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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SCHOOLS MAKE MADISON ADVOCATES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$278,300
Total expenses
$385,918
Contributions and grants received
$278,300
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$22,172
Total liabilities, end of year
$193,409
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$171,237
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$122,695
Management and general expenses
$2,293
Fundraising expenses
$260,930
Program service expenses (Part III)
$122,695

Program services were 31.8% 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

    $278,300

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $22,574 · program services $8,896 · management and general $2,269 · fundraising $11,409

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $113,000 · program services $113,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $249,521 · fundraising $249,521

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $799 · program services $799

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $24 · management and general $24

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $53,546 · end of year $2,172

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $20,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $117,165 · end of year $193,409

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$63,619 · end of year -$171,237

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SCHOOLS MAKE MADISON ADVOCATES, INC. (SMMA) IS CREATED AND SHALL BE OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT AND ADVOCATE FOR WELL-RESOURCED SCHOOLS IN THE MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT AND ADVOCATE FOR WELL-RESOURCED SCHOOLS IN THE MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT.

  • ADVOCACY - RAISING AWARENESS OF THE EXCELLENT THINGS OCCURRING IN THE MADISON METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL AS ADVOCATING FOR RESOURCES FOR THE DISTRICT.

    Expenses $122,695

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Maurice Cheeks

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Christina Ripley

    VICE-CHAIR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 1 related

  • Michael Walsh

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Melinda Heinritz

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $159,082
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $141,194
    Other
    $17,888
    Hours/week
    1 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $140,727 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $467 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,972 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $8,916 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $159,082 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

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 3
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, INC. ANNUALLY CONDUCTS A PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND RECOMMENDS A COMPENSATION PACKAGE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, INC. FOR APPROVAL. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE COMPENSATION PAID FOR COMPARABLE POSITIONS AT SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS AND USES THIS DATA IN MAKING ITS DETERMINATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION.

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
2024
Filed
31 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202532199349300638

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