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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$36,932,800
Total expenses
$17,888,026
Contributions and grants received
$28,721,083
Grants paid
$15,162,301
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,308,063
Other revenue
$903,654
Total assets, end of year
$272,378,291
Total liabilities, end of year
$34,884,573
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$237,493,718
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$15,734,909
Management and general expenses
$1,323,254
Fundraising expenses
$829,863
Program service expenses (Part III)
$15,734,909

Program services were 88.0% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $567,622

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $83,248

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $28,070,213

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $11,250,428

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,593,493 · excluded $5,593,493

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $41,595,332 · other assets $6,266

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

    securities $39,847,028 · other assets $40,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,748,304 · other assets -$33,734

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,714,570 · excluded $1,714,570

  • 11a · Other revenue: PARTNERSHIP TAXABLE INCOME

    total $902,904 · unrelated business $902,904

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $750 · excluded $750

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $903,654

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $14,978,516 · program services $14,978,516

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $183,785 · program services $183,785

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $771,588 · program services $215,005 · management and general $308,568 · fundraising $248,015

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $678,108 · program services $170,843 · management and general $285,023 · fundraising $222,242

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $33,992 · program services $10,780 · management and general $15,137 · fundraising $8,075

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $115,962 · program services $27,525 · management and general $47,278 · fundraising $41,159

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $94,424 · program services $26,020 · management and general $37,492 · fundraising $30,912

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,596 · management and general $9,596

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $49,420 · management and general $49,420

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $322,221 · management and general $322,221

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $47,309 · program services $11,681 · management and general $19,339 · fundraising $16,289

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $39,201 · fundraising $39,201

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $59,610 · program services $10,776 · management and general $21,314 · fundraising $27,520

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $72,774 · program services $18,862 · management and general $30,153 · fundraising $23,759

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $133,330 · program services $34,666 · management and general $54,221 · fundraising $44,443

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,341 · program services $1,931 · management and general $1,762 · fundraising $1,648

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $112,749 · program services $14,993 · management and general $22,291 · fundraising $75,465

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $58,510 · program services $15,213 · management and general $23,794 · fundraising $19,503

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,395 · management and general $9,395

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING AND MAILINGS

    total $77,013 · program services $3,905 · management and general $49,068 · fundraising $24,040

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMMUNITY RELATIONS PRO

    total $16,663 · program services $8,332 · management and general $8,331

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS, DUES AND S

    total $15,780 · program services $2,076 · management and general $8,851 · fundraising $4,853

  • 24d · Other expenses: GIVING PARTNERS FUND AD

    total $2,739 · fundraising $2,739

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $534,885 · end of year $427,567

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $24,125,926 · end of year $24,541,539

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,709,102 · end of year $1,706,617

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $394,453 · end of year $438,326

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $26,197 · end of year $32,738

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

    $744,693

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

    $559,171

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $261,277 · end of year $185,522

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $17,317,885 · end of year $16,311,040

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $240,548,235 · end of year $228,125,695

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $710,759 · end of year $609,247

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $232,580 · end of year $216,827

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,396,650 · end of year $884,150

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $34,439,069 · end of year $33,783,596

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $248,984,570 · end of year $237,000,390

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $575,850 · end of year $493,328

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS TO ENHANCE THE COMMON GOOD THROUGH PHILANTHROPY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION STEWARDS LOCAL, CHARITABLE FUNDS FOR INDIVIDUALS, NONPROFITS AND BUSINESS. WITH ITS LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND ASSETS, MCF INSPIRES GIVING, SUPPORTS MEANINGFUL INITIATIVES AND CONNECTS PEOPLE FOR THE COMMON GOOD.

  • CREATION OF PERMANENT CHARITABLE FUNDS, ADMINISTRATION AND INVESTMENT OF THOSE FUNDS, AND GRANTS TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE AREA OF DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN. GRANTS ARE MADE BOTH THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL PROCESS AND IN RESPONSE TO RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DONOR FUNDHOLDERS.34 NEW FUNDS WERE CREATED IN 2022; 1,235 FUNDS WERE HELD AT THE END OF 20222,931 CONTRIBUTIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM 1,284 DONORSANNUALIZED INVESTMENT RETURN, NET OF FEES, AS OF 12/31/22 WAS: -8.7% (1YR); 5.6% (3YRS); 6.5% (5YRS); 7.5% (10YRS) PERCENTILE RANKING IN INVESTMENT SURVEY OF PEER COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS WAS: 100% (1YR); 94% (3YRS); 94% (5YRS); 91% (7YRS)1,904 GRANTS WERE DISTRIBUTED68% OF GRANTS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO ORGANIZATIONS IN DANE COUNTY, 17% TO ORGANIZATIONS IN OTHER WISCONSIN COUNTIES, 15% TO ORGANIZATIONS IN OTHER STATES.

    Expenses $15,734,909 · Grants $15,162,301

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Roberta Gassman

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Christine Barden

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Mecklenburg

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Al Friedman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Anna Burish

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 02/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Anne Lucke

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dr Jack E Daniels III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Eg Schramka

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Eugenia Podesta

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 02/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Gloria Ladson-Billings

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 02/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jeff Bartell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Noble Wray

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ron Mensink

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Shiva Bidar

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Therese Gulbransen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tripp Widder

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Principal Custody Solutions

    SERVICES, CUSTODIAN

    Total calculated
    $61,137
    From this org
    $61,137
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Robert Sorge

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $259,636
    From this org
    $223,882
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,754
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,407
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $475
    Deferred
    $30,646
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,108
    Filer's total
    $259,636
  • Carmen Jeschke

    VP FINANCE & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $162,307
    From this org
    $125,114
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,193
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,385
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $729
    Deferred
    $8,170
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,023
    Filer's total
    $162,307
  • Tom Linfield

    VP COMMUNITY IMPACT

    Total calculated
    $146,000
    From this org
    $133,995
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,005
    Hours/week
    40
  • David Koehler

    VP DONOR ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $142,508
    From this org
    $132,196
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,312
    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. 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

  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 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)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE ORGANIZATION HAS ONE "NONPROFIT" CATEGORY MEMBERSHIP TO A BUSINESS SOCIAL CLUB. THE CLUB REQUIRES THAT THE MEMBERSHIP BE HELD IN THE NAME OF AN INDIVIDUAL, IN THIS CASE, THE PRESIDENT/CEO OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE CLUB IS USED BY THE ORGANIZATION AND THE PRESIDENT/CEO FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES, I.E. LUNCH MEETINGS WITH DONORS OR COMMUNITY LEADERS OR HOSTING PRESENTATIONS AND EVENTS. PERSONAL USE IS MINIMAL. MONTHLY DUES ARE PAID BY THE ORGANIZATION IN FULL. MONTHLY INVOICES FROM THE CLUB ARE REVIEWED IN DETAIL AND, IF THERE ARE CHARGES FOR PERSONAL USE, THEY ARE PAID DIRECTLY BY THE EMPLOYEE.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • MCF HOLDINGS LLC

    LAND HOLDING · WI · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by MCF

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
16 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323109349302972

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