Good Friend INC: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 26-0731915)

Denise Schamens’s $24K as Executive Director is at the 15th percentile of top reported officer pay among 328 $100K–1M medical research nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2022
Allison Katula	—	$36,500	$24,000	—
Chelsea Budde	—	—	—	$25,120
Denise Schamens	$23,565	$24,065	$22,834	$20,600
Andrea Bishop	$21,570	$22,070	$21,032	$19,760

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educates and trains communities to foster acceptance and empathy for individuals with autism.

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3 programs · $17K · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Neurodiversity at Work (NaW) program is a comprehensive initiative designed to help employers and employees better understand, support, and include neurodivergent individuals in the workplace.

$13Kprogram expense

02

Sibshops

Sibshops engage participants who have siblings with brain-based disabilities, such as Autism, youth ages 8-12 and tees ages 13-17 participate in team building exercise, arts and crafts and group discussion activities to facilitate bonding.

$2Kprogram expense

03

Good Friend Academy

Online program that includes three courses for educators- one for those working with 5-8 year old, one for 8-11 year old, and one for 11-14 year old. Each have all the multimedia tools educators need to provide Autism awareness, acceptance and empathy training to k-8th grade students.

$2Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2023

Women and Girls Fund of Waukesha County INCFY2023$7K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$7K

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$101K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$67K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$23K

Other incomeLn 4–11$11K

Money outPt IX

$140K

Ln 25

Programscol B$34K

Managementcol C$59K

Fundraisingcol D$47K

Owns and owesPt X

−$13K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$14K

Total assetsLn 16$19K

LiabilitiesLn 26$32K

PeoplePt VI, VII

11

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a9

IndependentVI 1b9

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$67K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$20K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$23K

Investment incomeLn 3$101

Other incomeLn 4–11$11K

Total revenueLn 12$101K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$6K

SavingsLn 2$8K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$14K

Other assetsLn 15$1K

Total assetsLn 16$19K

LiabilitiesLn 26$32K

Net assetsLn 32−$13K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 55

VolunteersI 620

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$31K	$14K
Total assetsLn 16	$64K	$19K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$32K	$32K
Net assetsLn 32	$32K	−$13K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$45K	$13K	$21K	$11K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$26K	$2K	$5K	$18K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$5K	$1K	$2K	$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$900	$900
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$12K		$12K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$30K	$6K	$13K	$12K
Office expensesLn 13	$5K	$4K	$970	$228
Information technologyLn 14	$9K	$2K	$4K	$3K
OccupancyLn 16	$500		$500
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$31			$31
InsuranceLn 23	$3K	$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$3K	$2K	$308	$860
Total functional expensesLn 25	$140K	$34K	$59K	$47K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest Viewing	$101K	$140K	−$39K	−$13K	990 PDF
FY2023	$225K	$245K	−$20K	$32K	990 PDF
FY2022	$166K	$163K	$3K	$49K	990 PDF
FY2021	$150K	$157K	−$7K	$46K	990 PDF
FY2020	$134K	$150K	−$16K	$38K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $101,412 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $206,792$66,983

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $17,549$23,059

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $271$101

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $569$11,269

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $225,181$101,412

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $104,248$76,639

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $140,634$63,664

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $244,882$140,303

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$19,701−$38,891

Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9

VI-1b Independent voting members9

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $101,412 across 7 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $3,694 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1c Fundraising events$20,154

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$46,829

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$66,983

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $21,915$21,915

VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $101$101

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$8,719

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $25,710 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$101,412

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $140,303 across 12 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $13,350 · Management $20,648 · Fundraising $11,137$45,135

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,485 · Management $5,454 · Fundraising $18,119$26,058

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,198 · Management $2,015 · Fundraising $2,233$5,446

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $900$900

IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $12,000$12,000

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,963 · Management $12,903 · Fundraising $11,611$30,477

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,273 · Management $970 · Fundraising $228$5,471

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,524 · Management $4,110 · Fundraising $3,002$8,636

IX-16 OccupancyManagement $500$500

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsFundraising $31$31

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,760$2,760

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,721 · Management $308 · Fundraising $860$2,889

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $34,174 · Management $58,908 · Fundraising $47,221$140,303

Part X · Balance sheet $18,668 assets, 13 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $17,979$6,015

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $12,638$7,807

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $16,370$1,000

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,714$2,796

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $14,201$1,050

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $63,902$18,668

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year −$30$4,346

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $31,738$27,660

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $31,708$32,006

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $19,556−$8,331

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $12,638−$5,007

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $32,194−$13,338

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $63,902$18,668

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets −$13,338 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$101,412

XI-2 Total expenses$140,303

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$38,891

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$32,194

XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$6,697

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year−$13,338

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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