Jw Memorial Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 862705429
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Hayden, ID, USA
- Phone
- 2086916136
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $112,224
- Expenses
- $100,641
- Assets
- $82,811
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Susan Welch (Officer, President)
- Jesse Welch (Officer, Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Mike Mather (Officer, Chairperson)
- Susan Welch (Officer, President)
- Gina Mather (Officer, Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the JW Memorial Foundation is to provide Immediate assistance to the families of first responders (law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians, paramedics and fire fighters) who have lost their lives or sustained significant injuries in the line of duty in the state of Idaho. Our intent is to provide at least three months of living expenses for the families immediately after an incident to allow time for them to begin the process of healing without financial worry.
What it reported doing in 2025
Survivor Benefits: The JW Memorial Foundation provided needed financial benefits to 5 families of emergency responders who were killed or severely injured in the line of duty in Idaho in 2025 as a result of the following incidents: 1. In February 2025 we continued to provide assistance to the family of a firefighter who sustained a traumatic brain injury from a falling tree while fighting a wildland fire in North Central Idaho in 2024. Because of the extensive rehabilitation efforts in different locations in the country, the JW Memorial Foundation provided financial assistance to several family members to travel and secure lodging to remain near him for support while he was undergoing extensive treatment and rehabilitation in the amount of $5000.00. 2. In June 2025, three firefighters were ambushed by an armed assailant while responding to a wildland fire in Northern Idaho. Two of the firefighters died from their injuries and another was seriously injured. We provided financial assistance for living expenses to all three families for three months, for a total of $37,012.00 out of our Benefits Fund. In addition, because of the outpouring of support from the community, we acted as the passthrough for additional donations that we transferred directly to the three families, in the amount of additional assistance of $45,233.13. 3. In July 2025, a wildland firefighter was killed by a falling tree while fighting a fire in North Central Idaho. The JW Memorial Foundation provided financial assistance to her family members for travel from their home in Minnesota to Idaho immediately after her death in the amount of $9,712.07. Our intent in all cases is to begin financial assistance as quickly as possible, with minimal red tape, and in all of these incidents, we did so within one week of the occurrence.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.4%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 96.4%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.3%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.4% of revenue deployed · 96.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $97K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.