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← SIMPSON STREET FREE PRESS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SIMPSON STREET FREE PRESS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$438,546
Total expenses
$507,503
Contributions and grants received
$437,658
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$888
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$310,559
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,395
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$309,164
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$423,954
Management and general expenses
$51,225
Fundraising expenses
$32,324
Program service expenses (Part III)
$423,954

Program services were 83.5% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $70,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $109,458

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $258,200

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $888 · excluded $888

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $81,614 · program services $57,130 · management and general $16,323 · fundraising $8,161

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $139,324 · program services $111,579 · management and general $13,813 · fundraising $13,932

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,128 · program services $2,465 · management and general $350 · fundraising $313

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $17,623 · program services $13,113 · management and general $2,748 · fundraising $1,762

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,106 · management and general $10,106

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $152,144 · program services $152,144

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,173 · program services $11,908 · management and general $2,421 · fundraising $844

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,107 · program services $9,996 · management and general $1,111

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $38,397 · program services $34,556 · management and general $3,457 · fundraising $384

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,084 · program services $3,084

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $12,872 · program services $6,447 · fundraising $6,425

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $407 · program services $366 · management and general $20 · fundraising $21

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,819 · program services $3,586 · management and general $751 · fundraising $482

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO

    total $17,580 · program services $17,580

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $125 · management and general $125

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $165,364 · end of year $50,146

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $175,723 · end of year $205,309

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $69,465 · end of year $54,468

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

    $21,532

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

    $21,396

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $543 · end of year $136

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $500 · end of year $500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $574 · end of year $1,395

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $371,021 · end of year $234,164

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $40,000 · end of year $75,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SIMPSON STREET FREE PRESS, INC. HAS A MULTI-MISSION APPROACH:- DELIVER RIGOROUS ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION IN AFTER-SCHOOL SETTINGS. SIMPSON STREET FREE PRESS, INC.'S METHODS SUPPORT THE SCHOOL DAY AND BRIDGE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS.- SPREAD A POSITIVE MESSAGE OF YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT, ACADEMIC-SUCCESS, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE THROUGHOUT WISCONSIN.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BASED IN DANE COUNTY, SIMPSON STREET FREE PRESS DELIVERS HIGH-IMPACT, CORE SUBJECT ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION DURING AFTER-SCHOOL AND SUMMER HOURS. STUDENTS IN GRADES 2-12 WRITE AND PUBLISH NEWSPAPERS. STUDENT REPORTERS EXPLORE HISTORY, SCIENCE, BOOKS, AND THE ARTS. SSFP STUDENTS LEARN PRACTICAL ACADEMIC SKILLS AND TRANSFER THOSE SKILLS TO THE CLASSROOM.

  • SIMPSON STREET FREE PRESS (SSFP) DELIVERS HIGH-IMPACT, CORE-SUBJECT ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION DURING AFTER-SCHOOL AND SUMMER HOURS. WE PUBLISH NEWSPAPERS. OUR WRITERS ARE KIDS. CENTRAL TO SSFP PEDAGOGY IS ACROSS-THE-CURRICULUM INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES. STUDENT WRITERS CONDUCT RESEARCH, USE TECHNOLOGY, WRITE AND READ EXTENSIVELY. THEY LEARN TRANSFERABLE ACADEMIC STRATEGIES AND ACQUIRE PRACTICAL JOB SKILLS. CONTENT PUBLISHED BY SSFP FOCUSES ON SCIENCE, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND LITERATURE. SSFP OPERATES A NETWORK OF YOUTH BOOK CLUBS AND PUBLISHES STUDENT-WRITTEN BOOK REVIEWS. SSFP STUDENTS ENCOUNTER PREDICTABLE CONNECTIONS TO THE SCHOOL DAY. LESSON PLANS ARE EXPERTLY DESIGNED TO SUPPORT SCHOOL-DAY LEARNING. SCHOOL GRADES, READING AND MATH SCORES, AND SCHOOL-DAY ATTENDANCE ARE MEASURED. SSFP STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC DISCOURSE AND INFLUENCE THEIR PEERS. WE EXPAND PROGRAM HOURS DURING SUMMER SEMESTER. CREDENTIALED AND EXPERIENCED VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE EDITING SUPPORT. OUR GOALS ARE TO FOSTER YOUTH LITERACY AND SPARK STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

    Expenses $423,954

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Amanda Kroninger

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $4,200
    From this org
    $4,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jewel Adams

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dave Zweifel

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Brennan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher Briski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Devries

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jodi Goldberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Ivey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dave Johnsen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nyra Jordan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Kramer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Peterson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melanie Quarles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Kramer

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $77,414
    From this org
    $77,414
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

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 December 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323499349301512

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