Nonprofit · EIN 31-1640047
MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt · CASPER, WY 82609
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,169,267 | $1,351,125 | -$181,858 | $1,044,754 | $45,577 | $999,177 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,212,498 | $1,342,457 | -$129,959 | $1,312,432 | $182,970 | $1,129,462 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,466,924 | $1,364,561 | $102,363 | $1,364,588 | $223,021 | $1,141,567 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,282,071
- Program service revenue
- $60,319
- Investment income
- $31,149
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$186,827
- Net income from sales of inventory
- -$22,722
- Other revenue
- -$204,272
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $23,631
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $230,087
- Other salaries and wages
- $323,534
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $649,524
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $300
- Accounting fees
- $67,985
- Occupancy
- $116,556
- Travel
- $110,753
- Depreciation
- $6,441
- Program services (functional)
- $916,366
- Management and general (functional)
- $152,114
- Fundraising (functional)
- $282,645
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,312,432
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,044,754
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $45,577
- Net assets, end of year
- $999,177
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $5,455
- Publicly traded securities
- $785,250
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $959,146
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $40,031
- Gross receipts
- $1,512,459
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 31
- Year formed
- 1998
- State of legal domicile
- WY
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUDY SHEPARD | CHAIR/PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $125,000 | $4,174 |
| WARREN GREENE | DIR. OF OPERATIONS Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $80,458 | $3,092 |
| DANA JUNIEL | VP STRATEGY & COMM. (THRU 03/24) Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $20,408 | $2,959 |
| SANDRA ANADIOTIS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| GREG MIRAGLIA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| BECKY MONROE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN SULLIVAN | SECRETARY Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| BOB WITECK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANA JUNIEL | VICE PRESIDENT STRATEGY & COMMUNICATIONS Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $94,480 | $14,503 |
| JUDY SHEPARD | CHAIR/PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $95,000 | $2,833 |
| WARREN GREENE | DIR. OF OPERATIONS Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $71,474 | $5,637 |
| SANDRA ANADIOTIS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN SULLIVAN | SECRETARY Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| GREG MIRAGLIA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| BECKY MONROE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| BOB WITECK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEFF MACK | VICE PRESIDENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $133,929 | $17,374 |
| DANA JUNIEL | VICE PRESIDENT STRATEGY & COMMUNICATIONS Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $82,449 | $12,749 |
| WARREN GREENE | DIR. OF OPERATIONS Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $68,006 | $2,070 |
| JUDY SHEPARD | CHAIR/PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $64,969 | $31 |
| GREG MIRAGLIA | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| SANDRA ANADIOTIS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN SULLIVAN | SECRETARY Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| BECKY MONROE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| BOB WITECK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 301 THELMA DR 512, CASPER, WY 82609-2325
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- WARREN GREENE, 301 THELMA DR 512, CASPER, WY 82609
- Signed the 990
- WARREN GREENE, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
- Phone
- (303) 830-7400
- Website
- WWW.MATTHEWSHEPARD.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP
Mission
TO ERASE HATE BY REPLACING IT WITH UNDERSTANDING, COMPASSION AND ACCEPTANCE AND TO EDUCATE AND ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY, UNDERSTANDING, COMPASSION, ACCEPTANCE, AND RESPECT. THE FOUNDATION WORKS TO SUPPORT THE TEACHING AND USE OF ARTISTIC AND LITERARY WORKS THAT ILLUSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF EQUALITY AND INCLUSIVITY AND THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUALS IN COUNTERING HATRED AND BIAS; STRIVES TO PREVENT SIMILAR TRAGEDIES BY PROVIDING A VICTIM'S PERSPECTIVE IN THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL TRAINING OF PEACE OCERS, PROSECUTORS, AND THE PUBLIC ON HATE CRIME PREVENTION, ENFORCEMENT, AND REPORTING; AND PROVIDES AN ONLINE COMMUNITY FOR LGBTQ+ AND ALLIED YOUTH TO USE THEIR VOICES TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR AUTHENTIC LIVED EXPERIENCES THROUGH STORIES AND RESOURCES DESIGNED TO SERVE THEIR NEEDS AND INTERESTS.
