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WELLSPRING INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC

EIN 51-0151621 FORT WAYNE, IN

Revenue 2025
$2,617,784
Expenses 2025
$2,112,515

Program services were 91.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
X99
Classification
1000
Street
1316 BROADWAY

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

PEOPLE OF FAITH SERVING THE SOCIAL, PHYSICAL AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY IN ALLEN COUNTY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PEOPLE OF FAITH SERVING THE SOCIAL, PHYSICAL AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUMITY IN ALLEN COUNTY.

  • FOOD BANK: UNIQUE CLIENTS - 19,442 TOTAL POUNDS OF FOOD DISTRIBUTED - 351,089 LBS WITH FOOD INSECURITY ON THE RISE IN ALLEN COUNTY, WELLSPRING FOOD BANK IS A TRUSTED LIFELINE FOR THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. OUR MARKET- STYLE MODEL EMPOWERS CLIENTS TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN FOOD INCLUDING FRESH PRODUCE AND MEATS WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. WELLSPRING ON WHEELS EXTENDS THIS MISSION BY DELIVERING NUTRITIOUS FOOD DIRECTLY TO NEIGHBORHOODS, REACHING THOSE WITH TRANSPORTATION OR MOBILITY CHALLENGES. THE WELLSPRING NUTRITION PROGRAM EMPOWERS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO MAKE HEALTHIER CHOICES THROUGH HANDS-ON EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO FRESH FOOD. WHAT SETS US APART: - OPEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK WITH FLEXIBLE HOURS FOR WORKING FAMILIES - REGISTERED DIETITIAN ON STAFF TO GUIDE HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES - OPERATING A MOBILE PANTRY, WELLSPRING ON WHEELS, TO DELIVER FOOD DIRECTLY TO FOOD-INSECURE NEIGHBORHOODS

    Expenses $900,360 · Grants $669,069

  • YOUTH: UNIQUE CHILDREN SERVED - 392 CHILDREN THRIVE WHEN THEY ARE KNOWN, SUPPORTED, AND SAFE. OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AND SUMMER DAY CAMP O..ER MORE THAN SUPERVISION. THEY PROVIDE A NURTURING SPACE WHERE CHILDREN CAN GROW ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY. WHY FAMILIES CHOOSE WELLSPRING: - SMALL, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS TAILORED TO CHILDREN'S NEEDS (1:6 RATIO) - SPECIALIZED SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, LEARNING DIFFERENCES OR SOCIAL CHALLENGES - HOMEWORK HELP, HEALTHY MEALS, AND CARING ADULT ROLE MODELS - FREE AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER CAMP KEEPS KIDS ON TRACK FOR SCHOOL AND GIVES PARENTS PEACH OF MIND WHILE THEY WORK

    Expenses $595,732 · Grants $98 · Revenue $30,954

  • WELLSPRING SHOPPE: UNIQUE CLIENTS SERVED - 4,732 NUMBER OF CLOTHING ITEMS DISTRIBUTED - 55,740 AT WELLSPRING SHOPPE, WE BELIEVE THAT CLOTHING SHOULD UPLIFT AND EMPOWER. THATS WHY OUR FREE CLOTHING BOUTIQUE OFFERS MORE THAN JUST CLOTHESIT OFFERS CONFIDENCE, DIGNITY, AND A SENSE OF NORMALCY TO FAMILIES REBUILDING THEIR LIVES. WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT: - FREE CLOTHING FOR ALL AGES, INCLUDING UNDERGARMENTS AND MULTIPLE OUTFITS - WELCOMING AND ORGANIZED SPACE - STYLE CONSULATIONS FOR JOB SEEKERS - SEASONAL COLLECTIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE FOR EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT - CLIENTS CHOOSE CLOTHING TO TAKE HOME

    Expenses $338,156 · Grants $222,960

  • OUR NUTRITION CLASS HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS AND FOCUSES ON TEACHING ALL AGES HOW TO LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE. WE HAVE A REGISTERED DIETITIAN WHO IS FOCUSED ON TEACHING OUR CLIENTS HOW TO COOK AND PREPARE FOOD IN A HEALTHY MANNER. WE HAD OVER 2,920 PEOPLE TAKE PART IN OUR FIRST YEAR OF OUR NUTRITION CLASS

    Expenses $90,206 · Grants $21,810

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • ERMINA MUSTEDANAGIC

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $106,128
    From this org
    $101,041
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,087
    Hours/week
    40

  • ETHAN BROWN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES WEHRENBERG

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF GRIGGS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM MATTHEWS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KARL BANDEMER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAWN CLOPTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE MCCARTIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN MICHAEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCOTT MILLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIA NAVA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUDY PURSLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN REIMBOLD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK RUDOLPH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVE SMETHERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TERRI SMITH-LINDVALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN TILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RACHEL TOBIN-SMITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHY WEHRLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRANDEN P WILDEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BETH ZWEIG

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $2,617,784
    Expenses
    $2,112,515
    Contributions
    $2,580,273
    Grants paid
    $913,937
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $991,869
    Expenses
    $1,063,190
    Contributions
    $955,288
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,232,085
    Expenses
    $954,802
    Contributions
    $1,199,087
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $628,606
    Expenses
    $1,057,360
    Contributions
    $566,118
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,077,876
    Expenses
    $800,251
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,217,192

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $557,521
    Expenses
    $731,965
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,029,647

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $502,433
    Expenses
    $850,818
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,096,039

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,231,377
    Expenses
    $895,872
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,450,424

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $727,709
    Expenses
    $893,064
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,117,377

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $687,057
    Expenses
    $820,595
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,284,371

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $674,271
    Expenses
    $748,175
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,406,031

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,320,503
    Expenses
    $729,383
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,513,087

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $542,134
    Expenses
    $694,433
    Assets (EOY)
    $915,005

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $678,338
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,061,905

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.