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← SAM SCHMIDT FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SAM SCHMIDT FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,657,600
Total expenses
$2,394,847
Contributions and grants received
$11,339,641
Grants paid
$125,001
Program service revenue
$304,258
Investment income
-$6,634
Other revenue
$1,020,335
Total assets, end of year
$33,509,018
Total liabilities, end of year
$674,662
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$32,834,356
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,785,908
Management and general expenses
$468,849
Fundraising expenses
$140,090
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,785,908

Program services were 74.6% 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

    $605,150

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,734,491

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CLIENT SERVICES

    total $304,258 · related or exempt $304,258

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $195 · excluded $195

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,038

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $1,038

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $1,038 · excluded $1,038

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

    securities $6,829

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$6,829

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$6,829 · excluded -$6,829

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,448,160

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

    $605,150

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $428,863

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $1,019,297 · excluded $1,019,297

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $125,001 · program services $125,001

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $490,137 · program services $196,055 · management and general $226,582 · fundraising $67,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $708,134 · program services $557,615 · management and general $150,519

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $71,694 · program services $43,714 · management and general $21,677 · fundraising $6,303

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $108,440 · program services $71,143 · management and general $32,693 · fundraising $4,604

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,684 · program services $3,684

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,000 · program services $10,000 · management and general $1,500 · fundraising $500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $25,380 · program services $18,957 · management and general $3,245 · fundraising $3,178

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $42,444 · program services $2,452 · fundraising $39,992

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $48,973 · program services $20,502 · management and general $19,920 · fundraising $8,551

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $209,051 · program services $209,051

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,303 · program services $11,940 · fundraising $5,363

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $308,026 · program services $307,327 · management and general $699

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $48,656 · program services $46,696 · management and general $1,470 · fundraising $490

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSULTING

    total $61,560 · program services $54,633 · management and general $5,195 · fundraising $1,732

  • 24b · Other expenses: IT SERVICES

    total $39,430 · program services $33,029 · management and general $4,801 · fundraising $1,600

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $36,018 · program services $35,193 · management and general $548 · fundraising $277

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT REPAIRS

    total $28,630 · program services $28,630

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,286 · program services $10,286

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $897,541 · end of year $292,142

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,742,059 · end of year $4,019,162

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $312,870 · end of year $68,924

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $1,124

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $34,068 · end of year $40,167

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

    $29,788,397

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

    $726,461

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $246,582 · end of year $29,061,936

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $17,954,412 · end of year $25,563

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $419,292 · end of year $478,025

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $196,637 · end of year $196,637

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $18,721,381 · end of year $28,757,699

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,850,222 · end of year $4,076,657

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO FINDING TREATMENTS AND/OR CURES FOR SPINAL CORD INJURIES AND/OR PARALYSIS. THE SCHMIDT FAMILY HAS MADE A MULTI-YEAR COMMITMENT TO UNDERWRITE ALL OF CONQUER PARALYSIS NOW'S ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS TO ENSURE THAT 100% OF EVERY DOLLAR DONATED TO THE FOUNDATION WILL GO DIRECTLY TO FINDING TREATMENTS AND/OR CURES FOR SPINAL CORD INJURIES AND/OR PARALYSIS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES REHABILITATION AND THERAPY SERVICES TO PATIENTS AND RECOGNIZES SERVICE INCOME FROM THOSE PATIENTS AT THE TIME SERVICES ARE RENDERED.

    Expenses $1,785,908 · Grants $125,001 · Revenue $304,258

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sam Schmidt

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Bill Liacone

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Michael Kret

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Todd Davis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alan Lewis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brigadier General John P McGoff MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pam Tondreau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chet Beiler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Adell Means

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Savannah Boehrer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christine Louck

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $194,864
    From this org
    $181,063
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,801
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $181,063
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,401
    Filer's total
    $194,864
  • Brandi Kurka

    FORMER EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $159,790
    From this org
    $149,115
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,675
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,115
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,175
    Filer's total
    $159,790
  • Chad W Towner

    FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $168,360
    From this org
    $159,959
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,401
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,959
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,401
    Filer's total
    $168,360

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

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

  • NEUROHOPE

    $125,001

    TO AID INDIVIDUALS IN REHABILITATION OF SPINAL CORD INJURIES, BRAIN INJURIES, OR STROKES.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533219349313718

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