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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MEMORY CAFE OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY.

Totals

Total revenue
$292,478
Total expenses
$97,731
Contributions and grants received
$272,599
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$19,501
Investment income
$378
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$285,040
Total liabilities, end of year
$786
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$284,254
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$90,216
Management and general expenses
$2,584
Fundraising expenses
$4,931
Program service expenses (Part III)
$90,216

Program services were 92.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $272,599

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RML INCOME

    total $19,501 · related or exempt $19,501

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $378 · related or exempt $378

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $32,294 · program services $32,294

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,372 · program services $3,372

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $13,408 · program services $5,893 · management and general $2,584 · fundraising $4,931

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $48,657 · program services $48,657

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $82,474 · end of year $146,256

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,500 · end of year $130,378

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $350

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $2,500

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $5,556

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $467 · end of year $786

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $89,507 · end of year $284,254

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO RECOGNIZE THE INTRINSIC BEAUTY AND VALUE OF THOSE LIVING WITH MILD TO MODERATE MEMORY LOSS WHILE INSPIRING IN THEM AND THEIR CARE PARTNERS HOPE, JOY, AND A SENSE OF EMPOWERMENT.

  • 2022 WAS OUR FIRST FULL YEAR OF HAVING A PAID EMPLOYEE ON STAFF - OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR/PROGRAM MGR. AS A RESULT OF THIS SUPPORT, WE WERE ABLE TO GROW OUR PROGRAMMING FROM MEETING 4X PER MONTH TO MEETING 3X EVERY WEEK. WE SPONSORED OVER ONE HUNDRED GATHERINGS AND WELCOMED ALMOST ONE THOUSAND MCRRV PARTICIPANTS, VOLUNTEERS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO OUR FIRST PHYSICAL LOCATION IN DOWNTOWN FARGO. OUR AVERAGE ATTENDANCE GREW FROM 44 TO 63 ATTENDEES LAST YEAR AT OUR LARGER WEEKLY COMMUNITY EVENTS HELD AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. A MILESTONE WAS REACHED WITH OUR ANNUAL REDEFINING MEMORY LOSS DEMENTIA COMMUNITY EDUCATION CONFERENCE IN JUNE, 2022. WE HAD OVER 245 CAREGIVERS, INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH MEMORY LOSS, BUSINESS LEADERS, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONFERENCE.

    Expenses $48,955 · Revenue $19,501

  • COMMUNITY OUTREACH: ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WAYS WE REACH INTO OUR COMMUNITY IS THROUGH THE PUBLICATION OF OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER. THIS NEWSLETTER IS SENT TO OVER 1000 BUSINESSES, FAMILIES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. WE HAVE ALSO STRIVED TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BY HOSTING VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY GATHERINGS AND CONFERENCES, DISTRIBUTING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM MATERIALS TO THE AREA HOSPITALS, ASSISTED LIVING AND OVER 55 COMMUNITIES, FAITH COMMUNITIES, AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. WE ALSO REACH INTO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS - FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. WE SAW SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE IN 2022. WE ALSO HELD A LARGE COMMUNITY HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE AND A CAREGIVER CELEBRATION IN 2022.

    Expenses $36,261

  • WE TAKE TREMENDOUS JOY FROM PROVIDING NUMEROUS PRINTED BOOKS AND READING MATERIALS TO OUR PARTICIPANTS, FAMILIES, BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT NO CHARGE TO THEM. WE ALSO GIVE MATERIALS TO OTHER MEMORY CAFS AND CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUPS AROUND THE REGION. SOME OF OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING INVOLVES VARIOUS BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND OF COURSE WE PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES FREE OF CHARGE. OTHER AREAS OF EDUCATION INCLUDE INTEGRATION OF THE CREATIVE THERAPIES - ART AND MUSIC. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE HIRED VARIOUS ARTISTS, MUSICIANS AND MUSIC THERAPISTS TO TEACH OUR PARTICIPANTS MORE EFFECTIVE COPING AND STRESS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES THROUGH THESE MODALITIES.

    Expenses $5,000

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kathryn Ambuehl

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jean Anderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Karen Beutler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Amy Bro

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Finstad

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Deb Kaul

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Taylor Mertz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Rock Messerschmidt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Sam Olson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Mike Slette

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lonna Whiting

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
19 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343109349302534

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