WISDOM SPRING INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $80K · expenses $83K · assets $0

EIN
73-1686099
Address
644 GLENNEYRE ST APT B, LAGUNA BEACH, CA 92651-2462
Website
WWW.WISDOMSPRING.ORG
NTEE code
Q30
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
June 2004 (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 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

WISDOM SPRING PERSERVES INDIGENOUS CULTURES AND EDUCATI

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Susan Hough EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR2017-2025 $48,000$149,000 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

9 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
Deborah Siday TREASURER2024-2025 15 $0 reported 1
Malik Springer SECRETARY2019-2025 5 $0 reported 1
Anna Madorsky OFFICER2020-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Veronique Porter OFFICER2020-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Debbie Siday (former) CFO2021-2023 15 $0 reported 1
Damon Miller (former) OFFICER2017-2023 2 $0 reported 1
Carlyle Coash (former) TREASURER2017-2021 15 $0 reported 1
Kristen Wood (former) SECRETARY2017-2019 5 $0 reported 1
Pomalou Some (former) BOARD MEMBER2018-2019 5 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $48K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SUSAN HOUGH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR40 $48,000-$0 $48,0001
DEBORAH SIDAY TREASURER15 $0-$0 $01
MALIK SPRINGER SECRETARY5 $0-$0 $01
ANNA MADORSKY OFFICER2 $0-$0 $01
VERONIQUE PORTER OFFICER2 $0-$0 $01
2024 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $48K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SUSAN HOUGH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR40 $48,000-$0 $48,0001
DEBORAH SIDAY TREASURER15 $0-$0 $01
MALIK SPRINGER SECRETARY5 $0-$0 $01
ANNA MADORSKY OFFICER5 $0-$0 $01
VERONIQUE PORTER OFFICER2 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $53K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SUSAN HOUGH PRESIDENT40 $53,000-- $53,0001
MALIK SPRINGER SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
ANNA MADORSKY OFFICER5 $0-- $01
VERONIQUE PORTER OFFICER2 $0-- $01
DEBBIE SIDAY CFO15 $0-- $01
DAMON MILLER OFFICER2 $0-- $01
2022 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SUSAN HOUGH PRESIDENT40 $0-- $01
MALIK SPRINGER SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
ANNA MADORSKY OFFICER5 $0-- $01
VERONIQUE PORTER OFFICER5 $0-- $01
DEBBIE SIDAY CFO15 $0-- $01
DAMON MILLER OFFICER2 $0-- $01
2021 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CARLYLE COASH TREASURER15 $0-- $01
SUSAN HOUGH PRESIDENT30 $0-- $01
MALIK SPRINGER SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
ANNA MADORSKY OFFICER5 $0-- $01
VERONIQUE PORTER OFFICER2 $0-- $01
DEBBIE SIDAY OFFICER10 $0-- $01
2020 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CARLYLE COASH TREASURER10 $0-- $01
SUSAN HOUGH PRESIDENT0 $0-- $01
MALIK SPRINGER BOARD MEMBER0 $0-- $01
DAMON MILLER BOARD MEMBER0 $0-- $01
ANNA MADORSKY OFFICER5 $0-- $01
VERONIQUE PORTER OFFICER5 $0-- $01
2019 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CARLYLE COASH TREASURER10 $0-- $01
SUSAN HOUGH PRESIDENT10 $0-- $01
KRISTEN WOOD SECRETARY5 $0-- $01
MALIK SPRINGER BOARD MEMBER5 $0-- $01
DAMON MILLER BOARD MEMBER5 $0-- $01
POMALOU SOME BOARD MEMBER5 $0-- $01
2018 · 5 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SUSAN HOUGH DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
KRISTEN WOOD DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
DAMON MILLER DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
POMALOU SOME DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
CARLYLE COASH DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
2017 · 4 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SUSAN HOUGH DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
KRISTEN WOOD DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
CARLYLE COASH DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01
DAMON MILLER DIRECTOR0 $0-- $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

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
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$80,216$82,826 $0-$2,610 $80,216- ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$129,096$157,183 $94,514-$28,087 -$129,096 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$110,165$107,010 $127,861$127,627 -$110,165 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$96,612$107,808 $125,312$124,472 -$96,609 ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$87,593$85,072 $95,758$93,199 $2,717$84,833 ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$37,271$116,281 $100,867$90,678 $2,468$34,671 ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$47,687$61,019 $170,316$169,688 $16,372$31,178 ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$58,357$63,816 $183,243$183,020 -- ---
2017 · Form 990EZ period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$57,959$40,520 $188,479$188,479 -- ---

Funders of this organization

4 grantors reported grants to this organization, $91,743 in all, tax years 2017 to 2024. 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
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2020, 2022-2023 3$61,000 2023$20,000
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor Exact 2017, 2024 2$25,000 2024$15,000
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THE JATAIN FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “WISDOM SPRING INC” 2023 1$5,000 2023$5,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “WISDOM SPRING INC” 2020-2023 4$743 2023$118
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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.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $82,826 spent · pay $52,524 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $52,524 63.4%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $21,552 26.0%
Fees to independent contractors $8,750 10.6%
Total$82,826100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $157,183 spent · pay $54,649 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $86,171 54.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $54,649 34.8%
Fees to independent contractors $14,597 9.3%
Printing, publications, postage $1,766 1.1%
Total$157,183100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $107,010 spent · pay $61,951 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $61,951 57.9%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $29,206 27.3%
Fees to independent contractors $15,625 14.6%
Printing, publications, postage $228 0.2%
Total$107,010100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $107,808 spent · pay $20,068 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $45,131 41.9%
Fees to independent contractors $42,404 39.3%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $20,068 18.6%
Printing, publications, postage $205 0.2%
Total$107,808100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $85,072 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $50,814 59.7%
Fees to independent contractors $34,258 40.3%
Total$85,072100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $116,281 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $100,239 86.2%
Fees to independent contractors $16,042 13.8%
Total$116,281100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $61,019 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $47,391 77.7%
Fees to independent contractors $13,628 22.3%
Total$61,019100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $63,816 spent · pay $0 · grants $9,036 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $53,530 83.9%
Grants and similar amounts paid $9,036 14.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,250 2.0%
Total$63,816100%

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2017 · Form 990EZ · $40,520 spent · pay $0 · grants $19,160 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $20,360 50.2%
Grants and similar amounts paid $19,160 47.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,000 2.5%
Total$40,520100%

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