Program accomplishments
- PUBLIC OUTREACH - MATTHEW'S LEGACY IS HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH MULTIPLE ARTISTIC WORKS INSPIRED BY HIS STORY, INCLUDING "THE LARAMIE PROJECT", "CONSIDERING MATTHEW SHEPARD AND "MATT SHEPARD IS A FRIEND OF MINE". MSF HELPS TO SUPPORT THE NUMEROUS PERFORMANCES AND PRODUCTIONS AROUND THE WORLD BY OFFERING 2 CARDS & LETTERS LOBBY EXHIBIT OPTIONS, A POSTER OF THE ICONOGRAPHY ARTWORK OF MATT HOUSED AT THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AS WELL AS SUPPLYING OUR PURPLE "ERASE HATE" WRISTBANDS FOR THE CAST, SINGERS AND CREW. BEYOND PROVIDING THE ABOVE RESOURCES, WE SHARE DIGITIZED RESOURCES OF PHOTOS, NEWS ARTICLES, HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.RESOURCE PACKAGE COUNT: 58AREAS SERVED: WASHINGTON DC, WISCONSIN, COLORADO, IOWA, NEWJERSEY, RHODE ISLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, MAINE, FLORIDA, VIRGINIA, NEWYORK, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON,MARYLAND, INDIANA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, NEVADA,ILLINOIS, GEORGIA, TEXAS, WEST VIRGINIA, MICHIGAN, TASMANIA (AUS),NOVA SCOTIA (CAN), ONTARIO (CAN), ALBERTA (CAN), NEW ZEALANDAS PART OF OUR LEGACY WORKS RESOURCE PACKAGES, WE OFFER SCHOOLS, THEATERS AND CHOIRS THE ABILITY TO HAVE CAST/CHOIR CHATS WITH DENNIS SHEPARD. HE ALSO DOES TALK-BACKS AFTER PERFORMANCES WITH THE AUDIENCE. AT TIMES, JUDY SHEPARD IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO JOIN. THIS RESOURCE IS AN EXCLUSIVE OFFERING FROM MSF AND GIVES BOTH THOSE INVOLVED IN PRODUCTIONS AND PERFORMANCES, AS WELL AS THE AUDIENCE, A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE AND STORY THAT ONLY THE SHEPARDS CAN PROVIDE ABOUT MATT'S LIFE AND LEGACY. BY GETTING THIS PERSONALIZED EXPERIENCE, ALL THOSE INVOLVED ARE BETTER ABLE TO APPRECIATE THE WORKS AND TO CARRY THE MESSAGE OF MATT'S LEGACY AND ERASING HATE INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND LIVES.DURING THIS PERIOD, MSF PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING:THE LARAMIE PROJECT CAST CHATS: 26AREAS SERVED: ARIZONA, NEW YORK, ILLINOIS, FLORIDA, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY,CALIFORNIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, IOWA,COLORADO, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, ONTARIO (CAN), SINGAPORE, TASMANIA (AUS)THE LARAMIE PROJECT AUDIENCE TALK-BACKS: 7AREAS SERVED: NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, PENNSYLVANIA, IOWA, NEW JERSEYCONSIDERING MATTHEW SHEPARD CHOIR CHAT: 5AREAS SERVED: NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, VIRGINIA, TEXAS, PENNSYLVANIACONSIDERING MATTHEW SHEPARD AUDIENCE TALK-BACKS: 3AREAS SERVED: TEXAS, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORKPUBLIC OUTREACH SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS -JUDY AND DENNIS SHEPARD WERE INVOLVED IN 14 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND EVENTS SHARING MATT'S STORY IN AN EFFORT TO CHANGE HEARTS AND MINDS. PRESENTATIONS RANGED IN TOPIC, BUT FOCUSED ON MATT'S LEGACY AND MESSAGES OF BELONGING, EQUITY AND ERASING HATE, LGBTQ+ RIGHTS AND ADVOCACY, AND HATE CRIME PREVENTION. THESE PRESENTATIONS WERE DONE WITH HIGH SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PRIDE EVENTS AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.AREAS SERVED: PENNSYLVANIA, FLORIDA, TEXAS, NEW YORK, MINNESOTA, WYOMING, WASHINGTON DC,MASSACHUSETTS, WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA, CALIFORNIA, ALABAMAPUBLIC OUTREACH HATE CRIME PREVENTION TRAINING -MSF PARTNERS WITH OUT TO PROTECT, A NATIONAL LEADER IN HATE CRIME PREVENTION TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. DURING THIS REPORT PERIOD, MSF PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE FOLLOWING COURSES:HATE CRIME PREVENTION SCHOLARSHIPS 84LGBT LIAISON TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS 57LGBT LIAISON IN-PERSON ACADEMY WEEKEND 15PUBLIC OUTREACH ERASE HATE AND LARAMIE PROJECT CURRICULUM -MSF FINALIZED 2 CURRICULUM THAT WILL BE OFFERED AT NO COST TO SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.THE LARAMIE PROJECT CURRICULUM IS A 9-WEEK COURSE STUDY, BROKEN UP INTO 3 UNITS, FOR GRADES 8-12. THIS CURRICULUM CONSISTS OF LESSON PLANS, HANDOUTS, AND SLIDES TO BE USED FOR LEARNING BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER READING THE LARAMIE PROJECT.THE ERASE HATE CURRICULUM CONSISTS OF 4 UNITS, ALL 9 WEEKS IN LENGTH. THIS CURRICULUM IS FOR GRADES 8-12. THE ERASE HATE CURRICULUM TEACHES ABOUT MATTS LEGACY AND WILL TEACH YOUTH HOW TO TAKE ACTION AND ERASE HATE.THE LARAMIE PROJECT CURRICULUM WAS DISTRIBUTED TO 7 SCHOOLS AND 5 THEATRES DURING THIS PERIOD.Expenses $798,734 · grants $23,631 · revenue $42,874
- RESOURCES - SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEBPAGEMEDIA OUTREACH ON CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUALITY LEGISLATION, LGBTQ+ NEWS AND INFORMATION, AND PROGRAMMATIC OFFERINGS.MATTHEWSHEPARD.ORG: 320K VISITORS ANNUALLY, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 27K A MONTHSOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS (FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, THREADS, X, TIKTOK): 215K COMBINED FOLLOWERSRESOURCES - MATTHEW'S PLACEMATTHEW'S PLACE IS AN ONLINE COMMUNITY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO LGBTQ+ YOUTH AND ALLIES AGES 13-24. THE SITE OFFERS STORIES, WRITTEN BY YOUTH, AND RESOURCES DESIGNED TO SERVE THEIR NEEDS AND INTERESTS, DEALING WITH BIAS, ADVOCACY, SELF-CARE, RESOURCES AND MORE. LGBTQ+ LIVES ARE AMPLIFIED THROUGH ARTICLES ABOUT EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT, COMMUNITY AND ACTIVISM THROUGH A QUEER LENS. GUEST WRITERS ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO FOCUSED THEMES, SUCH AS POLITICS AND EDUCATION.ANNUALS VISITORS TO SITE: 74,579AVERAGE VIEWERSHIP PER MONTH: 6215REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES: 185GUEST CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES: 15NUMBER OF YOUTH CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: 17NUMBER OF GUEST WRITERS: 15Expenses $117,632
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 31-1640047
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1999
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Civil rights, social action and advocacy (R60)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,044,754
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,512,459
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,169,267 | $1,351,125 | $1,044,754 | XML |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,212,498 | $1,342,457 | $1,312,432 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,466,924 | $1,364,561 | $1,364,588 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $1,167,333 | $1,151,675 | $1,048,119 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 31-1640047).
Questions about MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION is 31-1640047.
- Is MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1999.
- Are donations to MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names WARREN GREENE.
- Who are the officers and directors of MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 8 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $125,000 (JUDY SHEPARD, CHAIR/PRESIDENT).
- How much revenue does MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,169,267, expenses of $1,351,125 and total assets of $1,044,754 at year end.
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