US VENTURE-SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION INC

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2024 · Form 990PF · revenue $5.0M · expenses $5.8M · assets $5.4M

EIN
39-1540933
Address
425 BETTER WAY, APPLETON, WI 54915-6192
Website
WWW.USVENTURE.COM/US-VENTURE-SCHMIDT-FAMILY-FOUNDATION
NTEE code
-
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
February 1986 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (private foundation) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Private non-operating foundation
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 24 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

24 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Greg Vandenberg BOARD MEMBER2022-2024 0 $0 reported 2
Amber Simonds PRESIDENT2020-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Dan Posanski VICE PRESIDENT2019-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Sarah Johannsen TREASURER2022-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Greg Bongers BOARD MEMBER2022-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Mike Bongers BOARD MEMBER2022-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Bill Kessenich BOARD MEMBER2022-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Mike Koel BOARD MEMBER2022-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Kate Kessenich BOARD MEMBER2022-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Jose Mata BOARD MEMBER2022-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Brett Wetzel BOARD MEMBER2022-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Jimmy Schmidt BOARD MEMBER2022-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Jackie Sharkey SECRETARY2019-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Brian Rhodes BOARD MEMBER2023-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Parker Wolf BOARD MEMBER2023-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Andrew Finkelstein BOARD MEMBER2023-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Tony Springer BOARD MEMBER2023-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Sangeeta Edwin BOARD MEMBER2023-2024 0 $0 reported 1
Drew Jamison (former) BOARD MEMBER2022 0 $0 reported 1
Lyssa Schmidt (former) BOARD MEMBER2022 0 $0 reported 1
Cristi Burnill (former) BOARD MEMBER2022 0 $0 reported 1
Jim Anholzer (former) VICE PRESIDENT2019-2021 1 $0 reported 1
Paul Kubic (former) PRESIDENT2020-2021 1 $0 reported 1
Chuck Dauk (former) PRESIDENT2019 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 18 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
AMBER SIMONDS PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
DAN POSANSKI VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
SARAH JOHANNSEN TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
GREG BONGERS BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
MIKE BONGERS BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
BILL KESSENICH BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
MIKE KOEL BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
KATE KESSENICH BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
JOSE MATA BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
BRETT WETZEL BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
JIMMY SCHMIDT BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
GREG VANDENBERG BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $02
JACKIE SHARKEY SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $01
BRIAN RHODES BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
PARKER WOLF BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
ANDREW FINKELSTEIN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
TONY SPRINGER BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
SANGEETA EDWIN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 18 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
AMBER SIMONDS PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
DAN POSANSKI VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
SARAH JOHANNSEN TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
GREG BONGERS BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
MIKE BONGERS BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
BILL KESSENICH BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
MIKE KOEL BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
KATE KESSENICH BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
JOSE MATA BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
BRETT WETZEL BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
JIMMY SCHMIDT BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
GREG VANDENBERG BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $02
JACKIE SHARKEY SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $01
BRIAN RHODES BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
PARKER WOLF BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
ANDREW FINKELSTEIN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
TONY SPRINGER BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
SANGEETA EDWIN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 15 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
AMBER SIMONDS PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
DAN POSANSKI VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
SARAH JOHANNSEN TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
GREG BONGERS BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
MIKE BONGERS BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
DREW JAMISON BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
BILL KESSENICH BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
MIKE KOEL BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
LYSSA SCHMIDT BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
KATE KESSENICH BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
JOSE MATA BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
BRETT WETZEL BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
JIMMY SCHMIDT BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
GREG VANDENBERG BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $02
CRISTI BURNILL BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
2021 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JIM ANHOLZER VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
AMBER SIMONDS TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
DAN POSANSKI SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $01
PAUL KUBIC PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
2020 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JIM ANHOLZER VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
AMBER SIMONDS TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
JACKIE SHARKEY SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $01
PAUL KUBIC PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
2019 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JIM ANHOLZER VICE PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01
DAN POSANSKI TREASURER1 $0-$0 $01
JACKIE SHARKEY SECRETARY1 $0-$0 $01
CHUCK DAUK PRESIDENT1 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2024 · 208 grants to organizations · $5.8M
2023 · 155 grants to organizations · $4.3M
2022 · 126 grants to organizations · $3.9M
2021 · 94 grants to organizations · $2.1M
2020 · 81 grants to organizations · $1.3M
2019 · 90 grants to organizations · $1.9M

