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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ABLELIGHT FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,038,906
Total expenses
$438,644
Contributions and grants received
$385,595
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6,653,311
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$104,751,243
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,376,123
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$99,375,120
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$438,644
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$0

Program services were 0.0% 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)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $385,595

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,263,005 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $2,263,005

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

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $17,750,362 · other assets $0

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

    securities $13,360,056 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $4,390,306 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,390,306 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $4,390,306

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

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,980 · program services $0 · management and general $10,980 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $372,944 · management and general $372,944

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,000 · management and general $30,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $60 · management and general $60

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOREIGN TAX WITHHELD

    total $14,663 · program services $0 · management and general $14,663 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: OTHER

    total $9,997 · program services $0 · management and general $9,997 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,594,234 · end of year $3,755,780

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $94,390,073 · end of year $91,595,842

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,524,657 · end of year $9,399,621

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $475,823 · end of year $132,530

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,430,909 · end of year $5,243,593

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $97,866,828 · end of year $90,902,117

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,735,404 · end of year $8,473,003

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

See description of mission at Schedule O supplemental information for Form 990, Part I, Line 1.

Activities or mission (Part I)

See schedule O.

  • THE CORPORATION IS A CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO SOLICIT, HOLD, MANAGE, INVEST AND EXPEND ENDOWMENT FUNDS AND OTHER GIFTS, GRANTS AND BEQUESTS, WHETHER CONSISTING OF REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND WHETHER SUBJECT TO DIRECTIONS OR CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY DONORS, EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND BENEFIT OF ABLELIGHT INC OF WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN AND SUCH OF ITS CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS OR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THIS CORPORATION FROM TIME TO TIME DEEM TO BE SUITABLE AND APPROPRIATE.

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Keith Jones

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $494,291
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $480,194
    Other
    $14,097
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 39.9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $437,541 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $42,653 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,097 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $494,291 related

  • David Sneddon

    FORMER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $470,656
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $450,737
    Other
    $19,919
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 39.9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $267,205 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $95,790 related
    Other
    $0 + $87,742 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,919 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $470,656 related

  • Jeffrey Kaczmarski

    VP OF LEGAL

    Total calculated
    $380,802
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $371,010
    Other
    $9,792
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 39.9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $340,070 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $30,940 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,792 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $380,802 related

  • Diane Ekstrand

    CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $321,819
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $299,068
    Other
    $22,751
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 39.9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $274,066 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $25,002 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,751 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $321,819 related

  • Brian Savoie

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $307,861
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $285,110
    Other
    $22,751
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 39.9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $261,109 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $24,001 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,751 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $307,861 related

  • Cindy Moon-Mogush

    CHIEF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $295,229
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $276,387
    Other
    $18,842
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 39.9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $253,180 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $23,207 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,842 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $295,229 related

  • Nisha Gandhi

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $264,199
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $238,207
    Other
    $25,992
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 39.9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $217,207 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $21,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $25,992 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $264,199 related

  • Juli Frank

    VP RETAIL OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $225,351
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $216,463
    Other
    $8,888
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 39.9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $187,577 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $28,886 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,888 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $225,351 related

  • John Nickels

    CORPORATE & DONOR ENGAGEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $223,325
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $212,175
    Other
    $11,150
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 39.9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $196,424 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $15,751 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,150 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $223,325 related

  • Randall Odzer

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1.9 related

  • Malcolm Conner

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1.9 related

  • Jim Rymarcsuk

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1.9 related

  • Thor Misko

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1.9 related

  • Timothy Vaughn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1.9 related

  • Larry Tyler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1.9 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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 3
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SERVES AS A COMPENSATION COMMITTEE WITH THE DUTY TO REVIEW AND MAKE FINDINGS AS TO THE REASONABLENESS OF (I) THE COMPENSATION PAID AND BENEFITS PROVIDED TO THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AND (II) THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR THE COMPENSATION RANGES AND BENEFIT LEVELS FOR THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, THE CFO, THE COO AND ALL OTHER PERSONS WHOM IT DETERMINES TO BE IN A POSITION TO EXERCISE SUBSTANTIAL INFLUENCE OVER THE AFFAIRS OF THE CORPORATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 4958 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE ("DISQUALIFIED PERSONS"). IN DOING SO IT (1) IDENTIFIES ALL DISQUALIFIED PERSONS; (2) PERIODICALLY (AT LEAST IN EVERY ODD-NUMBER YEAR) REVIEWS AND DETERMINES THE REASONABLENESS OF THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT LEVELS OF THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER; (3) PERIODICALLY (AT LEAST IN EVERY ODD-NUMBER YEAR) REVIEWS AND DETERMINES THE REASONABLENESS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR THE COMPENSATION RANGES AND BENEFIT LEVELS OF OTHER DISQUALIFIED PERSONS; (4) CONSIDERS ALL INCENTIVES, PERQUISITES, DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND ANYTHING OF VALUE WHEN CONSIDERING THE REASONABLENESS OF COMPENSATION OR BENEFIT LEVELS; (5) OBTAINS FROM SOURCES OUTSIDE THE CORPORATION OBJECTIVE, MARKET COMPARABLE COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT LEVEL DATA; (6) DOCUMENTS ITS CONSIDERATIONS AND DETERMINATIONS IN WRITTEN REPORTS; AND (7) AT LEAST ANNUALLY REPORT ITS ACTIVITIES AND FINDINGS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 4
Dave Sneddon- Severance $87,742

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 July 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202401979349302700

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