Kentucky · Nonprofit
THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,219,928 to it, the largest being SMILES FOR LIFE FOUNDATION ($1,219,928). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $315k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $594k
What The O Wayne and Glenda Sue Mortenson Charitable Foundation Inc does
Mission
The organization is committed to programs that support education, healthcare and employee assistance in our community and around the world. We support our team members and their families in times of crisis or with educational endeavors.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The organization provides grants and assistance to educational institutions, nonprofit organizations and individuals to facilitate higher education, scientific research, and charitable giving. During 2024, the organization provided 52 educational scholarships, 19 grants to healthcare or educational institutions and provided team member assistance to 228 individuals.
$253,157 spentof which $248,458 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $253,157.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $524k to $594k (+13%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
99% of THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Dawn Brutscher
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $148k → $195k.
From the IRS filings of THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC?
- THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,219,928 to it, the largest being SMILES FOR LIFE FOUNDATION ($1,219,928). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,219,928 in grants to THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC?
- SMILES FOR LIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,219,928 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE O WAYNE AND GLENDA SUE MORTENSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing