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KIDSMATTER FOUNDATION INC

EIN 36-4448507 NAPERVILLE, IL

Largest nonprofits in Illinois

Revenue 2024
$864,864
Expenses 2024
$618,694

Program services were 78.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B60
Classification
1000
Street
225 W JEFFERSON AVE

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 · 2024

Mission

BUILDING RESILIENT KIDS WHO SAY NO TO DESTRUCTIVE CHOICES AND YES TO ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES.

  • CAREER PATHWAYS: PARTNERING WITH THE NAPERVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS 203 AND 204-DEVELOPED AN AUTHENTIC WORKPLACE LEARNING COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PROGRAM, SPRINGBOARD SERIES, FOR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR AND SENIORS TO EXPOSE THEM TO CAREERS IN HEALTHCARE AND TRADES & CONSTRUCTION DURING THE SUMMER OF 2024. THIS PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS DEVELOP EMPLOYABLE SKILLS AND READIES THEM FOR EITHER COLLEGE OR A CAREERS IN HEALTHCARE OR TRADES & CONSTRUCTION. WE ALSO ADDED ELMHURST SCHOOL DISTRICT 205.DEVELOPED A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING IN DUPAGE AND WILL COUNTIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LINDEN OAKS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. ALSO, SUPPORTED A PROGRAM TO TEACH JUNIORS AND SENIORS ABOUT PHILANTHROPY AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.COLLABORATIVE YOUTH TEAM: LEADING THE COALITION OF 35 YOUTH-SERVING NON-PROFIT AGENCIES IN DUPAGE AND WILL COUNTIES, KIDSMATTER WORKS WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF KIDS AND FAMILIES. THIS YEAR WE DISTRIBUTED STRESS RELIEF CARE PACKAGES TO YOUTH AND FAMILIES THROUGH OUT DUPAGE & WILL COUNTIES. WE ALSO LAUNCHED A KINDNESS CAMPAIGN.PROVIDED A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES INCLUDING A JOB FAIR, VOLUNTEER FAIR, GAMES AROUND THE WORLD, YOUTH SERVICE AWARDS, AND A STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.THE CRISIS TEXT LINE WAS LAUNCHED AS AN OUTCOME OF THE STRESS MANAGEMENT SURVEY. THE LINE HAS RECEIVED 2,560 CONVERSATIONS AND HAS PRODUCED 31 ACTIVE SAVES SINCE ITS LAUNCH. THE LINE IS FOR ANYONE WHO IS IN CRISIS. IT PROVIDES A TRAINED COUNSELOR, AT THE END OF THE LINE, WHO IS READY TO LISTEN, WITHOUT YOU EVEN SPEAKING BY TEXTING ""REACH"" TO 741 741 FROM ANYWHERE IN THE US.HELD EDUCATIONAL FORUMS BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON ON TOPICS THAT ARE RELEVANT IN OUR COMMUNITY INCLUDING: MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION, RESILIENCE, STRESS MANAGEMENT AND VAPING, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTION. THESE FORUMS ARE CONDUCTED IN SCHOOLS, THE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITIES AND WITHIN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA.

    Expenses $484,718 · Grants $9,500 · Revenue $18,819

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Ryan Lauterwasser

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian Sterrett

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shafer Suggs

    TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Meghna Bansal

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jacque Clemont

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patty Gustin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike King

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mike McLean

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Todd Oddo

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Puknaitis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Rising

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ramki Srinvasan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Stock PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nina Menis

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $127,500
    From this org
    $127,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sherilyn Hebel

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $44,200
    From this org
    $44,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    24

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $864,864
    Expenses
    $618,694
    Contributions
    $866,010
    Grants paid
    $9,500
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $602,976
    Expenses
    $585,811
    Contributions
    $556,428
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $485,699
    Expenses
    $254,722
    Contributions
    $451,862
    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
    $313,778
    Expenses
    $218,837
    Assets (EOY)
    $239,586
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $268,584
    Expenses
    $252,371
    Assets (EOY)
    $144,645
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $238,548
    Expenses
    $298,609
    Assets (EOY)
    $128,432
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $193,758
    Expenses
    $230,988
    Assets (EOY)
    $188,493
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $226,675
    Expenses
    $209,090
    Assets (EOY)
    $162,577
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $224,605
    Expenses
    $205,348
    Assets (EOY)
    $144,992
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $194,875
    Expenses
    $169,889
    Assets (EOY)
    $125,735
  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $138,598
    Expenses
    $137,018
    Assets (EOY)
    $100,749
  • 2012 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $117,324
    Expenses
    $105,687
    Assets (EOY)
    $99,169
  • 2011 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $107,043
    Expenses
    $101,956
    Assets (EOY)
    $87,532

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.