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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by WILL ROGERS MOTION PICTURE PIONEERS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,808,518
Total expenses
$2,512,434
Contributions and grants received
$1,928,659
Grants paid
$1,031,213
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$485,354
Other revenue
-$605,495
Total assets, end of year
$11,507,983
Total liabilities, end of year
$523,039
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,984,944
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,888,201
Management and general expenses
$299,968
Fundraising expenses
$324,265
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,888,201

Program services were 75.2% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $109,216

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,382,521

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $436,922

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $182,417 · excluded $182,417

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,139,801 · other assets $121,109

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

    securities $2,943,335 · other assets $14,638

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $196,466 · other assets $106,471

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $302,937 · excluded $302,937

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $179,323

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,382,521

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $808,364

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$629,041 · excluded -$629,041

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $25,315

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $1,769

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $23,546 · excluded $23,546

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $666,379 · program services $666,379

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $364,834 · program services $364,834

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $133,090 · program services $66,546 · management and general $33,272 · fundraising $33,272

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $390,298 · program services $282,212 · management and general $60,378 · fundraising $47,708

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $24,385 · program services $17,581 · management and general $4,002 · fundraising $2,802

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $87,161 · program services $59,074 · management and general $14,661 · fundraising $13,426

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $44,506 · program services $30,248 · management and general $7,668 · fundraising $6,590

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $64,228 · management and general $64,228

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $88,246 · program services $44,258 · management and general $9,199 · fundraising $34,789

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,347 · program services $4,783 · management and general $7,172 · fundraising $2,392

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $44,475 · program services $21,597 · management and general $22,878

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $82,680 · program services $43,702 · management and general $26,576 · fundraising $12,402

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,764 · program services $9,332 · management and general $1,539 · fundraising $7,893

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,315 · program services $1,389 · management and general $463 · fundraising $463

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $32,214 · program services $17,681 · management and general $7,310 · fundraising $7,223

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLIC ACCESS SERVICES

    total $118,224 · program services $118,224

  • 24b · Other expenses: INDIRECT EVENT COSTS

    total $68,261 · management and general $1,820 · fundraising $66,441

  • 24c · Other expenses: HEALTH EDUCATION

    total $64,382 · program services $56,882 · management and general $3,500 · fundraising $4,000

  • 24d · Other expenses: OUTSIDE SERVICES

    total $53,952 · program services $23,040 · management and general $12,735 · fundraising $18,177

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $149,693 · program services $60,439 · management and general $22,567 · fundraising $66,687

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $248,564 · end of year $324,186

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,693,448 · end of year $1,803,357

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $142,165 · end of year $72,700

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $24,663 · end of year $18,040

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $25,509 · end of year $11,922

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

    $147,770

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

    $147,141

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,944 · end of year $629

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,913,745 · end of year $8,101,098

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $2,023,033 · end of year $1,167,821

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $340,203 · end of year $8,230

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $147,476 · end of year $199,484

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $70,000 · end of year $323,555

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $330,271

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,763,006 · end of year $7,967,873

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,103,521 · end of year $3,017,071

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO PERPETUATE THE LEGACY OF WILL ROGERS THROUGH THE WORKS OF THREE PROGRAMS, BRAVE BEGINNINGS, THE WILL ROGERS INSTITUTE AND THE PIONEERS ASSISTANCE FUND.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $1,068,285 · Grants $364,834

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $394,070 · Grants $385,000

  • Brave Beginnings an initiative of the Will Rogers Institute In 2015, the Will Rogers Institute Neonatal Ventilator Equipment Program was officially renamed, Brave Beginnings (BB). Due to the large premature birth problem in the United States (the US has the sixth highest rate of premature births in the world, 10% of all births), hospitals have a tremendous need for additional equipment and modern equipment that will give a premature infant a fighting chance at a life without disease or a permanent disorder. Due to the Covid pandemic and demands placed on the Pioneers Assistance Fund program, no grants to hospitals were issued during 2020-21 fiscal year. While demands on the Pioneers Assistance Fund lessened in 2021-22 as compared to the previous year, the funding sources for the Brave Beginnings program have not returned to pre-pandemic levels. The program was however in a position to fund a small grant cycle of $90,000 to two deserving hospitals. Since the ventilator grant program was established in 2006, 200 hospitals have received grants, totaling $9.6mil dollars, and an estimated 270,000 infants have benefitted. The overall objectives of the Brave Beginnings program to educate the public about the need and long-term benefits to helping premature infants develop without lifelong ailments, as well as provide hospital NICUs with vital equipment. Along with other individuals and organizations dedicated to fighting the preemie epidemic, the Brave Beginnings program will try to help eliminate a generation of children growing up with ailments and disorders, due to a premature birth. In 2021-22, the BB program continued to do outreach and communication to help the public understand the challenges neonatal intensive care units are managing and the high rate of premature births in the USA.

    Expenses $292,879 · Grants $278,555

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christina Blumer

    EXEC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $139,002
    From this org
    $121,764
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,238
    Hours/week
    50

  • Samantha E Stepleton

    DIR OF SOCIAL SVCS

    Total calculated
    $134,367
    From this org
    $110,927
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,440
    Hours/week
    40

  • Todd R Vradenburg

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $61,821
    From this org
    $50,882
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,939
    Hours/week
    50

  • Jeffrey Greenspun

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Nakagawa-Marti

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jared Milgram

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heather Morgan

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Kennedy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Spencer Klein

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cary Silvera

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle Maddalena

    EXECUTIVE VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keith Foenander

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Christiansen

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Viane

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joe Garel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Garrett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hank Green

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shelli Taylor

    SENIOR VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Westerling

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Wilk

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lisa Bunnell

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd R Vradenburg

    FORMER EXEC DIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Melanie Valera

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephen Buck

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Flanagan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ronald Krueger II

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUSTIN McDANIEL

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Wood

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Schoenburg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Serwitz

    Director

    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.

Schedule J

Itemized on Schedule J with no Part VII listing of the same name on this return:

  • Todd R Vradenburg

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Schedule J breakdown

    Base
    $50,882
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $2,592
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,347
    Filer's total
    $61,821

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400459349302970

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