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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$338,946
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$148,598
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$481,418
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$52,876
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2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE EVENTS
total $18,764 · related or exempt $18,764
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3 · Investment income
total $105,067 · excluded $105,067
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$338,946
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$58,149
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$58,149
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE
total $6,619 · excluded $6,619
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11e · Other revenue, total
$6,619
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $79,813 · program services $51,821 · management and general $16,093 · fundraising $11,899
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $774,938 · program services $503,672 · management and general $155,657 · fundraising $115,609
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $78,741 · program services $50,330 · management and general $16,780 · fundraising $11,631
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $72,012 · program services $46,029 · management and general $15,346 · fundraising $10,637
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11g · Fees: other
total $28,095 · program services $1,500 · management and general $8,699 · fundraising $17,896
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $4,963 · program services $3,597 · management and general $1,244 · fundraising $122
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13 · Office expenses
total $40,484 · program services $23,332 · management and general $11,738 · fundraising $5,414
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16 · Occupancy
total $26,737 · program services $16,042 · management and general $6,350 · fundraising $4,345
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17 · Travel
total $13,744 · program services $6,766 · management and general $6,529 · fundraising $449
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23 · Insurance
total $10,564 · program services $7,501 · management and general $2,007 · fundraising $1,056
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24a · Other expenses: INVESTIGATION SERVICES
total $170,460 · program services $170,460
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24b · Other expenses: BANK AND PROCESSING FEES
total $8,502 · management and general $25 · fundraising $8,477
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24c · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EVENTS
total $4,639 · program services $4,639
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24d · Other expenses: INDIRECT FUNDRAISING EXP
total $1,510 · program services $59 · management and general $427 · fundraising $1,024
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24e · All other expenses
total $33 · management and general $33
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $177,019 · end of year $94,573
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $52,062 · end of year $65,721
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $8,972 · end of year $8,972
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $8,095
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$2,529
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$2,529
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $599,243 · end of year $332,556
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $2,175 · end of year $2,175
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $1,707
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $645,158 · end of year $512,092
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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.
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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
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Tahir AtwaterTAHIR ATWATER
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $79,813
- From this org
- $74,783
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,030
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Stephane BradleySTEPHANE BRADLEY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Liz ColeLIZ COLE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Erica Nichols CookERICA NICHOLS COOK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Matt GeigerMATT GEIGER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Branden HaralsonBRANDEN HARALSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Preston HermanPRESTON HERMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Matt JacoberMATT JACOBER
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Krista KlausKRISTA KLAUS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carlanda McKinneyCARLANDA MCKINNEY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kala MuellerKALA MUELLER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jennifer NicholsonJENNIFER NICHOLSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ken NixonKEN NIXON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Willy PeguesWILLY PEGUES
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Jean PhillipsJEAN PHILLIPS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Eze RedwoodEZE REDWOOD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Clayton ReidCLAYTON REID
PAST PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lindsay RunnelsLINDSAY RUNNELS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Veronica SellersVERONICA SELLERS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Will ShieldsWILL SHIELDS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Julie ShullJULIE SHULL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Katie SinquefeldKATIE SINQUEFELD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Amanda SisneyAMANDA SISNEY
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Pete SmithPETE SMITH
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jonathan SteeleJONATHAN STEELE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cole StewartCOLE STEWART
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kurt SwaimKURT SWAIM
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Peg VanwagonerPEG VANWAGONER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Craig WatzCRAIG WATZ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Gene WillisGENE 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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