 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,875 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $231,482 related
  • Jessica Wells

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $173,294
    From this org
    $169,295
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,999
    Hours/week
    45 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,351
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,944
    Deferred
    $3,999
    Nontaxable benefits
    $448
    Filer's total
    $173,742
  • Erik Nyberg

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Courtney Collen Sebesta

    VICE CHAIR UNTIL 12/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jeff Nelson

    SECRETARY UNTIL 12/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ryan Brunner

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tyler Haahr

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 2 related
  • W Tom Simmons

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Heidi Schultz

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY FROM 01/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Bob McNaney

    DIR/GOV BOARD CHAIR FROM 01/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 4 related
  • Jeff Hilgenberg

    DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR FROM 01/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jason Harris

    DIR/GOV BOARD PAST CHAIR UNTIL 01/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related
  • Nan Baker

    PAST CHAIR UNTIL 12/2023

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Marli Schippers

    DIRECTOR/ PAST GOVERNING BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related
  • Wendy Clark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kila Legrand

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 12/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Harlan Schillinger

    DIRECTOR FROM 01/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Bobbi Thury

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 12/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 4 related
  • Greg Wick

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 12/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Grady Pfeiffer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sonja Theisen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mary Olinger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sandy Schoenbeck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ryan Vanden Bosch

    DIRECTOR FROM 01/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nick Brown

    DIRECTOR FROM 08/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Joel Dykstra

    DIRECTOR FROM 12/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Alan Meier

    DIRECTOR FROM 01/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Nicholas Knapp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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 PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION IS THE TOP MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL OF THE FOUNDATION. PART I HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN REGARD TO THE PRESIDENT'S COMPENSATION. COMPENSATION FOR THE CEO IS DETERMINED BY THE PARENT ORGANIZATION, LIFESCAPE. LIFESCAPE USES THE METHODS DESCRIBED IN PART I LINE 3 TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION FOR THE CEO.
PART I, LINE 4B
STEVE WATKINS HAS A NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION AGREEMENT UNDER IRC 457(F). THE BALANCE IN THE FUND AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023 IS $41,762, WHICH INCLUDES 2023 CONTRIBUTIONS OF $40,000 AND EARNINGS OF $1,762.

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

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.

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.

  • LIFESCAPE FOUNDATION LEGACY LAND HOLDINGS I LLC

    HOLDING COMPANY · SD · income $73,083 · assets $172,920

    Directly controlled by LIFESCAPE FOUNDATION

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

  • BEACON APARTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

    LOW INCOME HOUSING · SD

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • REHABILITATION MEDICAL SUPPLY

    C · SALES & SERVICE OF DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, ORTHOTICS, & PROSTHETICS · SD

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511329349304441

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