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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MADISON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$20,094,904
Total expenses
$15,254,728
Contributions and grants received
$10,599,580
Grants paid
$12,197,083
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$8,834,085
Other revenue
$661,239
Total assets, end of year
$294,109,737
Total liabilities, end of year
$37,936,359
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$256,173,378
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$12,738,843
Management and general expenses
$1,675,731
Fundraising expenses
$840,154
Program service expenses (Part III)
$12,738,843

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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $1,318,392

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $34,439

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $9,246,749

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,322,798

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,856,767 · excluded $5,856,767

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $39,459,368

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

    securities $36,482,050

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,977,318

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,977,318 · excluded $2,977,318

  • 11a · Other revenue: PARTNERSHIP TAXABLE INCOME

    total $661,014 · unrelated business $661,014

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $225 · excluded $225

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $661,239

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $11,997,104 · program services $11,997,104

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $199,979 · program services $199,979

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $818,470 · program services $209,045 · management and general $356,889 · fundraising $252,536

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $813,227 · program services $146,378 · management and general $421,330 · fundraising $245,519

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $37,056 · program services $8,658 · management and general $19,067 · fundraising $9,331

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $94,540 · program services $17,109 · management and general $50,573 · fundraising $26,858

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $113,854 · program services $25,073 · management and general $53,976 · fundraising $34,805

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,968 · management and general $3,968

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $58,902 · management and general $58,902

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $300,430 · management and general $300,430

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $235,340 · program services $50,267 · management and general $112,977 · fundraising $72,096

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $41,153 · fundraising $41,153

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $59,940 · program services $8,401 · management and general $35,309 · fundraising $16,230

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $80,356 · program services $13,657 · management and general $45,365 · fundraising $21,334

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $136,949 · program services $23,065 · management and general $77,484 · fundraising $36,400

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,675 · program services $2,685 · management and general $3,115 · fundraising $1,875

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $99,367 · program services $23,254 · management and general $33,135 · fundraising $42,978

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $45,251 · program services $7,621 · management and general $25,603 · fundraising $12,027

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,218 · management and general $9,218

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING AND MAILINGS

    total $78,068 · program services $3,732 · management and general $56,146 · fundraising $18,190

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

    total $20,087 · program services $2,815 · management and general $12,244 · fundraising $5,028

  • 24c · Other expenses: GIVING PARTNERS FUND AD

    total $3,794 · fundraising $3,794

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $427,567 · end of year $500,750

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $24,541,539 · end of year $23,409,472

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,706,617 · end of year $2,489,114

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $438,326 · end of year $665,013

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $32,738 · end of year $26,859

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

    $750,433

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

    $604,423

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $185,522 · end of year $146,010

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $16,311,040 · end of year $26,022,119

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $228,125,695 · end of year $240,345,093

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $609,247 · end of year $505,307

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $216,827 · end of year $203,364

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $884,150 · end of year $1,066,650

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $33,783,596 · end of year $36,666,345

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $237,000,390 · end of year $255,764,448

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $493,328 · end of year $408,930

Mission and programs · 2023

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 BUSINESSES. AS A TRUSTED PHILANTHROPIC LEADER, MCF AIMS TO ENGAGE GREATER MADISON IN PHILANTHROPY TO ADVANCE A MORE VIBRANT AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY.

  • 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.29 NEW FUNDS WERE CREATED IN 2023; 1,286 FUNDS WERE HELD AT THE END OF 20232,551 CONTRIBUTIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM 1,139 DONORSANNUALIZED INVESTMENT RETURN, NET OF FEES, AS OF 12/31/23 WAS: 10.2% (1YR); 6.5% (3YRS); 8.8% (5YRS); 7.1% (10YRS) PERCENTILE RANKING IN INVESTMENT SURVEY OF PEER COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS WAS: 77% (3YRS); 37% (5YRS); 86% (7YRS); 86% (10YRS)1,933 GRANTS WERE DISTRIBUTED67% OF GRANTS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO ORGANIZATIONS IN DANE COUNTY, 17% TO ORGANIZATIONS IN OTHER WISCONSIN COUNTIES, 16% TO ORGANIZATIONS IN OTHER STATES.

    Expenses $12,738,843 · Grants $12,197,083

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christine Barden

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Anne Lucke

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Mecklenburg

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roberta Gassman

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Al Friedman

    BOARD MEMBER (TERM 02/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anna Burish

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Jack E Daniels III

    BOARD MEMBER (TERM 02/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eg Schramka

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eugenia Podesta

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gloria Ladson-Billings

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Bartell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natalie Erdman

    BOARD MEMBER (START 02/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Noble Wray

    BOARD MEMBER (START 02/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ron Mensink

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shiva Bidar

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Therese Gulbransen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tripp Widder

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Principal Custody Solutions

    SERVICES, CUSTODIAN

    Total calculated
    $64,171
    From this org
    $64,171
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Robert Sorge

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $276,415
    From this org
    $234,284
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,131
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,768
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $516
    Deferred
    $39,123
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,008
    Filer's total
    $276,415
  • Carmen Jeschke

    VP FINANCE & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $179,275
    From this org
    $136,944
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,331
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,192
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $752
    Deferred
    $8,969
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,362
    Filer's total
    $179,275
  • Tom Linfield

    VP COMMUNITY IMPACT

    Total calculated
    $150,442
    From this org
    $139,008
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,434
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,575
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $433
    Deferred
    $8,377
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,057
    Filer's total
    $150,442
  • David Koehler

    VP DONOR ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $148,167
    From this org
    $137,866
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,301
    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 · 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
2023
Filed
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423189349308292

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