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributors listed on Schedule B of the Form 990-PF: name, city and state as filed (street addresses are not shown), with total and noncash contributions for the year. A link to an organization's page is tagged Fuzzy with its name-similarity score (0 to 1) when it rests on name and state; Schedule B lists no EIN, so no link here is an exact identifier match.

2024 · 1 contributor · $3.1M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 US VENTURE INC Organization or other APPLETON, WI $3,098,795- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing
2023 · 1 contributor · $4.6M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 US VENTURE INC Organization or other APPLETON, WI $4,600,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2023 · filing
2022 · 1 contributor · $4.1M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 US VENTURE INC Organization or other APPLETON, WI $4,062,500- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2022 · filing
2021 · 1 contributor · $1.9M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 US VENTURE INC Organization or other APPLETON, WI $1,937,500- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2021 · filing
2020 · 1 contributor · $1.8M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 US VENTURE INC Organization or other APPLETON, WI $1,750,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2020 · filing
2019 · 1 contributor · $1.4M
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 US VENTURE INC Organization or other APPLETON, WI $1,418,143- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2019 · filing

Contributors listed here are as reported on the filing. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$5,020,127$5,831,461 $5,361,239$5,361,239 $3,876,795- $0--
2023 · Form 990PF period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$4,855,647$4,359,637 $6,140,245$6,140,245 $4,600,000- $0--
2022 · Form 990PF period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$4,139,986$3,968,390 $5,644,235$5,644,235 $4,062,500- $0--
2021 · Form 990PF period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,768,226$2,106,250 $5,472,639$5,472,639 $1,937,500- $0--
2020 · Form 990PF period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,009,911$1,363,451 $4,810,663$4,810,663 $1,750,000- $0--
2019 · Form 990PF period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,667,346$1,900,919 $4,164,203$4,164,203 $1,418,143- $0--

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

Funders of this organization

3 grantors reported grants to this organization, $64,000 in all, tax years 2013 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
FOX COMMUNITIES CREDIT UNION Public charity Exact 2023 1$35,000 2023$35,000
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CEDAR STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2013 1$19,000 2013$19,000
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UNITED WAY FOX CITIES INC Public charity Exact 2015 1$10,000 2015$10,000
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990PF · $5,831,461 spent · pay $0 · grants $5,805,950 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $5,805,950 99.6%
Fees: other professional $22,642 0.4%
Other expenses $2,439 0.0%
Fees: accounting $430 0.0%
Total$5,831,461100%

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2023 · Form 990PF · $4,359,637 spent · pay $0 · grants $4,325,315 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $4,325,315 99.2%
Fees: other professional $26,248 0.6%
Fees: accounting $3,800 0.1%
Taxes $3,401 0.1%
Other expenses $873 0.0%
Total$4,359,637100%

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2022 · Form 990PF · $3,968,390 spent · pay $0 · grants $3,923,616 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $3,923,616 98.9%
Fees: other professional $21,154 0.5%
Taxes $19,669 0.5%
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Other expenses $521 0.0%
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2021 · Form 990PF · $2,106,250 spent · pay $0 · grants $2,071,909 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $2,071,909 98.4%
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Taxes $4,444 0.2%
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LineAs describedTotalShare
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Fees: accounting $237 0.0%
Other expenses $222 0.0%
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2019 · Form 990PF · $1,900,919 spent · pay $0 · grants $1,868,873 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Contributions, gifts, grants paid $1,868,873 98.3%
Fees: other professional $21,799 1.1%
Taxes $7,858 0.4%
Fees: accounting $2,175 0.1%
Other expenses $214 0.0%
Total$1,900,919100%

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