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.
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3 · Investment income
total $36,156 · excluded $36,156
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $153,867
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $111,766
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $42,101
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $42,101 · excluded $42,101
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $32,922 · program services $32,922
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $12,083 · management and general $12,083
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $241 · management and general $241
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24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES
total $1,181 · management and general $1,181
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $36,322 · end of year $28,279
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $1,139,916 · end of year $1,179,789
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Mark ThornburgMARK THORNBURG
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Robert GesweinROBERT GESWEIN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Doug KingDOUG KING
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Anne CristianiANNE CRISTIANI
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Deborah TrotterDEBORAH 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
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$20,000
INDIANA ADVANCED LIFE SCIENCE CURRICULUM
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$10,881
FAIRGROUND IMPROVEMENTS, CHEF UNIVERSITY
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 18 July 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202502059349301000
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