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← MIDWESTERN INNOCENCE PROJECT INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by MIDWESTERN INNOCENCE PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,041,263
Total expenses
$1,315,235
Contributions and grants received
$968,962
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$18,764
Investment income
$105,067
Other revenue
-$51,530
Total assets, end of year
$512,092
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$512,092
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$885,748
Management and general expenses
$240,928
Fundraising expenses
$188,559
Program service expenses (Part III)
$885,748

Program services were 67.3% 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

    $338,946

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $148,598

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $481,418

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $52,876

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE EVENTS

    total $18,764 · related or exempt $18,764

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $105,067 · excluded $105,067

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

    $338,946

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $58,149

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$58,149

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $6,619 · excluded $6,619

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,619

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $79,813 · program services $51,821 · management and general $16,093 · fundraising $11,899

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $774,938 · program services $503,672 · management and general $155,657 · fundraising $115,609

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $78,741 · program services $50,330 · management and general $16,780 · fundraising $11,631

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $72,012 · program services $46,029 · management and general $15,346 · fundraising $10,637

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $28,095 · program services $1,500 · management and general $8,699 · fundraising $17,896

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,963 · program services $3,597 · management and general $1,244 · fundraising $122

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $40,484 · program services $23,332 · management and general $11,738 · fundraising $5,414

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $26,737 · program services $16,042 · management and general $6,350 · fundraising $4,345

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,744 · program services $6,766 · management and general $6,529 · fundraising $449

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,564 · program services $7,501 · management and general $2,007 · fundraising $1,056

  • 24a · Other expenses: INVESTIGATION SERVICES

    total $170,460 · program services $170,460

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK AND PROCESSING FEES

    total $8,502 · management and general $25 · fundraising $8,477

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EVENTS

    total $4,639 · program services $4,639

  • 24d · Other expenses: INDIRECT FUNDRAISING EXP

    total $1,510 · program services $59 · management and general $427 · fundraising $1,024

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $33 · management and general $33

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $177,019 · end of year $94,573

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $52,062 · end of year $65,721

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $8,972 · end of year $8,972

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $8,095

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

    $2,529

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

    $2,529

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $599,243 · end of year $332,556

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,175 · end of year $2,175

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,707

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $645,158 · end of year $512,092

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $192,606

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO EDUCATE ABOUT, ADVOCATE FOR, AND OBTAIN AND SUPPORT THE EXONERATION AND RELEASE OF WRONGFULLY CONVICTED PEOPLE IN ARKANSAS, IOWA, KANSAS, MISSOURI, AND NEBRASKA.

  • SCREEN INMATE REQUESTS FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE, PROVIDED PRO-BONO LEGAL AND INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES FOR CLIENTS WITH CLAIMS OF INNOCENCE, SUPPORT SERVICES FOR EXONERESS, AND PROVIDED PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH EVENTS, POLICY ADVOCASY, SPEAKERS, AND WEBSITE.

    Expenses $885,748

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tahir Atwater

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $79,813
    From this org
    $74,783
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,030
    Hours/week
    40
  • Stephane Bradley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Liz Cole

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erica Nichols Cook

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Geiger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Branden Haralson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Preston Herman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Matt Jacober

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Krista Klaus

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carlanda McKinney

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kala Mueller

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Nicholson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ken Nixon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Willy Pegues

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jean Phillips

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eze Redwood

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clayton Reid

    PAST PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lindsay Runnels

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Veronica Sellers

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Will Shields

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Shull

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Sinquefeld

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Sisney

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Pete Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Steele

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cole Stewart

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kurt Swaim

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peg Vanwagoner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Watz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gene Willis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2025
Filed
15 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202602189349301800

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