Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by RURALORGANIZING-DOT-ORG EDUCATION FUND.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,261,590
- Total expenses
- $990,230
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,261,590
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $399,489
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $399,489
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $762,185
- Management and general expenses
- $228,045
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $762,185
Program services were 77.0% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$0
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,261,590
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0 · program services $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $116,381 · program services $116,381 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $312,659 · program services $312,659 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $67,162 · program services $0 · management and general $67,162 · fundraising $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $160,314 · program services $0 · management and general $160,314 · fundraising $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $282,487 · program services $282,487 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $5,109 · program services $5,109 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0 · fundraising $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $8,888 · program services $8,888 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $30,833 · program services $30,833 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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14 · Information technology
total $950 · program services $950 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $4,878 · program services $4,878 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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20 · Interest
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $569 · program services $0 · management and general $569 · fundraising $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $128,129 · end of year $399,489
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $128,129 · end of year $399,489
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To conduct public opinion research on the public policy views of rural Americans and educate the public and elected officials on those views. The organization also seeks to develop networks of rural Americans which share the organization's values.
Activities or mission (Part I)
To conduct public opinion research on the public policy view of rural Americans and educate the public and elected officials on those views. The organization also seeks to develop networks of rural Americans which share the organization's values.
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Culture Change: We work to reshape how rural communities are perceived, both by non-rural people and by rural residents themselves. We work to equip everyday rural Americans with nonpartisan movement-building tools, we strengthen their ability to build resilient, welcoming communities and engage voters across traditional lines of difference.
Expenses $487,539
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Public Education/Policy Studies: Educating and engaging the public on rural economics (most rural workers are anchored in community serving sectors like schools, hospitals, and local businesses) and countering the outdated assumptions that rural means farms/agriculture.
Expenses $274,646
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Matthew Hildreth
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $116,381
- From this org
- $116,381
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Nick Levendofsky
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Liz Shaw
Board Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rae O'Leary
Board Member and Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202513219349308956
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