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← GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$85,176,235
Total expenses
$85,506,672
Contributions and grants received
$41,537,233
Grants paid
$67,837,198
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$73,645,002
Management and general expenses
$8,597,634
Fundraising expenses
$3,264,036
Program service expenses (Part III)
$73,645,002

Program services were 86.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • DAVE DRURY

    BOARD MEMBER (END 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY ELLEN STANEK

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL JONES

    CHAIR (END 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREGORY OBERLAND

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CECELIA GORE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CORY NETTLES

    BOARD MEMBER (END 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIE O'BRIEN

    BOARD MEMBER (END 6/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSAN ELA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PEDRO COLON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS FLORSHEIM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEREK TYUS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NARYAN LEAZER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CRISTY GARCIA-THOMAS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BLAINE GIBSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAQUELINE WARD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $500
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $500
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID GAY

    BOARD MEMBER (START 7/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REBECA LOPEZ

    BOARD MEMBER (START 7/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEREK MOSELY

    BOARD MEMBER (START 1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM SCHLEIF

    BOARD MEMBER (START 1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEVONA WRIGHT-COTTREL

    BOARD MEMBER (START 7/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GAIL YABUKI

    BOARD MEMBER (START 1/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREGORY WESLEY

    PRESIDENT (START 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $223,168
    From this org
    $223,168
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,168
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $223,168

  • KEN ROBERTSON

    SECRETARY/TREASURER (END 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $199,749
    From this org
    $176,226
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,523
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,226
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,606
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,917
    Filer's total
    $199,749

  • ELLEN GILLIGAN

    PRESIDENT ( END 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $342,082
    From this org
    $280,968
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,114
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $280,968
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $46,760
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,354
    Filer's total
    $342,082

  • KATHRYN DUNN

    VP OF COMM. INVEST. (END 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $157,456
    From this org
    $132,105
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,351
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,105
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,597
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,754
    Filer's total
    $157,456

  • KRISTEN MEKEMSON

    VP DEV/PHIL SERVICES/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $227,746
    From this org
    $190,603
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,143
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,603
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,566
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,577
    Filer's total
    $227,746

  • YELENA CHESTER

    CFO/TREASURER (START 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $170,324
    From this org
    $130,942
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,382
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,942
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,713
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,669
    Filer's total
    $170,324

  • LAURA GLAWE

    VP MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $181,546
    From this org
    $140,699
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,847
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,699
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,136
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,711
    Filer's total
    $181,546

  • MICHAEL HOFFMAN

    VP OF HR

    Total calculated
    $179,036
    From this org
    $149,799
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,237
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,799
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,512
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,725
    Filer's total
    $179,036

  • VINCENT LYLES

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $274,542
    From this org
    $227,063
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,479
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,063
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,677
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,802
    Filer's total
    $274,542

  • KENYATTA SINCLAIR

    CHIEF DEI & ORG LEARNING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $188,460
    From this org
    $156,640
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,820
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,640
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,678
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,142
    Filer's total
    $188,460

  • JANEL HINES

    VP OF COMMUNITY IMPACT

    Total calculated
    $143,337
    From this org
    $130,423
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,914
    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 — 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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE ADMIN & AUDIT COMMITTEE WILL ANNUALLY REQUEST COMPARABLE COMPENSATION DATA FROM THE GMF VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING (VP, HROL) FOR THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) POSITION AT THE FOUNDATION. THE COMPARABLE COMPENSATION DATA WILL GENERALLY COME FROM SALARY SURVEY DATA PROVIDED BY THE COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS AND SPECIFIC COMPARABLES OBTAINED FROM OTHER SURVEYS SUCH AS MRA AND THE NON PROFIT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY MRA, AND GUIDESTAR POSTED 990'S. THE VP, HROL WILL SITE COMPARABLES IN A REPORT AND REFERENCE WHERE DATA WAS OBTAINED. THE ADMIN & AUDIT COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THE COMPARABLE DATA AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND THEN TO THE FULL BOARD FOR ANY CHANGES IN THE CEO'S COMPENSATION, WITHOUT PARTICIPATION OR DISCUSSION WITH THE CEO. THE CEO MAY ANSWER QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD THAT MAY BE USED IN LATER DELIBERATIONS AND DECISION-MAKING. THE BOARD MUST DOCUMENT THE BASIS FOR DETERMINATION OF THE CEO'S SALARY. THE DOCUMENTATION MUST CONTAIN THE DATE AND TERMS OF THE COMPENSATION TRANSACTION, THE MEMBERS PRESENT FOR THE DECISION, AND WHAT COMPARABLE DATA WAS USED FOR THE DECISION. THE ADMIN & AUDIT COMMITTEE WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A TEMPLATE TO THE DOCUMENT PROCESS AND DECISION. THE ADMIN & AUDIT COMMITTEE WILL DRIVE THE PROCESS FOR DECISION-MAKING AND ASSURE THE DOCUMENTATION IS OBTAINED AND RECORDED IN BOTH THE BOARD MINUTES AND THE PERSONNEL FILE OF THE CEO. A SIMILAR PROCESS WILL BE USED FOR OTHER POSITIONS WITHIN THE FOUNDATION. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE THE CEO AND THE VP, HROL CONFERRING ON THESE OTHER POSITIONS.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503189349313875

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