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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SPRIESTERSBACH FARM CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$78,257
Total expenses
$46,427
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$32,922
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$78,257
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,208,068
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,208,068
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$32,922
Management and general expenses
$13,505
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$32,922

Program services were 70.9% 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.

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $36,156 · excluded $36,156

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $153,867

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $111,766

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $42,101

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $42,101 · excluded $42,101

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $32,922 · program services $32,922

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $12,083 · management and general $12,083

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $241 · management and general $241

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $1,181 · management and general $1,181

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $36,322 · end of year $28,279

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,139,916 · end of year $1,179,789

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,176,238 · end of year $1,208,068

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THE SPRIESTERSBACH FARM CORPORATION IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION ABOUT AGRICULTURE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON YOUTH.

  • CLARK CO. 4H - TWO PROGRAM GRANTS MADE DURING THE YEAR. THE FIRST PROPOSED PROJECT WILL SUPPORT IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CLARK COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. THE FAIRGROUNDS HOST THE CLARK COUNTY 4H FAIR ANNUALLY. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL CONSIST OF MAKING ELECTRICAL REPAIRS IN THE LIVESTOCK BARNS, REPAIR THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND EXHIBIT BUILDINGS, AND THE FOOD STAND. IN ADDITION TO THE ELECTRICAL AND AC REPAIRS, THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL ALSO INVOLVE ADDING FOUR NEW RV CONNECTIONS TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR THE NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION. CHEF UNIVERSITY IS A PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES HEALTHY EATING, COOKING SKILLS AND COOKING SAFETY WITH YOUTH IN GRADES 3-8. THIS CLASS WILL IMPACT 70 YOUTH IN ALL AREAS OF CLARK COUNTY FROM RURAL TO URBAN. THIS IS THE 4TH YEAR FOR THIS PROGRAM. THROUGH CHEF UNIVERSITY, CLARK COUNTY 4-H GAINS SEVERAL NEW YOUTH TO THE PROGRAM ESPECIALLY FROM THE URBAN AREAS WHERE GETTING 4-H PROGRAMS TO YOUTH HAS ALWAYS BEEN A STRUGGLE.

    Expenses $10,882 · Grants $10,882

  • INDIANA FFA FOUNDATION THE INDIANA ADVANCED LIFE SCIENCE (ALS) CURRICULUM WAS DEVELOPED IN 2005. INDIANA TEAM AGED WORKED WITH CAERT, INC. (NOW, CUTTING EDGE CURRICULUM, INC.) TO DEVELOP CD-BASED LESSON PLAN LIBRARIES FOR THE THREE ALS COURSES IN AGRICULTURE. THE COURSES HAVE BEEN A SUCCESS YIELDING POST-SECONDARY DUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES, INTRODUCING, AND ADVANCING STUDENTS TOWARD CAREERS IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, AND BECOMING A PART OF SCHOOL GRADUATION CAREER.

    Expenses $20,000 · Grants $20,000

  • SCOTTSBURG HIGH SCHOOL AG. DEPT. THE PURCHASE OF TWO TOWER GARDEN KITS TO BE USED BY THE SCOTTSBURG HIGH SCHOOL AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT AND SCOTTSBURG FFA CHAPTER. THE PURCHASE OF THESE KITS WILL ALLOW STUDENTS WITHIN THE AGRISCIENCE CLASSES AT SCOTTSBURG HIGH SCHOOL TO GAIN HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE BY GROWING EDIBLE CROPS USING HYDROPONICS. THE KITS ARE MOBILE AND COULD ALSO BE USED BY MEMBERS OF THE FFA CHAPTER TO EDUCATE OTHERS ON THE PROCESS OF HYDROPONICS DURING DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS.

    Expenses $2,040 · Grants $2,040

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Thornburg

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Geswein

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Doug King

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anne Cristiani

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deborah Trotter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
18 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502059349301000

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