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← DONORS TRUST INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DONORS TRUST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$294,438,756
Total expenses
$291,549,081
Contributions and grants received
$232,107,427
Grants paid
$284,123,648
Program service revenue
not reported
Investment income
not reported
Other revenue
not reported
Total assets, end of year
not reported
Total liabilities, end of year
not reported
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
not reported
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$286,122,019
Management and general expenses
$3,717,709
Fundraising expenses
$1,709,353
Program service expenses (Part III)
$286,122,019

Program services were 98.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kimberly O Dennis

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • James Piereson

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas E Beach

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George GH Coates Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lawson R Bader

    President and CEO

    Total calculated
    $507,792
    From this org
    $399,997
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $107,795
    Hours/week
    42 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $380,997
    Bonus
    $19,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $51,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $56,045
    Filer's total
    $507,792

  • Jeffrey C Zysik

    CFO, COO and Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $402,850
    From this org
    $312,413
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $90,437
    Hours/week
    42 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $298,913
    Bonus
    $13,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $47,202
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,235
    Filer's total
    $402,850

  • Peter A Lipsett

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $312,788
    From this org
    $240,536
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,252
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,036
    Bonus
    $13,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,915
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,337
    Filer's total
    $312,788

  • Stephen M Johnson

    CTO

    Total calculated
    $235,129
    From this org
    $188,141
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,988
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,641
    Bonus
    $11,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,781
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,207
    Filer's total
    $235,129

  • Gregory P Conko

    Vice President of Programs

    Total calculated
    $303,845
    From this org
    $236,087
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,758
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $222,587
    Bonus
    $13,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $35,644
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,114
    Filer's total
    $303,845

  • Lukas C Dwelly

    Philanthropic Advisor

    Total calculated
    $232,656
    From this org
    $186,290
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,366
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,790
    Bonus
    $14,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,253
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,113
    Filer's total
    $232,656

  • Stephanie L Giovanetti

    Philanthropic Advisor

    Total calculated
    $196,142
    From this org
    $170,558
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,584
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,058
    Bonus
    $11,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,584
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $196,142

  • Christopher D Renner

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $212,846
    From this org
    $163,134
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,712
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,134
    Bonus
    $4,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,253
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,459
    Filer's total
    $212,846

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 · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 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
Officers are allowed to pay reasonable upgrade fees to first class at the time tickets are purchased if that option is offered by the airline for a discounted first class fare. Officers may also upgrade to first class after the purchase of a ticket if the upgrade fee is reasonable. The organization does not pay for full fare first class tickets. The organization will pay for reasonable first class fares for individuals with medical conditions such as a bad back.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513179349312256

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