Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,846,249
- Total expenses
- $1,362,992
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,833,289
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $12,149
- Other revenue
- $811
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,749,133
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $191,178
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,557,955
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,282,084
- Management and general expenses
- $80,118
- Fundraising expenses
- $790
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,282,084
Program services were 94.1% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$1,185,801
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$647,488
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$168,219
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3 · Investment income
total $12,149 · excluded $12,149
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11a · Other revenue: MISC
total $811 · related or exempt $811
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11e · Other revenue, total
$811
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $98,383 · program services $96,074 · management and general $2,309
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $740,201 · program services $722,833 · management and general $17,368
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $89,384 · program services $87,287 · management and general $2,097
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $70,219 · program services $69,145 · management and general $1,074
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11b · Fees: legal
total $792 · program services $792
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $23,663 · management and general $23,663
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11g · Fees: other
total $8,289 · program services $1,495 · management and general $6,794
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $21 · management and general $21
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13 · Office expenses
total $24,083 · program services $19,415 · management and general $4,668
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14 · Information technology
total $31,499 · program services $27,574 · management and general $3,925
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16 · Occupancy
total $61,863 · program services $59,760 · management and general $2,103
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17 · Travel
total $5,829 · program services $5,534 · management and general $295
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $4,602 · program services $2,558 · management and general $2,044
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23 · Insurance
total $9,241 · program services $7,207 · management and general $2,034
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24a · Other expenses: DONATED MATERIALS
total $168,219 · program services $168,219
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24b · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER EXPENSE
total $11,403 · program services $1,957 · management and general $9,446
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24c · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $3,715 · program services $3,497 · management and general $218
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24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES
total $3,341 · program services $2,732 · management and general $609
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24e · All other expenses
total $8,245 · program services $6,005 · management and general $1,450 · fundraising $790
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,006,793 · end of year $1,580,773
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $318,116 · end of year $164,006
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $98 · end of year $1,037
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $2,633 · end of year $1,517
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $1,800 · end of year $1,800
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $54,146 · end of year $37,528
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $200,725 · end of year $153,650
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,012,318 · end of year $1,405,736
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $62,251 · end of year $152,219
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE MISSION OF KIDS MATTER INC. IS TO HELP ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN HEAL AND THRIVE, TO BRING VOLUNTEER ENERGY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO FOSTER AND KINSHIP CHILDREN, AND TO APPLY LESSONS LEARNED FROM HELPING CHILDREN HEAL TO PREVENTING FURTHER CHILD ABUSE.
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THE FOSTERING HEALING PROGRAM HELPS CHILD CRIME VICTIMS INCLUDING CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT OR WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF HOMICIDE OF A PARENT OR CAREGIVER. FAMILY CONNECTIONS PROVIDES FAMILY SUPPORT AND CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION TO EXTENDED KIN CAREGIVERS, INCLUDING A GRANDFAMILY SUPPORT GROUP. KIDS MATTER HAS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM TO PROVIDE TRAUMA SUPPORT, FREE LEGAL SERVICES, FREE COUNSELING, SAFETY PLANNING, IN-HOME VISITS AND OTHER SUPPORT TO OVER 2,500 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ANNUALLY. MILWAUKEE'S COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE (CASA) PROGRAM IS WHOLLY MANAGED BY KIDS MATTER INC. EACH YEAR HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN VICTIMIZED BY ABUSE OR NEGLECT ARE ASSIGNED A CASA VOLUNTEER BY A JUDGE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE CHILDREN'S BEST INTERESTS IN OBTAINING A SAFE, PERMANENT HOME OR TO TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENT LIVING.
Expenses $1,113,865
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FREE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, HOMICIDE, LOSS OR ABSENCE OF PARENT. ASSISTANCE KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE WITHIN EXTENDED KINSHIP FAMILIES AND OUTSIDE OF FOSTER CARE.
Expenses $168,219
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FOSTERING HOPE. COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS DONATE GOODS AND SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN CRISIS. IN 2024, $575,226 IN IN-KIND DONATIONS AND DONATED VOLUNTEER SERVICES PROVIDED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN IN NEED, SUPPORTED POSITIVE EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN, AND EASED THE BURDENS OF COVID BY CAREGIVING FAMILIES.
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OTHER PROGRAMSKINSHIP CAREGIVER SUPPORT/NAVIGATION. FREE SUPPORT GROUPS, LEGAL EDUCATION, EVENTS, NAVIGATION OF AVAILABLE SERVICES FOR KINSHIP CAREGIVING FAMILIES. HOPE FOR CHILD HOMICIDE SURVIVORS. NEW GRANT SUPPORTED PROGRAM TO PROVIDE TIMELY SUPPORT, COUNSELING AND SERVICES TO CHILDREN WHO LOSE A PARENT OR CAREGIVER TO HOMICIDE.
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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SIBYLLE TASKER JD
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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THOMAS FRENN JD
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JENNIFER MCGAVER MBA
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
FRANCISCO MARTORELL MSW
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ROBERT DRIES PHD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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CAROLINE SPONGBERG JD
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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SUSAN CONWELL JD
EXECUTIVE DIREC
- Total calculated
- $98,383
- From this org
- $98,383
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 6 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202513109349301901
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