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← KIDS MATTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by KIDS MATTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,054,085
Total expenses
$940,714
Contributions and grants received
$1,053,679
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$406
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$842,251
Total liabilities, end of year
$60,188
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$782,063
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$870,164
Management and general expenses
$66,897
Fundraising expenses
$3,653
Program service expenses (Part III)
$870,164

Program services were 92.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $762,866

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $290,813

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $106,621

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $406 · excluded $406

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $93,660 · program services $88,977 · management and general $4,683

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $510,089 · program services $483,131 · management and general $26,958

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,249 · program services $14,249

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $48,516 · program services $45,024 · management and general $3,492

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $351 · management and general $351

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,961 · management and general $12,961

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,408 · management and general $2,408

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,328 · program services $2,328

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $26,544 · program services $25,062 · management and general $1,482

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $24,591 · program services $23,546 · management and general $1,045

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $56,689 · program services $54,421 · management and general $2,268

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,599 · program services $3,351 · management and general $248

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,753 · program services $1,072 · management and general $681

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,849 · program services $6,050 · management and general $2,799

  • 24a · Other expenses: DONATED MATERIALS

    total $106,621 · program services $106,621

  • 24b · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER EXPENSE

    total $10,085 · program services $4,097 · management and general $5,988

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $3,732 · program services $3,040 · management and general $692

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $3,653 · fundraising $3,653

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,036 · program services $9,195 · management and general $841

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $560,914 · end of year $641,656

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $168,808 · end of year $157,437

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,951

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

    $6,707

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

    $6,707

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $52,828 · end of year $43,158

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $99,299 · end of year $57,909

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,680 · end of year $2,279

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $643,522 · end of year $768,020

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $40,000 · end of year $14,043

Mission and programs · 2022

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.

  • 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 2,000 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 $763,543

  • 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 $106,621

  • FOSTERING HOPE. COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS DONATE GOODS AND SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN CRISIS. IN 2022, $564,253 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.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • SIBYLLE TASKER JD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • 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

  • GLADYS SIMANDL PHD RN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT DRIES PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROLINE SPONGBERG JD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN CONWELL JD

    EXECUTIVE DIREC

    Total calculated
    $93,660
    From this org
    $93,660
    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
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323199349306832

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