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VERTICAL FIRST FOUNDATION: Form 990EZ, tax year 2021

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Organization: VERTICAL FIRST FOUNDATION (EIN 47-5368148)
Tax period: 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Filed: 2022-08-03
IRS object ID: 202222159349200242
Schema version: 2021v4.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990-EZ
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2022-08-03T19:06:21-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2021-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	831058192	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MEEHAN CPA PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	27620 FARMINGTON RD SUITE 206	AddressLine1Txt
City	FARMINGTON HILLS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	483343368	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990EZ	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2021-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	475368148	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	VERTICAL FIRST FOUNDATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	VERT	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2485151590	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3313 SALEM CT	AddressLine1Txt
City	ROCHESTER HILLS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	48306	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DAVID S WILSON	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2484625336	PhoneNum
Signature	2022-08-02	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	DAVID	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	WILSON	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	XXX-XX-XXXX	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	GREGORY J MEEHAN	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01625660	PTIN
Phone	2485745000	PhoneNum
Preparation	2022-08-02	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2021	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990-EZ IRS990EZ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Website Address	DAVEANDANNWILSON.COM	WebsiteAddressTxt
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Gross Receipts	$182,651	GrossReceiptsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part I	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIInd
Contributions Gifts Grants Etc	$174,318	ContributionsGiftsGrantsEtcAmt
Program Service Revenue	$8,333	ProgramServiceRevenueAmt
Total Revenue	$182,651	TotalRevenueAmt
Salaries Other Comp Empl Bnft	$57,459	SalariesOtherCompEmplBnftAmt
Fees And Other Pymt To Ind Cntrct	$23,626	FeesAndOtherPymtToIndCntrctAmt
Occupancy Rent Utlts And Maint	$27,400	OccupancyRentUtltsAndMaintAmt
Printing Publications Postage	$11	PrintingPublicationsPostageAmt
Other Expenses Total	$66,999	OtherExpensesTotalAmt
Total Expenses	$175,495	TotalExpensesAmt
Excess Or Deficit For Year	$7,156	ExcessOrDeficitForYearAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$81,471	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$88,627	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part II	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIInd

Cash Savings And Investments CashSavingsAndInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$109,287	BOYAmt
EOY	$91,257	EOYAmt

Form990 Total Assets Form990TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$109,287	BOYAmt
EOY	$91,257	EOYAmt

Sum Of Total Liabilities SumOfTotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,816	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,630	EOYAmt

Net Assets Or Fund Balances NetAssetsOrFundBalancesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$81,471	BOYAmt
EOY	$88,627	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Primary Exempt Purpose	PROCLAIMING THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST TO MEN AND WOMEN THROUGH PROGRAMS IN CHURCHES, CONFERENCES, ON THE RADIO, AND THROUGH WRITING. LEADING MEN AND WOMEN TO CHRIST; BUILDING AND TRAINING THEM IN THEIR WALK WITH CHRIST; AND SENDING THEM TO THE WORLD TO WIN AND BUILD OTHERS.	PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt

Program Srvc Accomplishment ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description Program Srvc Accom	SPOKE AT CONFERENCES LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY ON LEADING A CHRISTIAN LIFE. CO-HOSTED THE NATIONALLY SYNDICATED 'FAMILY LIFE RADIO' PROGRAM TO SPEAK ON CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE AND LIVING.	DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt
Program Service Expenses	$165,876	ProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$165,876	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt

Officer Director Trustee Empl OfficerDirectorTrusteeEmplGrp (4 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hrs Per Wk Devoted To PosAverageHrsPerWkDevotedToPosRt	CompensationCompensationAmt
DAVID S WILSON
PRESIDENT	10.00	$51,000
JOHN BORGLIN
TREASURER	0.50	$0
ANN WILSON
SECRETARY	0.50	$0
JASON SCHOMER
DIRECTOR	0.50	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activities Not Previously Rpt	false	ActivitiesNotPreviouslyRptInd
Chg Made To Orgnzng Doc Not Rpt	false	ChgMadeToOrgnzngDocNotRptInd
Organization Had UBI	false	OrganizationHadUBIInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Organization Dissolved Etc	false	OrganizationDissolvedEtcInd
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiledInd
Made Loans To From Officers	false	MadeLoansToFromOfficersInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MEEHAN CPA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	27620 FARMINGTON ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
Address Line2	SUITE 206	AddressLine2Txt
City	FARMINTON HILLS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	48334	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2485745000	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Donor Advised Fnds	false	DonorAdvisedFndsInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Tanning Services Provided	false	TanningServicesProvidedInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Part VI Of Comp Of Hghst Pd Empl	NONE	PartVIOfCompOfHghstPdEmplTxt
Part VI Hghst Pd Cntrct Prof Srvc	NONE	PartVIHghstPdCntrctProfSrvcTxt
Filed Schedule A	Yes (true)	FiledScheduleAInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$199,400	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$177,511	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$55,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$32,624	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$174,318	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$638,853	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$172,837	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$108,567	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$8,333	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$289,737	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$199,400	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$177,511	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$227,837	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$141,191	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$182,651	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$928,590	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$20,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$35,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$55,000	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$20,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$35,000	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$55,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$873,590	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$199,400	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$177,511	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$227,837	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$141,191	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$182,651	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$928,590	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.94080	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.97320	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00000	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16	EXPENSES MARKETING 2,479 OFFICE EXPENSES 9,569 TELEPHONE 5,014 UTILITIES 1,553 SOFTWARE 510 TRAVEL 36,012 NETWORKING / MEALS 3,607 BANK CHARGES 1,015 JOB SUPPLIES 6,600 OTHER EXPENSE 640 TOTAL 66,999
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26	ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES 816 2,630 PPP LOAN 27,000 0
FORM 990-EZ, PART III	PROCLAIMING THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST TO MEN AND WOMEN THROUGH PROGRAMS IN CHURCHES, CONFERENCES, ON THE RADIO, AND THROUGH WRITING. LEADING MEN AND WOMEN TO CHRIST; BUILDING AND TRAINING THEM IN THEIR WALK WITH CHRIST; AND SENDING THEM TO THE WORLD TO WIN AND BUILD OTHERS.