Nonprofit · EIN 39-1916194
GOOD NEWS PROJECT INC
Tax-exempt · WAUSAU, WI 54403
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | 990 | $812,979 | $618,452 | $194,527 | $1,531,322 | $457,496 | $1,073,826 |
| March 31, 2024 | 990 | $645,548 | $541,412 | $104,136 | $1,300,923 | $423,261 | $877,662 |
| March 31, 2023 | 990 | $731,036 | $447,526 | $283,510 | $1,349,718 | $584,374 | $765,344 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $463,335
- Program service revenue
- $345,588
- Investment income
- $4,056
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $68,614
- Other salaries and wages
- $201,984
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $306,386
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $458
- Accounting fees
- $6,950
- Occupancy
- $42,622
- Depreciation
- $44,808
- Program services (functional)
- $473,913
- Management and general (functional)
- $127,090
- Fundraising (functional)
- $17,449
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,300,923
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,531,322
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $457,496
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,073,826
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $874,430
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $957,025
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $116,801
- Gross receipts
- $812,979
- Employees
- 12
- Volunteers
- 310
- Year formed
- 1983
- State of legal domicile
- WI
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 March 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEAN M SCHULT | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DR JEFFERY LAMONT | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DIANE NOWAK | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| AMY GAJEWSKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID JORDAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RONALD BIELEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL BYCHINSKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EMILY MOORE | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| TAMMY LAHREN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KERRY BRIMMER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRISTINE DANIELS | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Key employee | 40 | $0 |
| CHARLES MACCARTHY | MEMBER Former | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTINE DANIELS | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Key employee | 40 | $79,844 |
| DELIA SAMUEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EMILY MOORE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PEGGY MACCARTHY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KERRY BRIMMER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RON BIELEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DOUG THOMAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLES MACCARTHY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AMY GAJEWSKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID JORDAN | DIRETOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARIE KIEFFER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DR JEFFERY LAMONT | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| DIANE NOWAK | VICE-PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JEAN M SCHULT | TREASURER Officer | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTINE DANIELS | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Institutional trustee | 40 | $65,751 |
| DOUG THOMAS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DELIA SAMUEL | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| EMILY MOORE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DIANE NOWAK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RON BIELEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RAMI ATTO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARIE KIEFFER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID JORDAN | DIRETOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AMY GAJEWSKI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BARTH WOLF | VICE-PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| DR JEFFERY LAMONT | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| ROXY DEMERS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| JEAN M SCHULT | TREASURER Officer | 2 | $0 |
| PEGGY MACCARTHY | DIRECTOR Former | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLES MACCARTHY | DIRECTOR Former | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1106 N 5TH ST, WAUSAU, WI 54403-3584
- In care of
- % DIANE NOWAK
- Signed the 990
- DIANE NOWAK, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (715) 843-5985
- Website
- WWW.GOODNEWSWI.COM
- Return prepared by
- Schult CPAs LLC
Mission
FULFILLING NEEDS AT HOME AND ABROAD THROUGH MEANINGFUL SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
Program accomplishments
- BETWEEN APRIL 1, 2024 AND MARCH 31, 2025, OUR HELP PROGRAM ASSISTED 2,333 FAMILIES IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH NEEDED DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, 2,860 PIECES OF DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT WERE LOANED OUT TO BE REUSED.Expenses $225,565 · revenue $172,759
- GOOD NEWS PROJECT REMAINS A DNR-REGISTERED ELECTRONICS COLLECTOR. BETWEEN APRIL 1, 2024 AND MARCH 31, 2025, GOOD NEWS PROJECT TOOK IN 228,399 LBS OF ELECTRONICS TO RECYCLE AND SERVED 3,824 CUSTOMERS.Expenses $177,144 · revenue $136,063
- GOOD NEWS PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM WAS ABLE TO HOLD A MATH CAMP IN ST LUCIA. THE MATH CAMP SERVED 250 STUDENTS INCREASING COMPREHENSION OF MATH CONCEPTS WITH THE HOPE THAT STUDENTS WHO CAN EXCEL IN MATH CAN LATER EXCEL IN BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR OWN COUNTRY.Expenses $71,204 · revenue $36,766
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 March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | March 31, 2026 | August 17, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | March 31, 2025 | August 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | March 31, 2024 | August 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 39-1916194
- 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
- 1998
- Accounting year ends
- March
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q300)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,531,322
- Income (IRS master file)
- $812,979
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | March 2025 | $812,979 | $618,452 | $1,531,322 | XML |
| 990 | March 2024 | $645,548 | $541,412 | $1,300,923 | XML |
| 990 | March 2023 | $731,036 | $447,526 | $1,349,718 | XML |
| 990 | March 2022 | $603,843 | $359,139 | $560,325 | IRS |
| 990 | March 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 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 39-1916194).
Questions about GOOD NEWS PROJECT INC
- What is the EIN of GOOD NEWS PROJECT INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of GOOD NEWS PROJECT INC is 39-1916194.
- Is GOOD NEWS PROJECT INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1998.
- Are donations to GOOD NEWS PROJECT INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does GOOD NEWS PROJECT INC 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 GOOD NEWS PROJECT INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending March 31, 2026) is due August 17, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did GOOD NEWS PROJECT INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2025.
- Who are the officers and directors of GOOD NEWS PROJECT INC?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 lists 12 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does GOOD NEWS PROJECT INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $812,979, expenses of $618,452 and total assets of $1,531,322 at year end.
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